I finally didn't like a movie in the MCU!

Rating: 5/10 (2 May 2019)

What I expected, at the very least, is a solid entry in my favorite superhero franchise with a fairly decent story, but the movie, and the script in particular, really has some serious issues: a first act that is nearly unwatchable incoherent mess that's littered with an unbelievable poorly-edited scenes, major pacing issues, a blatantly generic origin story, shamelessly stolen, and also underdeveloped, themes and plot-lines from other movies, a glaring lack of a fixed tone, unremarkable, and sometimes even incomprehensible, action sequences, exposition-heavy dialogue, flimsy characterization, to name but a few.
Let alone tons of absurd and cringe-worthy stuff: paying homage to the '90s by showing slow loading processes and not-working web pages, a pandering to diversity through the movie's so-called messages in a most heavy-handed, and superficial way, outdated CGI, some of the corniest and cheesiest lines, etc.
As much as I love this franchise, the humor in MCU usually doesn't work for me as it does for many people. But I can't remember not chuckling even once during every one of these movies. In Captain Marvel, though, I swear that I didn't even smile for one time!
Also, I hate to say it, but Brie Larson is really stone-faced here. I just want to let you know that her Oscar-winning performance in Room is one of my all-time favorite performances by an actress!
What I liked:

The de-aged Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury is incredibly impressive.
Goose the cat is just a scene-stealer.
I didn't expect the plot-twist, to be honest. (I wasn't invested in the story in even the slightest degree, though).
The first act is stupidly chaotic and fast-paced that didn't bore me for a second. So that's a plus... I guess!
The second act is interesting at some points, and it's when the story begins to find its footing.
It's not a boring movie overall. In fact, it's quite enjoyable, except for the absurdly overlong third act that almost made me want to skip and fast forward till I get to the very end.

Overall, Captain Marvel is a soulless and bland sci-fi/action movie, and an undeniably second-tier superhero flick that doesn't deserve to be among most of the installments in an otherwise Marvel franchise.
(5/10)