My god is the MCU the most overrated film series ever

You seem... bitter.

I am done ever paying for a MCU movie. After the latest Captain America movie, I am just straight up going to be honest about my feelings about these series of films that has the depth and style of a Michael Bay movie, with the riskiness and filter of kiddie friendly Disney, and WWE thrown in the mix.

Now I can live with a bad movie just fine, what I can't stay quiet with is an overrated bad movie, let alone a whole series of them. I like the 2nd Captain America movie because they actually put some effort into the story of that movie. Then with the constant praise the 3rd movie was getting with critics and audiences saying it's the best movie of the year and better than Winter Soldier, I was very optimistic Marvel was heading into the movie. Then I saw the movie. BTW I'm grateful I saw it on a streaming online site because I was really worried about it still since I know Marvel's track record.

First off to the people saying this movie is shocking. The trailers gave away the entire movie, so how was it shocking? Were people shocked with what wrestling maneuvers the heroes used on each other? The plot, oh the plot. It was taken from the comics and is a good point to have superheroes register to try and reduce collateral damage. Then the movie forgot it's own plot the very next scene as the heroes proceed to destroy airports and other things. Wow and people say Man of Steel had lots of shameless destruction. These characters can't stop destroying things even when the movie's plot was a collateral damage prevention program.

Oh but while the movie forgot it's own plot, it replaces it with WWE's Survivor Series. That's clearly what people came to see, isn't it? And if you think the WWE comparisons is unfair, I should point out the film's entire marketing campaign was marketing this film like a WWE event. Well I guess it didn't disappoint there. Team Cap or Team Iron Man? How about Team I don't care because Marvel had came up with every forced reason they can think of to have the heroes beat each other up in every movie to feature more than one hero like Iron Man 2, Avengers, Avengers 2, Ant-man and Guardians of the Galaxy. And in all those fights no one ever dies, so there's not stakes involved and is completely hollow, and I'm 100% certain it's the case here. *watches Marvel's Survivor Series match* Oh wow, what a shocker, no one died.

Then of course it brings us other of MCU's trademark fanservice like giving product placement to it's future films Spiderman and Black Panther. Normally I would be questioning how Paul Rudd and Falcon are suddenly best buds considering their last encounter had Rudd beating Falcon up because Rudd was trying to break into the Avengers HQ. However this is the MCU, and since when did characters needed motive and reason? Just look at the last Avenger movies. Ultron, Wanda and Quicksilver were flipflopping from hero side to villain side and back at the drop of a hat with no reason outside the plot demands it. Heck the Avengers movie before had zero info about the aliens or why they're working with Loki or why Loki wants to take over the Earth all of a sudden. Loki and the aliens might as well had join Dr. Evil and laugh maniacally with their pinkies to their mouths because that's how well thought out any of them were. Actually Dr. Evil would've probably asked for 2 million dollars or something like that, and that's clearly too much motive for MCU villains even if it's a stupid one.

At first I was wondering why Tony's mom has just now been introduced into the franchise, and well I should have seen why from a mile away. It's the same reason Black Panther's dad was in the movie and died as quickly as he appeared and why Winter Soldier is in this movie. They're all nothing but cheap plot devices to have their WWE matches between the heroes. Then at the end of the movie Steve bust his team out of prison and the movie just ends. Wow there's even less stakes in this movie than usual. My god was this movie so vapid and shallow.

Then we'll have Dr. Strange coming out in the fall and I'm sure we'll have the usually process of the movie getting it's rating here rigged weeks in advance to make IMDB top 100 movies of all time (they'll usually aim for the top 10) before anyone has even seen the movie. Then the story will probably be the same old crap as usual where it's basically Thor 1, Captain America 1 and Ant Man's story, just with their names crossed off and Strange's name and setting scribbled in.

Rachel McAdams and the villain will likely be another forgettable, bland love interest and villain that people will forget about their names by the time they step out of the theaters. I'm sure there's going to be some lame Dr. Strange needs/has a big heart moment thrown somewhere in the movie. The villain clearly was a former member of Tilda Swinton's group. "Reason? Dah, who needs that?" is going to be the "explanation" for why villain is a bad guy now.

However we all know what the important part of Dr. Strange will be.
1) Strange's kaleidoscope powers will enable him to open up portals or windows into other worlds so the Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor can make shameless cameos and hold up signs saying "please watch my new film, coming out in 2017". Strange will probably end up in NYC at some point too so Spiderman can cameo and say "oh wicked cool, I'm in this movie too? Do you have a flying carpet? Don't forget my movie opens next year too." Speaking of the GOTG, I think it's very fitting the director of that movie was the writer of the Scooby Doo films. I sincerely mean that. Hmm Marvel movies needs to be made like a Michel Bay film that takes no chances and is all about the nonstop CGI and action, but completely safe and not offensive as a Bay movie, also with lame one liners and jokes shoved in to try and be funny. Ah the writer of the Scooby Doo films, perfect match made in heaven.
2) With Strange now having a movie, he can clearly join Marvel's Royal Rumble aka Infinity War! Now they can have Strange shamelessly get involved in the WWE matches against other heroes. I can see it right now: "Dr. Strange is the surprise entry in the rumble. Oh he quickly knocks out three heroes in a row. Now he's teaming up with Starlord to wreck havoc. Wait since when were Dr. Strange and Starlord friends? When weren't they friends? Oh backstab and lowblow from Starlord, who could've saw that coming? What's this? Strange got Starlord's sister killed who we never heard of until now? The Guardians are now ganging up on Strange. Looks like they're setting him up for... oh Draxtista bomb! Draxtista bomb!"
Paul Rudd - "Wait a minute, aren't we suppose to be fighting Thanos or something?"
Iron Man - "Oh now you're trying to make some sense in this story?"
Paul Rudd - "Also aren't you suppose to be after me, Cap and the others because Winter Soldier killed your mom and we let him escape or something like that?"
Iron Man - "I said, oh now you're trying to make some sense in this story?"

