![]() ![]() ![]() Unsurprisingly, the mysteries begin to unravel as Carol starts to question her past more and more, which sends her following a trail of breadcrumbs that lead her back to Earth, circa 1995 – more than a decade before Tony Stark would shock the world with his Iron Man confession. Higher, further, faster, as the film's tagline goes. Everywhere she turns, she’s facing down someone who doesn't think she's worthy of the power she has or doesn't think she belongs in the position she's in – and yet, again and again, Carol finds a way to prove them wrong and keep fighting regardless. This smarmy creep is definitely fun to watch, if only because Law plays the archetype so honestly.Ĭarol's struggle against forces that want to delegitimize her becomes the recurring theme of Captain Marvel. In that way, he's almost more insidious a villain than any of Carol's overt enemies. He's threatened by Carol's unusual power, but rather than working to better himself he seeks every opportunity to keep Carol down by manipulating her into believing her abilities aren't gifts, but crutches she leans on that make her less legitimate as a Kree warrior. Law's Yon-Rogg manages to encapsulate everything about the haughty, holier-than-thou Kree species. Though she certainly gives the impression that if she could brute force her own memories into the proper order, she definitely would, which is absolutely delightful. She never feels properly lost or floundering, just frustrated that she's up against a problem she can't use her Kree-granted powers to punch her way out of. ![]() ![]() This duality keeps the memory-loss tropes to a minimum. In public, Carol is a take-no-prisoners soldier wanting to prove herself worthy to her comrades-in-arms – but in private, she's not so certain. She's been living among the alien Kree for years and has earned herself a position on an elite commando unit under the leadership of Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) – but she has no memory of her life before. The bulk of Captain Marvel's standard two-hour runtime is focused on Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), and begins with her as a human far from Earth trying to figure out just who (and what) she is. ![]()
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