The threshold I have for Marvel movies post-Endgame is “Is there anything in this movie, directing, plot, performance, or effects-wise that ought to be deeply embarrassing for the movie makers?” Most don’t pass that test, and the few that do rarely rise much higher than that fairly low bar of just-barely-mediocrity.
My metroc is “is Florence Pugh playing the adorable assassin in it with all the good lines?” “Is Star Lord in it so Rocket can keep asking him for fake limbs?” “Is Alt world Tony Stark in it somehow?”
Obviously I like the witty lines and have a mild crush on Ms Pugh, but, don’t we all?
The post Endgame films being overwhelmingly mediocre wasn’t enough proof?
The threshold I have for Marvel movies post-Endgame is “Is there anything in this movie, directing, plot, performance, or effects-wise that ought to be deeply embarrassing for the movie makers?” Most don’t pass that test, and the few that do rarely rise much higher than that fairly low bar of just-barely-mediocrity.
My metroc is “is Florence Pugh playing the adorable assassin in it with all the good lines?” “Is Star Lord in it so Rocket can keep asking him for fake limbs?” “Is Alt world Tony Stark in it somehow?”
Obviously I like the witty lines and have a mild crush on Ms Pugh, but, don’t we all?
Yeah, I mean make good movies and it will work.
Did we watch the same movies?!? Because I don’t recall them being mediocre.
I have no idea which ones you watched.
Shang-Chi was good. Deadpool was fun.
Eternals, Black Widow, Multiverse of Madness, Love and Thunder, and the Spiderman movies were mediocre.
Quantumania was awful.
I plan on watching Guardians 3 at some point, but the previews and reviews for the rest look like a mix of mediocre to bad.
Absolutely agree with you (except brining all the Spiderman together was cool).
Shang-Chi sadly doesn’t seem to get a lot of love.
Thunderbolts was also really good if you haven’t seen it.