Captain Marvel can't fully overcome its detours into generic blockbuster territory.

Rating: 1/10 (8 March 2019)

This film's near literal insistence upon it becomes absurd since director Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet don't dramatize the analogy, they presume it.
The movie consists of endless declamation, endless violence. Brie Larson broods beautifully as Captain Marvel, but this film skimps on fun and romance. Jude Law is no great shakes as the villain and Samuel Jackson does little with a thankless role. As for Brie Larson, she certainly looks the part but lacks crucial charm and charisma, surely the two essential qualities any Captain Marvel needs. And there's too much CGI.