Probably the weakest Marvel outing

Rating: 5/10 (25 May 2019)

At a time when the movie landscape is undoubtedly oversaturated with superhero flicks and even hardcore fams like myself are getting bored with the standard fare, studios should look to chsnge things up and make irreverent and innovative superhero movies.
This is definitely not what Marvel did here.
It's a typical origin story, full of tropes, with an unlikable character at the center (Brie Larson's bad attitude aside, she isn't given anything to work with here). Part of the unlikeability comes from the power of the character, who is too strong to ever be in danger during the movie, consequently throwing any tension out the window.
If you didn't see the "plot twist" coming, you must have missed a few Guardians of the galaxy movies. But even if you did, it just doesn't work, because the relationship between Larson's character and her crew members is never built up enough for us to care when things change.
Samuel L. Jackson is relegated to a comedy relief character without much depth, which is a shame since this could have been a good opportunity to learn more about the mysterious Nick Fury. The problem with the jokes is that they all try to emphasize Brie Larson's style of humor to make her seem less unlikeable, sacrificing their own comedic timing in the process.
All in all, a disappointing origin story, more Dark World than Ragnarok, so this reviewer hopes the studio decides to shake things up in phase 4.