November 9, 2023 – Well. That was a fantastic ride!
As anyone who actually reads my blog or knows me could guess, Kamala Khan is my favorite marvel character. And thus, I had lofty expectations for this. Though, I also knew that I would enjoy this movie regardless of any negatives. for an hour forty-five minute long movie, it went by surprisingly slowly. I was worried that it would go by too fast.
I loved seeing Carol and Monica and Kamala interact. I liked that their stories from each of their previous appearances coalesced into this narrative. For me, it felt like it worked. I know that some may see that as forced, but I think each story naturally flowed. Though I would have liked to have had some special focusing on Monica set after she got her powers and before this to get more from her character development. But I knew enough that it worked.
Seeing what Carol has been up to was nice, and getting some loose threads tied up from why she had a been back to earth till before Infinity War was good. We learn a bit more about her adventures, though I would have liked more, either from her talking about things, or some montage. But I assume we’ll get more from her as time goes on.
Iman again did a wonderful job as Kamala. I loved every moment of her being on-screen. Her energy is just so perfect. Her emotions are well-portrayed. I can’t wait to see more from her in the future. Seeing her on the big screen was just the best feeling. Even from when we were told we’d be getting Kamala in the MCU, and knowing she’d be in the movies eventually, it was just an utter joy to see her up there.
This movie did have a lot to do, I admit that. I mean this movie had to act as a continuation of one movie and 2.5 shows. I do think there was a bit of a disconnect between Secret Invasion and this, but like with the Marvel Television produced shows of old and the Marvel Studios movies, production for shows and movies are just so differently timed that I assume they didn’t have much communication between the two. I didn’t mind it much, but it did feel weird that there was really no referring to that.
The plot was pretty straightforward, there’s a problem and the three of them are thrown together and they solve it together. but there were some narratives that were threaded through that that I had been wondering about, so it was good that we had some stories finally being told.
The action was great. Watching it in IMAX 3D was fun. I’m glad I chose that for the first viewing. I’m typing this while waiting for my next showing to start in normal IMAX. The power switching was a fun function for them to learn do deal with as seen in the trailers.
The emotions for the characters when things got tense were well-portrayed. I felt the joy, sorrow, awkwardness etc. I think all the actors did amazing jobs in this movie. I still wish there was more time for character development.
I am so happy that this movie exists, I can’t wait for everything to come with all these characters.
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The end of the movie: The final scene of the movie really was like a mid-credit scene, and I’m very happy about that and how they did it.
Mid-credit Scene: Yes. Very much yes. A previous of things to come indeed. Unfortunately, I was a bit spoiled from seeing a rumor online about one aspect of this, but I was still very happy.
End-Credit Scene: Not really, but there is an end-credit sound. So, no need to stay throughout the credits if you don’t want to.
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