The joke you made about "fictionalising a super fan of Captain Marvel, because it doesn't exist in real life", got me at the worst time while eating my cereal... savage burn!! 😀

This movie is gonna bomb so hard Oppenheimer would be proud.

I've listened to at least 7-8 reviews (I did not want to see this movie; I'm not a fan but was curious about how it was received) - and your review is by far the most well defined and insightful. Great job! And yes, it confirms that I still do not want to see this film. 😶

"They had to fictionalize a huge fan of Captain Marvel because one doesn't exist in real life." Hilarious.

Thank you, Alachia . I am not going to see this movie, but I "liked" this video. You did a better breakdown and critique of this movie than any other I have watched today while waiting for yours. I was an adult before I even heard the word, "tween", so just hearing you say that the movie is for tweens and young children is enough. Then to find out Captain Marvel is a princess, with a spin and sparkles, I said, "No., out loud. I really liked your analysis of the villain's plan and motivations. You did great when you discussed the nonsensical nature of her plans, and your applying logic and science to challenge them,.(I wish more reviewers would do this.) You made me laugh and laugh.😁

The guys at Film Threat said it best: Disney has taken “boy franchises” and turned them into “girl franchises”. The fact that they have gotten progressively worse is just the repercussions of the first statement. They never really cared about quality. Disney is overwhelmingly a girl/women brand. They assumed that the boys/men who made these franchises (Star Wars, Marvel, Indy, etc.) into the financial juggernauts that they are - would always show up no matter what. They assumed, incorrectly, that girls/women are just as passionate about these stories. They’re not and never were. So, ultimately, they’ve skewed all of their ip toward a fan base that doesn’t exist, while simultaneously shutting out (and even attacking) the actual fan base that built these ip.

Good review, very insightful, Alachia. And this is among the reasons why I haven't given Disney any of my money since Spiderman No Way Home.

You pointed out what something other review rarely mention. I find it annoying when these super heroes fail in the way you described... we came to save the people but we failed and they died...oh well"

"Debris (DeBrie?) Larson." Classic!

Hang on, the villain is vulnerable to debris? So, she'd defeated like Scarlet Witch, by falling rocks? FFS, let's call in Wile E. Coyote to defeat them. He's a genius.

This movie will be lucky to hit $40 million this weekend. This is what Disney wanted. Enjoy.

Thank you, Alachia. Amazing review. I loved your insights and analysis. Your presentation style and manner were really entertaining too. Not being a young girl, I will probably give this one a miss. It was really refreshing to hear another intelligent and eloquent woman making similar comments to the many male reviewers, so it's not just us sexists, racist, misogynist white, middle-aged men who are finding this stuff unattractive, and you did it in such a genuine, open and heart-felt way. I loved your comment about the oestrogen levels. That was superb. Your exasperation was palpable. I hadn't considered the whole Disneyfication process reducing all their content down to the Disney princess level, but now it totally makes sense. Thanks again. New sub.

I actually really liked Bri Larson in Scott Pilgrim. Her musical number in that actually made it to a playlist I made since it was so good. Sounds like they went full Disney kids movie with a musical number and all. I don’t think I can bring myself to watch this movie 😅

"motivation that only a small child would accept" Yes this is why your review of No Way Home was so on point. _Dr. Strange me and my girlfriend can't get into MIT, so can you turn back time or brainwash the universe so no one knows my secret._ Oh - except for my girlfriend cuz she might not like me if she just thinks I'm nerd 19999 and not Spiderman. - Parker I mean, ok, yes, maybe...if you are seven years old.

Why is it so hard to understand that Disney only knows how to make Princess movies. Any property they buy, Marvel, Star Wars, etc is eventually going to be turned into a Princess movie. Once you understand that, the next question should be “why are they spending $300 million to make live action Princess movies that can barely bring in the cost of production? That’s the question. They need to make these cheaper

The portals were introduced in guardians of the galaxy and is used in every appearance that the guardians have.

Thanks alachia

I asked my kids about it and they hadn't seemed to have heard of it. We had Disney + but they didn't see Ms. Marvel, or care about any of it, beyond Guardians of the Galaxy and such.

There’s a whole Disney+ origin show about Ms. Marvel. It’s actually one of the better Marvel shows on Disney+ but for some reason a lot of people refuse to give it a chance.

