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Captain Marvel is nothing short of Marvelous

Editor Josie Chaffin

As we all know, the anticipation for Avengers: Endgame since the conclusion of Avengers: Infinity War has been through the roof. At the very end of Infinity War we saw the devastation the snap caused, and we also saw the dimming of the infinity stones within the Infinity Gauntlet. With quite a few upcoming films that have MCU fans racking their brains for possible conclusions to the war between Thanos and basically the entire universe, Marvel chose the perfect time to drop this (theoretically speaking) bomb upon the movie series’ fans all over.

While the Captain Marvel movie did not bring in any of our favorite superheroes like Iron Man or Captain America (at least until the end), it has fans raving. The film is chock full of the Marvel franchise’s trademark sarcasm and humor while also incorporating the heroic mission we see in all of the MCU.

The film itself does an exponential job of covering a lot of information and filling in different blanks while being quite upbeat and entertaining as a whole. Carol Danvers is automatically a likeable character, and she’s quite relatable despite her inhuman capabilities.

The movie is set in the early 1990’s, and it certainly has relative styles and musics from that specific time period like “Connection” by Elastica, and “Crazy On You” by Heart Girl. The movie manages to pack in old stores like Radio Shack, and even an old favorite: Blockbuster. In truth, there is only one still left in the world.

The Captain Marvel film also introduces the classic, box-shaped computer monitors we have replaced with better, fast ones. There’s even one featured scene with a confused and struggling Carol Danvers.

Alongside that, the clothing is nearly perfect as well. Lots of leather, patches, and lots of boots.

Not only those things does the movie go over, Captain Marvel also touches on slight feminism and the capabilities of women in the military. Brie Larson’s perfect emanation of the character of Carol Danvers makes it quite enjoyable to watch and be a part of in general, and is suitable for a role model for young women and girls who find themselves immersed in the MCU.

The movie also introduces a few characters from the original comics like Goose the cat (formerly Chewie in the comics), and even a young, two-eyed Nick Fury.

I don’t know about you, but that is definitely something. The movie lays out the 1990 blank space between the creation of Cap and his awakening 70 years later. It also explains the background of the Tesseract, which we know is actually the space stone from watching the heart-wrenching Infinity War.

The conclusion of the film lines up the return of Captain Marvel perfectly after she gives Fury his very own galaxy-wide pager, and lays out an easy outlet for her return to Earth.

Personally, I am rocking in my seat for Endgame, and I cannot wait for the ultimate conclusion to the MCU’s largest war yet. Captain Marvel did an amazing job of filling in blanks with style, and I would rate it a 5 out of 5 stars.