By the Numbers Introduction to Captain Marvel

Rating: 6/10 (19 March 2019)

Just watched Captain Marvel. It was one of the lower end Marvel entries. I'll review it point by point.
Special Effects: Well done. Captain Marvel is a powerhouse user of cosmic energy. This was shown well in the film. Special effects were up to the Marvel standard.
Story and Humor: Story was very by the numbers. No real surprises or they were revealed poorly. Certain character decisions felt forced and against the character of the people involved. I can't see Captain Marvel or Nick Fury putting a mother at risk. No one seemed surprised or scared by many of the revelations. The reactions to the situation were very unnatural. There were points that melodramatic and very forced. The story did its job for an origin story. It seemed more like an 80s cheesy action superhero movie with modern special effects. A very paint by the numbers, shallow story.
Acting: Ronan and Jude Law were the best actors in the film. Nick Fury felt very forced as well. He didn't act like Nick Fury. The way he lost his eye was dumb. The biggest problem was Brie Larson. She gave a very flat performance. You could have practically put any reasonably competent actor and received the same performance. No subtle character. I know Captain Marvel the way she is written is very hard to do much with.. In the comics, she was a fairly bland character who had a generic military officer pilot personality. Kind of gung ho, ram into see it that works type. So I guess she nailed it, but seeing it on screen is not too interesting. We'll see if the Russo brothers can make her more interesting in Avengers: End Game.
I gave the film a 6. It did what it needed to do, just not in a very interesting way. I rate it somewhere with Iron Man 3 and Thor 2, but below Captain America 1. It's in that kind of limbo area. Hopefully she has a better second outing now that she's established. She needs a better villain I think. Maybe a full battle against Ronan would make for a cooler movie.