Eye candy aplenty, but sometimes sloppy filmaking...

Rating: 6/10 (14 March 2019)

I was expecting a bit more from this. Visually the film delivers, its visuals sometimes bring to mind "what if Terrence Malick directed a film for Marvel"... This, along with the obvious nostalgia references are what the movie delivers best. However, the musical cues are not handled so deftly, ranging from the hamfisted to the plain cringe worthy (the use of "Come as you are" and "I'm just a girl" is at best intrusive), and some scenes seem to lack a purpose or resolution (the french connection style pursuit looks like it was cut to make up for time)... Regarding the acting, Ben Mendelsohn pulls a solid performance, Brie Larson does an adequate job of the superpowered hero trope who tries to find herself and her place in the world, sometimes acting like a fish out of water (Star Trek IV, Terminator 2...), although it feels a bit wooden. One of the problems is that although "emotionality" is patent throughout the film, there isn't really any growth or development. Although circumstances change, the characters remain basically the same. It makes for an entertaining film, but it's not Marvel's best. You do get to hear Samuel Jackson singing the Marvelletes which is awesome though!