Watchable shake and bake superhero stick.....

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2019)

Captain Marvel is yet another in a long production line of what I call "shake and bake" super hero flicks.
Its not bad as such. You just have to accept going in that what you are getting is much the same formula that you will find with most other superhero franchise films.
This is good guy vs bad guy stick with lots of special effects and things going "boom".The typical, drawn out, chocolate box, US folk-sey thing was mercifully kept to a minimum and something of a twist was thrown in. Taken together, this helped the pacing of the film and removed a little of the bland predictability normally associated with this kind of fare.
There has been criticism of the acting from some quarters. I'm inclined to disagree. Action sci fi films like this one are more about exposition which tends to limit the potential for actors to really offer up stand out performances. Samuel L Jackson as always provides some welcome comic relief as did the "cat" (watch the film and see if you don't agree with me).
In short Captain Marvel is what you expect it to be and what you get is, to be fair, quite watchable. 6/10 from me.