feldman

GOOD
*Captain Marvel
*my buzzed skater boy haircut

BAD
*having a cold
*razor rash on the back of my head

UGLY
*this head and body ache
*the price of eyeglasses even with insurance

I wish I had the kind of brain that could produce meta, or even a coherent commentary, but I'm wired more for rumination and narrative. I will say that I look forward to watching Captain Marvel many more times when it comes out to own.

Nick in the beginning slog of a third career, the way he keeps his footing through all these jolts and twists, keeps his eye on the big picture.
Maria, a test pilot in her military career because she was denied the chance to fly combat, not only flies the cobbled together Terran-Skrull quadjet, she does so 1) in space 2) in combat 3) flying civilians to safety.
4) as a mom.
Does *your* space combat dogfight pass the Bechdel Test?
Annette Bening x2, you complete me. I have a tendency to fill in older women OCs into my MCU stories, so I'm thrilled to see them actually add that demographic into the canon universe in several movies now. Especially older women as complicated characters in their own rights, and in relation to younger characters that aren't coded as maternal relationships.
Bening plays with this difference, because the AI manifests a condescending maternal pride in Vers, tough love but smarmy, her "prove yourself to me, little one" sours in their final confrontation into the dismissive "you're only human". The conditional love of a parent you can't ever please. Dr. Lawson is very different with Carol, her professional-scientist coldness warming into respect, and their final scene is about Mar-Vell trusting Carol with the truth, and Carol trusting her so much she embraces death to complete the mission.
*flails*
The mid credit scene where Steve makes an interesting suggestion about the pager, but it's when Natasha says 'jump' that Bruce hops to.
Carol and Natasha...*daydreams about their shared interests in ballsy leadership and deadpan messing with people*