It's easily the weakest movie in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Rating: 4/10 (25 November 2019)

The way it's structured, executed and how the events play out - it feels too much like it belongs in Phase One, than a movie that is part of a bigger story in Phase Three.
Before it came out, some people were boycotting the movie, because Brie Larson said things that were not very nice to the people, who gave the movie very low scores. To be honest - i didn't pay all that much attention to all of the things that were happening outside my interest of the movie, so i'm going to leave all of the controversy behind and judge "Captain Marvel" as a movie. Unfortunately "Captain Marvel" is not good and it's easily the weakest movie in Phase Three.
I'll go first with the negatives, because there are so many that i have to write them down as a list, but i'll write them in a normal way as i know:
The biggest and the most obvious problem is the main female character: Captain Marvel / Carol Danvers. The way she was written and presented is a very uninteresting and unlikable character and i had a very hard time trying to connect to her throughout the whole movie. I don't know how she is presented in the comics, since i didn't even know that she existed (aside from sharing the same name as Shazam), but based on what was shown in the movie and my first impressions when i saw the movie back in March - i didn't like her at all. The worst aspect is the main character and that's not really a good thing, since it's hard to care about everything that is happening in the story, but unfortunately it doesn't end there with the characters.
The main villain was very bland. It's one of those movies that tries to make you believe that he is the villain, but was very misunderstood and it's revealed that this character was the main villain the whole time. For some it may be predictable, but for me - i couldn't predict it at all, but that doesn't mean that i'll give points for that reason alone. Dr. Wendy Lawson / Supreme Intelligence is so forgettable, so i'm not going to go in full detail about her. Maria Rambeau (the friend of Carol Danvers) is nothing special at all. The character was so bland - it's hard to tell something memorable that the character did in the story. Monica Rambeau (the child) was also very bland.
Some characters appear, so that we can have fan service or that they want to remind us that they do exist in the MCU. The best example of a terrible fan service is Phil Coulson. After re-watching the movie: i still don't understand why they include him in the movie, since he was the most uninteresting character in the MCU and he is definitely the most pointless inclusion in the movie. It's very weird that they used the same de-aging effects on the character like Nick Fury, since it's set years before the first MCU movie "Iron Man" and for some reason he looks the exact same way as he was in his introduction in "Iron Man". Yon-Rogg (played by Jude Law) is OK and he works fine in the context of the story, but after it was revealed that he was the main villain, he is not threatening at all. The best character is definitely Nick Fury, who is the heart and soul of the movie and he did make the experience at least enjoyable.
The story was very bland. As i mention in the start of the review: it doesn't feel like a Phase Three movie.
The acting was very average. The only ones that were trying were Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn and Jude Law. Brie Larson's performance wasn't all that convincing as Captain Marvel and i don't know who is to blame: Brie Larson, the direction or both. By the way: the child performance wasn't all that good.
The music is the same standard MCU soundtrack as always. There's no need to add more, since there are people, who went in full detail on why the music of all MCU movies is very forgettable and bland.
There are moments that the visual effects can look very fake and in some occasions it's very obvious and distracting like for a example the cat Goose that for some reason they replace him with CGI. It didn't happen most of the time, but it was noticeable, when they did replace him. There is a scene in the end of the movie where Captain Marvel is flying and destroying ships of Ronan in space and you can tell that they use CGI to recreate her for that scene.
The dialogue can be very bland or very bad. Many of the jokes don't work and there are some lines of dialogue that were very stupid. Immediately after i saw the movie for the second time - i forgot all of the dialogue and it didn't had any that can be quotable or memorable.
In some moments the cinematography can be good, but most of the time it's very OK. The only times the camera work is creative or very good is when they use visual effects.
Now that we've taken care of the negatives, let's get to the positives, but i'll describe them in a very short way. Like i mentioned before: Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn and Jude Law were the only three that made the movie for me, especially Samuel L. Jackson, who is always entertaining and you can tell that he really cared when he was brought back to play a younger version of his character. Nick Fury was the only character that was at least likable thanks to the performance of Jackson and the way he functions in the story can be a bit of the comedic side, but at least he wasn't bland or something else.
The cinematography can be good, when the CGI is involved, but in some occasions i did find some nice shot composition that didn't had CGI involved, but it's a very small percent, which is not enough. The sound is great as always in the MCU movies and they don't disappoint with that aspect. The de-aging effects on Samuel L. Jackson look fantastic, even thought there were some moments of his physical performance that wasn't all that convincing.
Overall "Captain Marvel" is unfortunately not very good. If it had a good origin story, better written characters, good dialogue, better effects, better acting, good music and more creative cinematography, then it could have been something great, but it didn't came out in that way. Sadly after seeing "Avengers: Endgame" it makes the movie feel like a pointless addition, since in the post-credits scene of "Avengers: Infinity War" they made a huge deal that Captain Marvel will be very important and now - i'm wondering why did they even include her at the first place and sadly you're not going to miss all that much, if you decide to skip it.