Yup with a recipe like that, Dr. Strange will be considered the new best film of the year, rivaling only Captain America Survivor Series of course.

Also since Hulk and Thor are MCU's lowest solo performers, it makes perfect sense how Marvel/Disney is going to solve that problem. Put them both in the same movie and shoehorn some stupid reason to have them beat each other up of course! A fight between two MCU heroes where nothing is at stake and no one dies, we clearly never seen that before  . It will be considered the best film of the year. Well until Spiderman 3boot and Guardians 2 comes out that is.

I disagree.

Hmm, Dr. Strange was nothing like you predicted. What's your favorite superhero movie or studio?

There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap

I stopped reading after ''Kiddie friendly disney''

Yeah, I've reached the point to where anytime I see someone use the term "kiddie" in a negative and derogatory to describe something, I don't take that person seriously. They come off as a teenager/early 20 something that wants to badly be perceived as an adult or mature. The problem is that most of these people have no idea what that is yet.



Its amazing how people hang around message boards of movies they dont like

Yeah, it's like they don't realize these movies are based on comic book characters wearing bright colors like Captain America and Iron Man. The DC stuff is just faux dark and 'edgy'. Hell, I don't even dislike the DC movies that much, I just prefer the MCU because it's entertaining.

There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap

Hmm, Dr. Strange was nothing like you predicted.
Really? I haven't seen the movie but seen some reviews and asked for details on other general forums, and this is what I know from what they say. So lets go through the list.

I said Rachel McAdams would play another forgettable bland love interest. Everyone I looked up says this so I was right. They say that she was wasted in the movie and playing just another love interest or potential romance because the MCU feels the need to give one in every origins movie. I wouldn't mind this so much if it wasn't so blatantly obvious they don't even care about these romance subplots because any sort of development in regards to them always happens offscreen. What's the point in even having these romance subplots if characters are going to fall in love, get married, whatever offscreen then break up, and find a new love interest offscreen again. What the reasons Marvel? Because you guys have zero originality?

I said the villain would be forgettable and that he would be a former member of the good guy group. Guess you could break this up in two category. The big boss villain is Dormammu and the views I've came across said Dormammu sucked and was forgettable. So I was right about that. The other villain is the henchmen goon types. I couldn't find any details confirming or denying if they were defect members, so that's up in the air until I get confirmation.

I said characters from the upcoming Marvel movies in 2017 will cameo. Thor cameos so I was right.

I said there's likely a Dr. Strange needs a heart moment in the movie. Don't have verification about this, but was told Strange was quite a douchebag at the beginning of the movie, so I'm going to guess I was right about that too.

The main thing I seem to be off about Dr. Strange was the reception. "Professional" critics reception, most noticeably the shills over at Rotten, was what I expected with them giving the films high ratings like it's another masterpiece. Okay critics I know you have to please your bosses in order to keep your jobs, but can you make it less transparent your employers have stock in these movies? The IMDB reception to Dr. Strange? Yes yes is what I have to say. When even the Marvel fanboys aren't bothering to try and rig MCU movie ratings in bulk weeks in advance before it premieres to get it into the top movies of all time (I don't think it even cracked the top 100), that's a good sign. That means even they are getting bored with these movies which means general audiences are really getting tired of these movies. Rather late than never I guess.

What's your favorite superhero movie or studio?
Anyone who has a favourite studio should be seen as a joke from the getgo because that right there means people don't care about quality. They'll give good grades to any movie as long as that movie is from their fave studio or franchise. Fave superhero movie? I don't think I really have one. I'm more of a action/fantasy/science fiction fan and superhero films tends to cross into that genre pool.

I see KCJ506 and Raginmund fail at basic reading comprehension. I said in full context "the depth and style of a Michael Bay movie, with the riskiness and filter of kiddie friendly Disney," Never thought I would need to explain this, but obviously I should never underestimate how little thought MCU fans put into things.

You see while Michael Bay movies (primarily the Transformers films) are known for a directing and visual style the MCU has completely ripped off, they are also known for offensive and crude humour that's usually racist and gross toilet humour that often puts people off of Michael Bay. Obviously Disney don't want to turn off audiences, and it might get the movie banned in China (though Tony did peed himself in IM2). So instead this crude humour is replaced with inoffensive humour that's usually dumb and just random if not out of place like SHIELD agent is playing a video game while on the job or Hulk takes a cheap shot at Thor even though Banner magically learned how to control the Hulk when it's convenient for a fight scene. Hence a Michael Bay movie through a kiddie friendly filter. Get the reference now?