Thunderbolts* 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Thunderbolts* 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Thunderbolts Assemble: briefly; these individual characters get sent on this mission such as Yelena Belova/Black Widow [Younger Yelena: Violet McGraw/Older: Florence Pugh:] she is questioning her life and is deeply unfulfilled and at some point on this mission we get to meet Bob Reynolds/other name/other characters [Younger Bob: Clayton Cooper/Older: Lewis Pullman:] he is a lost individual as in he doesn't remember too much, but everyone agrees that they need to get out of this furnace and seek answers from Valentina Allegra de Fontaine [Younger Valentina: Chiara Stella/Older: Julia Louis-Dreyfus:] she is the current Director of the CIA, but I don't know for how much longer as she is currently also having legal issues.

Generally speaking: the framework, pacing and the script of this 126 minutes film is broadly on the whole good; it does have a lot to do in this title; from reinstalling the faith that Marvel/MCU projects are still of a high quality and worth investing your time and much more importantly separating you from your money, which even though it does feel like it just needs sometime at the beginning of the title to get itself established and settled of things full disclosure I did miss I am going to say roughly 15 minutes, because at some point I really did need to go and make myself comfortable [I will discuss more about the script later on.]

Action, art and comedy; straightaway with me Belova/Black Widow as she apparently attempts to commit suicide [to cover my back: alongside the inner monologue from her this is designed to imply this anyway.] But she doesn't; but instead she parachutes down to begin her mission: this is an elegant way to begin proceedings and what with things getting messy as she kills the type of person she needs with their clearance [with this whole kind of: I shouldn't have done that approach; which is highly comical and very much sets the tone for other comedy in this film: I will now discuss more about this project but in its entirety setting.]

The script; is phenomenally written as on one hand; we have this vibrant nature in the dialogue exchanges as it relates to these characters having to work together to escape this location, but obviously not trusting one another; which over time set the groundwork for this whole dysfunctional family dynamic hopefully to be used in other projects; for an example when Belova/Black Widow asks her father that she had ever known something to the effect of/am paraphrasing, I have gone: have you gotten any sleep? Which Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian [David Harbour:] he has had a rough time of it lately, with him being a limousine driver, but back to this sequence of events; looking a little bit wired says I will sleep when I'm dead.

But much later on: on the other hand and without giving too much away: we the viewers and our cast of misfits travel to this location to rescue some of our other misfits. Firstly the idea and the execution of this landscape is fantastic as it uses basically the concept of Inception 2010. Whilst on the other hand we get to really discuss mental health in the dialogue exchanges including metaphors or/and symbolism [I roughly know the difference between metaphors and/or symbolism: I just get confused when both might apply at some point or another or maybe not throughout this sequence of events,] but the high imagination and creativity to put this eye-catching art, hard-hitting action, dialogue exchanges and subtext altogether, what with following character developments and performances; to create this dysfunctional, yet highly functional cast of characters and their performers needs to be given higher praise indeed and everyone connected to this project should be very happy and delighted with how things turned out.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; I just needed to take a little bit off for in a nutshell this film finding its footing, but other than that; as you can clearly see/read this film has so much to offer and for those at Marvel Studios this is how you manage a sensitive subject such as mental health; now all you have to do is replicate the adult yet down to earth approach to deal with other subjects and you will be good to go, but as it relates to modern times of projects entering the MCU: this based on recent times is very much your standardbearer anything like this or more and you will be absolutely fine. There is some extra bits and pieces including 2 extra scenes; 1 is right at the end and when I am first dictating this; this film has an award accredited to its name;  Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2025 GMS Award Best Music Supervision for a Trailer (Film) Jordan Silverberg Deric Berberabe

 

 

 

The Fantastic Four: First Steps 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

The Fantastic Four: First Steps 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

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Welcome to Dimension Earth-828 in the 1960's: briefly; where The Fantastic Four are the world's protectors and great news Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic &  Sue Storm/Invisible Woman [Pedro Pascal & Vanessa Kirby:] this husband-and-wife are expecting their first baby, only smooth sailing from here on then for The Fantastic Four... Well No as The Fantastic Four have to defend planet Earth from firstly Herald/other names [Julia Garner:] she is an entity that rides on this surfboard; her and surfboard are completely in silver, she is in servitude to find planets for her master; that the eater of worlds to devour...  Galactus [voiced by: Ralph Ineson:] he is a cosmic being that is very knowledgeable and likewise very powerful, with only one known drawback: he needs planets to consume to keep him alive, but he may have just found a way around this...

