Movie Buffs

During my hiatus from Dreamwidth, I got to watch Night Of The Zoopocalypse, which was a fun, family take on the overused zombie trope. I also watched The Bad Guys 2, which was OK, but that ending made me ponder if the third movie will be able to connect with the previous two, considering its following the books in that retrospect. Guess we'll see.

And saw Zootopia 2, which while it was good as well, these "discrimination" tropes they're using are becoming a bit repetitive. I agree that it did contribute to the overall lore of their world however.

That's all I have to say for now.

And it wasn't that bad, really.

...not at the cost of other cultures and ethnicities. Makes me feel like you would change the race/ethnicity of a character in a reboot or movie adaptation of an established IP just to pander to something that isn't exactly a positive look into diversity itself, and more like gaining profits from the viewers who would buy into such pretentious actions.

To me, it makes every other reboot, remake, or adaptation seem less enjoyable and pretentious on itself, especially if said shows/movies are from old ones which I enjoyed prior.

And I'm not against diversity overall. I'm also part of a minority in the US, so of course I am very interested and invested into adding different people and nationalities into such things. But as stated, not when the reason behind it feels like petty pandering just to extract as much money as the entertainment industry wishes to collect, rather than taking steps into making their projects truly diverse.

My two cents.

I can only state I was never so entertained by any other movie Marvel or otherwise as I was with this film. It felt like it was straight out of a comic book limited series (of which I own a few with said titular characters I might add,) and it simply brightened my day watching it.

I really wish I could say the same about the likes of Thunderbolts*, but sadly that can't ever be the case. Maybe this might just be the swang song of Marvel movies getting a positive attention from me in a long while, but I am getting ahead of myself quite frankly.

However if there's one superhero movie you want to watch for the time being, make this one. You'll thank me for it.

And it was...alright. I know I was more enthusiastic about it being its named after the Marvel comics title whose group was a favorite of mine and the movie includes characters like USAgent who is also a cult favorite of mine being such an anti-hero with the coolest Captain America variant costume, along with Sentry who was a surprising addition, but after watching it I felt a bit indifferent for the most part.

I guess I'm finally getting burnout from all these comic superhero movies, and Marvel seems to just copy and paste the "comedic schtick" since the Avengers movie eons ago, which is running a tad dry with every entry. Not to mention it tries pretty hard to be a The Suicide Squad equivalent here, as if anyone who ever watched it hasn't noticed.

However it did had its moments, and Sentry as the main villain was interesting. Liked the weasely Congress person acting it up as well all the way playing for her own profit. As politicians often do in the real world.

But most of the film just flew by me sincerely. Kinda wished they would had sticked with the comic a whole lot more and have THE actual Thunderbolts here, but I can imagine it would not had worked. I mean, Zemo is dead in that "universe" for starters.

Do I wish for a sequel or spinoff from here? No, not really. I bet however Disney is already prodding Marvel to do so however. That mouse is greedy.

I'm still not watching "Brave New World" though. Even with Red Hulk briefly appearing on it wouldn't get my interest