Review: Captain Marvel: Just a girl? Just an Attainable Hero

This review originally appeared at Geek Universal.

My boys and I just got back from seeing Captain Marvel.  It is a fantastic movie!  I am a kid of the Nineties, and enjoyed some of the images of my youth on display.  It is also an interesting tool for placing Captain Marvel herself in the larger MCU mythology.  This was done to a small degree with the backstory for Star-Lord, but not to this extent.  This was a beautiful movie, inside and out.

Captain Marvel hits all of the notes for the MCU.  For those who are deeply invested in the metastory, there are tons of additions to advance the story.  For those who like sci-fi and superhero movies, the action is fantastic and clean – easy to watch, follow and be entertained.

The brightest point of the movie is its character study of Captain Marvel herself.  At this point, you’ll need to recognize that my review is not going to be point by point or about the movie itself, but about the person of the protagonist.  When she first appears on screen, it is in the midst of a common trope – the immature warrior is being trained by an experienced superior.  She fights well, but continually receives lessons about her fighting that have nothing to do with her ability.  She is being told to harness and rein in her raw and powerful abilities.