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 115 minutes film is smooth as it glides through its script; there are different tempo changes which as I have already referenced is likewise smoothly done

Art, comedy and action: from the outset it is incredibly clear to see that they pulled out everything to create this world: it is clean and tidy and of the highest quality, they should be very proud with what they have achieved in this film and hopefully they should get some more positive at minimum nominees, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing: he is the best friend of Reed and uncle to the newborn/a very valued member of the family: the happens to be built like granite, orange and incredibly strong: they have given him a ever so slightly darker orange which fits in much better with the entire tone of the film, but it clearly still stand out, he just looks more of a older grizzled character. Herald: they gave her the same level of attention and detail, but obviously designed for in the sense of sleekness not only cosmetically, but also facial feature movements and all-round movements as well, okay let's move on to what we have been all waiting for since Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007: Galactus [for the younger generations at best you get to see this big outer space/sky entity thing moving closer to Earth, but you don't actually see him as him.]

But here we get to see him in all his glory; in Taa II/the Worldship: sitting on his chair: this scene is very smart and elegant, as it uses yes a dark colour system, but based on my viewing experience; so based on my opinion by doing this they were able to put in lots of little definitions so it is a highly detailed scene we have with a camera shot designed to be from a the right pointing diagonally up so it gives the illusion of grandeur and to incorporate everything I have just indicated: I know, I know I have already said this once already, but I will be incredibly disappointed if this project doesn't get the recognition by nominations it rightly deserves, but we also have Galactus landing/walking on Earth: which they have gone with the approach of a mixture between Godzilla and King Kong; but designed/catered for Galactus obviously.

 Johnny Storm/Human Torch [Joseph Quinn:] he is the younger brother of Sue Storm: he tries to break this code, he has this beautiful comedic back and forth with The Thing about and yes I know he isn't the only one that wants The Thing to say his catchphrase from the 1967 animated TV program of this family unit, don't worry eventually you will say it when these two team up: Torch flies The Thing in and drop him that kind of thing: but broadly speaking the action is high octane.

Character developments, performances and voice performances; all of these aspects other flushed out for their official title debut into the MCU, so of course we get the foundation character developments, but having said that three-dimensional, layered versions, which is good because I don't think I could handle another recreation of the standard Torch and Thing cheap pops at one another thing going on let's just say that was a very 2000's thing: but as I have already shown Torch has around being with intelligence, so when he has this back and forth with Thing it isn't annoying, just well placed and doesn't interrupt the flow of the movie. The performances and voice performances are absolutely spot on; as they all gel with one another/spot on cast chemistry: with the massive positive of they have gone back to the old style of character developments and character building: where this is massively important these characters/performers/voice performance could gel with anyone from another part of the MCU: so in a nutshell they have gone back to go forward as I have seen this kind of character developments/character building in Thunderbolts* 2025.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment: as it has so much to offer in different ways and finally they did Galactus justice, now only when the time is right they can do Apocalypse and Mister Sinister justice I would be a very happy boy, the uncomfortable truth is this is what DC in my honest opinion failed to achieve with Superman 2025: they both come from a similar time frame but where DC or whatever they are called nowadays, went immature and ugly the MCU went mature, smart and elegant: yes at the end of each ending credits section there is an extra credit and in the middle is either some art or this acoustic guitar song; roughly it is about if Galactus essentially got his own way. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Nominees as of this content being first created: Astra Midseason Movie Awards 2025 Astra Midseason Award Most Anticipated Film.

Now I am sure Marvel Studios will not mind me doing this: I dedicate this content to RIP Julian McMahon 1968-2025: he was  Victor Von Doom/Dr Doom in Fantastic Four 2005 and then again Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007: he has very much set the benchmark for what this character should be so I hope Robert Downey Jr. it is up for the challenge: so it again RIP Julian McMahon died at 56.   

 

Deadpool & Wolverine 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Deadpool & Wolverine 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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Welcome Home: briefly; the TVA [Time Variance Authority] would very much like a word with Dimension Earth-10005 Wade Wilson/Deadpool [Ryan Reynolds:] currently his life is in a bit of a rut, but where were we; Mr. Paradox [Matthew Macfadyen:] an agent for the TVA that wants Wilson/Deadpool to fix the problem he has made, but he is going to need somebody is help/a variant which isn't either dead or can stand him for five minutes without attempting to kill him and the best he can find is; James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine [Hugh Jackman:] he comes from Dimension Earth-616 and he has a deal with Wade/Deadpool.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 128 minutes film; is what you come to expect with a Wade/Deadpool film title; off the wall bounciness and whilst I'm on the subject I am going to be very selective in what I could in this content, even more so than usual. So obviously we still have Wilson/Deadpool breaking-the-fourth-wall for an example; paraphrasing something taking 20 years or/and seemingly going off script to welcome Howlett/Wolverine to the MCU acknowledging that he is joining the MCU at a low point and this will not be the only time that some kind of acknowledgement of this takes place as I will show later on in this content [I know it is in the script; but it has the deliverance/presentation going off script.]

