Just another origin story

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2019)

After taking some time to truly soak in the movie, I've decided that this film is just another marvel origin story. In my opinion that's not what Captain Marvel should have been. If this movie came out in phase 1 or even phase 2, I think it would have been fantastic. However, this is a phase 3 post infinity war origin story that is supposed to feature the most powerful hero in the marvel universe, and on top of that it's the first female lead marvel movie.
Dont get me wrong, this movie wasn't bad. It was fun with all of your typical marvel origin story setups. I just think it should have gone above and beyond the typical origin story. I went into this movie with the expectations of a truly fantastic solo hero movie, ready to compare it to Iron Man, and on the female lead side, Wonder Woman. I don't think this movie even compares to the original iron man movie, and it's not quite as good as wonder woman.
I felt that there was no character development, and that the story was one of the most predictable origin stories that marvel has made so far. They also don't do a great job of presenting what captain marvels powers are. At the end of this movie, I should have been saying, "dang, Thanos is toast" but I didnt. You really dont see her do anything that Thanos with his gauntlet cant stop. The whole movie was just leaving the audience waiting to see what she can do, and in the last 5 minutes you get a little fight scene that I don't think does the hero justice. It was a fun scene, it just left me feeling kinda, eh.
Kind of a spoiler in next paragraph. Tried to keep it vague.
This movie doesnt give you a true origin story. You kind of see how she gets her powers, but in the beginning you know her with her powers and by the end she has the same powers just no longer limited, no learning curve or anything. As a person, she doesn't change at all. I would have liked to see the story that featured her become who she is, get her powers in the accident, then figure out who she is again. I think the audience would feel more attatched if we watched her grow as a person.
No more spoilers.
In the end, this was a fun movie to go see. I think they should have taken more risks with it, developed the character more, and really showed us what she can do. I think in end game we will see a lot more of her being an epic hero and that's where marvel fans will really fall in love with the character.