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I have to say that during the lead-up to this film I repeatedly forgot it was even coming out. So much of the MCU hype in my online and social circles has been around Avengers: Endgame which comes out surprisingly closely following this, and I’ve made a concerted effort to avoid the shitstorm of whining crybabies who can’t handle that less than 5% of the MCU is now female-led and the other shitstorm of people who think Brie Larson didn’t want white men to see her movie or something Someone told me people were mad about? Which, if true, doesn’t even approach what she actually said. But whatever I’m not a drama channel. So my attention vis-à-vis the MCU has been more Endgame-centric than not as of late. As such this one kinda crept up on me, Now, from a technical and narrative standpoint the movie’s about as good as I expected it to be, Perfectly enjoyable, if not exactly ground-breaking, with a lot of fun 90s references some nice humour and special effects aplenty. Which is why I was pleasantly surprised with how much I found myself enjoying this one.
So Captain Marvel takes us back to the 90s, but also into space, with an amnesia-stricken Carol Danvers, known only to her Cohorts as “Vers” fighting for the Kree empire alongside a band of soldiers, one of whom is the guy from the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy…oh and Ronan the Accuser shows up too, they’re working for him at this point. She basically has ki powers and isn’t sure how she got them. So a mission goes Awry and she crashlands on earth into a Blockbuster just to drive home the fact that it’s the 90s and her journey of self-rediscovery begins.
So basically I’m pretty sure you’ll feel like you know where the movie is going like, 5 minutes in. But there are some interesting developments to keep you on your toes and some nice character backstory for the younger Nick Fury. I wasn’t sure how I felt about the amnesia plot-device but as a mechanism for suspense it does the job. A LITTLE of the tension is undercut by the fact that we know certain characters survive, but not much.
The films visuals are great as always, in fact a lot of Danvers third act scenes put me in mind of Dragon Ball, which is basically one of, if not my favourite thing, so that stylistic choice was absolutely my bag and put me in a good mood. There’s also plenty of humour as I mentioned, in particular there’s one part near the end that put me in mind of one of my favourite parts of Raiders of the Lost Ark, you’ll know what it is when you see it.
Overall, when compared with the rest of them I’d say, not top 5 but maybe top 10? It’s a fun adventure with spaceships and superpowers, definitely worth watching if you go in for that sort of thing. A solid 7.5/10 from me, would watch again, I look forward to seeing where this goes, roll on Endgame.
