The Marvels’ final IMAX trailer was released. Captured by Sean Bobbitt BSC with the ALEXA LF, ALEXA Mini LF, and ARRI Rental’s exclusive ALEXA 65 paired with DNA glass. The film includes more than 30 minutes of IMAX 1.90:1 expanded aspect ratio—featuring up to 26% more imagery. However, the critics are mixed.
The Marvels: The shortest MCU film
The Marvels is a 2023 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to the film Captain Marvel (2019), a continuation of the television miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022), and the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Nia DaCosta. It stars the great Brie Larson as Carol Danvers. Marvel Studios confirmed plans to make a sequel to Captain Marvel in July 2019. Development began in January 2020 with McDonnell was hired after working on the television miniseries WandaVision (2021). Second unit filming began in mid-April 2021 in New Jersey. Principal photography began in July 2021 and concluded by mid-May 2022, taking place at Pinewood Studios, as well as in Los Angeles and Tropea, Italy. It is the shortest MCU film (1 hour and 45 minutes).
Shot by Sean Bobbitt on large format cameras
The Marvels shot by Sean Bobbitt BSC on the mighty ARRI ALEXA 65, together with the Mini LF and LF large format cameras. The main glass is ARRI Rental’s DNA lenses. Sean Francis Bobbitt, B.S.C. (born 29 November 1958) is an American-born British cinematographer. He is known for his collaborations with director Steve McQueen working on his films Hunger (2008), Shame (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Widows (2018). He earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).
Made for IMAX
Marvel Studios emphasized that The Marvels was made to be experienced in IMAX, including more than 30 minutes of IMAX exclusive 1.90:1 expanded aspect ratio—featuring up to 26% more picture in select sequences throughout the film. “IMAX moviegoers will experience more of the image on screen with unprecedented crispness and clarity. Combined with next-generation IMAX precision sound, audiences are in for a truly spectacular and immersive experience”. Additionally, IMAX has released the final trailer. Check it out below:
The Marvels premiered in Las Vegas on November 7, 2023, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 10, 2023, as part of Phase Five of the MCU. The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Here are a few quotations: “Brie Larson Leads a Trio of Light-Force Heroines in a Skittery Sequel Loaded Down With MCU Baggage” (Variety), “‘The Marvels’ Arrives As The Third Worst-Reviewed MCU Movie Ever” (Forbes), and “Brie Larson’s superhero sequel is joyfully weird” (USA Today). Check out the official behind-the-scenes clip:
That doesn’t help either. The movie in general looks very cheap and bad, don’t know whether 250 million have gone into..
More and more it gets more obvious, that this whole generation of digital shot movies, will never achieve a classic/legendary look that it could’ve had on film. We are not talking about the nonsense story here..