Agree totally - I found her warm and humorous throughout the movie. The baseball cap thing, interacting with the Rambeaus, etc. all made her feel like a real person.
I think some of the comments from the actress has tainted how the performance was perceived, which I do understand. There are actors I can’t watch because of what they’ve done or said outside their roles - Bill Cosby, Mel Gibson, etc.
I also hated The Last Jedi with the heat of a thousand suns, though, and I hate it that you can’t say a word against the movie without being accused of racism, sexism, etc. (I love strong female characters and don’t care about the race of the protagonist, etc. but *****ing despise that movie).
Captain Marvel has problems as a movie - poor choice of music for some scenes, generally badly shot\edited action sequences, humor that sometimes falls flat, etc. I personally was disappointed in the refugee skull stuff, didn’t love Annette Benning, thought Ronan was poorly used and had a few other complaints but had a good enough time (I saw it a second time this week; for the record, the theater was completely filled - not an empty seat - on a 1:30 matinee showing).
Toy related: I so love her comic version visually and like the movie look even better, do the figure was an EASY buy for me. I don’t for a second think they will add her sash; while it looks nifty on the page, I just can’t see it happening on screen.
If they do another version for Endgame, I’ll buy that one too.
I can see the potential chemistry between Thor and Captain Marvel. Since Thor can also survive in outer space, there is flexibility to write team-up stories based on earth and outer space.
How did I not see this coming? I'm holding out for the neon, trip-the-light-fantastic version. 
