Review of Captain Marvel (2019) by Finnmccool1985 — 08 Mar 2019

There have been great superhero works with political satire, overtones in the past- some of the best, even- The Watchmen, Dark Knight series, Maus, The Invisibles, the list goes on. But Hollywood and Marvel have decided to take many of people's favorite works and turn them into PR for the elite establishment- the exact opposite of what the greats I listed were- which were skillful underground challenges to that establishment.

The last thing the world needs is superwealthy people taking classics loved by working class and poor people, and telling people how 'real people' are supposed to view them- this is hypocrisy at it's most gross level.

It will not last- and no doubt, films like Captain Marvel will mark the low point when the real creatives will emerge, coming out with another generation of great works challenging another establishment pretending to set the bar when really they are just building an artistic prison full of them- wrapping the myth of the transcendent hero in regressive cliche.