Nothing to See Here

Rating: 5/10 (21 December 2019)

I'm not sure if why Brie Larsen portrayed Captain Marvel s bland and unlikeable as possible. I guess the director wanted her to seem distant and exiled, but aside from Henry Cavill in Man of Steel, this was the most joyless superhero ever on film. Ms. Larsen looks bored. When the most animated character in the movie is the CGI cat, you have issues.
The film has awful pacing, the plot is convoluted and the acting, from some very talented people, is disturbingly bad. Annette Bening, Samuel Jackson, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou and the aforementioned Brie Larsen, have ALL done better work elsewhere. I didn't want to believe the conspiracy that this was a SJW production, but it sure did feel that way. The character of Captain Marvel isn't really that exciting to begin with, but making her the most powerful person in the universe is just silly. Even Superman has Kryptonite. I am shocked they didn't make her gay as well. Trying to retro shoehorn her into the MCU (along with a wasted return of Ronan) came off as amateurish and awkward as well.
As a Marvel movie, this is a shade better than Thor: Dark World, which isn't saying much. As an action film, its poorly plotted and paced. Every time things start to get exciting, it almost comes to a stop. Brie Larsen was awesome in Free Fire and Kong: Skull Island, but she seemed disinterested along with the rest of the cast.