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Captain Marvel: First Look - Image Analysis

Yesterday Entertainment Weekly released an exclusive first look at Marvel's latest upcoming film, Captain Marvel (2019, Anna Boen, Ryan Fleck) featuring first looks at Brie Larson (Room, Kong: Skull Island) as the main protagonist, Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes, Young Pope) as Mar-Vell and the antagonists, the Skrull. This film will also set up Captain Marvel for the 4th Avengers film, which Captain Marvel was teased in the final scene.

For this post, I haven't examined all of the stills revealed I've chosen the five that I think are worth talking about the most. Also, if you wish to read the official release from Entertainment Weekly, then click the link here.  https://ew.com/movies/captain-marvel-first-look-images/

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Our first official look at the Captain Marvel costume! And it is a vast improvement from those leaked photos that were released earlier this year. It still looks a little bit like a variation of Captain America's costume, but I'm willing to look past that. I also really like the pose that Brie Larson is pulling in this photo. She looks ready for action! And with a bit of an edge to her. Larson said in the coverage that Carol Danvers will have a bit of a temper and will be something of a MAverick-type character. Which sounds a little bit like Green Lantern from DC, so hopefully Marvel can differentiate her from that character! Overall, I really like the way Brie Larson looks as Captain Marvel.

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Here we get our first look at Jude Law as Mar-Vell, the first Captain Marvel. Wearing the same green uniform as we saw in the leaked stills. And it turns out that even Jude Law looks bad in this outfit. I'm also quite surprised that Law hasn't been given prosthetics for his face, as he's meant to be a Kree soldier. Perhaps he's been re-imagined as a human? Maybe Jude Law didn't want any prosthetics. Although, I don't know why. I don't think He'd be too worried about people not recognising him. Also, we see Ronan The Accuser (Lee Pace) Pre-Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014, James Gunn). So probably not as dangerous as he was in that film! It'll be interesting to see if this film dives into why Ronan became a terrorist. MAinly because it wasn't explained that well in Guardians.

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Following on from the previous pic, we see Star-Force meeting with Mar-Vell and Ronan and finally proving that this uniform simply doesn't look good on anyone. Overall, the whole Star-Force look okay, although I'm a little worried that they look like The Guardians Of The Galaxy.  For instance, Minerva (Gemma Chan) on the far right looks a little bit like Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Marvel might be at risk of diluting their own brand. They will have to make this group quite different. Also, it's interesting that Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Blood Diamond) is in both this film for Marvel and DC's Shazam (David Sandberg) whose main character used to be called Captain Marvel!

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Nick Fury is back! Now in a digitally de-aged performance from Samuel L. Jackson. To be honest, this digitally de-ageing looks pretty good. Marvel has ad experience in making their actors look younger in the past, but this is probably the best they've done. It's unclear as to whether or not Fury will lose his eye in this film, although that scar he has will be the least of his problems in the long run. I look forward to seeing a younger, less- experienced Nick Fury and whether or not we get to see him become the agent of S.H.I.E.L.D that we know and love!

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And now we get our first look at the film's antagonists, the Skrull! Shape-shifting aliens that invade worlds by posing as the indigenous species. Even going as far as to replicate a person's powers. Making them even more formidable! And... They do not look that good. When I first saw this image I mistook it for a still from a TV show like Krypton or The Orville (Good shows btw, I highly recommend watching them). I wouldn't really expect this kind of costume for a big-budget blockbuster like Captain Marvel. Hopefully, their storyline in this film will help me look past that.

So that's my Image Analysis of the Captain Marvel official first look. What do you think of the stills? Do you agree or disagree with anything I said? Please leave a comment down below. And, if you like what you've read, then you can follow this blog for more content. Thank you for reading. :)
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