From Keefer Madness on Friday, click on the link below for the spoiler free Ant-Man review.
Showing posts with label Avengers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avengers. Show all posts
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Friday, June 12, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
Rich Reviews: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron aka The Second Avengers aka Avengers 2. Call it what you want as the summer movie season of 2015 has officially arrived with the release of the most anticipated film since... Avengers 1?
There was a lot to like in this mega sequel. Here's a breakdown of the good, bad (spoiler: not much bad), and everything else.
Introductions Are Over
The Avengers know each other now. Comic book movies often are better the second time around because you needed to spend (waste?) so much time on the origin story. Sometimes that is well spent but it can cut into the action, set up of villians, etc.
Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, and Black Widow have been working together for awhile. (Proved by some of their sick combo moves in combat.)
Still Some Intros
It can't be a comic book movie without bringing in some more characters. The Avengers core is well established but they chose to add even more from the vast Marvel universe.
Ultron is obviously the bad guy. More on him in a second.
Quicksilver (who has nothing to do with the same character as seen in X-Men: Days of Future Past, licensing is trying to ruin these movies.) is here along with his twin sister Scarlet Witch.
Those three have all been shown in the trailer, I won't spoil any other new or call-back characters.
Action!
The battle scenes were turned up to 11. Tons of action, with some beautiful team-ups and what have you. Very enjoying to the eye. Technology is something!
Imagination Is A Must
If you like these kinds of movies you obviously are good with things that aren't super believable. (Thor's story, Captain America's story, Hulk's story....) But you, me, we've all bought in on this. We believed Loki was a God-like villain from another planet and we were on board.
Well, Ultron? He might make you say, really? This is happening? Everyone is ok with this as reality? I got over it. Didn't take long. But it did feel more science-fiction than many other Marvel or DC movie.
Love Story?
It's not that bad, but a a few of the characters they try to go more personal with them. I don't need romance in this, however an attempt to strengthen the characters outside of fight scenes makes sense. I'll allow it. Some of it.
What's Next?
Spoiler free: they do a nice job setting things up for the future. A few different ways, really.
There's a quick clip following the first thing of credits. No need to stay after the long-ass credits. There's nothing there. (Unless the guy who cleans the place lied to us...)
Bottom Line
I'm not a harsh judge when it comes to these movies, but it's legit. Better than the first and that says something.
Rating: 9/10
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Ranking All The Marvel Movies
(Of the films I've seen, if it's not on there, I haven't seen it yet)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- X-Men (2000)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
- Blade (1998)
- X2 (2003)
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Blade II (2002)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Thor (2011)
- Daredevil (2003)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Fantastic Four (2005)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- The Wolverine (2013)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
- Punisher: War Zone (2008)
- The Punisher (2004)
- Ghost Rider (2007)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Elektra (2005)
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Upcoming Marvel Movies by Year
2015
The Avengers: Age of Ultron - May 1
Ant-Man - July 17
2016
Captain America: Civil War - May 6
Doctor Strange - November 4
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - May 5
Thor: Ragnarok - July 28
Black Panther - November 3
2018
Avengers: Infinity War Part I - May 4
Captain Marvel - June 6
Inhumans - November 2
2019
Avengers: Infinity War Part II - May 3
So, these films fall into what Marvel calls "Phase 3," which means there could be others over the next four years under the Marvel umbrella but these are the ones that are planned.
How the hell are they going to do the Infinity War? They need EVERY hero in Marvel to show up. Call the X-Men, Fantastic 4, Daredevil, Spider-man, Punisher, Ghost Rider... all hands on deck!
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
Marvel Tease
Marvel announced that they will release 5 mystery movies on the following future dates...
July 28, 2017
Nov. 3, 2017
July 6, 2018
Nov. 2, 2018
May 3, 2019
What in the hell is this? 5 release date for unknown movies? How about that last one being out in 5 years?? It could literally be anything, maybe even a character that hasn't been created yet.
