I saw Captain Marvel in Imax tonight, and the second-weekend audience was definitely appreciative.

Was I missing something? To me, Captain Marvel is on the very low end of Marvel movies. Better than Thor 2, but not as good as Doctor Strange, which at least had clever effects.

This one is extremely routine factory filmmaking. The jokes are sitcom-y, the plotting is predictable, and Brie Larson’s too slick performance doesn’t land. I didn’t care about her.

Seeing the Skrulls as refugees instead of an evil empire was a nice twist, and so was meeting the young Monica Rambeau, a character that also goes on to become a Captain Marvel in the comics.

Not a terrible movie, but a disappointing one.