A marvelous addition to the MCU

Rating: 8/10 (7 March 2019)

Warning, spoilers ahead:
Just saw the Captain Marvel Movie, and thought it was great.
Like Ant-Man did when it introduced us to the quantum realm, Dr.Strange with the Dark Dimension, Guardians with Xandar, Celestials, the Sovereign etc., Thor with various realms, giants, elves and elders of the universe and Black Panther with Wakanda this movie once again expanded the MCU further, as the Cinematic Universe now also includes the Skrulls and gave us our first proper look into the Kree Empire.
Prior to this movie, the first Captain America movie was the only one taking place before 2008 (apart from a few shorter scenes in various movies). Captain America - The First Avenger gave Steve Rogers space to exist outside of the main storyline for a while, and thereby provided viewers with something a bit different. Captain Marvel is now the second MCU movie to go back in time, although only with about a decade this time around. While I really enjoyed Steve Rogers story in the 40´s, Captain Marvel taking place in the 90´s felt even more fresh to me, as there at this point has been about 20 movies taking place in present time.
The story focuses on the Kree - Skrull war, and as we have come to expect, the MCU has changed the details a little bit from the comics making their take on the story more interesting. I also really liked the way the movie was structured, so that we as an audience together with Carol slowly but surely were able to figure out what had happened to her.
The chemistry between both "Vers" and Yon-Rogg, and between Carol Danvers and Nick Fury worked really well, as did Bries portrayal of the iconic character as a whole. Brie is an actress capable of bringing a lot of personality to the characters she plays, which really showed here as well. Obviously, with a cast consisting of Annette Bening, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn etc. she is not the only one with this capability, making Carols journey in this movie a really enjoyable one to watch.
Another aspect of this movie I have to bring up is the visual effects, which were stunning. The one effect that was truly amazing however, was the effect of making agents Fury and Coulson look younger.
If I would have to say one negative thing about this movie however, it would be the ending and the villains. I feel like either the movie should have been about 20min longer, or more time should have been spent on this part of the move. While it looked spectacular, and finally showed us Captain Marvels full capabilities - it did feel a bit rushed, and some scenes were even a bit random, and seemed to only take place in order for the audience to realize that "just so you know, she can do this as well". The big twist that took place was one of the best parts of the story, but while it made the story more interesting and complex, it somehow also managed to make the remaining threat feel a bit lame, somehow.
I will summarize this review by saying I definitely recommend people to watch this movie. It is a great movie with a great cast that managed to make the origin story of a not that well known hero really enjoyable.
Last but not least, most of us have at this point noticed that this movie is unfortunately getting lot of hate because there are snowflakes out there that have decided to not only boycott the movie, but to even "review bomb" it and to make a lot of quite pathetic Youtube videos aimed at the actress portraying this hero. The background mainly being comments she has made on gender equality and equality among different ethnicities, which the most simple people in the world have interpreted to be "that she hates white men". The dumbest people in society are always the loudest, so try not to be influenced by them. It would be a shame if the planned journey for one of the most interesting MCU heroes to date would have to come to an early end simply as a result of the actions of this group of people, rather than based on the actual movie, characters and story.