Didn't expect much, didn't get much

Rating: 3/10 (7 March 2019)

Gonna start this of by saying I am a cbm fan and after this was announced I was totally excited to see this character. I wasn't a huge fan of her comics, personally, as I felt they didn't go anywhere but I was excited for how they were going to fit her in. I was lucky enough to get an advanced screening with a mate who works at a local cinema so I had to see it. Unfortunately, it just didn't cut it for me. This is a personal opinion so don't take it as gospel but yeah, it was really lazy. The trailers didn't really excite me to be honest, they didn't look great. So when I sat down to see it I was willing to like it but I wasn't expecting much. The story was very bland and very uninspired. The action was very flashy and polished up but didn't have that level of excitement I'd feel in The Winter Solider or in the warehouse fight scene, they felt too blatantly choreographed and on a further note, the cgi was very bland, making those cg action scenes even worse for me. The cg was very akin to Black Panther or the Justice League reshoots. Or even worse, Ruffalo in the Hulkbuster suit. Very pretty but very plastic. Didn't work. I'm noticing a trend with MCU movies and bad cg recently, especially on Iron Man in IW and CW. Thanos was very well done but in here, nah. Brie Larson tried her best, I can tell, But it didn't work. She didn't feel like she belonged in the role at most parts, especially as a pilot. It felt forced and her delivery just wasn't on point. The practical effects were very boring, imo. Her costume felt like a suit from Legends of Tomorrow. Which are good costumes, but not for a few hundred million dollar movie that's part of a few billion dollar franchise. The skrulls looked very fake, very much like the Dragon Ball movie. Interior sets were very obviously sets. There seems like there was no effort at times, to be honest. The only really stand out part was the end credit scene. You'll have to see it for yourself but yeah it was good. Coulson looked dreadful and he was very forgettable even though I love Coulson and AoS. Fury looked good in most scenes but he didn't look like Sam Jackson in the 90s, he looked liked a 70 year old man trying to be 50 year old man, which is what he is. But for what was possible in that, they did a really good job. So yeah, all in all, story left a lot to be desired, acting was very poor, cgi was not at all good, effect on me in the long run is minimal and I'll pretty much forget about it in a few months. In the long run tho, I'm forever grateful that little girls and grown women have a great role model to grow up with and be inspired by like I had with Batman and Superman. Living in a world where we have Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel on our screens representing women for what they are, strong amazing people, is great. It's just a shame that this, as a movie, didn't work. But it makes my opinion invalid when i see my friends little sister smiling every time she sees her, so it's worth it. That makes me happy.