{"id":1290,"date":"2015-04-21T13:58:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T17:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2021-07-23T13:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:25:56","slug":"marvel-studios-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/marvel-studios-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Studios Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the days count down to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its hype keeps on growing and growing, it\u2019s amazing that Marvel Studios has come this far. As we countdown to the May 1 release date, let\u2019s take a look back and see how we got here, through both the good and the bad.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Iron Man 2<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the years tick by and the movies come more and more often, the more <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feels like the pointless sequel it actually is. This is the only Marvel film that I can call a bad film. The biggest complaint that some people have with the earlier Marvel films is that they all felt like two-hour advertisements for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avengers<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the definitive example of this. The only reason to see it is if you want to know how Rhodey got the War Machine armor in part three, why Tony Stark has a triangle-shaped reactor in his chest instead of the original circle one, and how Tony knows Nick Fury and Black Widow in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Avengers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Besides knowing all that, just skip this one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thor: The Dark World<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/marvel-chooses-patty-jenkins-to-direct-thor-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thor: The Dark World<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> isn\u2019t a bad movie; it\u2019s just a particularly weak one, especially when its phase-two companion films are so much stronger. Despite wanting to be bigger and more epic than the first <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by going to multiple worlds and having more sci-fi elements instead of the smaller-scale first film, it somehow becomes weaker. This problem stems from several points: the story itself is rather generic, Thor himself is not a particularly strong character, as shown in this movie, and the villain is probably the blandest one they can find for a movie like this. Despite getting a great actor like Christopher Eccleston to play the villain Malekith, his character is so bland and his evil plan is so boring that Tom Hiddleston\u2019s Loki would have been a better choice as the villain even though he was the villain twice before. In fact, when Loki comes in, he pretty much steals the show from everybody and makes the film worth watching. Not a bad film, just disappointing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>The Incredible Hulk<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, not a bad film, just a weak one<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014ironic for a movie about The Hulk<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I hope that one day there is a director\u2019s cut of this film available because I feel like the one thing this film needed more than anything was more time. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Incredible Hulk<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is really just one big chase film. Bruce Banner goes here, gets attacked by military, Hulks out, beats up Army, runs to another place, repeat. Though the acting is strong, it\u2019s really awkward seeing Edward Norton as Banner especially when Mark Ruffalo will play Bruce Banner in the Avengers. Not to mention none of the characters besides Banner ever appear again in any of the other Marvel Films. William Hurt was good as General Ross, Liv Tyler was great as Daughter Betty and Tim Roth was a solid Abomination but none of this really seems to matter in the end. Not to mention, what did happen to that doctor that Banner met? Was he supposed to be a future villain?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Iron Man<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> isn\u2019t great but it\u2019s pretty good. In fact, it\u2019s surprising how much it holds up seven years later. Everyone does a solid job with the roles they are given, especially Robert Downey Jr., who nails the role of Tony Stark so perfectly you can\u2019t imagine a better choice. Especially when his career was so down-in-the-dumps by the time this film came out. But there are some aspects where the film fails: after Tony Stark returns to America, the films slows down considerably and goes through the classic superhero movie trope of testing his technology, trying to keep his identity hidden, and balancing his billionaire lifestyle with the idea of being a superhero. Also, Terrence Howard doesn\u2019t leave that much of an impression as Rhodey Rhodes and it didn\u2019t take Don Cheadle\u2019s second outing in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man 3 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to finally get the character right. That said, the ending line shocked me as a kid so much that I was excited to see where these characters go next. I\u2019m glad I stayed on that road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thor<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a pretty solid movie overall. The idea of contrasting the grand scale of Asgard<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014where the action is genuinely thrilling\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the small sleepy New Mexican town Thor is banished to works so well. The comedy from Jane Foster and her friends is hilarious as is Chris <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hemsworth as Thor (funny Thor is more interesting than serious Thor), Anthony Hopkins is epic as Odin as is the dialogue between Loki and the other Asgardians. Despite there not being that much action, the film has such a funny, light-hearted tone that when intense drama does start going down, it makes it all the more serious. The familial relationship between Thor, Loki and Odin is so intense that Kenneth Branagh was the perfect choice to direct. Just wished he stayed on with the sequel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is Marvel\u2019s first genuinely-great film. For