Don't let the manbabies fool you

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2019)

Captain Marvel was excellent. Saw it last night at the opening screening with a packed house of cheering fans and can't wait to go back and see it again. It fits perfectly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, setting us up nicely for Endgame next month. We learn a bit more about Fury, Samuel L Jackson clearly had a great time portraying this character at an earlier point in history. Brie Larson gives a superb performance as a woman struggling to find out who she is and what her role should be in the universe. The writers were clearly aware of the kind of backlash they would get from the fragile male egos who would not be able to bear a movie with a female superhero, and inserted a few inside jokes allowing Carol Danvers to show them exactly what women ( and men who aren't idiots) really think of their opinions.
It's not Civil War, but it wasn't intended to be, it's more akin to Ant Man, or Dr Strange, giving us the background necessary for Captain Marvel to be a part of Endgame without a lot of exposition. Go see it and enjoy it-we need it before what is likely to be an emotionally shattering 3 hours of Endgame.