Marvel at its most fun

Rating: 10/10 (28 March 2019)

I second the reviewer below about feeling like you saw a different film to the one described in reviews! The online reception had me 'eh' about it but I still went...
And I loved it. Beautiful visuals, some laugh out loud funny moments, Samuel L Jackson doing what he does best. It's a lot more in the vein of Thor Ragnarok & GotG than Age of Ultron/Civil War. Fun upbeat colourful space adventure with a couple of twists that doesn't take itself too seriously. This fits a lot better with the 'marvel quips' than in a serious film (like, dare I say it, the last jedi). Maybe with the high stakes of infinity war people were expecting more gravity to the film? But this was an origin story in the style of phase 1 but with all the lessons marvel have learned improving the formula.
My only complaint - with Skrulls as antagonists I think they should've played more into the paranoia of 'anyone can be a Skrull' and they don't have to hammer home "THIS IS THE SKRULL DID YOU SEE THEM THEY LOOKED AT THIS PERSON" they could've done something a bit more subtle like shown two of the same person (maybe in a red/eye catching outfit) in a crowd to let the audience figure it out at the same time as the main character.
Other than that, absolutely fantastic I know they probably couldn't do a direct sequel (pre timeskip) where they left off without it feeling shoe horned in so I'll genuinely miss some of these characters as I doubt more than one or two will return - though the aging up of certain side characters would be cool to see!

I can't wait for endgame/far from home