Captain Marvel's Lead

After seeing the most recent Avengers movie, Avengers: Infinity War, the ending cutscene got everyone’s attention. The reference to Captain Marvel was small, but something that took most viewers by surprise. Now the official movie poster and trailer have been released and it is quickly becoming one of Marvel’s most anticipated movies. But there are some interesting things about the newly released movie poster.

As shown, Brie Larson is playing the lead role Captain Marvel. Something I feel like most people don’t know though is that Captain Marvel in the Comic series was originally male. I believe this sudden change in lead roles from comics to movies has a lot to do with the MCU’s (Marvel Cinematic Universe) lack of lead female roles. Atleast female roles that have gotten their own movies. This could be a push to help support Women’s equality. That it’s not always the man saving the world. Especially the way things were left in the most recent Avengers movie, we can not help but think as viewers that the distress call to Captain Marvel is anything less than a call to save the “Avengers, Earth’s mightiest heroes.” 

In the background you can see one of the jets that Brie Larson’s role will fly in the movie, something that brings a bit more realism into the audience's eyes. Becoming a fighter pilot is no easy task, but it is something that is not impossible.

By watching the trailer and looking at the poster, the viewer gets to see that Captain Marvel in the beginning is a “normal” living woman that is also a jet pilot, which is featured in the poster. She has a normal life that is possible for other to live. It’s real. People can look at her and feel kind of a connection. Until things take a twist and fantasy falls into her life. She becomes someone with superpowers that has the strength to defeat those trying to hurt others. She becomes the Heroine that is needed.

As a pretty consistent viewer of the Marvel series, it is apparent that Marvel gets people that are good intentioned and are believably a hero/heroine, to then amplify the situation, increasing the “evil” in order to increase the “good.” Which is why I believe so many people can relate to these types of movies. Because they can relate to the good in the lead role. At least we all want to relate to the good.

I believe this poster has just enough realism in it to draw a crowd to the theatre with the knowledge that there is going to be a good amount of fantasy because it is a marvel movie. Overall it is a good ad that I’m sure has gotten the attention of many Marvel Fans.