
If you had the unfortunate pleasure of watching Secret Invasion this past summer, then going to see The Marvels may prove to be a truly confounding experience for you. The new Marvel Cinematic Universe film is, to be clear, fine. It’s got a great, fun opening and the rest of it is forgettable at best. Compared to Marvel’s other 2023 movies, it sits comfortably in between the effectively bittersweet Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and the abominable Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.