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Actually, a better choice is to revisit Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” which commences thousands of years ago where two tropes of gorillas, are fighting for dominance (reminiscent of 2024 election between the Democrats and Republicans); Kubrick’s genius in 1968 is revelatory in its vision: viable planets, unimaginable transport, and the remarkability of Artificial Intelligence (“Hal” vs “Siri”) opening wonders of opportunities, expanding man’s capabilities in all realms of science, mathematics and space exploration. This film is rapturous and winner of an Academy Award for Visual Effects, Bafta Award for Cinematography, another for Sound. Even today it ranks as iconic in restructuring the conventional narrative form, spanning realms, stunning in its depiction of a spaceflight on its way to Jupiter; music from Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II; since 1991 it is preserved in the National Film Registry; poetically transformative in its metaphors and meditative scrutiny in its lessons.
Present day Captain America “Sam Wilson” (Anthony Mackie, straight-faced performance is a legitimate affidavit to the Captain’s integrity) can halt planes in mid-flight, destroy drones; with stratospheric intelligence and speaking in a myriad of tongues he’s quick to target the villain (in a smidgen over two hours); Sam finds the President “Thaddeus Ross” (Harrison Ford, prescient as a man whose mind is controlled by untoward forces) in a catastrophic predicament; yin and yang between the two men adds worthy tension to a scenario, overwhelmingly predictable, but entertaining nonetheless.
Totally lacking in the history and films of Marvel Mania, missing villains of the past, I was at ease in my unenlightenment, delighting in the performances of Shira Haas (“Shtisel”, “Unorthodox”), Danny Ramirez and Carl Lumbly.
“Captain America: A Brave New World” leaves viewers, as the known evaporates, questioning, whether the “new” is “brave” or not.
THREE STARS!!!
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