The Worst Movie in Phase 3(Still Fairly Good Though)

Rating: 6/10 (9 June 2019)

(WARNING, INCLUDES ENDGAME SPOILERS)
After Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel went on a winning streak of very good and great movies, until this movie. Captain Marvel had me worried with their string of trailers because they were just average, not a good sign when it comes to a property like Marvel who normally has great hype inducing trailers. After the film came out though I'm glad to say it was fairly good. The fight sequences were fairly good. The Just a Girl fight between Carol and Starforce was the only one where it had me smiling in happiness. The cast gave good performances, with standouts being Ben Mendelsohn, Brie Larson, and Sam L. Jackson. Brie Larson and Sam L. Jackson had great chemistry. Mendelsohn was a great fake villain. It was also nice seeing Clark Gregg back in a Marvel movie. Also I like how they gender switched Mar-vell and cast Annette Bening to play her. I also liked how they portrayed the Supreme Intelligence. The best thing about the movie, however, was Goose. That cat was hilarious and was the funniest thing about this movie, with Talos and Nick Fury coming in second. I loved every scene he was in. Also the Stan Lee tribute at the beginning was great, along with his cameo, as usual. I like how it related back to his cameo in Mallrats. The CGI de-aging look phenomenal on Fury and Coulson. I also liked how they twisted the whole Kree-Skrull war idea in making the Skrulls the good guys and the Kree the bad guys. Granted I'm disappointed that we probably won't get that Secret Invasion movie now but still it was a good twist.
However, the film is not without its flaws. The movie didn't give me the excitement that most Marvel movies give me. There were only a few moments that I smiled but that was during the one fight scene and the funny parts. Also Fury's eye was the one thing I hated the most about this movie. That was a huge copout having the cat scratch it out. It took away from the impact of the line in Winter Soldier. I don't care if it was an Flerken, he trusted a freaking cat, and he got his eye scratched out because of it. It was stupid. Also the naming of the Avengers Initiative was kind of a copout but I didn't really mind it as much as the eye scenario. Brie Larson's performance felt a tad wooden at certain moments while she was on Earth and her chemistry with Lashana Lynch's Maria Rambeau wasn't really strong. The action sequences weren't really the exciting caliber action sequences I know Marvel can make and do. The film had no distinct style to it either. It didn't really set itself apart from the other films in the MCU. It kept trying to put different types of movies into one movie and it didn't really work well. It felt like it belonged in Phase 1. Until Endgame came out I got worried because Captain Marvel was supposed to be the most powerful character in the MCU and the new face of the MCU after Endgame and this movie didn't get me on board with it. Then Endgame came out and I changed my mind, mostly. It's sad when I say that Avengers: Endgame made me like Captain Marvel more than her own solo film. In her film she didn't really feel like the most powerful character. Then Endgame came out and she took on Thanos and obliterated his ship and didn't flinch when he head butted her. Fair to say I'm more on board now than I was back in March. Captain Marvel was a fairly good entry in the MCU but out of all the movies in the MCU there are better films in the saga to watch than this.