A misfire for the MCU

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2019)

Brie Larson's agenda-driven comments during the press tour aside, I was willing to give Captain Marvel a chance based off the goodwill of all the other movies in the MCU universe, and to stay updated going into Endgame.
The main character has no flaw whatsoever. Being unstoppable pretty much from the get go (despite having that chip in her neck suppressing her full powers) is a really bad thing when it comes to (positive) character development. And the casting of Brie Larson just feels off, even though I genuinely tried to separate her smugness and unlikeable personality in her real life persona from the character she portrayed onscreen. I kept thinking that Vers/Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel never ever felt likeable. They give her lines that are supposed to be "Tony Stark-like" quips, but said lines fail miserably every time when they are delivered.
The interactions/friendship between Carol and Monica Rambeau is one of the few solid things in this movie, though. Sam Jackson is good as Nick Fury. Ben Mendelsohn does a convincing job as Talos. The cat is, as many before has commented on, pretty fun. Stan Lee tribute and cameo was heartwarming. Post-credits scene of the other Avengers was awesome until CM showed up in it.
But in the end....boy, I really didn't like this movie. The main character never really struggles, doesn't have any flaws, it all seems to be set up as that CM is the one who defeats Thanos (with ease?) in Endgame. Based off of this movie, that feels totally unearned. The narrative is that it also "wasn't made for me" (as I'm white, male and able-bodied), meaning that I'm not really qualified to critique it in the eyes of Brie Larson's intersectional feminism.
Well, that's OK. I'll just be voting with my wallet by skipping further installments of the MCU who are Captain Marvel-centric.
I don't have a problem with powerful women as leads in movies, Alita and Wonder Woman are two great examples of recent movies with female leads who are likable, who struggle as a part of the narrative, and never come off as agenda-made Deus Ex Machina's.