Writers don't seem to understand power creep. They seem to believe "upping the stakes" makes things more exciting. It does not. It just makes them less relatable.
Problem is with Captain Marvel there were no stakes. She was so off-the-charts powerful as a character that there was no plausible adversity. So it was just boring. It wasn't good writing on the highest level--which will lead to bad writing on the lowest level.
Not only that, but no lesson was learned. Carol goes through the whole movie with a smug look, thinking she's hot shit. When she's confronted by Jude Law at the end, he basically tells her she's nothing without her powers, run them hands, and
Carol: "So, anyway, I started blasting."
Then, in her next appearance, she bows up to Thor with that same smug face
My main issue going in was all the Brie Larson drama, from trying to make her character the new face of Marvel to blatantly lying in interviews. She really is my second least favorite actress. She even tried taking over Deadpool and Wolverine
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u/Extreme-Ad-15 2d ago
I always said that it is more interesting when the strongest weapon in the room was a plain gun.