Bland, could have been better

Rating: 4/10 (26 June 2019)

I'm not going to lie I didn't have very high hopes for this movie it seemed like it would just be a lot of pandering. But pandering if done right can be entertaining, this was not the case. I'm not saying that this movie is all pandering and it does have some good moments but it overall pretty predictable and I only laughed at parts that weren't supposed to be funny. The movie relies heavily on nostalgia as well, which is not inherently bad but I didn't think it was important to the story other that just for the nostalgia. The alien land is bland and Larson's character has a nonexistent to laughable character arch. I would not watch this movie even if you are looking for an empowering movie, Wonder Woman which is still far from perfect is a much better option. If you are looking for an action flick with a strong female lead, Alita battle angel does a lot of what Captain marvel does wrong right and while still flawed will be much more enjoyable in my opinion (it even has real PG-13 violence if that's what you're interested in not the fake feeling scenes in captain marvel).
Over all it is a movie and it does what a movie has to to be a movie. But it doesn't do it in a very new or innovative way. And the story isn't memorable so instead it will be remembered for having a female lead when there are many other more note