Captain Marvel drops you into her world 'in medias res' much in the way Carol Danvers herself woke to her life as a Kree warrior. For anyone who hasn't devoured the comics and spent their free time on Reddit, the learning curve is steep but fairly quick. The lines of good and bad are drawn instantly in the sand: the Kree are good, the Skrull are bad.
The Skrull insidiousness is innate, their ability to shapeshift down to DNA is proof enough and their threat to the Kree way of life is unparalleled.
Carol Danvers, or Vers as she's known on the Kree planet of Hala, wakes in the midst of dreams which blur the line between her current life and a past she can't remember.
The 90s setting is an ambience which wholly encompasses the film, penetrating its humour, costumes, language, and music - even on alien planets.
Captain Marvel's two hour and 14-minute runtime contributes to its superiority within the superhero drama - each minute has a purpose, and the film still moves at a fast but clear pace.
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Make no mistake, Captain Marvel is a superhero movie first and foremost - but has a deep core of feminism which stems from the intimate connection between the featured women.
Captain Marvel's feminism is a happy consequence, not a hamfisted one, of what happens when you make a story about
