Just About OK!

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2019)

Whilst I was watching this movie I was vaguely entertained but now having left the auditorium some things were far from satisfactory.
I will detail my concerns in order;
1.Brie Larson, quoting Dorothy Parker "she runs the gamut of emotions from A to B", there was absolutely no range in her acting. When your main character in a superhero movie just doesn't cut it and the whole movie rests upon this character your in big trouble.
2.This is an origin story and yet most of the questions surrounding her origins remain unanswered. We have no clue as to why she is so powerful, what are her specific powers apart from energy manipulation of all sorts, she is a kind of superhero "one-trick-pony"(that was clever).
3.Captain Marvel is apparently so powerful and has no weaknesses, unlike Superman and Kryptonite, or overcome by superior strengths as with Dr Strange, Spiderman, and the Hulk. To have no weaknesses whatsoever ruins the movie, as there is no point where you feel she is in any danger of losing against her enemies or indeed any danger at all. The only apparent weakness she seems to have was a whole array of cognitive problems, poor memory, brainwashing, poor judgement and trust issues (I have those before my first coffee).
4.Brie Larson just does not look the part, a Bond girl must look like a Bond girl and a superhero woman must look like a superhero woman (unless she is, of course an anti-hero). Without be overly judgemental or hung up on stereotypical images at best she looked ordinary when she needed to look extraordinary (Shock horror I made that point!). She will not be going up on any pre-pubescent teenage bedroom walls methinks (and again!)
5.I won't dwell on other problematic areas like, a clumsy plot, slow pace, embarrassingly cheesy jokes, no character development or poor music or indeed the strange over-long, un-productive, uninteresting and boring conversations they have with each other (I've dozed off!).
6.The movie is so over-contrived to make her a worthy opponent for Thanos that we just felt the whole movie was in a waiting room, a precursor to the main event.
The one thing that was totally memorable and sticks in my mind, and is worthy of a major mention and displayed both a remarkable acting ability and a whole variety of different powers and abilities was the ginger cat. Could we not put the cat against Thanos in the next movie, I am sure he would win, I can clearly see the scene where Thanos, the planet killer, is defeated by a regurgitated fur-ball to the head (what an image).