She’s Just marvellous

After many years of asking, the MCU has finally given us a female superhero with her own solo film.

Set in the 1990s, the story focuses on Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), a Kree alien soldier who has no memory of her past.

The Kree are currently at war with the shape-shifting Skrulls and when the conflict brings Carol to Earth, memories of her past begin to surface.

Teaming up with a young Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Carol seeks to uncover her past as her whole view of life comes into question.

When the promotional material for this film claimed that Captain Marvel is “one of the universe’s most powerful heroes”, they weren’t kidding. The carnage she is able to unleash is a spectacle that would make her enemies think twice about fighting her.

This doesn’t mean Carol is perfect or overly-serious. She’s a well-nuanced character who is strong, flawed and funny.

Actually, a big portion of this film is pretty funny. I would even go as far to say its humour is on par with the likes of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Since it’s set in the 1990s, there are also plenty of jokes relating to this decade. One can only imagine how dated dial-up internet would seem to advanced aliens like the Kree and Skrulls.

In regards to Fury, we finally get to see why he’s been so chilled out about superheroes and aliens in all the previous MCU movies.

We even learn how Fury lost his eye and let me tell you, it’s unbelievable.

While there are links to previous MCU films, Captain Marvel was more than able to tell its own story without relying on these links.

Overall, this was a fun and action packed film that had an awesome story and a truly great female superhero.