A few days from now, we will be having the Avengers: Endgame in our midst and we had to watch Captain Marvel first. Marvel has this formula of showing a movie prior that explains some scenes in the upcoming Avengers film. They did this with Black Panther last year.
Synopsis
Carol Danvers (played by Brie Larson) was rescued and brought to an alien world to become part of a Kree special forces squad headed by Yon-rogg (played by Jude Law). Devoid of her past, he proceeds to go on with life as a Kree warrior until her past caught up with her. With the help a Skrull mind machine, her past came flooding in batches confusing her mind and morals. Along the way she came to earth and met with Nick Fury (played by Samuel L Jackson). Her past eventually comes to her and finds out who she really is, a Terran, and finds who are the real enemies.
Our review
Having a woman superhero is a welcome thing coming from the Marvel Studios. It's been a while that we have seen Scarlet Witch and Black Widow in Avengers but we haven't seen yet a stand alone movie for them. Now comes Captain Marvel.
The movie is entertaining and Brie Larson is a good choice to be Captain Marvel. We were skeptical at first if she can pull it off but thankfully, she did or is a great as Captain Marvel.
Being an origin story, we always give films like this a huge leeway. To create a character, to endear to its charm, the movie always and is dragging along until the middle. This film wasn't an exception, it went through all the motions of being an origin story. What made this special was she lost some parts of her memory, the parts very vital to finish the film which eventually was told, where else, near the end of the film. It was like watching X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he also lost part of his memory.
Going back to Captain Marvel, we were amazed by its CGI effects that we were always on the look out for it. The shape shifting Skrulls were always lovely to see, especially when they were on the beach. I was hoping to see two bikini clad women then it's leader told the other to look for another human to emulate. Bummer.
Overall, it was a great origin but forgettable most parts story, just enough to characterize Captain Marvel and introduce her for the upcoming Avengers Endgame. More of her will be shown in the sequel we hope, and with a better story line. This movie was full of easter eggs that we felt the story line was thin. That save for Brie Larson's acting, it was Nick Fury and the cat (Flirken) named Goose actually saved the movie for us. Hoping to see Goose again in the sequel, although we really like to know how to connect the Tessaract with the MCU timeline. We felt it created a bit of branched reality when this was presented in the movie.
If you like Marvel, then this movie is it for you. If you are not a fan of Marvel, just look at the cat.
