A watchable movie that could have been great

Rating: 3/10 (9 March 2019)

Maybe Brie Larson really is the world class actress people keep saying she is, but she sure does not show it in this movie.
The movie has an interesting story at its core, but it just fails to deliver on it due to the wooden performance by Brie and the often hollow execution.
The biggest problem is that the movie tries to make Captain Marvel a feminist icon instead of just an incredible character that men and women alike can look up to. She has no personality to speak of, no flaws of weaknesses you can relate to like all the other great Marvel characters. The feminism propaganda is so heavy handed it often feels like it is literally being shoved down the audiences throats and it really takes you out of the movie. Sam jackson plays his part well, but it feels like he is playing a completely different character. Sam Mendelson, Anette Bening and Jude Law for the most part do a great job.
The makers of the movie are also pushing Captain Marvel as the "end all, be all" of the MCU that it is devaluating all the other characters. A couple of scenes really screw up what was built up in previous movies.
I makes me sad that this movie could have been so much more, but ended up mostely being a forced political statement that hurts female leads more than it helps.
Here's hoping Scarlet will set things right with the Black Widdow movie and that Hollywood realizes that great female leads comes from great acting and a good story, not by trying to force a message