An average movie

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2019)

I will try to avoid spoilers:
If a 10 is the Godfather and a 1 is some trash movie. I would say Cap Marvel is a 5. Setting aside all the politics the actor has been talking about, it really is just an average movie and Marvel Studios really didn't provide a good film for their standard. This movie doesn't come close to Avengers Infinity War or Wonder Woman (I mention Wonder Woman because everyone else is comparing it to Wonder Woman).
Some of problems:
There were never really any stakes raised. Cap Marvel has no evident weakeness. She's too powerful in this film and once she fully unlocks them, it's over. No stakes ever raised. Her greatest weakness seemed to be her insecurities which to me isn't a true weakness...the whole...I'm warring within kind of thing.
Very slow:
There isn't much action, and the action that is there just doesn't seem like much is going on. The pacing just feels off.
Weak Lead - Brie Larson:
IDK if this was direction from the director or what. I know she can act Oscar worthy, but in this film, I didn't like the portrayal of Cap Marvel or Carol Danvers. It seemed like everything felt forced to me. The person I went with (who doesn't even have internet so they could not go in with bias) said she seemed robotic.
Strengths - Side Actors:
Had Samuel L. Jackson not been in this film, it would have been a well below average film. His one liners at least had me laughing at times. Agent Colston doesn't really play too big of a part. Her friend (name escapes me) does a good job in the film and in the moment they shared, I did feel some emotional pull.
CGI:
Yes...woohoo technology.
Overall:
Trying to avoid spoilers but there really isn't much to spoil. What you see in the trailers is pretty much what you get. She doesn't know her past, she discovers it, fights the bad guy, and she wins. That's about it.