Movie of the Week: Captain Marvel

[jacey]

What can i say? I loved this movie. I'm going to try and review it without major spoilers because it's barely been out a week yet.

Vers (Brie Larson) is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who has dedicated herself to fighting the Skrull, evil shapechangers, on a team led by Yon-Rogg (Jude Law), but images of a past life keep coming back to her and when she ends up on Earth she feels she might have had a life there, if only she could remember.

She teams up with a young Nick Fury, a cleverly de-aged Samuel L Jackson to fight what seems to be an alen infiltrarion, only gradually remembering her past as Carol Danvers. There's a wonderful reunion between Carol and her one-time best friend Maria (Lashana Lynch) who manages to be a brilliant pilot and a single mother with a brilliant kid.

This is Captain Marvel's origin story, setting up her upcoming appearance in Avengers Endgame. Also it's the first Marvel movie to have a female main character. (About time, Marvel, please don't forget Black Widow!)

Stay to the end of the credits for two extra scenes. Oh, and watch out for the cat.