Taylor Breig
Staff Writer
The release of Marvel’s first female superhero movie, Captain Marvel, has gone above and beyond the anticipation that had been developed since the end of Avengers: Infinity War.
The movie has made a message to all women of any age that they with- hold power that they should embrace despite how many will try to tell them to conceal themselves. Brie Larson has established her presence as an Avenger and as the strongest hero in the Marvel Universe in the form of Captain Marvel and has blown the audience away with her acting as the amazing superhero. Audience reaction has been positive currently and the domestic as well as international box office sales beat out Black Panther and Wonder Woman in its opening weeks.
With Captain Marvel making her debut on the big screen, many young girls have grown excited to have a female superhero to look up to that is part of the Marvel universe. As many girls in current times grew up with heroines like Wonder Woman and the Disney Princesses, there had never been demand for female superheroes until recent times of wanting equality and more of female presence in a male dominated genre of films and writings
The film presented the origins of Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) and shows what it means to be a female “hero” in a time that many deemed women incapable of being suitable for those roles, especially in the military. Because of the waves of support from actors, artists, and from the cast itself, the film will remain to have a lasting effect long into the future. Marvel also released the film with fan’s anticipation for Avengers: Endgame, where Captain Marvel will make her first Avengers appearance as one of the heroes in the film set to fight alongside the original gang of Avengers against Thanos after The Snap.
Around campus, many students agree that the film is a great way to pave the excitement and anticipation for Avengers: Endgame, coming out in April, “I believe the movie couldn’t of been any better in terms of leading up to Endgame. It was the puzzle piece needed to lay the way for Endgame,” sophomore Dylan Moran said.
Students, primarily females, have been proud of the film and feel that it will empower Marvel to create more inclusive films with female leads. Power comes with Captain Marvel’s character and the rise of more females as superheroes inspire a new wave of female heroes in
media.
“Marvel has always been lacking in good representation. Now, we have Shuri and Okoye and Carol and Nebula… I think the Powers that be will finally take the hint and give us more female-led movies,” senior Mackenzie Acree said.
With this positivity and revival of female heroes in media, Captain Marvel is bound to start a wave of new female heroines ready to bring hope and power to women and young girls across the world.