History YMMV / CaptainMarvel2019

** Most of Star-Force suffers from this problem. The characters are suggested to have become TrueCompanions during the six years that Carol spent with them, but we don't really get to see much of Carol's relationship with them explored in much detail. Minn-Erva is hit especially hard by this in particular, given that she's described as the previous [[TheAce star player]] of Star-Force and TheRival to Carol who feels threatened by Carol's power and competence, but she largely serves as [[spoiler:another goon for the Kree empire, and is seemingly gets killed off in the finale, meaning that it's unlikely she'll get any future scenes actually exploring this relationship]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** "The Don", a random biker from a deleted scene, comes across Carol Danvers trying to read a map and attempts to flirt with her, spouting off several innuendoes and asking her for a smile despite her trying to ignore him. In response, Carol shakes his hand and uses her powers to shock him before forcing him to relinquish his jacket and motorcycle. The Don complies immediately, and Carol quips "What, no smile?" as he runs away. The movie clearly intended this scene to be framed as Carol putting a chauvinistic asshole in his place. However, it completely ignores that Carol assaulted and robbed a defenseless Muggle because he flirted with her. The theatrical cut tries to downplay this trope: The Don only flirts with her in passing, and Carol steals his bike when he leaves.
** In a childhood flashback, we see Carol and her brother in a go-cart circuit. He shouts, "Slow down!" before a hairpin curve. Carol, angrily, hits the gas and she ends up crashing her go-cart. Next thing we see is their father, visibly distraught, scolding her. She remembers the scene as an example of men trying to push her down. In reality, her brother just said her that the curve was dangerous and she was too fast and her father was worried that Carol could be badly hurt. As the first and earliest display of this behavior, it eventually paints Carol as someone who could not assume her own failures in life and projected everything in men.

*** Her brother yells at her to slow down ''while overtaking her''. Clearly he isn't warning her she's going too fast to be safe, because he's going faster.

** This film's depiction of the Skrulls would be criticized by comic book fans because of their [[spoiler: AdaptationalHeroism, making ALL of them into innocent refugees persecuted by the Kree Empire.]] In the comics, the Skrulls have an intergalictic empire of their own and are the sworn enemy of the Kree, both space-farring superpowers engaged in a ForeverWar for eons, with the Earth becoming the next battleground as both Kree and Srull seek to bring it into their grasp. While the idea of showing sympathetic Skrulls and humanizing them isn't bad (the comics themselves have plenty of sympathetic Kree and Skrulls), many feel the cosmic side of the MCU would be better off if the Srull Empire was still a thing, even if the twist of [[spoiler:the group shown in the film being refugees]] was kept.
*** This reaction would become louder in retrospect after the release of the Secret Invasion TV Show, which potrayed the Skrulls as antagonists. Many feel that if they were going to be the bad guys anyway, a more accurate potrayal in this film would have helped to better set them up as a powerful force and adapting (even just as a token mention) the Skrull Empire would have helped to raise the threat level.

* TheScrappy: After a string of [[ToughActToFollow highly acclaimed]] and [[AntiVillain sympathetic yet intimidating villains]] in [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming The Vulture]], [[Film/BlackPanther2018 Killmonger]], [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]], and [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp Ghost]], [[spoiler: Yon-Rogg has been regarded by many as one of the weakest Marvel villains, with some even calling him the least interesting in Phase 3, even comparing him to [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Malekith]]. Common criticisms include a [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter lack of time devoted to his character and allowing for Jude Law to shine]], unclear motives beyond just [[FantasticRacism hating the Skrulls]], and being just something of a [[FlatCharacter boring character]] in general. Of course, him being completely unsympathetic is kind of the point, but even so, many felt that he was neither intimidating enough to be [[EvilIsCool enjoyable]] or loathsome enough to be a proper HateSink, so Carol blasting him away at the end [[AntiClimaxBoss doesn't land with nearly the impact it should]]. It's generally agreed that if Marvel ''is'' actually trying to sell Carol as "the strongest Avenger", they could have given her someone a lot more intimidating [[TheWorfEffect to vanquish]].]]

* PortmanteauCoupleName: "Danbeau" for the relationship between Carol Danvers and Maria Rambeau.

* {{Main/Narm}}: Carol Danvers acts pretty emotionless throughout the bulk of the film. While this is intentional, as it is meant to show how Kree soldiers are taught to not feel, there is not enough of a change in her personality when she rebels against them.
** The fact that the Krees are the actual bad guys removes any sense of conflict. Carol had served with them for years as 'Vers' and yet when it comes time to fight against them, she has no regrets. Even if she was taught to not show her feelings, it's still rather weird for her to be so nonchalant about it.

** [[MechanicalAbomination The Supreme Intelligence]] is an entity comprised of the greatest minds in [[Characters/MCUKree Kree]] society uploaded into [[AIIsACrapshoot a single sapient being]], and it is the absolute authority of the Kree Empire. The Supreme Intelligence has the single-minded goal to [[GalacticConqueror expand the rule of the Kree Empire as far and wide as possible]], doing so by invading and oppressing countless planets. Due to the [[Characters/MCUSkrulls Skrulls]] resisting, the Supreme Intelligence had their homeworld of Skrullos destroyed and then hunted the Skrull survivors down to near-extinction. When Mar-Vell defected and assisted the Skrulls, the Supreme Intelligence ordered for Mar-Vell and her Light Speed Engine to be captured. When [[Characters/MCUCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] instead absorbs the engine's energy, the Supreme Intelligence crafts her into into a LivingWeapon dubbed "Vers", erasing her memories and fabricating a story that the Skrulls killed her family before drafting her into the Starforce to war against the Skrulls. When Carol learns the truth, the Supreme Intelligence sees her as a threat and attempts to MindRape Carol into submission while authorizing a mass bombardment of Earth in a bid to wipe out the Skrulls.

* CompleteMonster: Ronan the Accuser returns. See [[Monster/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] for details.

* EvilIsSexy:
** [[spoiler:[[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Minn-erva]]]] is extremely attractive. [[spoiler:Being played by Creator/GemmaChan definitely helps.]]
** [[spoiler:Yon-Rogg who turns out to be EvilAllAlong]], also qualifies, [[spoiler:courtesy of Creator/JudeLaw.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[AntiVillain Talos]] is a ruthless, brilliant Skrull war general out to [[WellIntentionedExtremist bring his people prosperity]]. Responding to the aggressive Kree's conquest of their world, Talos becomes a successful tactician as he strikes major blows against the Kree, culminating in ambushing their best squad to kidnap "Vers", aka [[Characters/MCUCaptainMarvel Carol Danvers]], and read her memories. Tracking Danvers to Earth, Talos skillfully infiltrates S.H.I.E.L.D. before ultimately convincing Danvers of the Kree's corruption and becoming her ally. After using his strategic disguise abilities to help Danvers take down the area's Kree cell and rescue Talos's people from extermination, Talos goes on to disguise himself as Nick Fury, fool many people as he leads S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Director's absence, and singlehandedly deduces [[Characters/MCUMysterio Mysterio]]'s treacherous ways, avoiding an assassination attempt without breaking a sweat.

** In a childhood flashback, we see Carol and her brother in a go-cart circuit. He shouts, "Slow down!" before a hairpin curve. Carol, angrily, hits the gas and she ends up crashing her go-cart. Next thing we see is their father, visibly distraught, scolding her. She remembers the scene as an example of men trying to push her down. In reality, her brother just said her that the curve was dangerous and she was too fast and her father was worried that Carol could be badly hurt! This paints Carol as someone who could not assume her own failures and projected everything in men.