Hot take: I loved this film

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2019)

I loved this movie. Maybe its all the negative reviews in the press, or the fact I normally find Marvel movies to be a solid 7/10, but this movie is truly something special; Captain Marvel takes the best parts of Guardians of the Galaxy, and Captain America and mixes them like chocolate and caramel to form a truly great experience.
Despite what Ive heard I found the movie to be beautiful with its visuals, and more importantly its story presentation. As opposed to the Iron Man films I never found myself bored, the story really never dragged around. Maybe because it was more focused on one character rather rather jumping around between five, but I found the action scenes much easier to follow than in Guardians (not that theyre particularly hard to follow), but really it helped the flow and pace.
With a 90s setting I was expecting a lot of it being shoved down our throats, but- after the first few scenes it feels very organic, like watching a movie from the 90s it felt like it was set contemporary to the film's release, so you weren't constantly reminded of the year.
I've also heard this movie lacks wit, and while not as funny as, again, Guardians or the Avengers films, it had its moments, but really was a more serous film. Good, the Marvel movies needn't all be the same in tone, and it was a nice breath of fresh air to have one that took a moment to seriously reflect on itself.
Finally, the dialogue has been called cardboard. Its not the BEST written dialogue ever, but I never found it poor while watching, and I enjoyed Carol as a character- as well as her supporting cast. 9/10