Weakest of all the Marvel movies

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 2019)

This was definitely the weakest of all the 22 Marvel movies to date. At the rock bottom of the list. It was arguably the one that deviated the most from the comic book source material (and not in the same good way that Civil War, Ragnarok, Age of Ultron, Iron Man 3, and Spiderman did); had the least character depth and development, particularly with Captain Marvel herself; had the weakest direction, lighting, writing, pacing, musical score, sound effects, etc. Nick Fury is diminished to basically being the comic relief for a lead who has only 3 emotional ranges the entire movie: frustrated, snarky, and confused. Action scenes are poorly choreographed, dimly lit, and shot in that shaky camera "you're-part-of-the-fight" style that's basically guaranteed to make the viewer not know what the heck is happening. So many plot holes that are so huge, you could fly a hundred quinjets through them. By the end, the audience wasn't cheering and clapping (remember toward the end of the first Avengers movie where Hulk tosses Lori around like a rag doll?), but were groaning, shaking their heads, whispering "wtf" under their breaths, and checking their phones to see how much more of the movie was left.
There are some good moments. Mainly the scenes where Samuel L Jackson or Ben Mendelson or Goose the Cat are in. But these are very few and far between.
Everyone I saw the movie with are praying that Avengers: Endgame isn't ruined by Captain Marvel being in it. And we're praying for the future of the MCU if Marvel plans to make Captain Marvel their standard bearer moving into Phase 4. That's how bad CM was...
Disney/Marvel - please do not let these writers and directors near another MCU movie. Live and learn from this one. Fans are all willing to give this one a pass. But if movies like this is what we have to look forward to, Captain Marvel will be the movie everyone looks back on as the beginning of the sad end of the MCU.