Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies and Streaming Series Discussion

Ru1977 said:
I still enjoy Ragnarok, but did feel they took enjoyable parts to their extreme in L&T. Korg especially was someone I found funny in Ragnarok but didn't enjoy at all in L&T.

For the record though... I did find the goats funny every time. I know I'm alone there.

My top five at this point... Probably:
Iron Man
Avengers
Homecoming
Endgame
Thunderbolts.
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Yeah, I'll agree with you on the goats. Made me laugh hard everytime. And think of the Taylor Swift song montage, which took me right out of the movie for a minute. 😆

 
I am so ignorant about Taylor Swift that I didn't realize she had a song in there, but I doubt it would have changed anything.
 
Ru1977 said:
I am so ignorant about Taylor Swift that I didn't realize she had a song in there, but I doubt it would have changed anything.
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Oh, the song wasn't in the movie. I posted a link.
 
Love & Thunder - a movie so bad the backsplash hurts OTHER movies. I just kept going "Jane deserves better than this, Gorr deserves better than this, Valkyrie deserves better than this, Thor deserves better than this, the cast deserves better than this... " The whole movie felt like it was either intentional sabotage, Taika had another project he was more excited to work on, or the whole thing was written on a Ketamine trip.

If the only thing they kept from that movie were his dumbass goats though, that's fine. I have always found Thor's dumbass goats a perfectly acceptable tension breaker no matter how serious the situation is. Also, mythologically accurate. Thor has dumbass goats and they are mean and loud as hell.

Okay, I forgot that Ragnarok gave us Kate Blanchett as Hela and that rewired my brain chemistry so I will lessen my criticisms of it. Watching her chew the scenery alone makes it still watchable.
 
I need to think about my top 5, but B.P. likely won't be on it because the rushed CG at the end looks so frikken' bad.
 
Taika didn't know what to do with them, but also he really really wanted to bang Tessa Thompson.

And I don't blame him and she was a fantastic addition, but still.
 
The Sif scene is so bad. Yes, L&T is one of my least favorite MCU movies for sure.

I think I still really love Ragnarok, but I haven't watched it since I've watched L&T.

Post-Endgame, my favorite movies are Eternals (say what?) and Thunderbolts. I also enjoyed Black Widow, Wakanda Forever and Shang-Chi. I even liked Multiverse of Madness, even though it hurts what was built in WandaVision, mainly because I love when Raimi does horror, but I know that's an unpopular opinion.

L&T, Quantumania and BNW are definitely bottom 3 MCU movies for me, I outright disliked them. Maybe upon rewatch, that might change.
 
Hi-Fi said:
The Sif scene is so bad. Yes, L&T is one of my least favorite MCU movies for sure.
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Definitely. Though I caught a little bit of it the other day and may give it another shot soon.
Hi-Fi said:
I think I still really love Ragnarok, but I haven't watched it since I've watched L&T.
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I think I watched Ragnarok the next day just to kinda rinse off and still liked it.
Hi-Fi said:
Post-Endgame, my favorite movies are Eternals (say what?) and Thunderbolts.
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Agreed. I appreciate they tried something new and weird with Eternals but I also love alternative history stuff and their powers were neat and their relationships were enjoyable. I just really liked the damn movie.
Hi-Fi said:
I also enjoyed Black Widow, Wakanda Forever and Shang-Chi.
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I did too. I have watched WF only once though and the loss of Boseman is a really steep hurdle for me still. But I would like to try that one again soon too.
Hi-Fi said:
I even liked Multiverse of Madness, even though it hurts what was built in WandaVision, mainly because I love when Raimi does horror, but I know that's an unpopular opinion.
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This is the major difference for me. I have said before that I'm a major fan of all three evil deads but I don't think I have enjoyed anything else he has made. Spiderman was fine. But for me he always leans too hard into corn and three stooges. Even Drag Me To Hell, he couldn't help himself and has some snap zooms and stoogey antics. MOM had some of that as well, so I definitely don't see myself as a Raimi fan anymore. Just Ash. BUT also the Wanda stuff, which I lay at the feet of the screenwriter who smugly bragged about not even watching WandaVision.
Hi-Fi said:
L&T, Quantumania and BNW are definitely bottom 3 MCU movies for me, I outright disliked them. Maybe upon rewatch, that might change.
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Quantumania I think is the only marvel movie that actually pissed me off. I get disappointed in stuff but it's like water off a duck's ass most times. Beyond Star wars at least. But quantumania REALLY pissed me off, for a movie.

Meanwhile, I also really enjoyed No Way Home, D&W, and Vol. 3. Shang Chi and the Marvels are two I've thrown on while doing stuff around the house and want something on.
 
Hi-Fi said:
Post-Endgame, my favorite movies are Eternals (say what?) and Thunderbolts
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I got your back. Eternals is a hill I will die on. I think it doesn't get much love cos it's less a superhero tentpole movie and more a rumination on heroism, power, and responsibility, and what it means to love humanity and whether or not humanity itself is worth saving. I think it's a smart, at times profound, and often deft movie that feels utterly alone and out of place in the MCU, and I think that's symbolic of the Eternals themselves. It might be the only non Endgame MCU film I thought about for weeks after I saw it.

And Thunderbolts kinda falls into the same category, because it's as much about depression and mental health as it is about superheroes, and that makes it feel a little out of place, too, but in a good way. I cared about those nobodies. Black Widow doesn't get enough love, and Shang-Chi is fun as hell (I've only seen it once, probably need a rewatch to remember why I liked it so much).

Quantumania and L&T I think are objectively bad films. BNW feels like something that got both hamstrings cut by too much studio input and became a nothingburger of a movie, but I found it boring and unimportant rather than openly awful. Quantumania I was angry people got paid to make it.
 
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