Better than I thought it would be

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2019)

I wasn't familiar with Captain Marvel like I was with the more popular Avenger characters (had the comics as a kid, action figures, etc.) so I don't have the esoteric background to complain about what they didn't do right for the film.
I also believe that a film should be viewed for what it is, the characters in it, not whatever issues you have with the actors/ actresses in real life.
So starting off, I wasn't very much interested in Captain Marvel because I wasn't familiar with the story, same thing about Ant Man, same about Black Panther. Then all of complaining from males about Larson's comments and whatever reviews, biased or not that came from it pushed my expectations even further down whether or not they were written with vitriol for the actress.
So I was a bit taken aback by the opening of it - you just straight into the S#*T, and without any background info, I was a bit like, "what the hell is going on?" but you find out what you need to know fairly quickly and Danver's isn't the most lovable character from jump street but she grows on you - much like a person with that personality type would probably do in real life.
The story line unfolds differently from other Marvel movies and while there were some parts during it when I was questioning it, after finishing it, I can say that it was a refreshing way of story telling and directing that I really liked, especially from Marvel.
They only thing I didn't like was not much explanation of what her power can actually do. She is blasting through reinforced cement and state of the art spaceships with ease but then when she shoots "people" it just knocks them around? C'mon stop nerfing, Disney!
And it was great to get the Nick Fury backstory, especially his personality.