“First reviews coming out from people who actually have seen it could hardly be more positive.”
It hasn’t been released yet, so any reviews like that are going to be from people that the studio gave an advance screening to. It’s standard industry practice now with big movies like this to gin up positive reviews from sympathetic critics before release just to pump up your RT score. Look at any of the massive flops that studios were building up to be hits in the last few years, they all had inflated critic RT scores before release, but horrible customer reviews after release.
“CAPTAIN MARVEL Reactions Say It’s Surprising & Unlike Any Marvel Movie Ever; Ben Mendelsohn Steals The Show
CAPTAIN MARVEL Reactions Say It’s Surprising & Unlike Any Marvel Movie Ever; Ben Mendelsohn Steals The Show
The first legitimate social media reactions for Marvel’s Captain Marvel are in, and the verdict seems to be good as press members hail the film as one of the studio’s most surprising and fun entries yet.”
I trust this source as a good predictor of well these films will be received.