Watchable, yet a bit of a letdown

Rating: 5/10 (7 March 2019)

Captain Marvel is not a bad movie. It is not a great movie. It is somewhere between the two, containing both great and bad throughout. Some of the great things include: 90s nostalgia, Samuel l. Jackson's performance as a young fury and the soundtrack. The bad include: a dull and blank performance by Brie Larson, who we all know is capable of so much more range and emotion than in this film, some of the jokes/dialogue in general, and, a predictable and forgettable origin story. Somehow this movie feels like a phase 1 marvel film, mainly because it differs in tone and humor (alluding to the times in which marvel had to experiment with humor and the general tone of these movies). The Action is visually appealing, yet tensionless, also sometimes it is hard to keep track of what is happening during a fight. The SciFi-parts of the film work very well with great costume design, make up and CGI. From a cinematographical perspective, the film is shot in a very generic and uninspiring way, at least for 90% of it. The most enjoyable aspect about this film is probably the buddy relationship between Captain Marvel and Nick Fury.
All in all it can be said that Captain Marvel stumbles a bit beside the greater and funnier marvel movies, while trying to keep up with the expectations of the fans. It's clearly not the best marvel movie or superhero movie or action/scifi movie out there, although some of its parts try so hard to be.