Entertaining MCU movie

Rating: 7/10 (11 March 2019)

I tried to go into this with an open mind. I was concerned after seeing the previews that Brie Larson was miscast, and still think that after seeing the movie. She looked beautiful of course, and for a female empowerment movie she spent a lot of it in a tight fitting Nine Inch Nails t shirt. Go figure. She just seemed emotionless. Scarlett Johansson shows more on screen charisma in 5 seconds than Larson did the entire movie. I've never seen her in another movie but have read that she has done well, so am not sure why she comes across so wooden in this one. The movie overall was fairly well done. Not up there with the first Iron Man or Guardians movies for sure, but an entertaining addition to the MCU. By the end of the movie she was insanely overpowered IMO. She would be comparable to Thor at the least. Being overly powerful is a weakness from a storytelling standpoint. I don't understand the fuss about it being the first female lead MCU movie. Do they not understand that the people who enjoy these movies are by and large some of the least sexist people around? Good character development, storytelling, humor, those are the things that make a movie fun, not the race or gender of the characters.