Comedy, action and art; “Bye Bye Bye” track released in 2000 by  *NSYNC; so Wilson/Deadpool is doing a mixture of taking care of some TVA forces and taking some time to dance to this track like *NSYNC as well, artistically speaking it is comically brilliant, action wise hard-hitting and artistically graphic and this is just the opening sequence to this film.

Yes we also get some references to DC; but you will have to do look out for/hear out for them and if you think 20th Century Fox were going to get away with not being grilled, you would be wrong but in fairness and balance they also pay homage to them as well, we get a movie reference of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024 and yes I can confirm in one way or another we have Wade/Deadpool vs. Wolverine; yes they go as you expect them to go.

Character developments and performances: well on both counts; you can tell that everyone wanted to make/be a part of this film, which makes the character developments every character and likewise every performer wanted to fit/gel in with the clear free-flowing chemistry; basically they went old-school, meaning if you're old enough you will remember when Marvel Studios put out high-quality content that couldn't be touched in fact I am just going to leave this section on this line Wade/Deadpool does acknowledge the recent phase of the MCU at some point in this project.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; now if Marvel studios wanted to say with this film "We're back to our very best!" They have achieved that with flying colours, I would just say welcome back, I am not saying you can't mix things with different cultures and different aspects including but not limited to gender or/and sexuality, I am just saying be what you should always be; pioneers and trendsetters; don't be social politics ticking and/or followers of trends; in a nutshell makes your character make-up better and don't waste this golden opportunity to mix old school with pioneer new blood remember you are trendsetters you make the rules, you don't follow them; you on Marvel. There are two extra scene bits and pieces; one down the right side of the screen for a little while and the second is right at the end. This film also has some awards to its name [which I do expect more accredited awards but for now] 4 Winners which includes Digital Spy Reader Awards 2023 Movie Award Most Anticipated Movie of 2024 and 1 Nominee Astra Midseason Movie Awards 2024 Astra Midseason Award Most Anticipated Movie. [I am now seen this film twice at the cinema;actually correction three times now, actually that is now incorrect it is now four times] 

 

 

Kraven the Hunter 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Kraven the Hunter 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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The Rise of The Hunter that fell at the box office: briefly this story is about Sergei Kravinoff [Aaron Taylor-Johnson:] he is the first son of   Nikolai Kravinoff [Russell Crowe:] a Russian crime lord which deals in drugs and wants his eldest son to take over the family business, but he runs away to find his own path and become Kraven the Hunter

Generally speaking: the script, the framework and pacing of this 127 minutes film is; deliberate arrogance it is essentially a foundation/origin script to build upon [which this is stupid; I will explain this later on in this content;] but it does follow that outlay of script/storyline with two large time jumps one of 16 years earlier and I will discuss the other later. But when we get into the present again then it does follow something safe and reliable

Art and action; obviously we have these landscapes and Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter's eyesight and other representation of his abilities were/are the only modern attempt made in this film that I can point out to you; you know they really tried something even simple yet effective with his hearing or as I have just referenced his eyesight. If you know anything about Kraven; his methods are graphic so is just a friendly heads up they in some cases going to be graphic and for he tries to take this chopper down with a make shift net concept.

Character developments and performances; frankly these character developments are headache inducing for a heavy amount of the time minus the positives I have just mentioned previously; again where do you want me to start really? Where has your Russian accent gone Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven? Well on seeing this film minus some moments in the beginning stages of the film and other bits and pieces where he is actually speaking Russian, there is no signs of him having a Russian accent, in effect we have Miller/Taylor-Johnson is just speaking normally, so Kraven may as well not come from Russia then, moving on to Ariana DeBose as Calypso Ezili: she is a lawyer and apologies I have forgotten the name of the practice she works for; many years ago Diaana Babnicova as Calypso Ezili is responsible for saving  Sergei Kravinoff's life, I should also point out she is from Dimension Earth-616. I was really hoping we will going to get Dr. Mariah Crawford/Calypso Dimension Earth-92131 Spider-Man 1994 animated TV program; because she and have natural free-flowing chemistry as for these two versions in this live action; they have the run-of-the-mill chemistry with zero romantic chemistry or feelings whatsoever towards one another and finally we have  Dmitri Kravinoff/another character [Younger: Billy Barratt/Older: Fred Hechinger:] he is the half brother of Kraven and son of  Nikolai Kravinoff; basically for 97% of the film he is a coward, but right towards the end of the film 1 year later let's just say he isn't.

