Marvel Studio's earnestness in hiring upcoming talent to direct their big budget movies is laudable because it is so risky. So far the risk has paid off, this time it hasn't.
The problems of Captain Marvel are ones a director should be able to see during production. The weak screenplay (despite decent dialogue), poor editing, poor camerawork spoil what are otherwise good performances by a stellar cast. The great chemistry Brie Larson seems to be able to generate with everybody that she's on screen with (except the cat, that's purely Samuel L Jackson) can't really be credited to the direction. Chemistry is an actor thing, not a director thing.
As a result Captain Marvel is a movie with great moments but with broadly unsatisfactory delivery. Perhaps it's worth watching for those moments but if you're disappointed by the end, it's probably because you're a Marvel fan but not a hardcore one who'll love everything they throw at you. A non-fan will just enjoy it for what it is - a movie about a talented girl who's told she can't have fun but learns that she can. That would probably even resonate with a lot of people.
