Marvel fans know better than to leave a cinema before the very last credit has rolled. The world’s first official preview screenings for Captain Marvel took place last night. Full reviews are embargoed but the block on reactions has been lifted. As well as very encouraging first words about the film itself, some critics have leaked the number of pre and post credit scenes. There has also been confirmation that one of the scenes is extremely emotional and will reduce audiences to “tears.”
The early critics’ responses have been overwhelmingly positive.
This is in marked contrast to the growing online campaign by a disgruntled section of the fandom who seem to think Brie Larson and her film are attacking white males. They are wrong and completely misinterpreted comment made by the actress about promoting greater diversity among journalists at press junkets.
It is enough to make you weep, but the real tears should be saved for an emotional scene before the film’s opening titles.
Sonaiya Kelley from the LA times tweeted: “It’s pro-woman without being overdone with pre and post-credit scenes that made me tear up and gave me goosebumps respectively.”
She clarified the tearful moment is pre-film, not pre-credits.
Put together with a report in We Got This Covered and we now know what that first heartbreaking scene is – and it concerns the death of a beloved Marvel icon.
The site said: “Though it’s been roughly three months since Stan Lee’s unfortunate passing, comic book fans around the world are still shaken by the loss of a true legend…We can now confirm that the movie will still acknowledge him as apparently, it opens with a very touching tribute to the iconic comic book creator.”
Kelley also confirmed the post-credit scenes have a link to Avengers Endgame.
Kelley tweeted: “There are two post-credits scenes that are worth staying for and the anticipation for ENDGAME is definitely stoked by this film.”
This does not explicitly confirm either of the end credits moments will lead into Endgame. However, it continues to fuel expectation that somehow the movie will loop around to that pager used by Nick Fury in The Infinity War end scene (and shown already in the Captain Marvel trailers).
Somehow the movie must bring Captain Marvel from the 1990s or have her poised and ready to join the remaining Avengers in the present day.
CAPTAIN MARVEL IS OUT ON MARCH 8