If the Chuck Norris meme got its own movie and you were expected to relate to him as a hero

Rating: 4/10 (8 March 2019)

This character alone is bad enough to drag down my opinion of the film such that the rest of the movie- cinematography, visuals, etc.- cannot save it. Unlike Captain America, Captain Marvel is not humble and friendly, someone you can easily talk to as a mentor. Unlike Iron Man or Spiderman or Thor, Captain Marvel doesn't go through any internal struggles that every person can relate to. On the contrary, all her problems come from the outside, so the blame is shifted onto others. It's fine to watch a cheesy B movie where the main heroine or hero is overpowered and just mows down enemies; however, a Marvel movie is not just some standalone movie like Die Hard, but has a connection to all other Marvel movies. So why do all the other heroines and heroes in Marvel, who learned to overcome their flaws, have to worship this new face of the MCU who's completely unrelateable as a person? Scarlet Witch should be the most powerful heroine in the entire MCU- stronger than even Thor and Dr Strange- yet she doesn't get her own movie despite having a unique, relateable personality and internal struggle. This movie is like if Tony Stark started as a genius philanthropist billionaire playboy and ended the same way. It'd make Iron Man into a cheesy movie about The Most Interesting Man In the World- an exaggerated film about a Chuck Norris meme who is only kept down by some artificial device- but not a truly heroic and inspiring one. Captain Marvel doesn't inspire humans, but is meant to be worshipped by them. If Captain Marvel was about Carol Danvers learning how to not let toxic men's opinions get to her and change her personality from one who is bothered by others to one who can overcome them, she would be a more relateable person. But she's just a symbol of pandering from a large corporation that tricks well meaning people into thinking it's a champion of human rights, instead of a soulless money making machine that bastardizes the good name of feminism to entice customers, much like how politicians trick their followers into thinking they care about humanity when they only care about power. The MCU missed its mark by not having a female led film early on, and after seeing the success of Wonder Woman, now it's overcompensating.