Better than expected, but average

Rating: 4/10 (16 March 2019)

Although being a huge fan of the MCU, I only saw this one for the sole reason that it leads into Endgame. That's it. If this had been released earlier, I think I would have skipped it. I don't like Brie Larson. That's not being sexist, I just think her acting skills resemble a plank of wood. Having said that, she done an ok job here. The problem I have with this character is she is too powerful, overly powerful even. As in, she was never in any danger at any point of this movie. The MCU as we know it comes to an end with Avengers Endgame. A culmination of 10 years of investing into characters and story only for an overly powerful female character to sweep in a month before and save the day doesn't sit well with me. And it's not just because she's female before anyone gives me crap, it's just very forced for her to enter the fight this late in the game being as powerful as she is. As it stands now, from what we've seen, Captain Marvel will wipe the floor with Thanos without breaking a sweat! That's not right. EndGame should be the original Avengers reassembling to defeat thanos and undo the snap. I'm all for Captain Marvel coming into the fold but I fear she'll be the main focus of endgame when it really should be about Cap and Tony reuniting and possibly sacrificing themselves. This movie was ok, it was nothing special. The "I'm just a girl" song choice when she learned to control her powers and start kicking ass was an eye rolling moment to say the least, but I can't give the movie too many negatives...nor compliments. It was alright, but it will get more praise than it deserves because it was a female lead superhero movie. That's just the world we live in now where diversity takes precedence over deservance. Black Panther was the same. Great movie don't get me wrong, but definitely not deserving of the amount of praise it recieved. We'll see what happens in endgame but besides a solid performance from Samuel l Jackson and some tidy cg work, this one is pretty skippable as a stand-alone movie.