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The Marvels’: First Reactions After the Premiere
Audiences have finally gotten their first look at The Marvels, the latest project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Marvel Studios film held its premiere in Las Vegas Tuesday, with press screenings also held in New York and Los Angeles. Now, first reactions are arriving on social media, ahead of formal reviews, which hit on Wednesday morning.
Brie Larson, Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani and WandaVision‘s Teyonah Parris star in The Marvels, which hails from Candyman filmmaker Nia DaCosta and arrives in theaters on Friday. It is a sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel, which raked in $1.128 billion globally. But The Marvels opens amid a very different landscape, and doesn’t have nearly as lofty box office hopes.
The film did not have its actors available to promote the film amid the SAG-AFTRA strike, and Captain Marvel benefited from tying directly to Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which helped build excitement. Marvel switched gears in its marketing of the movie on Monday, releasing a last-minute trailer that reminded audiences of Captain Marvel’s ties to the Avengers, and featuring archival footage of Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evan and Josh Brolin.
#TheMarvels is pure FUN.
It’s an intergalactic character journey focused on further developing #CarolDanvers #MonicaRambeau & #KamalaKhan individually & as a team.
It’s also a clear new beginning for the MCU. MAJOR implications for the future. Fans are gonna be TALKING. pic.twitter.com/nMJ2VBzEPn
— POC Culture (@POCculture) November 8, 2023
All I wanted from #TheMarvels was to have a good time and that movie is stupid fun! Kamala, Monica, and Carol are so much fun together. The swapping, singing, and dancing played better than I thought it would. The cameos, my god those cameos! I’m so happy I saw this in IMAX! pic.twitter.com/seWhnb9fzX
— Joseph Deckelmeier (@joedeckelmeier) November 8, 2023
#TheMarvels is pretty all over the place, with a truly silly plot, but still manages to be light on its feet. It’s often really funny, mostly thanks to Iman Vellani – a STAR.
Fun body-switching action, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. Not great, but far from a disaster. pic.twitter.com/ammljNEvCw
— Daniel Howat (@howatdk) November 8, 2023
#TheMarvels is a winner
Not a perfect winner
But a light, breezy, entertaining blockbuster that delivers a satisfying team up!Brie Larson really SHINES as Captain Marvel (Finally), Iman continues to be a shining Star as Kamala Khan, & Teyonah Paris knocks it out as Rambeau! pic.twitter.com/GV9PuwiFIa
— Zach Pope (@popetheking) November 8, 2023
It’s saddening that it’s tracking so low because #THEMARVELS is a BLAST! A breath of fresh air for the MCU that balances terrific humor and heart throughout and boasts fantastic performances and chemistry from its main trio of Larson, Parris, and Vellani. DaCosta was the jolt of… pic.twitter.com/XuR0XVWaPA
— TomChatalbash (@TomChatalbash) November 8, 2023
#TheMarvels was such a lovely, surprising, decent and delightful experience.
The chemistry of the cast is out of this world. Kamala Khan and her family are definitely one of the movie’s standouts.
Nia DaCosta delivers a movie full of heart. The emotional beats are also great,… pic.twitter.com/xN4z3XqagU
— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) November 8, 2023
