Like I've said these movies are personal reviews, my opinion.
Captain Marvel fundamentally was a good movie. Pretty average though, nothing that set it apart other than the fact the hero was a woman.
It basically felt like Marvel's version of Wonderwoman or something. Again, I never read any of the comics.
There were good guys, bad guys, betrayal, redemption.
The movie was 'woke', but not as bad as I thought it could have been, so that's cool.
I could sense the hate for modern America and crap. The symbology, the references. Not even with the sexes, as one might expect with a superhero movie with the woman as the hero. But the target of the wokeness seemed to be toward literally America. Borders, immigrants, wars, her side were really the bad guys etc. She realizes the enemies are not the enemies, they are just like everyone else like you and me. Coexist man. Peace man. They really took a lot of pages from the corny Avatar movie, with the blue people. In Captain Marvel though, the blue guys were BAD, not good like in Avatar. Captain Marvel introduces green guys to keep it fresh I guess.
I'm sure there's an internet psychologist or politician just drooling to analyze my logic and thoughts. LOL.
The movie itself was innocent enough though. Fun and exciting overall. It was nice to see a woman as a superhero, she was cool. Although, I fear she may have the Superman complex as a character, she had weaknesses in the beginning, but it seems after she broke out of what was restraining her, she went to God level. She seemed untouchable.
While it may be boring she is untouchable, it is kind of badass too. She was just catching bodies. Flying around, shooting magical energy out of her. She is a damn freight train it seems.
It was nice to see Fury again, did he die in a previous film? I can't recall. But I know I haven't seen him in awhile.
The cat being an alien was pretty hilarious in this one.
I liked that it takes place in the 90's. Literally the year I was born HA. While I can't totally relate, I can mostly. Songs, styles, etc all were very familiar. I loved that Blockbuster had a little cameo too. Crazy that movies more and more are making ME feel old. Time is always reminding me how fast it's moving...
I am pretty sure Captain Marvel plays a big role in Endgame so I am curious to see how it all goes down. Her former partner mentioned that her blood was transfused with the alien race she was forcibly adopted by, without her knowing. I wonder if her non-human blood will play a role.
Overall it was a solid, sort of normal superhero movie. Basic, but nice. No major complaints. An intriguing prequel in a lot of ways.