Not great - but not for reasons you heard...

Rating: 6/10 (13 March 2019)

Captain Marvel is a good movie. It's just not a good Marvel movie... A lot of writers/producers/studios, sometimes forget that their audience is - well - humans. In order to introduce a new character in a universe that is o so successful, you not only need a great crew (which includes, casts, writers etc etc.) but you have to understand the state of the viewer. This movie can be broken down on these two categories. 30% Women statement - and all this modern agenda, and 70% superhero movie. The problem is not the 30%... It is the 70% and then the other 30%...
Marvel changed their storytelling from serious Captain Blackbeard to Captain Doodlemonster. Which works great on pumped up characters and already established powerful ones... But when you take the same formula, and put it on a new superhero, one that the viewer has not a single idea about - things tend to go messy.

N.1 Characters

It is sad to see Marvel not using its cast into its maximum. What was Fury doing in that movie? Absolutely nothing. Someone that I actually have a lot of respect - someone that I know that he means business , acted like a sidekick. No - less than that. He was the cat's babysitter. That was useful. If he wasn't in this movie, I wouldn't be surprised. Replace Nick with Happy and there is no flaw. Only Happy doesn't carry the same respect as Fury. I expect him to be, goofy - a bit out of place. Nick is supposed to be this well informed - always ahead of other type of leader. Why throw this out of the box and rewrite him as a cool to hang out guy? Just sad...

N.2 Rhythm

The movie started out great, until we meet Maria. Then all the plot gets boring. A great example is the barn scene. Mrs. Marvel was introduced on the first half as a hard to knock character but fun to stuck with. Why is she crying all of the sudden? She just survived a mind interrogation, blew a hole out of a spaceship, landed safely FROM SPACE on Earth - kicked ass with her arm power abilities , WHY IS SHE SUDDENLY CRYING! Why she does not believe in her self when she just has to read some numbers from a CD. Why do I need to see a "You are a female - you are strooooong" when I already know that? She kicks ass - stop reminding me stuff... Then we are back in the house and guess what? Skrull explains AGAIN why he needs her help. WE GET IT - WHERE IS THE SKIP 5 SECONDS BUTTON!!!!!
Another example is the fight scene. Instead of showing me a good executed battle sequence with great hand to hand combat and magic arm ability moves, you choose to kick all this stuff out and show me how great Mrs.Marvel is... Again... I just show her removing the "Chip" and gaining full access to the overdrive... I know she is crazy powerful... Give me some well constructed action. Give me blood, give me gore, give me Captain America VS Loki action. GIVE ME MARVEL.
In fact, the movie was keep showing me the same thing over and over again, that the actual plot twist was completely ignored! Kree are bad and Skrulls are good? K what is next? Yes I know that this is not a cat.... NEEEEEXT!

N.3 Audience stupidity

Remember back in Iron Man 2 where we get introduced to black widow? She was full of control when she entered the room and the audience noticed that. Then her action scene in Justin Harper's HQ? Her character was established right there as strong, powerful and full of respect. Captain Marvel misses that last part... Respect.
Here's why: NEW MARVEL FORMULA. Not the character but the studio. You don't have to think anymore when watching a movie. Everything is served right in front of you. Questions like "What is Nick Furry like. How much authority does he have" must be answered by the viewer while watching the movie. This new formula was implemented successfully in the past - but in movies with already known characters. In the movie Captain Marvel , everything is reminding you the same thing "Vers is strong" . Space battle? Vers is strong. Fight with the intelligence? Vers is strong. Vers VS Ronan? Vers is strong.
And here comes the 30% I mentioned earlier. Nothing wrong with that - I want another strong female character in this universe... Black Widow was established as awesome in 1/4 of the time... Why do new movies think the viewers are idiots? Why do they show us the same stuff over and over and over again? Why do the hyper inflate the character's feelings just to make a point?

N.4 Reality.

When you watch a superhero movie, you expect to see stuff that can't be done. However, as a viewer, you let your mind and soul be touched by the movie. It's this interaction we have, that in the end lets us enjoy flying people, spaceships, neon laser explosions... That means that the movie must show us a story in a natural way. What do I mean by that? You accept that Superman can fly in his unique blue-red suit. It doesn't feel unnatural yet it manages to scratch your imagination. But make superman able to transform into a blue red shark with Neo-Atom powered engine - well that's what I am trying to say. Captain Marvel felt , unnatural. I did not expect Fury to be like that. I did not expect the little girl to watch Vers flying into the night sky at the end. It reminded my of Merlin saying "Goodbye l" to Nemo! It didn't feel human, it was... unexpected.
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All in all, Captain Marvel had the opportunity to be an amazing new chapter of MCU, but fails completely. Good movie, but bad MCU movie.
PS. To those who just skipped the paragraphs - I am actually stating great facts that the movie review has nothing to do with any anti female agenda... The problems are (in shortness - :Many Repeats: :Not so clever script: :Bad movie writing: :Bad character progression: ...
Thank you for reading :)