There's a new Captain in town

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2019)

Just so we're all on the same page, we're now on to Marvel Cinematic Universe movie #21: Captain Marvel. In a span of 10 years Disney has released over 20 movies worth, equivalent to 45 hours if you plan to do a marathon. If that's not enough, brace yourselves because they have 20 more movies in the pipeline bannered by sequels to Dr. Strange, Black Panther and of course Captain Marvel herself.
Showing on March 8 which is also International Women's Day, Captain Marvel features MCU's first ever super heroine to headline her own movie starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson. I read a comment where they found her bland and boring and to a certain extent they're right. Her filmography is well-stocked but she didn't make an impact on me even on 'The Room' where she won her Oscar for Best Actress, and Kong: Skull Island where she also shared screen time with Samuel L. Jackson (although to her credit the movie had issues on it's own.) It was a good idea to bring in Jackson during his early days in S.H.I.E.L.D. Another welcome addition is Goose, a tabby cat you'll love even if you're not a cat person. Gemma Chan was great, hope we see more of her. Jude Law, it seemed the movie was beneath him, like he was trying hard to evoke Robert Downey Jr. whom he knows from Sherlock Holmes and asked advice from.
Right off the bat you'll feel a little nostalgia when you see Stan Lee's first cameo after his death (he will still show up in Endgame) and the little tribute they gave him at the beginning. Also nostalgic is the soundtrack and token stuff taken right out of the 90's when the story took place. Which is good because they figured out a way to put her in the timeline before we see her in Endgame but it also seemed forced and rushed hence I was just a little bit underwhelmed. The action scenes were a bit lacking considering how powerful she is but this can be easily explained by A) she's new to her powers so she's barely scratched the surface and B) they mirrored how action films were done in the 90s which makes sense. The other problem is how the protagonists came up with tech they needed to accomplish majority of what they did. Their explanation was predictable and this was mainly due to lazy writing.
Was the movie bad? NO. Was the movie good? GOOD ENOUGH. Sometimes it's a bit tricky to introduce a new character because you have to setup their origin plus save the world. We've also seen this happen in the first installments of Captain America and Thor. Hopefully they'll have more time to work on the sequels and become better like Winter Soldier, Civil War and Ragnarok did for the other two. Yes, maybe Black Widow should've gotten her own movie first (they start shooting in June) but Ms. Marvel, touted as the most powerful character in the MCU to date, is here to save us, flaws and all, starting with that mid-credits scene segueing to Endgame. Higher. Further. Faster. There's no other way but up for the new Captain in town.