what it wants to be, it\u2019s damn near perfect. Or <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">perfect in the way a World War II Captain America could ever be. It has a really good, tight, screenplay that manages to be a sprawling, year-long, World War 2 epic as well as an intimate character-piece at the same time. It features a spectacular score by the underrated Alan Silvestri, it has some of the best hand-to-hand combat scenes of any superhero movie ever (the best belong to the sequel) and the production design is gorgeous. Chris Evans is a revelation as an actor and as a grown-up action hero; the rest of the cast, including Tommy-Lee Jones and Hugo Weaving put in some pretty great work; it\u2019s the best film of director Joe Johnston\u2019s career and Hayley Atwell is perfect as Agent Carter. I love this movie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Iron Man 3<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man 3 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was controversial to many Marvel fans. Some love it and say it\u2019s the best of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marvel films, some hate it and say it\u2019s the worst of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> series. Obviously, I think it\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the best because it did the one thing the other <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> movies didn\u2019t: it stayed good all the way through. Whereas the first film was solid until Tony got back to America, took a dive and didn\u2019t fully regain until the end and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iron Man 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was simply a bad movie, director Shane Black finally decided what to do with this series and gave us the perfect way to end it. Tony Stark being outside of his comfort zone; i.e. most of the action scenes don\u2019t involve him using his suit so when he does, its all the more special. What they did with the character of the Mandarin was a great solution to what was always going to be a problematic character and the whole thing just works like gangbusters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>The Avengers<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be easy to write off <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0848228\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Avengers<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as one big victory celebration of its own existence. But, despite the minor nitpicks here and there and the fact that the story is pretty simple for a film of this scale, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Avengers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one hell-of-a-fun movie. It works despite its own simplicity. Making the central question of the film\u2019s existence \u2018Will all these characters be able to work together in one movie?\u2019 was a genius move by director Joss Whedon. Not to mention the dialogue from the script by Whedon is also solid and funny and proves that when it comes to character conversations, he is the guy to go to. Even though the film kind of runs out of steam with 30 minutes left to go and they pretty much culminate in a large 30-minute \u2018splosion fest of fireworks and collateral damage, the movie differs from films from directors like Michael Bay; the characters are solid enough and the film has been so good that by that point, they actually earned the right to end it like that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Captain America\u2019s second outing isn\u2019t just a great superhero movie, it\u2019s just a great movie in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">general. It\u2019s an interesting spy thriller that proves just how many diverse and unexpected things you can do with these characters and concepts. It\u2019s a movie so good that it wasn\u2019t until a recent viewing that I realized that the Winter Soldier isn\u2019t in it that much. The action scenes are intense. The acting is all-around solid, especially from newcomers Anthony Mackie and veteran actor Robert Redford. The morals it brings up about questioning your own government, and the difference between wanting freedom and wanting safety and the sacrifice you will have to make between one and the other is something that most modern blockbusters fear to even speak about. And the twist with H.Y.D.R.A. is one of the few times in these movies where I can say I honestly did not see it coming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marvel Studios has screwed over many great talents: from messing with<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Iron Man 2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the point that director Jon Favreau and actor Mickey Rourke refused to return for the sequel, to firing Edward Norton from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Avengers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and replacing him with Mark Ruffalo, to interfering with and eventually firing geek god Edgar Wright over his long-awaited Ant-Man project; this is a studio that deep down I feel I should hate. But why don\u2019t I? Because if they are running the most methodical, producer-driven, auteur-resistant, top-down, old-school, studio mogul, factory system filmmaking operation in the business today and still manage to turn out a movie as confident, individual and idiosyncratic as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that is how you build trust with your audience. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has the sharpest script, the most eclectic cast, and the nuttiest vibes of all the Marvel films to date. It is the perfect kind of off-beat blockbuster. It\u2019s the modern-day successor to singular cult achievements to films like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Trouble in Little China<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fifth Element<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Even if you were tired of or you never cared about the Marvel Cinematic Universe experiment, this is the one film you have to see in this film studio\u2019s catalogue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the days count down to Avengers: Age of Ultron and its hype keeps on growing and growing, it\u2019s amazing that Marvel Studios has come this far. As we countdown to the May 1 release date, let\u2019s take a look back and see how we got here, through both the good and the bad. 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