Enjoyed it a lot more than the 1st one. Maybe relied a little too heavy on the novelty of the illuminati scenes. Very amused at the [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Bruce Campbell Evil Dead cameo. Scarlet Witch is an absolute wrecking machine. Monstrously overpowered. No idea who [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Charlize Theron's character is in the post credits scene but I'm sure someone will enlighten me. They looked like they were on their way to fight [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Dormammu though. Also liked [SPOILER - highlight to read]: John Krasinski as Richard Reed
Also, yes the Avatar trailer was attached and looked pretty awesome.
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It's toned down a bit, but you can tell they gave him a lot of lattitude with this movie. More than I was expecting. It feels very much like a Raimi movie.
Tonally in terms of how "dark" it is its probably on the same level as the likes of Hellboy. There's a couple of brutal deaths but the worst is only implied and not shown. I'm the same with the 1st one which was surprising as I really like Mads Mikkleson and Chiwetel Ejiofor. (I enjoyed the subtle reference in this to his role as The Operative in Serenity)
My only gripe is that it sort of fizzles out at the end purely because, as I said, Scarlet Witch is ridiculously overpowered and basically unbeatable. Like she single handedly kills [SPOILER - highlight to read]: almost everyone at Kamar-Taj then solos Black Bolt, Captain Carter, Reed Richards, Rambeau"s Captain Marvel and Charles Xavier
Visually the scene when Strange and Chavez are falling through different universes might be the coolest scene in the MCU so far. Very similar to Spidey when he's in the holographic projection in Far From Home.
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Found this to be a whole lot of meh story and plot wise. Visuals were really cool, as to be expected when Strange is involved. I'd put it in the bottom tier of the MCU though.
Best part was the second/final credits scene. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: John Krasinski as Reed Richards worked well, do hope they keep him in future films. Loved seeing [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Captain Carter live; her fight scene was good.
Did have a giggle at [SPOILER - highlight to read]: the real hero of the story being a Latina teenage girl named "America" who has two mommies and sports a LBGTQ pin on her stars-and-stripes jacket, because the usual suspects will gripe, even though this is a Marvel character.
This movie fell somewhere in the mediocre tier for me. It wasn't bad(I actually enjoyed the overlying horror vibes), but I didn't think it was great either.
I have quite a few comments, but for starters [SPOILER - highlight to read]: I was annoyed that the Illuminati were wholesale annihilated a few minutes after their initial reveal... I get that Wanda was essentially an unbeatable dues ex machina, but damn. I just expected to see more from them.
I did love the X-Men TAS theme playing when Xavier came in, though. I also really liked Krasinski as Reed -- he spoke with a calm, understanding, and almost remorseful tone, which I thought was perfect.
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"I am tired of Earth. These people.
I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."
since coming out of the theatre Thursday. I've thought about this film and how much I wanted to really like it. It being Raimi and all. I still say... It's ok. Nothing more or less.
Seen a few clips but gonna go watch it anyway
Expecting it to be solid
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