A great message, great laughs, and great references

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2019)

This was the perfect storm for a superhero movie.
First of all I love the message of no matter how hard you get knocked down or how many times, nothing can stop you from getting back up. This is such an important message for so many people, because it shows how easy it is to get knocked down, and how hard it is to get back up, and yet you can still do it. And that goes for everyone.
I loved Brie Larson's portrayal, it was perfect for what I know of the character in comics, Captain Marvel is known for being very powerful as well as her laid back attitude to fighting off larger enemies. She does not hold back. And she has a no-nonsense attitude, despite the humour she sprinkled into her fights. I especially love when her power peaks and she has to get used to it. In the movie her power comes from a very strong source, something we have come across before and we know to be tremendously powerful which explains her strong powers very well. Her arc is clear through the movie, and her flaws are mentioned from the very start of the movie, which we see her not caring to change completely because it is who she is, and yet she still is able to develop and progress as a character.
The skrulls were unexpectedly great in this movie, I loved seeing their goals and motivations, I have only seen them portrayed differently as just taking over planets but seeing their goals in this was refreshing. They also had great comedic value without sacrificing their personality and traits especially the main ones we saw.
I loved the transition of the kree and seeing the way they influenced carol and how their dynamic flowed and fluctuated.
I loved the references to things we had already seen in previous movies, seeing fury again was a lot of fun, especially as young and slightly less experience. It is clear he hasn't yet faced a lot of tough challenges and decisions and is naÃ¯ve in that his understanding of the world is more limited than when we see him later in the timeline.
I loved Maria, she was superb, she had values and her own tough choices and her friendship with Carol is so good and delightful. I loved seeing that relationship with her and Carol and her daughter being very close knit and loving. Absolutely pure.
Goose the cat was an absolute legend.
Mar-vel was very well done I really enjoyed what they did with that character.
The overall plot was very fun, it was diverse and different from what we have seen before and I really enjoyed the journey through it to the reveals and the development and how it influenced the characters, wonderful.
I am very excited to see more of captain marvel and how she will interact with other characters in the MCU and how they are going to react to her. It is going to be a lot of fun.