Why all the hate??

Rating: 7/10 (8 November 2019)

Captain Marvel is a superhero film and is also the twenty first film in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) franchise. Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, Jude Law, and Ben Mendelsohn. Captain Marvel revolves around a Kree warrior named Carol Danvers who has recurring memories of her past while at the same time getting caught in the middle of a war between the Kree and the Skrulls. Now I think I'm going to start this review by addressing the elephant in the room and that is Brie Larson. Brie Larson came under fire for making a racist remark about how this movie was made to target female audiences and not white male audiences. I may be paraphrasing that, but you could look up articles and watch videos about that because I don't want to get into all the details. And after that remark all the Internet trolls were mad and some of them have this fantasy that Brie Larson took the role of Captain Marvel because she's a strong female superhero who is the only superhero that could destroy Thanos. They also said that Brie Larson was miscast because she only had one emotion and that we were supposed to look up to her as a symbol. And my response to all this statement is is that its no the best, but it could've been a lot worse. I know nothing about Captain Marvel, nor do I intend to go out and immediately buy a Captain Marvel comic book. Not once during the whole movie did I feel that Brie Larson ruined Captain Marvel for me or that she seemed uninterested in taking the role. She portrayed the character really well and maybe it was do to the fact that there were so many backlash against her being Captain Marvel, that she was able to tap into that character. The movie offers great special effects, characters, and an emotional ride where I almost actually cried. And also die-hard Marvel fans are still going to see this film because they don't care about all that information I just mentioned. And its still going to make trillions of dollars whether it sucks or not. So overall, while Captain Marvel may not be the best superhero movie out there, its definitely not the worse we've seen that's it's worth the price of a ticket whether you're a comic book fan or not.