History Awesome / CaptainMarvel2019

-->'''Yon-Rogg:''' I'm so proud of you. You've come a long way since I found you that day by the lake. But can you turn off your emotions long enough to take me on? Or will they get the better of you, as always? [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen I told you, you'll be ready the day you could knock me down as yourself.]] ''[[LetsFightLikeGentlemen This]]'' [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen is that moment.]] '''[[LetsFightLikeGentlemen This]]''' [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen is that moment, Vers! Turn off the light show, and prove,]] ''[[LetsFightLikeGentlemen PROVE]]'' [[LetsFighLikeGentlemen TO ME, YOU CAN BEAT ME WITHOU-]]\\

-->'''Yon-Rogg:''' I'm so proud of you. You've come a long way since I found you that day by the lake. But can you turn off your emotions long enough to take me on? Or will they get the better of you, as always? [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen I told you, you'll be ready the day you could knock me down as yourself. This is that moment! This is that moment, Vers! Turn off the light show, and prove, prove to me, you can beat me without-]]\\

* [[https://youtu.be/KYZ9obDJJtU this tribute for Stan Lee after his passing in November 2018]] is heartwarming, tearjerker, and AWESOME at the same time.

* During the climax, Carol is captured by Star Force and forced to face the Supreme Intelligence, who taunts that without the Kree she's merely human, and tries to MindRape her by showing Carol memories of her various failures and setbacks, from childhood to adulthood. Carol responds by saying yes, she ''is'' human, and we see those full memories, and how each time Carol fell, [[{{Determinator}} she got back up.]] In the computer she symbolically tears out her inhibitor, while in the real world Carol begins burning out her restraints, before finally going full Binary.

'''Carol:''' I have ''nothing'' to prove to you.

!!'''Meta'''
* After several years of waiting, Carol Danvers finally makes it to the big screen. Sure, it's been delayed several times to fans' chagrin, but she's finally here. And she's the first solo female protagonist of the MCU films, unlike Hope van Dyne or Gamora or the female Avengers (and ''Series/AgentCarter'' and ''Series/JessicaJones'' stayed on TV). Very fitting for the other Captain of the Avengers.
* Coulson returns to the big screen on this movie!
** The young Nick Fury and Phil Coulson continue the trend of Marvel Studios movies mastering [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome the de-aging technology]].
* And not just him. Probably (hopefully) owing to complaint of being underdeveloped villains and thus wasting the potential of their actors, making use of this movie being a prequel, [[https://www.cbr.com/why-captain-marvel-brings-back-mcu-characters/ Ronan and Korath are also returning]].
* The simple fact that Creator/KevinFeige has confirmed that Carol Danvers is ''the'' most powerful hero in the MCU so far. Thanos beware.
** To put it in context, she drove away an entire Kree bomber battalion, destroying a bomber by crashing through it like it was tissue paper, ''and'' got Ronan to back away. ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' would have ended a whole lot faster had she been around for that movie... The only one with as impressive feats as she does is perhaps Thor in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
* After the social media embargo lifted, one post really stands out: "ComicBook/{{Thanos}} is fucked."
* The movie scored ''massive'' numbers during its opening weekend, $153 million domestically (seventh highest of the MCU) and $455 million worldwide (the sixth biggest opening weekend ever worldwide, no less). It can be explained by the fact that it was released pretty much everywhere the same week, but it's still impressive.
** This also makes it the highest opening MCU film to feature its main character's first appearance (''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' is out because he'd appeared in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'').
** It's worth noting that former Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter had strong reservations against greenlighting this movie or ''Black Panther'' because of his belief that the only economically viable superhero movies were ones with white male leads. DC's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' already proved him wrong two years prior, then ''Black Panther'' in 2018, and now Kevin Feige has delivered the knockout blow on this belief with ''Captain Marvel''.
** In its fourth week the film entered the billion dollar club, the first female superhero film, and the first to be its hero’s first onscreen appearance, to do so. This also means that the only two MCU films to reach the milestone without the help of BreakoutCharacter Tony Stark are the ones with a black hero and a female hero, so what’s that you were saying, Mr. Perlmutter?
** Co-director Anna Boden has the distinction of being the first woman to direct a billion dollar live-action movie.

