This movie follows along well with the stories that have come before it

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2019)

I'm reading a lot of negative reviews and I don't understand why. A lot of people are bashing on a specific element of this movie: how it isn't relevant to the previous storylines and none in regards to the next phase. First off, Project Pegasus is referenced back in the very first Avengers movie. The place itself, in a remote mountain range in California is the same place we start off at in The Avengers Movie. That is where Shield is established and where it is monitoring the Tessaract. So that's one reference that is not only huge and fun if you are a fan, but points to facts and Easter eggs left for us in previous films. Second, the next phase is of course under wraps and who knows where it will go now that Fox and Marvel are in talks to bring all the characters under one roof, but you can be sure that another big storyline and joining of more characters on the big screen will happen. In this particular film Secret Wars comes to my mind as a possibility.
Third, as far as entertainment, consider me won over. This film can be an origin story for at least three characters and gives so many possibilities for the sequel (don't forget we never saw Minerva emerge from the wreckage and my bet is she will be the next villain for Captain Marvel to fight off). We get a glimpse into how the inspiration of the Avengers Initiative comes to be. This movie if the inspiration for what we already know will happen with IronMan, Capt. America, Thor, Hulk and company. Also we get to have Coulson make and see where he was at the beginning of his SHIELD days.
Brie Larson is what I hoped for as Captain Marvel. She imbodied this character well in the film. Anyone who has actually seen the film and who has read the comics of Captain Marvel can see that the casting for these characters is pretty spot on. I look forward to seeing where this story continues to go. And also I much appreciate that at the end of the film, the movie is dedicated to a Thunderbird pilot who died not to long ago.