So she is the inspiration of the Avengers? Her nickname was used to name the team.
That's funny because I could have sworn Captain America was the FIRST Avenger. That's what his origin movie called him. He was the inspriation for Coulson and really the basis for forming SHIELD, at least in this universe. This movie is treating Captain Marvel like she is the first hero that's ever been seen in this world, and anyone who has even a passing interest in the MCU knows that isn't true because of Captain America.
And speaking of Cap (the true Cap that is), how on Earth does the Tesseract factor into this movie? I thought it was left submerged in the water with Captain America? Isn't that how they found Cap? Because they found the Tesseract? But nope! Apparently it was retrieved about a decade and a half prior to Cap being found, which raises a couple of questions for me. How did they find the Tesseract and not Cap? If they didn't find Cap with the Tesseract initially, then what made them go back to the same site to get Cap? Now this might not be a mistake as I might be remembering it wrong, so if anybody cares to correct me please, but I am very confused by the Tesseract's inclusion.
Also, I thought Fury said that Thor was the reason Shield decided to amp up the alien weapon tech that we see in the 1st Avengers film. He literally pointed to Thor and said he showed up and showed that Earth was hilariously outmatched. Oh really? That was Thor and the Asgardians. I guess Fury completely forgot about the GIANT KREE INVASION that came to Earth back in 1995. Earth wasn't prepared for that at all, and even more outmatched than they were at the time Thor showed up. So I guess we are retroactively taking away Thor being the first true alien presence to the universe from the canon. Thor was supposed to be the gateway to a whole new expansion, but nope! It was Captain Marvel. Move aside God of Thunder!
And then there is Nick Fury himself. You know, I really hate it when movies explain origins of traits for a character. Solo fell into that trap about 10 times. I don't need to know where Han came from, how he met Chewie, how he met Lando, how he got his blaster, how he claimed the Falcon, or even how he got his name (or at the very least, one story shouldn't cover ALL of those things). A little mystery goes a long way to making a character more interesting. And as much as I love Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, and while the opening prologue is an exciting sequence, then explaining all of Indy's traits (fear of snakes, how he got the scar, first time with a whip, and how he got the hat) are completely unnecessary. Maybe just the hat, but lose all the other stuff.
That is a long winded way to say that I never needed to know how Nick Fury lost his eye. It is a trait of the character that gives him an air of mystery and allows us to imagine what Fury's life was like prior to that moment. So we never needed it, but the way they did it....just....what the fuck? So its a joke? You pull back the curtain on that part of the character's history for a joke? And he didn't even seem to care! Cat scratched his eye out and then he goes and has dinner and washes the dishes like nothing happened! Dude! Go to the hospital or something! Damn!
I guess Fury has a way different idea of what an emergency is as he didn't think to buzz Captain Marvel when Loki was running wild or when Ultron was ready to destroy the world. Call me crazy, but if I had god-lady on speed dial, she'd probably be the first person I'd call in both of those cases. Just saying. And hey, since she's the inspiration for the Avengers, wouldn't it have made sense to call her in for the first assemblage of the team? You are retroactively making your past movies mean less. Stop it!
And I have to say. Not since Neo in Matrix Reloaded have I seen action sequences with so little tension for the hero. At the film's climax, Marvel's God powers are unleashed and she has such an easy time disposing of everyone, it feels like every bad thing that every critic has ever said about Superman was just plastered right there on the screen. Excuse me for being a dickhead about this, but even the shitty Superman movies knew to give The Man of Steel obstacles to overcome that could legitimately challenge him whether it be a powerful villain like General Zod and his cohorts, a race against time with the two missiles that Lex Luthor set off, or even something stupid like Nuclear Man or the Kryptopnite Mountain. In all of those cases, good or bad, smart or dumb, there is a threat that could potentially defeat Superman. No such luck here. Captain Marvel mows over everyone so easily, I'm left to wonder what the point was. I mean I understand the hero having easy wins, but those typically come early in the story to establish their abilities and character traits (See the first two Ninja Turtles films) but those type of scenes tend to come EARLY in the story, not for the fucking climax when the drama is supposed to be at its peak! Fuck, even fucking Matrix Reloaded, which I just bashed, had to have Neo perform a race against time to save Trinity's life and there is something thematically interesting going on with the Architect (whose prophecy that Neo can't save Trinity comes to pass in the next film). FUCK, this movie is making me say nice things about The Matrix sequels. Stop it!
So to summarize, they took away from Cap, Thor, and Nick Fury all to service a boring and overpowered character. Good job Marvel.
