Pander and Disservice

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2019)

I'm not going to complain about the time travel inconsistencies of a fictional movie - I actually enjoyed the film, but there are a few things about it that are just fundamentally poor taste.
Since few will read this entire review I'm going to start with the single reason why this movie is a five and not an eight:
If I were Chris Hemsworth I would hit one Russo brother with Mjolnir and the other brother with Stormbreaker. What a disservice to both Hemsworth and the incredible character he gave all of us. Ok, start him out fat, get some laughs, move on. If his lightning can braid his beard it can strip off a few pounds too. Now my last memory of Thor as an Avenger is the atrocity of Beachbum Avenger Thor. I will never understand how this was allowed to happen.
Give me one good reason, other than the obvious pandering, why CA gave his shield to Sam when Bucky, who is basically the same as CA, is standing right there. To top that, they've been lifelong friends and can't be bothered to say goodbye?
Same type of pandering and for the same type of obvious reason, the all female team assembled to protect CM - really? As if she needs anyone after destroying an entire ship by flying through it. This may not have irritated me so much if Brie Larson were a better CM AND if she hadn't said all of the ridiculous accusations she's been spouting lately. We didn't hear anything about a problem with white males when she was trying to become a star did we? I thought I might be being a little harsh until my wife brought up her annoyance about the same thing.
The show is worth seeing if you can handle the disappointment they delivered to us with some of their decisions. I always thought when it came to the movie side of Marvel that Stan Lee was just a front man. Now with the lack of quality present in both movies since his passing, I'm starting to wonder.