The most boring movie in the MCU oeuvre. No controversy required.

Rating: 2/10 (7 March 2019)

Captain Marvel... hmmm. Well, you may have seen all the "controversy" surrounding this film involving bad advance reviews based on some foolish statements made by Brie Larson in the press that were blown wayyyy out of proportion. The expectation that it would be a relentless, hardcore feminist diatribe left many fans disinterested in seeing the film. After seeing it, I can tell you that there is quite a bit of feminist/girl power messaging in play, but it's the type of shallow, corporate, glad-handing that's going to leave actual feminists angry more than anyone else.
Any scenes of Danvers' actual life or character development? You've seen them all in the trailer.
The problem with Captain Marvel is that, while not being the WORST film in the MCU oeuvre, it is by far the most BORING. Stultifying, even.
Larson's performance is so mind numbing and dull I started to wonder if she was actually a robot or clone that someone hit with a cattle prod off camera to induce some kind of jerky pseudo smile or other simulated snark. Simply awful.
Jackson is OK as Fury, simply along for the ride playing the sidekick role (although the cat jokes get tired fast).
The Starforce, one of the lamest creations of 90s Marvel, makes a seamless transition achieving the same level of "who gives a s#!t" that you would expect from a set of pathetic, low rent Guardians knock-offs.
The Skrulls. Oh boy, we finally get real Skrulls! One of the biggest threats in the Galaxy!!! Annnnnd, you ruined them... that was fast.
The effects in some scenes were OK, but large chunks of the film exuded such "cheapness" that I was wondering if I was watching the Inhumans again. And it was inconsistent. While Samuel L Jackson looked great in his CGI de-aged state, Clark Gregg looked like he was sculpted out of wax at times.
Not sure what else to say about such an uninspired product. I'm sure any negative reviews of the film will still be labeled as "sexist" or what have you (and I do think the gender flip of Mar-Vell is insulting and unnecessary, so feel free to hate on me) but I'm starting to think the whole online controversy is being ginned up by Disney to distract people from the simple fact that they made a bad movie.