Starring: Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Samuel L. Jackson, Park Seo-joon, Zawe Ashton, Saagar Shaikh, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur
OUR RATING: ★★☆☆☆
Story:
MCU superhero action adventure fantasy sequel directed and co-written by Nia DaCosta. The Marvels (2023) centers on Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), who has reclaimed her identity from the Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of super-fan Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani), and Carol’s estranged niece, now SABER astronaut, Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). Now this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work together to save the universe.
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Best Quotes
Carol Danvers: Nick Fury, my favorite one-eyed man of intrigue.
Nick Fury: Carol Danvers. Prodigal child of the Milky Way. How goes it out there?
Carol Danvers: Thriving.
Kamala Khan: I’m Kamala Khan. No, sorry. I’m Ms. Marvel, actually. But I’m from Jersey City, and I… Oh, no. I don’t have my mask on. Is this an Avengers test?
Nick Fury: Who the hell are you?
Kamala Khan: I did not break my closet door. Okay? I was in space!
Muneeba Khan: Oh, so it broke itself?
Kamala Khan: No, no, no, no. See, I disappeared.
Yusuf Khan: So maybe Captain Marvel broke it.
Kamala Khan: What?
Muneeba Khan: Yes. Your friend, Captain Marvel. She was walking up and down our living room. And now you come back, waltzing in with no apologies.
Kamala Khan: I’m sorry. Captain Marvel was in our house?
Muneeba Khan: What the hell is going on?
Kamala Khan: I was on some freaky spaceship, and then I teleported here. I don’t know if that’s my new power. And then this freaking cat ate a man.
Muneeba Khan: How can a cat eat a man, Kamala?
Carol Danvers: I touched it and then I…
Nick Fury: Why did you do that?
Carol Danvers: Because it was glowing and mysterious.
Nick Fury: Okay. New rule. No more touching s**t. Especially glowing, mysterious s**t.
Carol Danvers: Okay. I’m feeling a lot of negative energy from you, and I don’t like it.
Kree: Annihilator.
Carol Danvers: I don’t like that name.
Nick Fury: [as they’re fighting the Kree] Friends of yours?
Kamala Khan: Hi.
Monica Rambeau: I think I switch when I use my powers.
Nick Fury: Strong theory.
Nick Fury: We’re looking for Kamala Khan.
Kamala Khan: Did I get in?
Kamala Khan: Can you believe it? They have intel on me. On me! I am intel.
Muneeba Khan: Is there some sort of surveillance on us?
Nick Fury: “Surveillance” is a strong word.
Kamala Khan: What’s your code name?
Monica Rambeau: Oh, I don’t have a code name.
Kamala Khan: We’ll workshop it.
Monica Rambeau: No, thank you.
Kamala Khan: I still cannot believe that Captain Marvel was here, and I didn’t even get to meet her. You know, we’re supposed to be all like “twinsies!”. You know, we have the same name. I would obviously, then, I don’t know, I would just give her the letter that I wrote for her, and we would go out for lunch, and then it would just… Did you say “Aunt Carol?”
Carol Danvers: When did you get powers?
Monica Rambeau: I walked through a radiation shielding barrier of a witch hex, and now I can manipulate and see all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Muneeba Khan: I’m very happy for you.
Yusuf Khan: Where is Kamala?
Monica Rambeau: [to Carol] Wherever you were. Where were you?
Carol Danvers: Who’s Kamala?
Monica Rambeau: The third person we’re switching with. Light powers. Teenage girl.
Nick Fury: Monica, you got to fly.
Monica Rambeau: No, no, no. I mean, I know. But technically, I haven’t done that yet!
Nick Fury: Yeah, well, you got to now, or Kamala’s not going to graduate from high school. Come on! Use your core! Hey. Black Girl Magic.
Kamala Khan: I can’t fly. Do you guys have a spaceship I could borrow or…
Carol Danvers: Kamala, don’t talk to them.
Kamala Khan: You know my name!
Valkyrie: I see that you’ve finally found yourself a team.