Which I have to be completely honest is very stupid, because for these two very obvious reasons; the first is that another lengthy time skip of a year where something happened in this time gap. Secondly we will never find out just based on the facts that at most this film took a budget of $130 million and as I am putting this content together its box office taking is at most a very slim taking of just over $28 million so this was an arrogant way to set up for a sequel that as I have shown even if I was to take the lower budget of $110 million it has no way of recouping that in the slightest you can forget making a profit margin on this title, so consequently you can forget making a sequel and if you think I am being extremely harsh I should point out one key fact and that is this film hit/released Friday 13/12/2024 and it has only made slightly over $28 million, if I was Sony I would consider this film to be very much dead on arrival at the box office.

I mean what do you want me to say really? If this is what they were going for with the character developments and everything else then once again consequently the performances by definition of their standards are solid versions of what they were going for.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; I mean this film is coming up soon may be 21 years out of date as it relates to how comic book films are handled and put out, but as I have already referenced it isn't the 2000's anymore and don't get me wrong comic book adaptations were/are broadly speaking positive, but all I am saying is; you can't expect to do that kind of comic book film in 2024 and expect your audiences to swallow it when time goes forward. In the interest of fairness and bounce; the person I watch some of this content with; really enjoyed this film.

 

Venom: The Last Dance 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Venom: The Last Dance 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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So we just have enough time for one more dance so let's put our best foot forward: briefly; Eddie Brock/Venom [Tom Hardy/voiced by Tom Hardy:] these two; where human/host and symbiote are on the run from many different agencies and xenophage sent by Knull [voiced by Andy Serkis:] he is the creator of symbiotes and he wants Brock and Venom or to be more precise he wants what they have. It is excellent to have Serkis back working on this trilogy; Serkis was the director for the previous instalment Venom: Let Be Carnage 2021.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 109 minutes film is good, because the script is straightforward the framework and pacing just have to is designed to roll out the film.

Comedy, Character developments between Brock and Venom, action and art; Brock and Venom even after all this time still can't get on the same page verbally as they are introducing themselves to these criminals with "We are Venom" with Venom missing his mark, but eventually they get their with Brock saying we need to work on that. They have a new option of fighting style with it being more of a tag team outlay so it is Brock & Venom instead of just Brock/Venom, don't worry you will get to see you Brock/Venom, but it is excellent to have a variety; the more variety we have, the more it shows the full capabilities of Venom's full potential and what Brock & Venom can do; so these two main characters work make a quick meal out of these criminals, which clearly shows the artistic visions of Brock & Venom as human/host and symbiote working effortlessly together to achieve their goals; this is all beautifully shown.

Even though I have just put simply little bits and pieces about this film in this content, don't get me wrong there is plenty going on in this instalment; be it Brock & Venom taking this flight and then consequently parachuting down or/and these first ending credit sequence; being from an artistic perspective very eye-catching.

Minus Brock & Venom [Tom Hardy/voiced by Tom Hardy;] character developments, performances and voice performances; on the vast majority of all counts they are all good and they are a contributing factor to the all-round following chemistry of the entire cast and obviously I have to give high praise to Serkis as the voice of  Knull: as everyone should know by now he is the king of voice or/and motion work, he really does get inside his characters and pulled out what is perfectly required and so much more, he goes up and beyond to bring his characters to life and here is no exception.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it goes out with a bang and plenty of laughs on the way, there are two endings credits; one each at each section. I mean really disappointing about this instalment is where in this content was first created this sequel has no awards credited to it whatsoever, I would like to think over time that might change with at minimum some positive nominees in one way or another.

 

Venom: Let There Be Carnage 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Venom: Let There Be Carnage 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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The Bromance is on the rocks with Brock and Venom: well Eddie Brock/Venom/other name [performed & voiced by Tom Hardy:] a human being and sentient alien symbiote lives together as one in a symbiotic relationship, Brock is an investigator reporter, which his career could be done better. But after hearing some life changing names Brock struggles with life, but don't worry Venom will try and be there for him, until they have this massive argument. But whatever happens the better pull themselves back together again soon, because they have some big trouble heading their way.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 97 minutes film is good, it just loses a little bit when Brock and Venom aren't together.

