[Movies] MCU: Phase 5 - To Kang or Not to Kang
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I mean, in the world of the MCU gods and aliens and giant flying men have fights in the sky every other weekend.
Same reason no Avengers showed up in Winter Soldier or Iron Man 3: because if they did, it becomes an Avengers story, and not an obstacle for the solo hero to overcome.
I'm not even sure the two gods were visible to anyone but the avatars. No one was reacting to them specifically. The dog demons for example were invisible to everyone except Marc. Even cameras weren't picking them up.
Ms. Marvel is an enjoyable romp after the grimdark that was Multiverse of Madness. Kamala is a goofy, sarcastic, awkward teen. I have lived in three Middle Eastern countries and they got a lot of the family dynamics right. But they got one thing egregiously wrong; if a Pakistani mother found out that her teenaged daughter snuck out and went to an event she had been forbidden from going to, Ammi would give her much more than a scolding.
But her dad keeps mom in check... Because he is a Feminist deep down inside. Like my Bro's inlaws. The Dad left Iran to give his daughters freedom.
I knew almost nothing about Ms. Marvel going in, but that didn't matter. I love this show. I love Kamala (and Iman Vellani). I love her family and friends. I love that a Muslim family and community are being treated as 'normal'. The story pacing is good, building up Kamala discovering her powers and the mystery of her great-grandmother and the bangle. It's a fun show. It's also very non-insider friendly, which was a major problem I had with Moon Knight. Moon Knight felt like it was speaking directly to established fans (I was completely lost most of the time and just didn't enjoy it very much), while Ms. Marvel doesn't care if you haven't read the comics. I'm really looking forward to the The Marvels now, just because of Kamala.
I didn't pick up that Moon Knight had a split personality, so at first I thought it was some guy taking over another guy's body, and putting him in danger and asking women out on dates, and he creeped me out and I kinda hated him. Then I did some background reading and realized they were the same guy, but I still had a hard time warming up to the jerk version. I liked the last two episodes the most, because they finally got to the reveal of his mental situation and things finally made sense. Probably could have used that earlier.
I cheated and read backstory after the first episode. I thought Moon Knight was cool in elementary school long before the identity disorder stuff. I think I only actually read a couple of comics, and all I really knew about him from them was he beat up bad guys in a cool costume and had a helicopter that looked like the moon.
But boy was I obsessed, drawing his helicopter all the time and shit.
But boy was I obsessed, drawing his helicopter all the time and shit.
It stayed pretty true to the Mighty Thor and Gorr the God Butcher storylines.
Korg and Meek are still comedic characters, but then almost every character in a Taika Waititi film is used for comedy. The big exception here is Christian Bale bringing all the acting cred to this role in a very serious turn as Gorr. And it totally works.
I went in with actually low expectations for Bale - after seeing his character in the trailer. I was afraid he'd phone it in for a paycheck. The only disappointing thing about Bale was you could clearly distinct his acting chops from everyone else he shared the screen. Absolutely nailed that role! I wish they had more Gorr and a little less
hilarious screaming goats seriously I cracked up every fucking time these glorious bastards showed up, but towards the end it was kind of getting overdone.
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Thor: Love & Thunder is a good, fun movie. Not a deep movie, but a fun movie. And except for a few minor parts
it's one of the few MCU films that kids could enjoy. There's pretty minimal graphic violence compared to most MCU films, too. Anyway, I enjoyed it, Li'l Z had a good time, and if I came away with anything negative, it's that
(a few "shits", the word "orgy" mentioned twice, and a blink-and-you'll miss it shot of Thor's butt, which made my son laugh),
between this and Ms. Marvel, the subtle mention of things/people from The Eternals makes is clear that Disney is still trying to make The Eternals a thing. It's their "fetch".
There are boots in that video?
Big Trouble in Little China remake. Come on Hollywood, you love doing that shit!
There WAS talk of a remake for the longest time, but with Dwayne Johnson in Kurt Russell's original role.
EDIT: Correction, it was planned to be a continuation, similar to the new Jumanji films also co-starring The Rock.
Yeah, the MCU pisses me off when they do things like throw the word "orgy" or like in Spiderman Homecoming, Ned's looking at porn joke. During Spiderman, my (at the time) 10 year old asked me what "porn" was because she didn't get why people were laughing. This fucking time around, my other kid (who happens to be 10 this year asked me what "orgy" was after that Zeus scene. I can't fucking win... I like subtle adult jokes in movies - like they pull off in stuff like Shrek. I'd be nice if I didn't have to explain very adult concepts to my kids after taking them to a damn Marvel Superhero movie that should be fairly clean. Look, I don't mean to be a prude, but Spiderman and Thor movies aren't Deadpool or Punisher, they really shouldn't throw in super sexual context like orgies and porn, but I guess such is the way of the world...
Thor: Love and Thunder has a 12A rating, or PG13, depending on whose authorities you like. It's LISTED as containing "moderate violence", "mild innuendo" and "verbal references to sexual content".
I'm not sure how much clearer they need to advertise that a movie is intended for teens, not children. If you bring your 10 year old to a 12+ age advisory movie...You don't really get to complain that your 10 year odl has questions afterwards. That's what the advisory is for.
I'm not sure how much clearer they need to advertise that a movie is intended for teens, not children. If you bring your 10 year old to a 12+ age advisory movie...You don't really get to complain that your 10 year odl has questions afterwards. That's what the advisory is for.
**mild** innuendo" and "verbal references to sexual content
In my opinion, doesn't mean outright references to orgies and porn. Verbal references to sexual content for most PG13 movies means two characters got in on off screen and it's mildly suggested or shown. For example, Indiana Jones moves on Willy in Temple of Doom (where the PG-13 designation was first introduced). I'm aware what PG13 should be and should not be, thanks. It's not cool to bring up porn and orgies in a superhero movie that's primarily aimed at kids even if they are 13-17. My 15 year old doesn't need to hear about orgies in at Thor movie either.
Again, I took my kid to see Thor by the same guy that did Ragnarok. I was not expecting orgy references when the prior movie had nothing like that.
Edit: I guess Ragnarok did, but it was done way more subtly than Russel Crowe repeating it over and over
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