Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Captain Marvel don't need (to be in) no Civil War!

So as I kinda predicted, the latest entry in the MCU - Captain Marvel* - is going to be another billon dollar movie.
Great movie - already seen it twice. I liked the mystery/detective nature of the plot, even if we all knew she would work out who she was eventually. The unleashing of her power at the end was exceptional. The twists and turns were great. Ben Mendelsohn's character was fantastic (and I love how his Skrull accent is just his straight Aussie one!). And the Stan Lee cameo was pure gold.
I also thought the 90s setting worked really well, and loved Easter Eggs alluding to the broader MCU before and after the events in this movie (especially with Nick Fury ... I mean ... just "Fury", Phil Coulson and a certain Tesseract). 
And the music was pretty much spot on. 
Pretty much...
And this is where the rant begins.
The ONE musical cue that didn't gel for me was "Come As You Are". It came off as someone trying to be cool and grungey by putting in Nirvana's probably most-accessible song, without actually being OG fans.
Not only that, but it just doesn't make sense - it comes on when we're inside Carol's head when she sees the Supreme Intelligence in 1995 (one year after Kurt Cobain committed suicide, incidentally), but she hadn't been back to Earth since 1989. How would she know this song?!? It just doesn't make sense (unlike ever other thing that happens in that movie)!!
So, what to replace it with?
Well, she DID wear a Guns'N'Roses shirt back when she was on Earth - how about a G'N'F'N'R song?
And that's when I got it - "Rocket Queen" from the awesome Appetite for Destruction (which just happens to be my favourite song from that album back in the day). 
If you're unfamiliar with it, please enjoy:


Not only is the title perfect for Captain Marvel, but even the lyrics work (kinda) when she's meeting the Supreme Intelligence:
"Here I am 
And you're a rocket queen 
I might be a little young but honey I ain't naive" 
Feel free to play it over Come As You Are when you're in cinemas going forward.

Can't wait to see her (and the rest of the gang) in Avengers: Endgame

* For those unfamiliar with the Captain, this is a good intro: Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude

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