Comedy, character developments, voice performances and performances; now we have Venom trying to quickly draw using Brock's hands, time after time with comical bits and pieces, so eventually he goes basically I will do it myself, where he changes Brock's hands to his own [so he is in more control] so Venom including the usage of this laptop finally shows Brock what he means and then a little bit later Venom tries to be there for Brock you will hear Venom singing in Brock's head whilst he is safely emanating a part of himself from Brock's body going round making Brock breakfast whilst Brock himself is just being miserable; basically but not understating it their chemistry is absolutely priceless, separately they are still excellent, but together they are whole [which is obviously the point,] for a similar pairing their chemistry is good. The other characters are all good and the same can be said for the rest of these performances.

Art and action; I really do like how these aliens have turned out, they are highly detailed and they have been given justice on screen, I also found this back story/illustrations outlay to be highly creative and imaginative. So moving on to the action as you would imagine this is definitely bring the carnage to the big screen; this is all good stuff.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; it is a good laugh, with progression and a bromance as well so what else would you want? There is one extra credit scene after the first lot of ending credits. This film also has some awards accredited to it; 1 Winner Directors Guild of Great Britain 2019 Outstanding Contribution to the Guild and Craft of Directing Best Producer Vasil Kacarov. 6 Nominees which includes Casting Society of America, USA 2022 Zeitgeist Award Lucy Bevan Nina Henninger (location casting)Emily Brockmann (associate)Sarah Kliban (associate)

Madame Web 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Madame Web 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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I hope some heads rolled for this one: basically; in 2003; New York we meet paramedic  Cassandra "Cassie" Webb/Madame Web [Dakota Johnson:] as after this accident she begins to experience these strange goings on even when she has seen this situation play out before and learning more about herself, she can protect and educate others.

Generally speaking: what the hell do you want me to do with this script/storyline? On one aspect it is something safe and reliable and it plays out as such to give these character developments being something safe and reliable and the performances reflect that. But however on the other side of things; the character developments are shockingly appalling [just for the record yes I would use strong language to put across what I really mean but I can't.] So how do these characters get their powers/abilities and on top of that how does Webb/Madame Web learn to control her powers better? Because we don't see absolutely none of this; no literally we don't see any of this, without giving too much away Webb/Madame Web goes somewhere to find herself and then meet somebody and then comes back to the US; it's like they have missed out a massive chunk of the film, but then again I did wonder how they were going to fit everything into this film [I am far from an expert on these characters, so I am in from the perspective of this film better get a move on.] Because where we are and what I am referencing would be roughly 40 minutes of the film left, so yes on one hand the framework and pacing of this; one hand 116 minutes film allows for this dysfunctional stray teenagers/adult discovery aspect to play out, but on the other hand and consequently as I have already indicated it doesn't have much time to show us anything of continuous substance.

The only character developments, art and action; that I can speak of which is worth noting and highlighting is when Webb/Madame Web is in this much bigger world and she discovers more about herself; this is excellent and for the action we have bits and pieces on the walls and ceiling these are highly noticeable positives and Webb/Madame Web showing us a little bit of her power towards the later stages of this film to save these characters individually.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; I do question why we have some of these characters dancing on this table, when they haven't even had any alcohol and dancing for themselves/these boys, it just seems really tacky and yes I am open-minded, laid-back and easy-going. But whatever happened to getting to know these boys normally, no you have to dance on this table and come across as adult entertainers. But as I said to this person I watch some of this content with; this film is a linchpin/steppingstone to something else and on a quick side note the person I watched this film is said and I am paraphrasing here; it was okay but I digress; to cover my back I should point out this is how it looks/feels that doesn't mean that it is going anywhere, in actual fact I am not putting this on the performers, I am putting it on everyone else; but I hope this film doesn't go anywhere, because even though I have given it; what I have given it [speculation/opinion] I am hoping that it was just put out to try and recoup some of its budget back. But if it does get connected or highly doubtful it will get another project, but if it gets connected to another project, they would have to build up these characters so much just to go up to the standard of the character they are opposite, so yes what I am suggesting is they would have to do this in a project that isn't their own, which would possibly if they this route, they would run the risk of taking valuable time away from whomever's project it actually is. I mean now I have seen this film, I don't get its actual purpose, I mean there are no extra scenes to suggest anything will be connected to this project whatsoever. But having said that I am just taking two seconds to think about it and this is once again completely speculation on my part; but I just have this feeling that we may or may not see Webb/Madame Web in Venom 3 as of this content being first created hitting cinemas 08/11/2024, so if she does show up this is where I can see her appearing

The Marvels 2023 by AverageMansReviews

The Marvels 2023 by AverageMansReviews

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The Marvels Assemble: basically; Dar-Benn [Zawe Ashton:] a Kree warrior that wants to make her home-planet of Hala habitable and beautiful once again; by taking everything which is certain individual held dear; Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel/The Destroyer [Brie Larson:] she is a superpower individual that single-handedly destroyed the Kree way of life and got given the very apt name "The Destroyer." But that is not her only problem; Captain Monica Rambeau/other names [Teyonah Parris:] she is a superpower individual; that has a long history with Danvers, but when she really needed her at any point [archive footage/memory performed by Akira Akbar;] she wasn't there for her. Finally we have Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel [Iman Vellani:] she is a superpower individual, that is the youngest out of the three of them as she is still in high school, but however she is the most kindhearted and not forgetting the slightly biggest fact she happens to be a massive fan girl of Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel.

