The first Marvel Comics woman superhero movie suffers from wooden dialogue and a misuse of good actors.
It’s not even the summer yet, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe is once again upon us. “Captain Marvel,” the latest entry, is also among the most anticipated, largely because it’s the first Marvel movie to headline a female superhero.
This is an important sociological phenomenon, I suppose, but I find it difficult to get excited about the movie – as a movie. Directed and co-written by the husband-and-wife team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – whose previous work, including the fine “Half Nelson” and “Sugar,” is all in the indie realm – it’s a lackluster piece of Marvelized engineering. Lacking the wit and graphic oomph that sometimes rescues the Marvel franchise from terminal fatigue, “Captain Marvel” is yet another origin story for yet another superhero.
