Captain Marvel review!

Alright! I'm back today with a spoiler free review of Captain Marvel, Marvel's most divisive movie yet. Not divisive because it's bad, but divisive because there are a bunch of bigoted jerks with Rotten Tomato accounts.
So yeah.

Captain Marvel is a good movie. Not great, but it was mostly filler for that space between Infinity War and Endgame that had to be made for Endgame to make sense. It's like one of the prequel comics they have that release alongside the movies.

But, let's talk about the movie.

How is Brie Larson as Captain Marvel?
Brie Larson is a pretty cool actress... but Captain Marvel is probably our most one-dimensional hero since Thor came out in 2011. In fact, this movie is basically on the same "Grim composure"
scale as Thor, but better, because this one has a lot of laughs.

Is it a Thor: Ragnarok or Guardians type of MCU space movie?
It is neither. This film creates a new type of MCU space movie: The epic. It's not funny; it's not flashy; in fact, most of it's not in space. But the space parts we do see are very boring and muddled and confusing.

What happens on Earth?
As soon as we get to Earth, the movie becomes fun. It has Nick Fury, who is a funny buddy cop to Captain Marvel, and you meet Goose the Cat. Coulson also appears, but this time he's adorable. Also, the Stan Lee cameo is wasted. I liked the internet theory where Stan Lee gave Coulson his first Captain America trading card better.




Goose the Cat
Goose the Cat needs his own paragraph to describe how awesome he is; he is, by far, the most powerful and funny character in a superhero film ever. See the film for Goose the Cat.


How is the badguy?
The badguy is Talos, a Skrull. Talos is cool, portrayed by villain VIP Ben Mendelsohn, is not the best villain I've ever seen, but better than most Marvel villains. He's really funny. Or at least he tries to be. Another ultimate villain is Jude Law's character, Yon-Rogg. Jude Law is cool, but completely underused in this film.

Supreme Intelligence?
The Kree report to something called the Supreme Intelligence, which in the comics is a giant floating tentacle head in a jar. In the movie, it's portrayed by Annette Bening.


How is the action?
Listen, Captain Marvel is so ridiculously overpowered the action climax is literally, like, five minutes long.

CGI?
Totally dope.

Complaints?
It's like in Solo, where literally every character other than the main one is more interesting. Also, to make her origin story different, she has amnesia, but since you've seen the trailer about 100 times, you already know what happened before she got her amnesia. I say it's average, but it's MCU average, which is still very, very good.

Rating: 6/10
"Not the best Marvel movie, but also not the worst one you've seen, Captain Marvel definitively defines the middle ground as just average. It is so average, you probably could've skipped it and been fine, but if you want Endgame to make sense, you better watch this. Also, Goose the Cat is amazing. Spin-off, please."



Also, I'm not going to throw shade between this movie and Shazam!, but Shazam! looks a lot better, through better promotional material to a sense of fun. But I won't judge until I see Shazam!