Eh, another superhero movie. You get what you pay for

Rating: 5/10 (20 February 2018)

If you are a fan of superhero movies, then you will get exactly what you come for when you pay to watch this movie. Everything in this movie just feels like it came straight from a checklist, but if you are okay with that, then this movie is fine. When I left the theater, I felt apathetic. I wasn't disappointed but I certainly wasn't surprised. As I said, you get what you come for. If you care about specifics, keep reading, if not, just know that it is like every other Marvel movie.
Plot: If you saw a trailer or even read the IMDB plot synopsis, you have spoiled the movie for yourself. 5 minutes into the movie you can guess where the plot will go, beat by beat. There are no twists, no turns, just your formulaic safe "go here, beat some guys up, talk, go there, beat some guys up, talk, etc." If you are fine with a predictable plot (will the main character die 15 minutes into the movie?! What?! He doesn't!) then this is the movie for you.
Effects: While the art design for this movie is frankly beautiful, the effects are far from. The whole movie feels like it was shot on green screen and some effects are cringe worthy. I am talking about PS2 cutscene levels of bad. Nothing feels real and there is no tension in anything.
Characters, pacing, cinematography, basically everything else:The characters are 2 dimensional (the stoic main character, funny smart girl, stoic bodygaurd, wack villain, serious villain who is the antithesis of the main protagonist). The style is "marvel movie". Take it or leave it.
Politics?:There seems to be a misconception that this movie in any way deals with politics. While that is technically true, the issues are handled wit the grace of "should we kill all white people?" "probably not". There are so many political issues addressed by this movie, isolationism, racism, traditions, etc. but all of them are presented in the fashion of "(insert topic here) is (good/bad)". It makes no statement that a 10 year old couldn't also make.
In all it is far from a bad movie, just incredibly bland.