Probably to no one’s surprise…I decided to go and see this movie on its opening weekend. I was a bit hesitant, because while I do like superhero movies, Marvel has kind of gone a little bit downhill for me. I can’t really say why that’s the case, though, because I’ve been into Marvel ever since I saw the first Thor movie…and haven’t missed a movie since then, though the same cannot be said for the TV series.

I did enjoy the fact that this movie was focused around Carol, Monica and Kamala. I hadn’t seen much of Monica since WandaVision (one of the few Marvel TV series I have watched all the way through) and I was really keen to see her in action, after she got powers and then went to join Fury.

I have not seen Ms. Marvel, to be honest, but I found Kamala a really easy character to empathise with…not least because she was drawing comics and really liked writing fan fiction/fantasising, which is something I can really get behind. Her hero worship of Captain Marvel was really cute…and I loved the fact that she actually got to meet her hero and fight alongside her.

I loved the whole concept of Carol, Monica and Kamala switching places each time they used their powers. It was such a unique idea, and a really great way of getting Kamala involved when her age really should have meant she stayed behind. I also really enjoyed seeing the conflicts between Carol and Monica, especially as I’d wondered what had happened between them after Captain Marvel and then Monica being blipped away and returning.

There were definitely Disney elements involved in this movie, such as the planet where everyone communicated through singing. It was an interesting concept, but I honestly couldn’t see any company outside of Disney actually putting that idea into practice. I actually really liked Yan’s character, especially as he seemed to have a lot of respect for them. I really liked how he told Kamala how to use what she had to fight, but didn’t try to baby her or protect her.

I also really loved seeing Goose again. I loved her so much in Captain Marvel and getting to see her in this movie, actually playing quite a big role, was awesome. I also thought that Dar-Benn was a really interesting character…and someone I would have liked to learn more about.

I did feel like there was a lot going on in this movie that worked really well and I really enjoyed watching it. I did laugh at various points and I did care a lot about the characters. One thing Marvel does well is give their villains a sympathetic backstory…and I thought they did that really well in this movie.

I would definitely recommend seeing this if you enjoy Marvel. And there is a mid-credits scene…but only a soundbite at the end, so you might not want to stick around for that.

This movie came out the same weekend I was at Starfury: Witchbomb, so I decided to go and see it the day after I came back from London…and, to be honest, I really enjoyed this movie.

When I saw the trailer, this movie looked like it was more of a comedy than…well, like most of the movies in the DCEU. I still wanted to see it, as the superhero genre is one of my favourites; right up there with the horror genre. And don’t get me wrong…there is humour in this movie, but it’s also more serious than the trailer portrays it as. I think it’s a shame that wasn’t included in the trailer, as I think some of the serious elements made the movie much stronger.

Jaime was an easy character to like in this movie. The casual racism he and his family had to deal with was a strong element of this movie. For instance, there’s a scene where a receptionist deliberately mispronounces his name…and it’s one of the very few times I wanted to reach through the screen and punch a fictional character. Interestingly enough, that feeling was also triggered with the main villain of this movie: Victoria Kord. For different reasons, but I think the root cause of deciding someone who looked different was somehow beneath them lay underneath her actions at one point.

I thought it was interesting to see how Khaji-Da had its own personality, even though the trailer seemed to make it come across as merely a robot or an AI. One of the most important parts of this movie was Jaime and Khaji-Da finally completing their bond, which I thought came across really well…especially when Jaime’s mother did treat Khaji-Da as a separate entity from her son.

I did, unfortunately, find Milagro to be quite an irritating character at first, when she snatches the scarab from Jaime and refuses to give it back. I understand the whole sibling relationship, but there’s something I absolutely hate about one person snatching something from another and refusing to give it back. However, I liked Milagro later on in the movie, along with the rest of her family. I liked how they all came together…and I truly loved how Nana reacted to things after it all went so badly initially.

On the whole, I really enjoyed this movie. It was a great superhero one which also tackled some really heavy issues. There were some quite powerful scenes in this movie that really spoke to me. I really hope that this reboot of the DCEU won’t result in Jaime and his family getting written out of the universe, because I’d really like to see more of them in future movies…especially as a mid-credits scene indicated there was more of this story to be told.