Just realized your back from your hiatus. Love your intellectual takes on movies an shows glad your back. 🎉

"Break off a piece of the planet and save people." That was hilarious 🤣

First video of yours I watched, was the previous video. Subscribed. One of the best reviewers I’ve seen on this platform!!

This is the best review of The Marvels I have seen online. The way you explained it made perfect sense of Disney's seemingly senseless decisions about the characters and plots.

One thing that is consistent in all these reviews is everyone keeps forgetting the villain DarBenn and rightfully so

I appreciate getting a ladies' perspective on this movie as men can have a completely different approach to a movie.

You're a really good articulator. I wouldn't be surprised if your day job was a project manager or an Agile/scrum lead. 👍🏾

I remember passing by this movie's banner in my local theater last week, and I told to my wife "I think this will be like Spy Kids". I guess I was right then.

@Alachia, you young lady....are BRILLIANT( and earned a sub)!Thank you so much for being the 1st YT movie reviewer who said EXACTLY what this movie is about. It was *never* about a story of super-powered heroes fighting a danger that'll cause harm. It's really about 3 distinct female personalities learning to accept each other, faults and all, & they *just happen* to have powers😂 ...and there's a lil danger in the background *BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT* its the girls bonding ✌️😸♥️👍 ....AND we have a musical melody (for the kid audience to sing along😊)

I think you nailed it. Ms Marvel was a school pupil so kids can relate to her and she was acting like a school kid. Then you have the Cat scenes (Kids like Pets) and the weird musical scene. I enjoyed the film because I like Space and this film had a impressive Space theme. I wouldn't recommend it if your an adult and dont have money to waste or a free movie pass.

The only thing I know about Kamala Khan is that 6 or seven comic book runs of this character have been cancelled so far due to low sales. Don't really get why these characters have their own movies in the first place. At least comic book readers have shown they're really not interested.

In Jeremy Jahns spoilertalk he mentioned that apparently they only switch when they use their powers at the same time.

Disney forgot that comic book enthusiasts (formally known as comic book nerds) are first and foremost a nerd. You can't use half-assed logic without expecting to be torn apart by the inconsistencies / logical choices that could've been made.

Sounds like it belongs on the Saturday morning 'Super Heroes and Friends ', lol

I honestly wished this was a Saturday cartoon show where Captain Planet shows up and defeats Paul Wall.

This is the best review of this movie I’ve so far seen. Now I get what this movie is about and the intended audience.

So the core timeline goes: - 1960s - Stan Lee and colleagues establish the foundations of all the key Marvel characters and franchises - 1985 - Alan Moore writes Watchmen, redefining what comics could be - 1986 - Frank Miller writes The Dark Knight Returns, bringing mainstream comics together with Watchmen's tone - 1989 - Batman is released in theatres, capitalising on the concept of a 'dark' Batman - 1989 - Meanwhile, Chris Claremont is instructed to adapt the character Wolverine into Marvel's answer to Batman's DKR portrayal. This new Wolverine amplifies X-Men's already burgeoning popularity by several orders of magnitude, catapulting the franchise to genuine mainstream popularity - 1992 - The X-Men animated series is released, building on ever-growing X-Men mania - 2000 - The first X-Men movie is released, building momentum even further. At this point, movie execs and comic CEOs alike realise that if the general public can 'get' something as insanely complex and niche as the X-Men franchise, then they can get anything. All comics properties are now up for grabs as movie adaptation fodder, and SFX is now at a level capable of doing them justice - 2002 - in an attempt to boil down decades of Marvel comics character history into something relatable to mainstream audiences, Marvel spins off 'The Ultimates' as a separate, parallel incarnation of its top characters. Everything in this series will eventually, in one way or another, feed into the MCU - 2002 - A little ahead of the curve, Marvel/Columbia and Sony release Spider-Man. At this point, Marvel Studios is lamenting the fact they sold off the rights to all their best characters/ideas, but resolve to double-down on whatever they have left - 2008 - Way behind the curve and plagued by production turmoil, Marvel Studios releases Iron Man, expecting a flop. It's a resounding hit - 2009 - Whilst Marvel sets out a plan for the MCU, Disney swoops in and purchases them - 2012 - The Avengers serves as a triumphant highlight for Disney, Marvel, and the MCU - 2018 - After a somewhat turbulant but ultimately very successful series of movies, the MCU is effectively capped off by Infinity War - 2019 - End Game is released, serving as a retrospective victory lap. the MCU now has no obvious path forward - all the building momentum has now been utilised. People begin to realise Disney is repeating the pattern it followed between the start of the Disney Renaissance (Little Mermaid, 1989) and its ultimate collapse (The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, 2008). In short - milking a success for all it is worth, no matter how awful the resulting products become What we now need is the MCU equivalent of Watchmen. We kind of got that with Logan, but it wasn't movie-centric enough in its decontructive elements. Perhaps Deadpool 3 will pleasantly surprise us. On balance, it's likely the entire comics industry is now essentially 'tapped out' for the foreseeable future. There needs to be something profoundly new and different. Territory that has a solid decades-old foundation, but hasn't been capitalised on yet. One excellent candidate would be the Warhammer 40k universe, with Henry Cavill leading the charge. But who knows. Maybe in a few years we'll all be creating personalised movies for ourselves using AI tools. Ever wondered What Aliens would be like if Darth Vader was Ripley? Or how many Gremlins it would take to defeat Superman? You might find out someday soon. :)

