Disappointing with very little character development.

Rating: 2/10 (8 March 2019)

Poor character development that drew from an illogical source. It's shown that a lot of her drive comes from her history of being told (by 1 dimensional " sexist white men") that she is not good enough (at cart racing, baseball, army training etc...). This end up being her motivation to break free from her (basically imaginary) restraints and unlock her full potential. The issue is that in the examples they gave, she was failing and a lot of the judgement she had directed at her appeared to be valid. They tried to play the "disenfranchised woman being put down unfairly" card, but failed, because it didn't seem unfair. It would have made more sense if she had been belittled even after succeeding, then her moment of growth would be to push past that and it would have been much more relatable and profound. As it stands, she just seemed arrogant, and that the only thing that let her progress was unearned physical power (which she uses arrogantly, like blowing up shit in some guys bar).
I also found that the extent of her powers were not well defined, which makes me worried that they intentionally left it open-ended so she could be the OP ex machina that will end up defeating Thanos. Setting up the limits of a characters abilities (even if they end up exceeding them later on) is essential, but at no point on the movie did I really know how strong or weak she was. This was highlighted by the end scene where she and the ship jumped off into space at massive speed. If she was capable of that, what else is she capable of?
Overall, it was not terrible, but unlike all the other MCU movies, I don't think I will ever re-watch it.