90s nostalgia meets alien race war

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2019)

Captain Marvel was not what I expected and ended up impressing me more than I thought.
The beginning of the movie starts off like your run of the mill Star Trek film - with Verse AKA Carol Danvers, a Kree warrior, fighting the rival alien shape-shifting Skrulls. She gets captured and, during her escape, accidentally crash lands on earth.
And it's here that the film really kicks off. It is the mid-1990s with retro technology, VHS stores and grunge clothing. Carol soon meets a younger, two eyed Nick Fury, and together they try to piece together what the Skrulls want, eventually leading her finding out that she once had a life on earth and not in space as she once believed.
The film has a distinct 90s feel, an amazing kick-ass herioine, an incredibly touching tribute to Stan Lee, timely messages about female empowerment and refugees, and a fantastic soundtrack to beat.
Just like Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch with their own Marvel counterparts, Brie Larson was best person to play this part - delivering just the right vulnerability, emotion and bad-assery to the role.
10 out of 10