Ignore the bad reviews from people who haven't even seen the movie

Rating: 10/10 (8 March 2019)

This film had a 5.2 for days before it even premiered. That should tell you right away that 90% of the critical reviews on IMDb are complete BS from people who haven't even seen the film yet. I just finished the movie and I can say with absolute honesty: Captain Marvel was excellent.
I was very worried about the movie because the trailers did not do it justice (though the "Her/Hero" wordplay was great). The effects looked cheesy, as did the writing. But I was impressed with how much the effects improved from the trailer and the only poor bits of writing were IN the trailer (I know, usually it's the other way around with the only GOOD scenes being shown in the trailer).
I was also worried that the film would be all about "Boom! Girl power!" But it wasn't. I am very much a feminist, but films that are entirely "girl power" are usually poorly done or go out of their way to show men in a bad light. But not Captain Marvel. No part of the plot was about Carol being a woman. It was entirely about her being a superhero. Gender was hardly even referenced other than one scene where the pilot says "Women weren't allowed to fly combat missions yet, so we volunteered for this experimental flight to prove our worth." And that's not even some in-your-face feminist propaganda. That's just straight fact of the 80s/90s.
So, ignore the trolling men who flooded all the review websites with negative reviews before even watching the film and go see it yourself. You will be as pleasantly surprised as I was. And just as eager to watch Brie Larson kick Josh Brolin's ass when Endgame premiers.