(aka Marvel’s response to Wonder Woman)
SO. MUCH. YES. Finally! This is the superhero movie I’ve been waiting for, and it even features a cast I wouldn’t change if I could. Oscar winner Brie Larson plays the plucky Carol Danvers in the first Marvel film to be fronted by a woman in their otherwise mostly testosterone driven galaxy of movies…I’m of course pretending (as I hope you are) that Elektra never happened. I’m sure Jennifer Garner is as well. But enough about Elektra (seriously, let’s never speak of it again), let’s get back to Captain Marvel, which is actually a legitimately good movie. Seriously. Yes, it’s another Marvel superhero movie. Yes, there have been a lot of those (and they’re certainly not all good). There’s something about this one though, that is both fresh and familiar, and leaves you just a little bit happier when you leave the theater. Nick Fury’s (Samuel L. Jackson) banter with Carol is feisty and fun, and his interactions with the scene-stealing cat named Goose are just plain adorable. I very much appreciated all of the girl-power this film delivers – and with abilities like that, I can see why Fury has this woman on speed dial. I watched this movie in a very cold theater with only a light jacket for warmth (that I had to steal from my husband because I forgot my own), I sat through ALL of the end-credits for the obligatory extra scenes, and then I told husband that I wanted to watch it again (through chattering teeth). Yeah. It’s that good.