Better than feared, worse than hoped --- Or: Why is everyone giving this movie either 10/10 or 1/10?

Rating: 6/10 (7 March 2019)

I just watched the movie's midnight premiere here in Germany. So here are my first impressions:
(+) The "woke" advertising campaign has little to do with the final film. I found Brie Larson offending, but I don't find Captain Marvel offending.
(-) Generic plot. There are much better alien invasion flicks out there.
(+) VFX + SFX are splendid. But that's a basic requirement for a Marvel movie.
(-) The concept of a female Superman is as absurd as the concept of a male Superman. Did you dislike the scene in DC's "Justice League" where Superman flew around carrying a row house? If so, you will find Captain Marvel to be a camp culture screwball comedy that will make every Superman movie every produced look sane+sober. (I see that superheros per se are an absurd concept, but there has to be a limit!)
(+) Good pacing. I never had the feelings of "oh, I'm sick of that scene because it is so slow and adds nothing to the plot" or "oh, this was to fast for me to follow the plot". (Edit: After having read many other reviews I'm surprised so many people seem to disagree on this point. Have they really seen the movie? Pacing was really good!)
(-) As a 90s kid I can just say: What I saw, heard and felt was not like the 1990s, but more like the work of a screenwriter who did a serendipity trip through Wikipedia's 90s portal.
(+) Solid camera work. It's good to see there are still people left in mainstream Hollywood who can do their job without inducing nausea in their audience.
(-) Too many CGI sets. And yes, you can spot them quite easily. (This does not contradict the fact that this movie's VFX is splendid.)
(+) I really like the props and costumes. Can't wait to see my gf in the Captain Marvel cosplay she's working on for the upcoming Leipzig Book Fair. ;-)
(-) The MCU in general is increasingly suffering from franchise wear. In hindsight many fans might actually want to consider this movie as the genre's "jumping the shark" moment, but I personally think "Thor: Ragnarok" already did that job back in 2017.
Conclusion: 5/10 + one extra star for the cat = 6/10. But that's the absolute maximum rating you can give this movie without having an agenda. 7/10 or more is fanboy palavering, 3/10 or less is hater rage.
Because seriously, think of it: If you rate this movie 10/10, then what verdict would you give to the Avengers films? Or the Dark Knight Trilogy? Or the Godfather movies? 25/10? And if you rate this movie 1/10, what's your verdict on movies like "Sharknado"? -25/10?
Btw: I'm really looking forward to see Captain Marvel's review section in a few months. Because by then the "honeymoon period", in which everything is great and the weaknesses are widely ignored by joyful fans, will have worn off; and the haters will have shifted their attention to Hollywood's next SJW project. And yes, of course Captain Marvel is an SJW product. But it's still an ok movie that's far from being unwatchable like the all-female "Ghostbusters" from 2016 was. And it doesn't break the MCU's canon like the hyper-diverse "Star Trek: Discovery" broke Star Trek's 50-year-old canon. So, if you are a Marvel fan, there is no reason not to have fun with Captain Marvel. However, if Marvel stuff isn't your cup of tea, you might want to consider watching "Alita: Battle Angel" instead, as Cameron's movie is better made and features a female superhero, too. And if you don't like superhero movies at all, you might want to stay at home.