Captain Marvel – Review

I can’t believe this is the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jeez does time fly since the first “Iron Man” movie. 

Anyway, I’ll just do bullet points of what I thought.

– It takes the action type films of the much popular 80s/90s movies, adds heroines instead of overly muscular men, with a dash of 90’s music and this in a nutshell is “Captain Marvel” 

– This movie is fun. Think more Guardians of the Galaxy origins rather than Captain America or Iron Man. Has its own weird twist on the Super Hero genre, and at the end you want see Captain Marvel will interact with the Avenger’s come April.

– The 90’s nostalgia worked for me, it has the perfect mix of pre Avengers film we need to setup Nick Fury and the Agents of SHIELD.

– I haven’t even even talked about the cool scifi source material. Think more Galaxy Quest rather than Star Trek. Which is I guess how they are setting up these cosmic scifi movies in MCU. Guardians and Thor Raganork work in this weird scifi blender. So why the heck not do that with Captain Marvel continue this weird scifi adventure feel in 90’s setting.

-Brie Larson is great in the role, I was afraid she was going to be stale, from all the previews I’ve seen, but thankfully she makes it her own.

– Without giving any spoilers. I LOVE Ben Mendelsohn as the villian. HE STEALS EVERY SCENE!!!!

–  Brie’s buddy cop chemistry with Samuel L Jackson is so much fun and her relationship with Lashana Lynch is the real heart of it. 

– I forgot the cat’s name already, but I dug it. 

I really hope they continue the Kree storyline, very interested to see how that plays out in future Captain Marvel movies, or in Other MCU films.

I can say more, but I’ll leave at that

8/10