Written by Aliens or A.I.

Rating: 3/10 (7 March 2019)

NON SPOILER: If you fed dictionary definitions into a computer or gave aliens the definition of what a hero is and asked them to make a movie about a "hero" this would get spat out. It's honestly as though the writers have never read a piece of classical literature or a comic book pre - 2003 to understand what a hero is. If we were going to get an infallible protagonist to turn the tide in Avengers: Endgame at least give us one with charisma. The effects and visuals in this movie are also an oddity, ranging from cutting edge to Saturday morning Power Rangers quality. The Carol Danvers character should have been introduced in phase 2 of the MCU anyway and giving us this origin story now is like cramming for an exam. Better still the character Marvel should have used here was The Sentry (an omnipotent but very damaged character) in order to tip the scales in Endgame. The fact it had to be a female is understandable but Disney fluffed their choice with this character when they had dozens of others to choose from, and to say this is miscast is understating. If moving forward with the character, Kevin Feige may want to consider recasting, since Brie Larson's press campaign has been a disaster of historical significance and the actress is far better suited to smaller art-house type fare. It's a matter of objective fact that she has damaged the franchise and will probably continue to do so in the future since contemporary audiences do not forgive and forget often. This film is the MCUs bottoming out moment and it's astounding it has taken this long to happen but it was inevitable. It by no means breaks the franchise but the year long break from the MCU which approaches us after Spiderman Far From Home is probably warranted for both the studio and audiences