Now that the Avengers series is over, maybe the truth can be realized: This has been the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises. Each episode following the squad of superheroes from the Marvel universe as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the bland imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects—all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.
The Russo Brothers are credited as director of the final four features, but their work has been as poor as what Jon Favreau began and even Ryan Coogler’s, whose steadicam made no difference (how can you make "black" blacker?). The Russos' are what’s known as a shooter. They get it in the camera, but they provide no style or feeling. They have competence but no talent; their inability to inflect this story with the slightest idiosyncrasy exposes the enterprise as sheer commercial hackwork—although of a high budgetary order.
The precedent was already set by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter debacle—unintelligible fantasy epics that people went to out of consumerist habit and left unable to recount or fondly recall. J.K.’s fantasy overload laid the groundwork for mistaking marketing hype for content. It doesn’t help that audiences are so accustomed to TV banality that they no longer watch or read movies visually; they simply follow dialogue and extol the CGI.
Perhaps the die was cast when Feige vetoed the idea of Edgar Wright directing Ant-Man; he made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody—just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for their comic brand. (Sadly, DCEU’s producers seem to be following this model.) The Marvel Cinematic Universe might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.
>Now that the Avengers series is over lol imagine being this dumb
Josiah Wood
I've only read the first paragraph and I agree
Jaxson Jones
Bump
Charles Collins
Hot take: This pasta was always poorly written crap. Yea Forums is such a worthless board.
Cameron Sanders
Yea Forums is easily better than Yea Forums
Jace Cox
>t. reddit
Jeremiah Martin
The avengers are dead after this. The following movies are going to feature B-side characters that will be semi-successful and won't draw in a crowd this size ever again. The following movies are lining up to be feminist and nigger trash. No one really wants to see that. Black panther was successful because it was more of a political movement, but that success will not be repeated with its sequels. People only pretend to care about Captain Marvel because they don't want to be labeled as a sexist. She's more of a side character and doesn't have what it takes to carry the series alone. After GOTG3, the series will slowly die. Maybe.. just MAYBE Doctor doom will redeem it.
Blake Reyes
DEH!
Gabriel Morgan
I meant B class lol.. fuck I'm drunk. Fuck marvel fuck disney and fuck the avengers.
Oliver Nguyen
Just watched it and oh shit it was so bad and drawn out, I wanted to get out halfway through.
Zachary Morgan
it's simply a trojan horse to indoctrinate children
