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The CGI is fine. It looks like a Red Hulk fighting a guy in a bird costume, which is inherently unbelievable and straight from a comic book. Whatever nit-picks you have with are inconsequential, and a case of you griping for the sake of griping.
Isn't the definition of a flop typically a movie that loses money? Of the 34 MCU films that preceded the new Captain America film, 33 were profitable. Only The Marvels lost money.
The fan ratings on Rotten Tomatoes aren't a perfect way to gauge the popularity of a film, but they make for a decent indicator. And you're right, nearly all the MCU films have had high audience scores. Captain Marvel is an anomaly due to the review-bombing it endured, and it's almost certain that an accurate fan score would be in the 80s, but who knows?
Mostly, it seems like you were trying to massage the numbers to fit your narrative of the flop/decent/flop pattern, when in reality the MCU has been hit, hit, hit.
Guardians 3 was far from a flop, grossing about $850 million. 82% of critics gave it a positive review. Its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is 94%. That's a big success by any stretch.
Deadpool and Wolverine was reviewed positively by 78% of critics, and has the same 94% audience rating, so if that one is "great" then Guardians 3 should be "greater," no?
Quantumania was definitely less successful than either of those films, but it brought in $476 million at the box office, and has an 81% audience score.
The Marvels is the only one of the bunch that can be called a flop, as it's the only MCU film to lose money at the box office. It does have an 80% audience score, so those who DID see it liked it.
It's too early to tell for the new Captain America film. It seems to be performing well at the box office, and audiences are reviewing it favorably.
Did I leave some of the Jaws sequels off, or maybe a Fast and Furious film?
The universe is vast, and the Eternals and Captain Marvel were too far from the Earth to take part in the fight against Thanos.
I liked that they addressed that in the film, and were consistent in showing him as only human. In nearly every fight he gets hurt, often badly, and relies on allies to step in and assist him. I never felt like he was depicted as overpowered. He's trained in combat, and in good physical shape, but in no way superhuman. Even his vibranium suit and the shield only serve him to an extent, and there was never a moment where I felt I had to suspend my disbelief.
I saw it tonight and think I liked it a little bit better than you did. It's very middle of the pack for me in terms of where it fits in the overall MCU ranking, but it's definitely an entertaining superhero movie.
It's called negotiating. Just like he threatened Mexico and Canada with tariffs that we all knew would never come to be, and brought them into line. Both nations are now paying to secure their respective borders. You know as well as I do that Trump is not going to use the military for anything other than defense, just as he did in his first term. Recall that he's the first U.S. president since Eisenhower who did not launch a new war somewhere in the world.
On the topic of war, look at what he's doing to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war. And to foster peace in Israel.
You should find a source for real news. Nothing you've written is true.
Clearly YOU don't like him, but I don't think you speak for the majority. He created two of the most-beloved TV shows of all time in Firefly and Buffy, and its great spin-off Angel. The Avengers is arguably the greatest superhero movie of all time. Cabin in the Woods is a masterpiece of horror-comedy. His take on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is an under-the-radar classic. He absolutely has an enviable body of work. Maybe his best work is behind him, maybe not, but it's disingenuous to pretend he's some hack who lucked into a job.
On a very surface level, maybe. Suicide Squad is a group of villains who are allowed out of prison to undertake a clandestine mission for the government. They are more or less forced to participate. Thunderbolts is a team of anti-heroes and reformed villains who voluntarily come together to face a threat when they realize no one else is around to do so. How closely the film will stick to the comic remains to be seen.
Nepotism only gets you a foot in the door. His immense talent is what carried him the rest of the way. How many thousands of other sons, daughters, nephews, and nieces had equal opportunity and failed?
It made no sense whatsoever. That's the point where the film starts to fall apart. It's still a great movie, but that entire plot, along with Batman's decision at the end to take the fall for Dent, definitely tarnishes it for me.
Aha! You fell for my little trap. So there WILL be a part 18!
Looks ridiculous in all the best ways. I'm there.
Refresh my memory. What was the spectacular ending of Fast & Furious part 18? I recall leaping from my seat in eager anticipation of part 19, but the specifics elude me.
Final film of all time, or the final film of the Fast and Furious franchise?
Sadly, I agree. I think in the not too distant future, theaters will primarily exist as revival houses, showing only older films, with the occasional prestige new feature getting a limited theatrical release. Tickets will be far more expensive for those rare new films.
In the past, you could go to the theater every weekend and see a new movie that was aimed at an adult audience, and numerous options for which film to choose. You couldn't see them all unless you went to the movies several times every week. Films remained in theaters for a minimum of 3 months, and usually spent the next 3 months on the bargain theater circuit.
Now only a few such films are made per year, they're given no promotion whatsoever, and play in theaters for 2 or 3 weeks at most.
I have no problem with blockbuster action films. I understand that's where theaters make the big profits. It's only now that they've shut down production on everything else in order to focus exclusively on dinosaurs, robots, and such that I think complaining is reasonable.
That would make sense if there were a diverse variety of films being made, but in the past decade or so, the movie industry has developed tunnel vision. Long gone are the mid-budget, intelligent films aimed at adults. Instead, all production dollars are being spent on kiddie fare like dinosaur movies, with the hope that kiddie-like adults will flock to them in drove, which they often do.
You're right that we have no power to change this, but it's reasonable to lament about the dumbing down of society, and the way Hollywood is hastening it by ceasing to produce films aimed at intelligent people.