The good the bad and the ugly

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 2019)

I know there is a lot of bias concerning this movie - so I made an effort to go in clear of it and with an open mind. I have to say, it was an enjoyable movie, but sub-par for a Marvel movie.
The movie starts well, managing to build a solid backstory and an interesting mystery. It is visually stunning, with CGI surpassing earlier attempts to make characters look younger/older or "resurrecting" them.
I also liked that the film managed to bring about an unexpected twist, something rarely seen these days.
Unfortunately, Brie Larson doesn't manage to bring any discernable personality to her character. She is bland, with an extremely limited emotional range. She tries hard to adopt a badass attitude which is simply a bad fit for her overall basic personality. I'm not sure what happened.. personally I feel it was just bad casting.
By contrast, Lashana Lynch had only a handful of lines but managed to deliver more feeling and emotion in a single scene than Brie did in the entire movie. I feel like if they reversed the roles, we would've seen a much better Cap. Marvel.
The humour also felt very forced, falling short of the witty and amusing banter that Marvel has gotten us used to.
Overall, this was a Marvel flick with many of their winning ingredients, but I cannot give it more than a 6/10 simply because a lot of the good scenes were quickly ruined by cringy dialoge or forced attempts at humour.