Decent movie despite controversy

Rating: 7/10 (13 March 2019)

So I watched a few reviews (whether they actually saw it or not, who knows) to see what everyone was saying, not because it would have made any difference to whether or not I saw it but just to get an overall feel.
Now there won't be any plot revelations in this review but some character reviews may spoil perception of movie.
Most say that they felt is was too slow in the first hour but felt more like an Marvel movie near the end. This was not the case for me. While it was far from white knuckle holding unto the chair action, it did feel decently paced throughout but overall slower in nature. Almost like Marvel wasn't still fully committed to the character even though we know she'll be in Avengers: Endgame. The jokes were a bit hit and miss from a good laugh to a smirk. Not sure why they made Fury out to be so damn corny though. This was fun Samuel Jackson Fury, not soon to be leader of Shield Samuel Jackson Fury. It was an odd way to write him.
The parts they did seem to focus on getting right were the parts which focused on "Goose" the cat and were quite well done.
My 2 biggest gripes with the movie come from Brie herself and how she chose to portray the character or how she was instructed to portray that particular moment. To me, she simply was smirking far too much in scenes that didn't seem to call for it or maybe should have called for a different emotional tone. In some ways since that whole "smiling" picture thing that came up months ago, it almost felt like they reshot the whole movie and made her smirk so much just to troll the guy who made the photo.
The second thing is that it really seemed like she still wasn't sold on doing the film while filming it. There didn't seem to be real joy in her expressions except oddly enough in some of the still pictures used to show her past. Maybe Brie wasn't sure of herself doing this, maybe her ego really had her convinced that the weight of the SJW world for feminism was riding on her shoulders; I don't know. I'm not bashing her performance, it just doesn't seem like she gets what a huge deal it is to be a part of a entertainment universe in movies that has never been done before on such a grand scale as this (Relax Fanboys. Yes Star Wars is massive but each movie is connected as a timeline((Solo excluded)), not like how Marvel is connecting each unique but part of a greater universe way). I hope she really does enjoy the opportunity presented before her.
Overall you will have a good time watching this movie but nothing done here hasn't been done before.