** It's worth noting that Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter had strong reservations against greenlighting this movie or ''Black Panther'' because of his belief that the only economically viable superhero movies were ones with white male leads. DC's ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' already proved him wrong two years prior, then ''Black Panther'' in 2018, and now Kevin Feige has delivered the knockout blow on this belief with ''Captain Marvel''.

-->'''Yon-Rogg:''' I'm so proud of you. You've come a long way since I found you that day by the lake. But can you turn off your emotions long enough to take me on? Or will they get the better of you, as always? [[LetsFightAsGentlemen I told you, you'll be ready the day you could knock me down as yourself. This is that moment! This is that moment, Vers! Turn off the light show, and prove, prove to me, you can beat me without-]]\\

-->'''Yon-Rogg:''' I'm so proud of you. You've come a long way since I found you that day by the lake. But can you turn off your emotions long enough to take me on? Or will they get the better of you, as always? I told you, you'll be ready the day you could knock me down as yourself. This is that moment! This is that moment, Vers! Turn off the light show, and prove, prove to me, you can beat me without —\\

-->->'''Yon-Rogg:''' I'm so proud of you. You've come a long way since I found you that day by the lake. But can you turn off your emotions long enough to take me on? Or will they get the better of you, as always? I told you, you'll be ready the day you could knock me down as yourself. This is that moment! This is that moment, Vers! Turn off the light show, and prove, prove to me, you can beat me without —\\
''[[WhyDontYouJustShootHim [Carol simply shoots him far away with a photon blast, and walks towards him]]]''\\

--> '''Carol:''' I have ''nothing'' to prove to you.

** Let's add that this was despite a campaign by detractors (some misogynists and some Marvel fans who really did not like the character) to dissuade people from watching the movie, and lackluster critical reviews, even by credible critics.

* A new TV spot shows Carol falling through the air, unconscious. Just before she hits the ground, her eyes turn orange and she immediately flies up to [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUHumqPD5Y stop a speeding missile from reaching its target.]] '''Barehanded.''' [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really.]]

* The "Ready" TV Spot shows Carol throughout her life being put down (and knocked down) in every activity that she tries from baseball to army training, but as this happens, Carol keeps repeating the film's tag line, and just like in the first trailer, we are shown Carol getting back up '''''every''.''single''.''time''''' because, as she states:

** A couple more milestones: co-director Anna Boden has the distinction of being the first woman to direct a billion dollar live-action movie.

** A couple more milestones: While Jennifer Lee holds the distinction of the first woman to ever direct a billion dollar film with ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', she co-directed with Chris Buck, making ''Captain Marvel'' the first film to do it without a male director, plus Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck being the first women to do it with a live action film.

** In its fourth week the film entered the billion dollar club, the first female superhero film to do so. This also means that the only two MCU films to reach the milestone without the help of BreakoutCharacter Tony Stark are the ones with a black hero and a female hero, so what’s that you were saying, Mr. Perlmutter?

** In its fourth week the film entered the billion dollar club, the first female superhero film to do so.

** To elaborate, she started out blowing up fighters with her photon blasts, then, as she got hit by potshots, she realized she can just [[RammingAlwaysWorks crash through all of them]], even destroying one ''with a chest bump''. Then she flew straight through an entire bombing vessel, destroying it. ''Then'' she went up to Ronan's ship and hovered in front of him while powering up. When he did not react, she did a fist slap that created a photon wave that went through his entire ship. [[KnowWhenToFoldEm He got the hint then]]. Keep in mind, this was the same Ronan that was willing to challenge ''Thanos himself'', although that was when he had the Power Stone, which partly explains why Ronan wanted the Power Stone in the first place, aside from obliterating Xandar.

* A new TV spot shows Carol falling through the air, unconscious. Just before she hits the ground, her eyes turn orange and she immediately flies up to [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUHumqPD5Y stop a speeding ship from landing.]] '''Barehanded.''' [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really.]]