My Thoughts on Captain Marvel (Finally)

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I’ve been holding off on writing this because I honestly don’t know how I am going to eloquently express my thoughts on Captain Marvel without going off on a million tangents. You know, because my writing is usually totes eloquent. But the closer we get to End Game, the more I think about Captain Marvel and her impact on the MCU and I’m just so damn excited that I’m going to have to just word vomit all up in this bitch. Gross.

Okay, so let’s dive in. I have no shame in saying I went into this movie planning to love it. I’ve been prepared to love it since I first heard about it, and all the bullshit Rotten Tomatoes/fragile white man/Twitterverse stuff beforehand just made me more determined to come out of the theater raving. But then I was also scared that I was going to come out of the theater feeling like the movie didn’t live up to my high expectations. Luckily…higher, further, faster baby. I fucking loved it. I’ve already seen it three times in the theater, and I will one hundred percent see it at least three more before it leaves.

At this point, you either know the plot, or don’t care about the plot, so I’ll just share some of my favorite things about the film:

  1. Obviously, the 90’s are the shit, so having a female superhero movie set in this time period was a dream. Blockbuster and No Doubt and grunge? Yes please. The music went in a direction I wasn’t really expecting, and it was perfect.
  2. Baby Nick Fury and Baby Coulson equal heart eyes for life. I love Coulson so much and I am so sad we won’t be getting him as much (at all?) on the new season of Agents of SHIELD and so this little glimpse of him was a gift. Many people are touting Samuel L. Jackson as the funniest part of the movie (I mean, duh?) and I totally agree. He and Brie Larson had great chemistry, and if you didn’t tear up a little at the end when he was typing out the Avengers Initiative, then you have no soul.
  3. Talos and the Skrulls were the best. Funny and touching, and their storyline is so relevant to right now and what we are in the middle of in America (hope you picked up on that).
  4. Goose is cool if you’re into demon cats. Which apparently most people are.
  5. Female friendship for the win! Maria and Carol are friendship goals, and with Lawson as their mentor, the whole team is just a perfect example of why we need strong women everywhere in life.
  6. I will admit, I had reservations about Brie Larson when she was cast in this role. I really only knew her as the sister in Trainwreck (I can’t see Room without completely losing my mom shit so I’ve stayed away from that one) and so I was a little iffy on her badassery. However, I am happy to report that I think she is a fantastic choice for Captain Marvel. To me, she brought the perfect combination of subtle humor and strength. I think her performances are just going to get better and better the more she plays this character.

Honestly, those are just a few of the things I loved about the movie. It goes without saying that costumes, effects, etc. were outstanding because they always are in the MCU (at least these days). But let’s be real, the real reason I love this film so much is it takes the very root of misogyny and blasts it with a super powered laser fist. For the entire course of her training as a Kree soldier, Carol is told she is too emotional (hello every woman in a position of power ever). She is told she only has powers because the Kree, and Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) specifically, gave them to her. Only to find out in the end, that the Kree have actually been holding her back, and when she embraces her anger and her emotions, that’s when she comes into her full powers. The Kree have gaslighted her into thinking the Skrulls are the enemy, when in reality, the Kree are just a bunch of racist assholes. And it felt REALLY GOOD seeing Carol punch Jude Law in the face in that final scene. The reaction from whiny white men about this movie makes a lot of sense when you think about it-why would they want to see a woman dismantle a racist and misogynistic regime? That’s what they’re so terrified of in real life, they can’t even handle seeing it depicted on screen.

They should probably learn to keep their emotions in check and maybe just smile more.

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