I had more fun with Captain Marvel than I was initially expecting

Rating: Null/10 (14 October 2019)

The MCU has been for the most part pretty solid here and there with the very rare missteps such as Iron Man 2 and 3. What really helps a movie out a LOT in my opinion is getting some grade A talent to be in your movie. Jude Law is great, It's nice to see Djimon Honsou come back and making her debut appearance is the lovely Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel.
The trolling against Brie/Captain Marvel was absolutely amazing in how plentiful it was. You couldn't go anywhere online without some troll making a fool out of themselves trying in vain to diss Brie Larson and Captain Marvel. Before the movie I kept asking myself... "Why?", then after I saw the movie I asked myself "Why?" again!!
To be perfectly honest, Brie Larson is awesome as Captain Marvel and Carol Danvers. People love to nitpick and say "see??? She's a terrible actor!". See, here's the thing, apparently a lot of trolls think good acting is solely about every expression going on between your nose and chin. Acting sometimes has to be subtle, and Brie in my opinion does it very, very well.
I'm not going to be the one to try and come to Brie's rescue, because as she says in Captain Marvel "I have nothing to prove to you.". Captain Marvel doesn't need my help, evidenced by what she did in the final act of Avengers: Endgame.
Anyway, Captain Marvel starts off working with the Kree, a race of aliens bent on wiping out the race known as the Skrulls, who can take on any form. Chronologically speaking this film is our introduction to Sam Jackson as Nick Fury, who is a little softer in this film than we saw in later(again chronologically speaking) MCU films. I think the lesson is clear... the years and many wars later will really do some bad things to you.
Side note, I remember plenty of people getting hurt over a deleted scene where Captain Marvel crushes a guys hand. Okay... so Superman can crush a helpless opponents hand but not Captain Marvel? Sounds like a pretty typical example of sexism to me.
Captain Marvel is a lot of fun, between the great story, the idea of a hero discovering their true identity, Captain Marvel is an absolute win. Is it as great as Avengers Endgame? By no means... but then again, what is? That's like asking me "Okay, but is it as good as The Godfather?"