Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Review
The completion of Thor's degradation from Shakespearean prince to comedic buffoon. Mjolnir transfers to Jane Build, Christian Bale's Gorr wasted.
Tag: Marvel Cinematic Universe (Page 4)
Disney+The Emasculation Of The MCU
An essay on the systematic diminishment of established male characters across Phase Four and Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This essay engages with a specific craft pattern in the post-Endgame Marvel Cinematic Universe: the systematic diminishment of established…
2020sAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Review
Jonathan Majors's Kang, MODOK's design disaster, and the Phase Five opener that confirmed the collapse extended into the new phase. The -100 reflects honest evaluation of one of the worst major studio releases of the past decade and the entry…
2020sBlack Widow (2021) Review
Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova carries a film that arrived too late to matter. The Phase Four opener that established the pattern of decorative empowerment.
2010sAvengers: Endgame (2019) Review
The most contrived blockbuster of the decade. The 4 reflects honest evaluation of one of the most commercially successful films in cinema history.
2010sAvengers: Infinity War (2018) Review
Two billion dollars on the strength of accumulated franchise capital. Forty characters, the Snap that wasn't depicted, and structural failures.
2010sCaptain America: Civil War (2016) Review
The Phase 3 inflection point where moral clarity became moral confusion. Spider-Man and Black Panther's introductions as franchise expansion vehicles.
2010sDoctor Strange (2016) Review
Cumberbatch as a specifically arrogant intellectual protagonist, Tilda Swinton's Ancient One, reality-folding combat. The 8 reflects honest evaluation of one of the more successful Phase Three MCU entries and the entry that introduced the franchise's mystical-arts dimension.
2010sThor (2011) Review
The MCU mythological foundation. The 8 reflects honest evaluation of the film that gave the MCU its mythological foundation and the entry that Kenneth Branagh directed with sustained Shakespearean theatrical attention.
2000sThe Incredible Hulk (2008) Review
Edward Norton, Louis Leterrier, and the most underrated MCU film. Norton's psychologically committed Bruce Banner.
2010sThor: The Dark World (2013) Review
Christopher Eccleston wasted as Malekith. The first MCU film that feels like industrial franchise routine.
2010sIron Man 2 (2010) Review
Robert Downey Jr.'s strongest moments buried under franchise machinery. Black Widow's intro, War Machine's recasting, and Whiplash wasted.