Captain Marvel Movie Review

I saw Marvel’s latest superhero film Captain Marvel yesterday and was totally thrilled. I give this one 10/10 because I was enraptured the whole time and could not have wished for anything more. A perfect package with splashes of humour, female power and a unique 90s tone that made the MCU feel fresh again.

This movie is a perfect gateway to the Avengers Endgame in just few months. In the end credits we see… well, I won’t tell what we see 😉 But this is will likely be a scene in the Avengers movie itself.

I will do a quick squee of the highlights of the film to me.

– Brie Larson’s acting. She is an Oscar winner for a reason.

– the Stan Lee tribute in the beginning. And we get a cameo, yay!

– the chemistry between Vers/Carol and her mentor Yon-Rogg, played by always delicious Jude Law. Alas, it won’t come to anything but a girl can dream. Le sigh.

– Vers kicking ass with her hands tied up

– the hilarity of announcing herself as to earthen people as a space woman and them thinking she’s a total loonie

– hitting the grandma in the train (this was in the trailer) and the battle that ensues

– the cat! (will be the coolest later on but mentionted here so the next bit won’t be so confusing)

– young Nick Fury. Much less motherf*cking but still badass. And much petting the cute pussy. The cat, that is 😉 Total Save the Cat moments. And the first appearance of rookie Coulson who bucks the rules to do the right thing. We also get to see how exactly Fury lost his eye.

– alien autopsy

– the wonderful relationship between Carol, Marie Rambeau and Marie’s daughter Monica. Who in the comics became a superhero called Spectrum (or even Captain Marvel herself after Carol). Definately passes the Bechdel test. I loved the daughter calling out on mom wanting to stay back and stay with her as showing a bad rolemodel to her daughter.

– the cool 90s soundtrack. I jammed to the sound of Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage, Waterfalls by TLC and Just a Girl by No Doubt.

– the hilarity of bad 90s tech. The loading times and crappy internet were pain indeed. And no Google yet.

– the twist with the skrulls. Nope, my lips are sealed on this one. You need to see  it yourself. But I’d totally become a ping pong master in that time too.

– the montage of Carol being pushed down by men. Grrr. But of course she prevailed, got back on her two feet and kept on fighting.

– Carol p0wning in the end and Ronan the Accuser being totally impressed with her

So yeah, it rocked. Go see it already.

Are you a fan of superhero movies? If so, what has been your favourite one? And what do you think of 90s music? Any favourite songs (they don’t have to be 90s ones)? Post a comment below.

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