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Actually excited to see this one as they're using already established characters. Ms. Marvel was good and I wanted more immediately after finishing it. Captain Marvel felt kind of meh to me but when I look back it really wasn't a bad movie.

I don't think the last bunch of MCU movies after Endgame were particularly bad but they were just a bunch of origin stories. We already went through that with Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, etc. When it all led up to infinity war, it was like finally seeing the end of a very long series that started back in like 2008 and took 10 years to tell the story. I feel like that was the major issue I had with Captain Marvel when it released. At that time, I didn't want a new origin story. Especially not one that took place in the past and had little to no relevance to the story of the infinity stones.

Now that the multiverse is being established, a second Eternals, a new Shang-Chi, The Marvels, can move past the origin stories of the characters and actually start building up to a greater overarching plot. That is something I do want to see now. I think Ms Marvel did it well because by making it a miniseries, they could create a more interesting dynamic from the characters and establish more of the story as it pertains to that specific character while at the same time keeping the overarching element presently running throughout the MCU.

I don't think the MCU is really struggling but it's in a lull state as people need to get hyped again for new characters but it's hard to get hyped when origin stories just feel played out.

Except for Ant Man. Nobody likes Ant Man.