Captain Meh!

Rating: 6/10 (8 March 2019)

Hmmmmmmm. Left the theatre not quite sure how to feel. I really thought that the 'ok' trailers were something of a slight of hand, and though I wasn't prepared to be blown away, I've come to have relatively high expectations of Marvel movies. I mean, the last few alone, Thor Ragnorok, Black Panther, Infinity Wars & even Ant Man and the Wasp have been solid cinema experiences. This though left me feeling very "meh". Was looking forward to a cool Thursday opening night screening of Captian Marvel but left very underwhelmed.
Ok, enough of my experience. In a nutshell:
1) Storyline & script - very clunky trying to do too many things such as an origin story told in flashbacks, set up for a new Kreme & Skrull cinematic direction I believe the MCU will be exploring, ALOT of exposition (Jeez) - more showing, less telling please! A sort of buddy comedy/action set up btw Larson and Jackson's characters which doesn't quite nail the chemistry (although Jackson can now do these parts eyes closed)
2) Acting - Larson is a far better actor than she showed here. I'm not sure if it's down to the direction she was given or the script but she just doesn't sell anything more than a one dimensional character with the occasional nice moments. Maybe she needs to grow into it. Compared to Gadot's Wonder Woman I have to say GG was miles ahead in delivery of performance, even though I rate Larson the far superior thespian. Marvel, sort this out please! Jackson is ever reliable and I dare say he's actually the connecting glue in the MCU, more than Downey Junior's Tony Stark. He's got the Fury character nailed and I can't see anyone else playing him (yes, I'm talking to you Hasselhoff!).
Mendelsohn - dude was so effortlessly charismatic and easily has the best moments in the movie. I'd say he was the stand out with Lashana Lynch (shame this thread didn't get pulled a little more).
Oh well, on to Endgame & Shazam!