Ms marvel review

Family is intrinsic to superhero origin stories, whether steeped in a loss like Batman or discovering that powers are inherited. After trying on her great-grandmother’s bracelet for the first time, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) finds out she is in the latter camp and that sometimes an heirloom is more than a pretty trinket. With each passing episode, Ms. Marvel dishes out information at a steady rate, which gives enough new details to spark curiosity (and occasionally, whiplash). “Destined” is packed to the brim with reveals, emotional stakes, and a dance sequence to rival any rom-com or teen movie from the ’90s. At the halfway point, showrunner Bisha K. Ali has thrown plenty of obstacles in Kamala’s way, answered big questions, and offered a unique insight into the corner of New Jersey City that the Khans call home. A wedding provides the backdrop for another exuberant jolt, quickly dampened by the arrival of what we know to be this season’s villains. Matters escalate quickly, but there is still time to reflect on Kamala’s swirling emotions that Vellani embodies. Play Kamala is well-versed in superheroes — and she still has Captain Marvel as her phone wallpaper — and this gives the character a level of knowledge that only increases the pressure she places on herself. Expectation versus reality is more than an internet-ready meme, and watching videos of herself on TikTok doesn’t provide much clarity. There is an assumption, of course, that the audience is also familiar with s...

Marvel’s new Disney+ series “Ms. Marvel” received praise from reviewers and fans, but some are blasting its diversity, calling it too “woke” and “cringe.” And critics say they know what's behind the criticism. The series, released Wednesday, follows Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani American girl from New Jersey who struggles to fit in at school and home until she’s imbued with superpowers by a bangle passed down from her grandmother. “The superhero universe for the longest time has been patriarchal,” she told NBC Asian America. “So it’s not surprising to me that this criticism is coming from that demographic because in a way, that demographic is the all-consuming group of the superhero universe for comic books and all the kind of narratives and stories that the superhero universe represents.” Many felt the criticism was unwarranted and said that not every show was made for every demographic. Singh pointed out that current representation could impact future media. “It’s not just about the kind of consumption we want at the present moment, but it’s also about signaling what could be coming in the future with new episodes, new movies and new characters. The resentment is as much for the present-moment representation as it is for what that moment represents for the future to come.”

It’s downright audacious that superfans, but despite that thoroughly meta invitation to egomania,real-life First introduced in a 2013 comic by Sana Amanat, “Ms. Marvel” is the story of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a nerdy New Jersey teen obsessed with Captain Marvel who ends up gaining her own superpowers and moniker. The Disney+ adaptation comes from creator and head writer Bisha K. Ali (executive story editor on “ Episode 1 introduces us to Kamala, content with her friends, family, and phantasmagoria as she daydreams through class and uploads YouTube videos about her favorite superhero, Captain Marvel. Her dearest ambition in life is to get her driver’s license so she can go to AvengerCon (that’s going to be a thing, isn’t it?) and dazzle her fellow attendees with a homemade Captain Marvel cosplay. The first few minutes alone are filled with effervescent animation meant to convey the richness of Kamala’s imagination. It’s not a mix of live-action and animation, but dynamic illustrations that enhance what’s captured on camera. The art team and animators give “Ms. Marvel” a distinct and gorgeous visual palette entirely in line with its protagonist and ethos and unlike anything else in the MCU. Audiences will witness Kamala’s fantasies as their images dance along rooftops; when she texts her best friends, the messages show up in neon signs or the streets they’re crossing, a stylistic choice that invites viewers into Kamala’s mind. The optics are matched in quality and swagge...

The best and worst thing I can say about Ms. You may have noticed that there have been a lot of movies and TV shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the last few years. Like, an amount equivalent to how big Ant-Man got during the airport fight in Captain America: Civil War. Most of these have been good. Some have been substantially better than that. And a few, like the WandaVision or the squishy horror-movie stylings of Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, have even managed to feel tonally different from the rest of the (*) Besides the multiple performances by Oscar Isaac, the best thing to be said for is that, for the moment anyway, it exists as a self-contained unit that does not seem necessary to understanding future projects. Standalone stories are still OK, even if that wasn’t an especially good one. Ms. Marvel does not exactly hide its links to the MCU. Its main character, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a Pakistani-American teenager living in Jersey City with her parents Muneeba (Zenobia Shroff) and Yusuf (Mohan Kapur) and brother Aamir (Saagar Shaikh), is an unabashed Avengers fangirl. At the beginning of the first episode, the familiar Marvel Studios logo transforms into animated superhero scrapbook figures drawn by Kamala as she talks about her love of Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel. The main conflict of the series premiere is whether her parents will allow Kamala to go with her best friend Bruno (Matt Lintz) to attend the first-ever AvengerCon at...

Much like her comic book counterpart, the Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) of Disney Plus’ Ms. Marvel is an awkward teen whose head is stuck firmly in the clouds and filled with dreams of one day becoming a superpowered hero like her idol, Carol Danvers. Much of the larger world around Kamala is still wrapping its mind around the reality of the Avengers’ win against Thanos in Avengers: Endgame, but Ms. Marvel zooms in on Kamala’s life in Jersey City, New Jersey, to spotlight how, in fits and starts, people are beginning to move on. It’s hard for Kamala’s doting father Yusuf (Mohan Kapur) and sternly loving mother Muneeba (Zenobia Shroff) to understand what compels their daughter to spend hours in her room making and uploading painstakingly crafted Avengers fan videos for her humble social media page. Obsessing over superhero fan theories is just the sort of thing Kamala — a nerd — and all of the other students at Coles Academic High School do, though, because they’re kids who grew up watching costumed vigilantes save the world from destruction on a regular basis. Ms. Marvel’s well aware that it opens up at a time when the MCU’s become a narratively complex place, both for its characters and for Marvel Studios itself. But the show takes care to put most of its energy into fleshing out the details of Kamala’s everyday life — rather than teasing out how it will connect to Marvel’s next project — in order to underscore that this is a story about an ordinary kid becoming something mo...

Think Clarissa Explains It All (without the talk to camera), Never Have I Ever's push-and-pull against parental expectations vs self identity, mixed with Tom Holland's Spider-Man charm. Finding it hard to formulate a picture? That's because it's a 'sit back, watch and be mesmerised' kind of affair. So far the show ticks most of the boxes. Engaging: check. Charismatic: check. Impressive powers: check. The only thing it's missing is a compelling storyline… so far. We have to say that as we are only two episodes deep, but 'so far' things are falling a little flat on the narrative side. With these types of limited series it's all about pace, pace, pace. Six episodes don't award filmmakers the luxury of slow-building, digestible storytelling. The expectation is that we will get to the action tout suite. Unfortunately by the close of episode two we're only just scratching the surface of what's to come. That doesn't mean we have a hankering for a sloppy, rushed unfolding of Kamala Khan's journey and, to be fair, Ms Marvel is at a slight disadvantage to its other MCU show counterparts. Loki, WandaVision, etc were all shows based on titular characters who were well established within the universe already. This means less story building was necessary. Ms Marvel, however, is introducing Kamala (Iman Vellani) to us – and it does so very well. Marvel Studios In fact, one of the best moments is among the very first opening scenes, where we are introduced to Kamala's world through the co...