Fresh breath of air from Marvel

Rating: 8/10 (20 April 2019)

Captain Marvel, is a breath of fresh air for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Not only is this the first MCU theatrical movie with a female lead, but it's also the start of a new era of Avengers as many of the original actors for the MCU films have their contracts ending. For an industry dominated by mostly male actors, Brie Larson definitely wows many with her portrayal of the all-powerful Kree warrior, Captain Marvel.
The film follows the alien warrior Vers of the Kree, an empire of super-powered individuals that are on an ongoing battle with the Skrulls, shape-shifting aliens, portrayed by Brie Larson. Vers (Larson) struggles with her memories and control of her temper, which is exasperated by her reliance of her powers of energy projection from her fists, much to the annoyance of her mentor, Yon-Rogg, played by Jude Law. After being given the ok to join in a mission to recover a Kree spy who was captured by enemies, everything goes wrong and Vers finds herself captured. Vers eventually escapes her captors and lands on Earth during the 90s and we witness humorous scenes of a fully uniformed Kree warrior interacting with people on Earth. After meeting a much younger Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), she teams up with him to try and stop the Skrulls invading Earth but along the way finds out more about her past, which may hold the key to saving the world.
The movie begins a new era of superheroes, and with a female lead, is also revolutionary and empowering to women. Not only the female lead, but when the film was released, Marvel chose to do so during International Women's Day, February 8th 2019. Such a release is so empowering because again, Captain Marvel is the first female lead superhero movie new to the MCU, and with that we also get one of the most powerful contenders in the movie universe. The movie also released two months before Avengers: End Game, where Captain Marvel may set the pace of the movie, being able to go toe-to-toe with the powerful villain, Thanos; and after the end of Avengers: Infinity War, where we are first teased at the existence of Captain Marvel.
The film is not without its faults, as Brie Larson's character has to deal with her memory loss and thus limits her potential to portray her character. With the nature of the film being prequel to all the Marvel movies, we don't see any solid character development until well after the middle of the movie, when originally we only have this angry sarcastic superhero with memory loss. With the way the movie sets the history of its characters, this is an unconventional way of portraying an origin story, so many may be confused for a good portion of the film. I hope to see further character development for Captain Marvel. The film left a need to see more of Captain Marvel in action, now that we know the full capabilities of her powers.