Generally speaking: the framework; the outlay of Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy with background music and the pacing of this 105 minutes film is good; as it just needs to find its rhythm.

In this sequel; we do have this trio of The Marvels having this training montage to the track name of Intergalactic 1998 by Beastie Boy; every time one of them uses their powers they get teleported to a different location and one of the other ones change places with that one [basically every time one uses their powers they trade places with another one,] which leaves the incoming one to the attack in a combat sense. To be honest this sounds much more interesting and fun then what I am doing explaining it. It also comes across as three women that have the bases of similar powers but also completely different; in turn you have these three characters working together/bonding together and being themselves which turns into fluently engaging character developments and chemistry, because without being harsh but also truthful Danvers/Captain Marvel; could do with softening up as a person, you know not being so cold and sterile, I know very little about Captain Rambeau; briefly reading a web page I know she is a part of  WandaVision 2021 and it is on my to-do list to watch; but she seems more like the science one out of three and of course we have the very warmhearted Khan/Ms. Marvel; she brings the heart to the trio.

For one more example of the action but before this action we can talk about the art; our trio have to do go to the planet of  Aladna; where we meet  Prince Yan [Park Seo-joon:] he is a Prince of this planet; there is one thing you need to know about this planet most of them don't speak; they sing so this planet uses singing and dancing with very eye-catching costumes, set design and all-round outstanding true vision of what they wanted to do with this planet and back to the action; for a brief example Khan/Ms. Marvel gets given a new costume with this very unique scarf or our equivalent of a scarf it will come in very handy indeed. The comedy itself is well placed throughout likewise for an example; yes, yes people don't worry Goose is back and for those people that don't know this cat is a very unique species of cat as you will find out at one point or another; but he still very happy belonging to Danvers/Captain Marvel.

Character developments and performances; the character developments have been well progressed and they have successfully created a natural and free-flowing chemistry between the cast.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is lots of fun; yes it does need to find a itself consequently good rhythm, but it is good fun nonetheless as I would like to hope and feel that they are trying to move on with the MCU but also push it back to its old reliably positive standard of film titles [I am very much aware of this film's box office takings being the worst ever for the MCU, but even though that this was some time ago now I discuss this in the related content,] we have one extra scene at the end of the first lot of credits and a sound effect at the end of the second lot of credits. This film also has some nominees to its name being 2 Nominees Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) 2023 HMMA Award Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Laura Karpman and at the same event/awards ceremony Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Laura Karpman

 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023 by AverageMansReviews

 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation

With great power comes great responsibility, regardless how it came to you: basically; in Earth-65 Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman [voiced by Hailee Steinfeld:] is also a drummer in a band or she was until she decided to quit as she has a lot on her mind including but not limited to Earth-1610 Miles Morales/Spider-Man [voiced by Shameik Moore:] still a relatively new superhero, that has greatly improved since we have last seen him. But when things go side woods for Earth-65 Stacy/Spider-Woman in her own Earth-65, she gets given this opportunity by these two individuals; the first is Jess Drew/Spider-Woman [voiced by Issa Rae:] she is pregnant from Earth-404 and right-hand person to our second individual Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 [voiced by Oscar Isaac:] he is a Ninja vampire from Earth-928 and guessing but a safe guess as he comes from the year 2099 that is where his full alias comes from. They offer to take her in to the Spider-Verse, it should be noted O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 was not keen on this idea, but Earth-65 Stacy/Spider-Woman went with them.

Generally speaking: the framework, pacing, Character developments and voice performances: this 140 minute film, well because of the artistic outlays which there are many from the very outset and it during some of the closing credits [I think the first lot.] Before I continue full disclosure I had to go and research some of what I needed for the next bit. So for the art to begin with we are in Earth-65 Stacy/Spider-Woman in her own Earth-65. On reflection this style of water painting and pastel colours are my favourite, because not only is it easy to settle down with straight away, it is highly engaging instantaneously as well and quite clearly you can do so much with it is to put different emotions into this style and don't worry we still have elements of the comic book approach. Newcomer Earth-1610 Dr. Johnathon Ohnn/The Spot [voiced by Jason Schwartzman:] I don't want to tell you too much about this character, simply based on the facts it gets covered in this sequence in which I am about to discuss in a different way, it also mimics his personality, approach to life and his colour system predominantly, him being a scientific Doctor it comes to us from the perspective of storyteller of a clinical black-and-white approach with a drop of another colour at some point [or just to cover my back I am going to say points.]

