What about character development?

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2019)

I thought this movie was average. I was looking forward to knowing more about Captain Marvel but what I got was very bad story telling. Too bad because the acting wasn't bad at all and clearly they had the talent to truly bring something different to the screen.
Thing is, even us Comic Book nerds don't care too much about Captain Marvel. Used to be a dude now a woman and it hasn't changed the fact that Captain Marvel has never been that popular.
Because of the lack of popularity, I feel that they missed an opportunity to focus on her back story and help us get to know this new hero so that we can best empathize with her. Captain America did that rather well, with the backstory and the struggles he faced. Other than some biker dude asking her to smile, she seems to have had a life free of struggle. That's how bad this movie is. Didn't make you feel for the character.
The explosions, the butt kicking and all of that were great so this movie lands a 6 from me.
Too bad.