So Darbenn has the same goal as did President Skroob and his Spaceballs. Greaaaat. 😒

This is the first review I thought was honest. Other reviews do think its bad but they also seem to feel obliged to say a few good things about it. If a movie has nonsensical story, it ruins the movie for me. I don't care if a story is simple, but it must make sense. Other reviewers say yeah it was terrible but I liked this or that about it. A movie is the sum of its parts, you can't take it apart like a buffet and score it scene by scene and then average the results. All the elements have to be taken together.

It's almost like the same concept with Thanos - he was so concerned about everyone in the universe, that he collected the rings and instead of generating an abundance for the people, his solution was to kill half the universe.

"why would you piss off Captain Marvel" _Because she is the destroyer! She destroyed my world! This is all that is left of us! So therefore we can get revenge by pissing her off more! And thereby save my peo....... oh wait!_

Im trying to figure out how kamala even knows who captain marvel is? Or any one? She left after her movie...came back during end game....and left again....WHEN had Captain Marvel had time to gain fans?

When you described how Captain Marvel is now a Disney Princess, it suddenly became clear to me why their attempts at feminism seem so lackluster: they approach it from a very specific place.

I don't know if it was all the hate being lobbed at it and my expectations were so low, but the movie just wasn't that bad to me. It was mid, but it wasn't bad. I never felt bored or like I wanted to leave like Thor 4. But it is by no means necessarily good neither. The plot reminded me of the first Chris Pine Star Trek film with the dying star. The Kree are the Romulans. Carol is Spock. Dar-Benn is random evil Romulan leader going after the worlds that are important to Spock.

Well. That’s my only reaction to this. “Well”

Great review 👍🏾 love the little joke about Captain Marvel not having fans in the real world 😂

My conclusion from hearing this is that The Marvels is an adult version of what happens when your younger kid sister steals your Marvel action figures and plays tea party and slumber party with them, and make them live in her barbie house and ride my little ponies. :)

This has to be one of the best reviews 😊🙌🏾

There was a time when made-up critics praised movies in the commercials. I can see the value in such tactics when the movie being promoted is suck.

Excellent analysis, I just came across your content and watched your two Marvels videos. You are spot on that this movie is about sisterhood and the other things (a villain, negabands, the Kree/Skrulls, Nick Fury are all plot devices used to propel the story forward and to distract the males.

Alachia, do you want a job for Screen Rant Pitch Meeting? Super easy, barely an inconvenience! 🤣

You are now my official critic before I decide to see a movie or not (btw I first saw your Napoleon review and find very helpful your comments but needed to hear this one).

Ghostbusters 2016 + Spaceballs = The Marvels

"It's a Frankenf*ck" -Jeremy Jahns (2023)

Guardians of the galaxy 3 is about the relationship of the characters too, BUT it’s a good movie 🍿

Falling Dabrie was a better hero than flying The Brie Larson. Man I was not expecting that joke intentional/unintentional lol

"Who is this (even) for?" is a question I see being asked of a lot of media now.

I really enjoyed this spoiler review. I'm not paying theater price to see this. 😅

Not even my daughters want to see this movie. And i still haven't seen the 1st one.

It is pretty funny that they over looked something as rudimentary as making water from hydrogen and oxygen that isn't even some cutting edge technology. Shows that this film was stupidly written for kids but even good kid films in the 90s had good writing.