For the rest of the newcomers and returning characters/voice performances they just either slot or/and gel together. For the returning cast characters and/or voice members there has been more layers added to their growing and evolving characters/voice performances, so everything is heading in the right direction as it should be. I don't say as it should be with arrogance, I mean it respectfully with the already high standards which this franchise has set itself, so if they can do the complicated artistic visions or/anything visual with ease, they should be able to the easy part of evolving their characters.

Action/Comedy: we have Earth-1610 Morales/Spider-Man doing combat with  Earth-1610 Dr. Johnathon Ohnn/The Spothe has a massive grudge against Earth-1610 Morales/Spider-Man and he has the ability to create portholes. These two individuals are continuing from where they left of earlier in the film; so we see them appearing through these portholes fighting, going from here to there, there to here Earth-1610 Lieutenant Jefferson "Jeff" Morales [voiced by Brian Tyree Henry:] he worked for the New York Police Department, actually he is soon to become Captain, he is also the dad to Earth-1610 Miles Morales and married to his mother Earth-1610 Rio Morales/Earth-42 Vélez [voiced by Luna Lauren Vélez:] Earth-1610 Rio Morales is a nurse, as far as we are aware they don't know that their son is Earth-1610 Spider-Man.

But back to this action sequence of we have Earth-1610 Lieutenant Jefferson "Jeff" Morales trying to keep up with these two super-humans including dealing with his wife on the phone now and again, on top of that we have some other comedy in the dialogue exchanges [because this sequence is of decent size I will not mention another action sequence.]

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it progresses things smoothly, energetically and it has gave the third instalment Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse 2024 [I am going to say yes it has been confirmed, but I am also going to say as things stand just in case something comes up all goes wrong.] But I digress it has a lot to live up to regardless when it comes out and yes this should be absolute no surprise it already has some awards accredited to its name; 3 Winners that includes Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards 2023 HCA Award Best Picture and at the same award ceremony/event Best Director Joaquim Dos Santos Kemp Powers Justin K. Thompson. 1 Nominee from the same award ceremony/event Best Screenplay Phil Lord Christopher Miller Dave Callaham.

 

 

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 by AverageMansReviews

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/choking/medical

Let's do this one more time: basically; we meet Earth-1610 Miles Morales/Spider-Man [voiced by Shameik Moore:] an intelligent individual, he attends this boarding school throughout the week called “Brooklyn Visions Academy."But after getting bitten by a spider like every other spider person, he makes a promise to a dying Earth-Dimension 1610 Peter Parker/Spider-Man [voiced by Chris Pine:] this dimension's Spider-Man to stop Earth-1610 Wilson Fisk/Kingpin [Liev Schreiber:] a infamous crime lord, the leader of Alchemax and is trying to rewrite history to save his family, but don't worry Earth-1610 Morales/Spider-Man is not coming alone.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 117 minutes film is good, it just needs to keep itself relatively loose free-flowing with structure [so it can instantaneously adapt to whatever happens next.]

Art: well straight off the bat from time to time it runs like we are in a comic book or/and elements of a comic book such as inner monologue speech bubbles on the screen or/and sound effects speech bubbles like for an example POW! I know I shouldn't make this example because they are two different comic book companies, other than comic books the only other reference I could use is the DC Batman 1966 live-action TV program [1966-1968; 3 Seasons, 120 episodes.] I mean if you look close you either have this reference being used or/and we also have Earth-616 [B] Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man [Jake Johnson:] he is heading towards his 40's, out of shape, screwed things up with MJ, so of course he would be an excellent mentor for Earth-1610 Morales/Spider-Man. But I digress but they are having this discussion on how to resolve this problem, whilst crawling up the side of this building, it is like one of those climbing up  the side of a building with Adam West/Batman and Dick Grayson/Robin, but built around the fact that these Spider Men can climb buildings naturally using their abilities, what really kind of puts across this idea of it being mimicked from this live-action TV program is based on these two points this sequence has been shot/animated to watch these two characters go up this side of the building up close and personal and like the live-action TV program when we have somebody opening up the window to engage with West/Batman and Grayson/Robin we have in this film we have this girl looking through this window to indicate that whomever came up with this sequence could have possibly paying homage to this iconic live-action TV program, but put their own spin on it and keeping it with the more mature tone of this animated film title; if it was a homage to this live-action TV program, it is an excellent interpretation and a good little action sequence and there is one more reference to at least Warner Bros/Looney Tunes or better known today as Warner Bros Discovery/Looney Tunes [they have a long-term relationship with DC] we have a character Earth-8311 Peter Porker/Spider-Ham [voice by John Mulaney:] a talking pig that is a photographer for The Daily Beagle which has of what we see as the ability other than the usual Spider-Person has the ability to for an example produce a wooden mallet out of disguise and not only that to really drive that this home, he dares to use the signing off of "That's all folks" and why stop there he makes reference to wondering if basically they are going to get sued now. So as you can see there is also a good comedy flavour from this one example as well.

