Not essential, but still very entertaining.

Rating: 7/10 (1 May 2019)

Captain Marvel received mixed reviews and lots of hate on imdb. None of the hate is justified. Captain Marvel is an entertaining partially standalone movie, that mostly serves as a prequel to Avengers Endgame, if you watch the post credits scene.
Some people blast it as not funny, or too much forced as a female superhero movie. But that's so far from the thruth. Captain Marvel is an action movie, an origin movie, and offers enough subtle fun moments, thanks to great chemistry between Larson and Samuel L Jackson. And besides that, it has one of the most visually perfect jokes ever in cinematic history (something with a cat). It also has enough depth to make you care about the characters, and that includes the Skrulls who are so much more than just thugs and conquerors.
The movie is not 'in your face' like GotG, or overly funny like Thor 3 or Ant Man 2. And that makes this movie refreshingly deserving of a solid 7.