That was a very enjoyable, thorough critique!

Debris......Not like Da-Brie Larson 🤣 That cracked me up! Now subscribed.

This movie is historic for Disney and a turning point in Western Civilization... but for all negative reasons.

Great review and this was my first video of yours! I hope there is no more Debrie Larsen in the MCU after this movie. I honestly gave up on keeping track of the MCU after Falcon and Winter soldier, it was all too hard to take anymore.

I watched the Pitch Meeting about The Marvels just before watching this. As he pointed out, stealing the atmosphere is the evil plot in Spaceballs.

You've hit the nail on the head with so many of my problems with the movie, thank you!!!

I wish they would leave that stuff for the cartoons or TV series. No wonder Brie Larson wants to quit. Nick Fury in the comics is a badass secret agent kind of like James Bond and they turned him into an average joe. And with Captain Marvel they should have leaned more into the cosmic weirdness of her backstory. Ultra powerful superheroes can be interesting but it takes creativity to make them work like Grant Morisson with All Star Superman. In it he is more powerful than ever but not all obstacles can be overcome with brute force. It's almost like there is no hero's journey for Captain Marvel. Her antagonist in the first movie was not even an obstacle. Her powers are a major design flaw. As powerful as she is Captain Marvel is not granted any cosmic insight or enhanced consciousness. She rams or shoots through everything. She lacks a good rogue's gallery and team. They should have built her into a powerhouse progressively. A lot of these other super heroes have the benefit of tense decently choreographed martial arts sequences but again Captain Marvel rarely does that. Side note but if Shang Chi had martial arts scenes like the movie Blade it would have done better but there is an over reliance on CGI. The older Marvel movies aren't perfect but I think they were good enough. They should have imo taken influence from the comics in the 70's 80's and 90's and used that as a basis for a story as well as taken some risks. That would have given her some much needed personality. It doesn't need to be a 1 to 1 recreation of the comic either. I think female empowerment is great but the way they are doing it is not very organic. It's ironic that comics are considered misogynistic when in comics you have decades worth of writing dedicated to female characters. Captain Marvel is a character that could have been incredibly interesting with her connection to the cosmos in the Marvel Universe but the writers are pretty shallow. Sisterhood is a fine subject but I think the issue here is becoming the lack of creativity. This is not a problem unique to Captain Marvel. It seems like Marvel doesn't understand how to craft a story anymore. Kang is not an interesting villain and neither are Skrulls. It just seems like they have no clue what they're doing. Like they rushed out Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel but they don't have a story to tell.

Ms. Marvel's powers aren't even like this in the comics. The light bending stuff I mean. She's supposed to have enlarging/stretchy powers.

They switch places when two of them use their energy powers at the same time. So if one of them uses her energy powers again after they switch because they used their powers at the same time, then they still don't switch again unless both of them use them again at that time.

20:30 "Supremor" Stupid for you, lady! 🤣

Alachia, they explained perfectly the purpose of the Negabands, or Megabands, whatever the proper names of them are. Captain Marvel clearly said the bands created every jump point in the universe. I can't remember if she said the Kree used the bands for this purpose or if someone else used it. Nevertheless, why is this important? Did we get a deep thesis on the infinity stones? Why were three infinity stones on Earth? Nobody asked these questions when the infinity saga came out, so why is it so important now?

"She could have taken air and water from a star" One thing about the MCU from Quantumania to Secret Invasion, and Loki and this film is that they can't do sci fi because they don't understand science at even a high school level. They think it's plausible that the Skrulls - an advanced alien race - should not be able to find another planet in all the Universe to live on - and should need "nick fury" [never been to space] to *find* a planet for them. What????? They think that when Emilia Clark turns Super Skrull from stolen dna - she can get things like Drax's tattoos and the learned abilities of heroes such as magic, or their weapons...which comes...from...dna??? They don't know what these things are. And Quantum Entanglement. Sure it causes random heroes to switch powers but not the villain cuz sure...plot, and who is watching this with their brains turned on anyway. Recommend FOR ALL MANKIND on Apple TV right now - for sci fi that won't rot your brain.

Now I'm Imagininging Thor, Hulk and Tony having a slumber party...

