The early part of the movie has jokes that fall flat, character interactions that come off more awkward cringe rather than awkward ha ha - surely feels like b-roll material that was hastily patched together. One visual gag where Ver (aka Captain Marvel) asks for Fury's pager seems poorly executed and shot, almost as if the other actor was oblivious or forgot to read the script. Some of the jokes and setups are blase mostly by the way they are telegraphed that a person can almost anticipate what would happen, if not, quote exactly what will be said.
Another gripe is the relatively little showcased in terms of the character's mythology, demeanor and not to mention power scaling. A little more development of how the powers manifested, pseudo-scientific explanation and tribulations as Ver would have questioned, struggled and come to grips with her new world would have made this a more solid piece. Instead we see someone who instantly reneges her hitherto training and conditioning, while combating a species that has the ability to assume a person down to the DNA level, and almost immediately strikes up a rapport with an alien agent. Captain Marvel truly deserves a better build up than this movie allows. Especially since she is bound to play a very pivotal role in the overall continuum.
It's a shame that titles such as these are just seen as stop gaps, or worse, money grabs as people are clearly enamored with anything Marvel and even a bad showing will still be lapped up and often overlooked. They are very relevant for the Marvel movie canon as most people would not be privy to the larger Marvel universe and story line except for the movies.
Most of this could be chalked up to Marvel probably focusing more on the main course - Avengers Endgame. The result of which could be less resources being spent on this movie.
It's happened before with Thor Ragnarok being delectably under cooked and being the lead up to Avengers Infinity War which was a much better orchestrated and performed piece. If history is anything to go by, this bodes well for the next Marvel release - Avengers Endgame.
