Fun Marvel movie. Not so great as a regular movie

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2019)

I watched Captain Marvel this morning and would like to share my feelings on the movie. After watching Captain Marvel I am left with a feeling of profound loss and sadness, the movie it's self wasn't sad, the marvel logo at the beginning was filled with images of Stan lee instead of all the usual familiar characters. So we're off to a good start already.
It's no secret to anyone that I am completely in the bag for all these comic book movies. So it came as a bit of a shock to me to be left with feelings of ambivalence and apathy.
Carol Danvers a tough as nails pilot that doesn't know the meaning of the word quit. The makers of this movie really really want you to believe this. They didn't try to make you believe it through good character development and storytelling, no. Instead, they force it down your throat with cheesy sophomoric imagery and Second year film school choppy inconsistent memory flashbacks that do more to daze and confused and less to inform and insight. The makers of this movie knew that they had a turd on their hands and they decided to lean heavily on the nostalgia, A lot of winks and nods things to come, tongues awkwardly and forcefully shoved into cheeks. So much in fact that it left me expecting a #MeToMovement. All of that forced nostalgia landed flat and seemed more cynical than melancholy.
Both Jude Law and Annette Bening didn't seem to be enjoying their work and quite frankly looked out of their element. The fresh face CGI Sam Jackson either forgot or was told to not play the character of Nick Fury. They leaned a lot heavier on Clark Gregg then I thought they would. Every scene that had him in it was a delight. Ben Mendelsohn was hilarious and did an absolutely awesome job as the head Skrull. The film could've used a lot more of him and I hope to see him in future Marvel movies. It was definitely one of the very few high points of this movie. As for Breed Larson, she is a competent actress probably not well-suited for this role. I'm thinking perhaps this movie should've been called Wonder Woman , not because Bree is an Amazon warrior, but because she has the emotional depth and range of a slice of white bread. Not totally her fault. She didn't have a lot to work with.
I loved this movie because it is a Marvel movie. I'll probably watch it a dozen times and find more reasons to love it. At the same time, I can recognize a piece of crap when I see it. All of these movies have gotten too big, way too big. They are all being made because they are multibillion dollar money making Enterprises and not made because they love the comics and the characters and want to see them come to life on the big screen. The best part of this movie was before the beginning credits when they had the Stan Lee montage in the marvel letters.