re: ‘The Marvels’ Confirmed As Biggest Box Office Bomb Of 2023

It was truly amazing at how badly they missed the mark with this movie.

A solid idea would have been to focus on the effect of Carol's being so isolated for so long. It could push her to wanting to reach out to Monica, but also still feeling uneasy. Kamala's youthful optimism could help bring the two together, but the interactions also show Kamala that the hero's path isn't always fun and adventure (thus changing all three women to varying extents).

The prime villain didn't need to be a female, but it did need to be far more sympathetic in order to create a better moral dilemma for the heroines. The villain should have been more regretful in what they needed to do, but there wasn't really any other way (another moral dilemma).

Instead, we got a world where people communicate in song and dance and a villain with as much depth as an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.