The Bigger Conflict Still Looms

Rating: 9/10 (8 March 2019)

This is less of a Captain Marvel specific review, and more of a review of the last two MCU movies with an emphasis on Captain Marvel.
I was worried for both Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Captain Marvel being placed in between Infinity War, and Endgame. My worry was that the movies wouldn't be as appreciated since they are basically filler episodes for the main conflict that has still yet to be resolved. I was right. That's certainly not a very big knock on either movie considering they were both still pretty good. Ant-Man suffered from taking place at the same time as Infinity War, so we were really only interested in how Infinity War's result affected that movie's ending. Captain Marvel takes place in the 1990s, so there is a lack of suspense in a sense considering we as an audience know who of the more central characters make it out of the movie already.
That being said, Captain Marvel was still very good. The plot itself leaves a little more to be desired as it is your basic amnesia/am I on the right side story which makes it predictable. Also, knowing ahead of time that they were going to make Carol the strongest hero to date made the climax at bit underwhelming. The third act does make up for a lot of the movie though, and gets back into that classic MCU feel we all love.