I know a lot of people hate this on principle, and others genuinely think it’s bad. And, I wouldn’t say it was good, but I have seen a lot worse.
My biggest problem is purely story-based. We could call this the Ant-Man problem, where it just doesn’t follow its own rules. Put simply, getting punched by Capt Marvel should be fatal to almost anyone in the MCU. You have a hero that powerful and you’re going to have narrative problems, this is why she was benched for most of the Infinity Saga.
To counter this, Danvers could easily have a Daredevil-esque moral crisis here; setting her own limitations in how she must atone for her past actions. But there is nothing even close to that interesting going on here.
Instead, though, somebody decided to slap all the fun buttons. For me, this approach was more hit than miss and I happily leaned into the levity. I can easily see, though, that this is really not for everyone.
★★★