Appreciate the review. While I will wait for Disney + to see it, I’m quite sure your brilliant review is much more entertaining than the movie. Everything you said sounds on point. Originally Carol Danvers Ms. Marvel was introduced as Marvel’s answer to Wonder Woman or Supergirl. She wasn’t so omnipotent and she was a great character. Captain Marvel or Mar-Vell was a male character that was killed off. Over the years the other characters were introduced… I feel like if they used the original incarnation of the characters the stories wouldn’t be so arbitrary and convoluted. The first Wonder Woman movie had the right tone for a Ms Marvel (Captain Marvel) movie.

Nice review, absolutely fresh point of view. Thank you!

Why is she not blue? Aren't Kree blue?

What if Darbin had been included in the sister hood? And all of the marvels got to know what carrol Danvers did? But the story changes to that of the sisterhood making amends to Hala. I’d watch that movie if it meant we got a villain we could understand better and a deeper look into Capt Marvel.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Spandex 😀

I really hope you do a review on David Fincher The Killer 🙏🏾 and looking forward to more of your reviews.

I would just lóve a 'Dark knight', or 'Logan' kind of Hulk movie. Just realistic AF, where the Hulk is so dangerous that even the innocent die when he rages. A force of nature, in 1 green angry big musle. With a killer origin story, kinda like the Joker. Story driven content. Perhaps someone like Ari Aster from A24 as director, to make it real grimm like realisyic. Cause when the Hulk would réally exist, it wóuld be grimm. Let's have thát! I would watch it

The problem isn't "The Marvels" itself. The problem is really that Marvel Studios has been putting out one sub-par film after another since "Endgame". It took a while, but fans have moved on. Even if "The Marvels" was good, few people are now willing to give Marvel Studios a chance any longer. They blew it.

$273.8 million budget movie for teens or preteens? Wow.

So they ran with the plot from Spaceballs.

"Every time they use their powers, although it`s not consistent"? That is oxymoronic as f**k! If it happens EVERY TIME, then it is, by definition, CONSISTENT.

lol how did I just discovery you!? ❤ hilarious and awesome

The duality of modern marvel. On one hand Loki S2 showing there are still people capable of doing good enterteinment on par with its prime. The Marvels on the other hand. Showing all the prevalent issues with modern Marvel.

You are one of the best reviewers on KZfaq. Brilliant.....honest ( this is huuuuuge).......you seem to understand this: criticism of art is necessary if you also praise art. This movie....WILL.....cause the return to at least one movie with Ironman/ thor/cap etc. They will try to buy us back. South Park helped as well.

Out of the reviews you're insight is so different; a kid's movie now it make sense. There are "kid's movies" that still appeal to every age yet how you've described it make it more convincing the target audience is specific.

Excellent take on this movie Alachia. I don't think any other reviewer brought this up: The Marvels is for children.

Sooo...Carol Danver's arc is coming to terms with being a mass-murderer and hopes others accept her despite her failings? Oh wait, no...that's not right - Captain Marvel doesn't have failings. Okay, how's this - Captain Marvel's arc is about coming to terms with her own greatness and being willing to accept adoration from others she's had little to no actual direct dealings with. What a movie! *Kerflush!*

The most incredible part of this entire thing is the fact that dozens of adults sat in a board room and greenlit hundreds of millions of dollars to this nonsensical plot. Disney really hates making money wow

holy crap i get it now! is about finding the sisterhood love and nothing else matters! it makes so much sense now !

I really really enjoyed the movie. I'm a huge Ms Marvel fan so getting to see my girl in action on the big screen was a real treat and they actually made Captain Marvel likable this time. Some really great action scenes too.

So the planet they went to was just Disney World….?

“The had to fictionalise the super fan of Captain marvel because it doesn’t exist in real life.” 💀

Loved your analysis and review of this disaster of a movie and I also agree if Feige and Disney continue down this road making the MCU for kids it dead and gone. At this point they’ve lost me and not sure I’m ever going back.

Loved your review

This is the first time I've seen the spoiler review of a movie without actually watching the movie. They definitely should've marketed this in a different way in a form that appealed to children in the movie's current state. This is not the marvel we know and that we've always rooted for.

I have 4 nieces of varying ages and knowing them they’ll hate this movie for all the correct reasons you’ve mentioned. Great content!

Great revue. Thanks.

"Debris Larson" 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 I have to know if that was off the dome or if you thought of it earlier lol