Captain Mehh-vel

Rating: 6/10 (2 April 2019)

Ok so my final and first review of captain marvel. Knowing all the things this film has been going through I am IGNORING THE THINGS SUROUNDING IT AND JUDGING IT OFF THE FILM ALONE. So, with that being said, It's a film that has a solid script to work with, some solid acting, a solid direction with some new approaches, and some traditional mcu humor in it all together. Everything all around is just solid, and I think that's why people aren't liking it so much. Solid isn't enough these days for people and that's ok, but there's only so much you should expect for a film like this. Carol Danvers, her character is a mixed bag, for me, she didn't really get my attention until near the end, there's some forced agendas spreaded throughout the film and it can be distracting. The movie manages to make things work, Nick fury and Carol WORKS, Carol and her troubled past WORKS, side characters WORKS. There's plenty that works but it doesn't distract the things that either don't work or go completely off the rails. Like the forced plot twist with the typical "MCU IRON MAN 3 MANDARIN STANDARD PLOT TWIST." You'll know it when you see it... some plot twists you can literally see coming from a mile away and it's because the fact that it was already seen from her past. It's a film that poorly executes her past as a reason to forward the plot. A film can work with this method if executed correctly, for instance the BOURNE films have done this but you learn about the character and what's going on as the movie goes on. But this film you see forced dialogue and repeated scenes you've seen multiple times so you can know her THEN they add a twist that is DONE with in seconds. It's a twist that doesn't even feel like a twist it feels like a way of helping wrap the film up quickly, and once it does the film is practically over and done with in a bow. Carol Danvers learns nothing as a character other than her past but she DOESNT DEVELOP. Everyone else but her develops any knowledge from the plot. The villain twist was dumb. And JUST when you think it was going to be interesting when RONAN the accuser shows to be the villain. The film for me felt flat because of this and poorly executed decisions that I can ramble about all day. I can see why people hate it and why people like it. I fall in line more with liking it though. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst or even close to other abominations that come out in the superhero genre. It's just a over-and-done-with kind of film. Nothing amazing nothing terrible. I would give this film a 6.5/10 ONLY GIVING IT A 7 TO ROUND IT TO A 7 BECAUE OF MY OVERAL RANKINGS BELOW MAKES SENSE
Acting 7.5/10
Script 6.5/10
Plot 6.5/10
Plot Twist 4/10
Screenplay 7/10
Cast 7/10
Score 7/10
Cinematography 7/10
Editing 8/10
Visual Effects 8/10