Really not the best from Marvel

Rating: 7/10 (17 March 2019)

As someone who owns every Marvel blu ray (and has even found movies such as the 1990 Captain America and Howard the Duck) I went into this movie with an open mind, despite the constant remarks about Brie Larsson's "wooden" performance.
What I came into instead was a movie where there was no danger - you never ever feel like the bad guys in the movie are ever a real threat, or indeed that the good guys are really the good guys. As someone who never read the Captain Marvel comics (and who for the longest time thought Shazam was the "only" Captain Marvel), the first contact with the Kree is that they are like the Green Lantern Corps. That was the only explanation I could think of for why they seek out the Skrulls.
People saying this isn't the Nick Fury they're used to. Well thats the exact point. This is a guy who is doing a job and suddenly has everything turned around and basically shuts himself off to trying to explain himself to other people so I'm happy with his development. His "buddy" movie elements with Brie Larsson saved the movie for me. These were the only moments of the film I thought Brie was likable or her story made sense.
At the start of the film when she's knocking on Jude Laws door, this was a perfect opportunity for her to come across as nervous due to the dreams she'd had - she looked lost.
It's her first movie outing in the role though and I saw some potential - next time I just want to see emotion. The only problem with that though, is that the next outing is Endgame and this movie has to be emotively perfect like Infinity War was. This is my only worry
One more thing. Loved the cat.