Character developments and voice performances: I can really appreciate how they tried to create these moments for these individual Spider-People like for the example Earth-Dimension 1610 Miles Morales/Spider-Man takes this massive leap backwards off the top of this building as he has recently found his inner belief to go and take care of business with the other Spider-People to complement this sequence we have this urban music [no I am not being racist here, I am just saying it as it is.] But it also is designed to mimic the attitude and the confidence of our newest Spider-Man as for the first time not only in his life but as his alter ego as well; he can truly break free and be free. Whilst I have spoken about the youngest I may as well talk about the oldest by history Earth-90214 Peter Parker/Spider-Man Noir [voiced by Nicolas Cage:] is an investigator from the 1930's, basically if you get Dick Tracy, a basic outline a of what Spider-Man represents and should be, get the colours of grey and darkness put it all in a massive shaker, shaky around a bit, leave it to set for about a decade, then come back and take it out of its casing this is the kind of Spider-Man that would be the result of that.

Because I have only made roughly about one and a half references to some action elements, I will make another reference here. Earth-90214 Parker/Spider-Man Noir vs. Earth-1610 Alonzo Thompson "Lonnie" Lincoln/Tombstone [voiced by  Marvin "Krondon" Jones III:] he is the main henchman for Earth-Dimension 1610 Fisk/Kingpin in this project. So briefly much later on we have these two characters having a little fight which is something you will have to watch out for because it is in one of those large action sequences, which I am not criticising or complaining about, but there is lots of things happening, but this one in particular should stick out because Earth-1610 Alonzo Thompson "Lonnie" Lincoln/Tombstone gets squashed by a vehicle and briefly yes because Earth-Dimension 90214 Parker/Spider-Man Noir is old school he has also been given the luxury of having the punch sound effects speech bubble thing, but in his own colour system of in this case black and white.

The voice performances have been well chosen they fit perfectly with their characters, so there is excellent chemistry throughout this cast and hopefully they will have more time and more titles fluently become synonymous with their characters. Now I am not being touchy here, but I am fully aware of the world we are currently living in. Yes I have not made a direct reference to any of the female characters or/and voice performances. Before you exercise your fingers and burnout your keyboard. I have seen this sequel yet, but I do intend to potentially withdraw some of these names from the sequel so obviously I will have to mention some key ones, but the general idea is in the sequel to not mention heavily or at all if I can help it these names in this content, to basically refresh these names with the female names or/and new names. I have used this method before especially in long-term franchises, it isn't out of laziness, it is just making sure or trying to make sure everyone gets a mention at some point, so that it makes franchise content a little less daunting.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; it does have lots to offer, but it does feel much more at home in the Spider-Verse where you do feel anything is possible and the restraints of the normal world have been removed and there is one extra scene right at the end of the credits. I should give a few moments to this man; we meet Earth-Dimension 1610 Stan [voiced by Stan Lee:] this man that runs this corner shop that we see for one scene. RIP Stan Lee 1922-2018 Excelsior! This should be absolutely no surprise; but this film has awards accredited to its name; 81 Winners that includes Academy Awards, USA 2019 Oscar Best Animated Feature Film Bob Persichetti Peter Ramsey Rodney Rothman Phil Lord Christopher Miller. 57 Nominees Grammy Awards 2020 Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media Spring Aspers (compilation producer) Dana Sano (compilation producer) Kier Lehman (music supervisor.) But for some strange reason it also has a negative award accredited to its name Razzie Awards 2019 Redeemer Award Sony Pictures Animation. I am a little bit confused by this award name because this award ceremony/event are legendary and giving out negative award, but in this case are they saying this film has some redeeming qualities to it meaning, it is good. But either way if I didn't mention this award at some point, I may run the risk of somebody coming back to me and pointing out you didn't make reference to the potential negative award, so that is why it is here.