Carol Danvers: It is unintentional.
Valkyrie: Oh, I’ve been on some unintentional teams myself.
Carol Danvers: I know, but…
'You can stand tall without standing alone.' - Valkyrie (The Marvels) Share on X
Monica Rambeau: When you left, you said you’d be back before I knew it.
Carol Danvers: I meant what I said. I just, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I didn’t know how to explain to a little girl that…
Monica Rambeau: A little girl that hung on your every word.
Carol Danvers: I was going to come back. I just… There was people that needed me.
Monica Rambeau: We needed you, Carol.
Carol Danvers: It is actually nice having people on board again. It gets pretty lonely out here.
Kamala Khan: Anytime you need company, I will be there. I will drop everything. I will drop high school.
Carol Danvers: Don’t do that.
Kamala Khan: I am Kamala Khan. But when I’m fighting crime on the streets of Jersey City, I go by Ms. Marvel. And I hope that’s okay, like copyright-wise. Because, honestly, I never thought I’d ever get to meet you. But now that it’s happening, and we’re like touching each other, I’ve realized I should have asked permission. So, twinsies.
'In the end, none of us choose how we transition from this life to the next.' - Dag (The Marvels) Share on X
Monica Rambeau: Captain Marvel.
Carol Danvers: You need to stop calling me that. I used to change your diapers.
Monica Rambeau: Oh, that was once. And then I was told you proceeded to vomit everywhere.
Monica Rambeau: Oh, I’m sorry. When’s the last time you led a team?
Carol Danvers: As early as last week.
Monica Rambeau: Goose doesn’t count.
Carol Danvers: Please. You try giving Goose orders.
Kamala Khan: Oh, my God. We’re a team?
Monica Rambeau: Oh, no, no, no! We’re not a team.
Carol Danvers: We’re not a team.
Kamala Khan: “What you seek is seeking you.” It’s inscribed on the bangle.
Muneeba Khan: Kamala, you are not going on any space adventures. Nicholas has told me how dangerous they can be.
Kamala Khan: It’s just “Fury”. God.
Aamir Khan: Hey, babe. So I’m in this crazy space elevator and we’re going up. Or maybe we’re going down. Are there directions in space?
Nick Fury: Yes, there are. But no filming.
Muneeba Khan: What’s wrong with that cat? It’s acting very weird. Also, Mr. Fury, she’s looking little pudgy. I think you’re overfeeding her.
Kamala Khan: Firefly. Night Light. Countess Marvel. Mistress Marvel? Doctor Marvel?
Monica Rambeau: That’s too much.
Kamala Khan: Doctor Bright. Professor Marvel. Nova. Supernova Girl. Spectrum. Spectrum-Vision.
Carol Danvers: Vision! Oh, wait. No. Sorry.
'Confusion is but the first step on the journey to knowledge.' - Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy (The Marvels) Share on X
Carol Danvers: Everyone together on three. Ready? One, two, three, go.
Kamala Khan: Now, why would you say “go” if we’re going on three?
Carol Danvers: I’m aware.
Dag: You know, I never even thought about planning for retirement.
Yusuf Khan: Hey, it’s never too late. And it’s never too early, like I say. How old are you?
Dag: Three hundred and six.
Yusuf Khan: Huh?
Aamir Khan: Wow. Same age.
Kamala Khan: Do you guys realize how crazy this is right now? Like I’m in a spaceship with two superheroes. Also, is it too late to go to the bathroom? Because I feel like it’s going to hit really soon.
Carol Danvers: I should warn you that I’m kind of famous here.
Kamala Khan: Well, you do know you’re famous everywhere, right?
Carol Danvers: If you tell anyone about…
Monica Rambeau: What? That you’re a pretty, pretty princess?
Carol Danvers: It is a marriage of convenience. It’s more of a diplomatic act, you know? It’s like, there was a power struggle. Matriarchal society. We are friends. It’s a long story.
Kamala Khan: Maybe you could sing it.
Carol Danvers: Maybe not.