Marvelous origin story! ;)

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2019)

Wow! I loved Captain Marvel. At the very beginning I was a bit apprehensive with the way they just threw you into the story and its jostled glimpses into Carol's recollections, which are essentially the first things you see of the character, being fragmented, abrupt and seemingly confusing-which seems to be all many viewers were able to take away from that now clearly very consciously made decision of presentation, as they literally were a mangled mind mess of the character's being-however, it IS made clearer if you continue watching and engaging in the storyline. It smoothes itself out in very clever ways as you watch and learn who Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel is, and her demeanor makes sense as she learns who she is, where she came from, and what her purpose is, as goes in origin stories. I would love to learn more about her backstories, which we only get tiny glimpses of, but as it takes getting to the third act of the story for her person to be self-realized, it makes sense why our understanding of her past is so minimally exposed or expanded upon. It takes by means of a comical, mostly predictable yet non-compromising story build-up in the first two thirds of the movie to lead to our ultimate Captain Marvel revelations and wielding of her true identity being acted out as the last third of the story unfolds. Without including spoilers, anyone who watched the movie should be able to make sense of Larson's mostly indifferent, emotionally-detached persona, which is kept intact through much of the movie, as she is established as a combat-driven wartime fighter meant to be acted out with such indifference in an almost machine-like weaponry mindset and deployment. "Don't be funny. Don't show anger. Don't be human." I enjoyed every bit of the plot line's twists and turns and character interactions that led us to discover who is in the end, Captain Marvel. You are ultimately taken on a wild ride of self-realization with a good number of badass-kickings on full display, in this introduction to Captain Marvel. Also, Flerkens are gnarly!