What's not to like?

Rating: 9/10 (9 March 2019)

This movie is amazing. I don't understand the poor audience reviews it's getting. It has lots of action, suspense, strong plot twists, and wonderful humor-I laughed aloud more for this film than I do for most comedies. There are several extremely likeable/admirable characters, including an adorable, strong, incredibly brave young girl. A few scenes elicited applause from the audience. Its values are wonderful: One could easily use various scenes and plot lines from this film to inspire several weeks of discussions for an ethics class. There was material on loyalty/betrayal, imperialism, patriotism/false patriotism, refugees, making peace, choosing to become your true self, interracial (at least!) harmony, family, friendship, and feminism-including a single throw-away "touchÃ©" line very close to the end, when Carol Danvers (aka Captain Marvel) addresses her erstwhile mentor, that earned applause and a few cheers from the audience. What's not to like?
Even though overall Captain Marvel didn't grab me nearly as strongly as Wonder Woman did, I don't hesitate to give it my highest recommendation.