I am a Marvel comic dork, I'll watch any movie they put out there, but this is over the top obnoxious.
This is like, "Hey, save the date."
"Ok... for what."
"Brand new Marvel comic book movie."
"Sweet, which one?"
"Stay tuned...."
"Go to hell."
(That's my conversation with this announcement.)
What could these movies be? Well any sequel obviously. Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men... or new spin-offs like Black Widow or Deadpool. Hugh Jackman is always up for a new Wolverine.
Or perhaps any of these gentlemen or women...
July 28, 2017
Nov. 3, 2017
July 6, 2018
Nov. 2, 2018
May 3, 2019
What in the hell is this? 5 release date for unknown movies? How about that last one being out in 5 years?? It could literally be anything, maybe even a character that hasn't been created yet.
I am a Marvel comic dork, I'll watch any movie they put out there, but this is over the top obnoxious.
This is like, "Hey, save the date."
"Ok... for what."
"Brand new Marvel comic book movie."
"Sweet, which one?"
"Stay tuned...."
"Go to hell."
(That's my conversation with this announcement.)
What could these movies be? Well any sequel obviously. Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men... or new spin-offs like Black Widow or Deadpool. Hugh Jackman is always up for a new Wolverine.
Or perhaps any of these gentlemen or women...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Upcoming Comic Book Movies
People like comic books, people like movies, people LOVE comic book movies. You can look forward to all of these coming "soon."
They've been making comic book movies consistently for over a decade, and still there are plenty left that I am interested in seeing. The Amazing Spider-Man was better than the Tobey M Spider-Mans and the Avengers was real good. How Ben Affleck (Batman) and Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor) do in Batman vs. Superman will be somethin.
All and all. Can't wait.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2, 2014)
- X-Men: The Days of Future Past (May 23, 2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (August 22, 2014)
- The Avengers 2 (May 1, 2015)
- Ant-Man (July 17, 2015)
- Batman vs. Superman (May 6, 2016)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (May 27, 2016)
They've been making comic book movies consistently for over a decade, and still there are plenty left that I am interested in seeing. The Amazing Spider-Man was better than the Tobey M Spider-Mans and the Avengers was real good. How Ben Affleck (Batman) and Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor) do in Batman vs. Superman will be somethin.
All and all. Can't wait.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Captain America: The Winter Solider Preview
Captain America 2 new trailer. I'm in on this bad boy. Look out for the Falcon! This comes out on April 4th...
Monday, June 23, 2008
Rich Reviews: The Incredible Hulk
I recently saw the newest marvel creation, The Incredible Hulk. This release comes 5 years after the 2003 version called simply Hulk. That Eric Bana led film had a bigger opening weekend ($62+ million compared to $55+ million), but no where near the stellar ratings. I guess the plan was to take a better actor (Edward Norton) and throw the “incredible” description in front and hope for the best. Well in its first two weekends at the box office, The Incredible Hulk has yet to reach the $100 million mark ($96.5), something that Iron Man surpassed it opening weekend.
I’ve got good news and bad news concerning my review. What do you want first? Ok, the bad news is I have not seen the 2003 Hulk, therefore can not compare the two. The good news? I have seen just about every other comic book movie that’s come out since X-Men in 2000. And simply put, it’s not the best, and it’s not the worst.
I was never a huge fan of the Hulk character, one of the early creations for Stan Lee, rather than simply being a mutant like the X-Men, Bruce Banner needed a reason why he became the Hulk. This film does not show exactly how it happened, instead makes references to the Gamma Rays, and how it went down. To me, it was going to be difficult for the Hulk to carry an entire movie. He’s not exactly with the Avengers… yet.
I’ve got good news and bad news concerning my review. What do you want first? Ok, the bad news is I have not seen the 2003 Hulk, therefore can not compare the two. The good news? I have seen just about every other comic book movie that’s come out since X-Men in 2000. And simply put, it’s not the best, and it’s not the worst.
I was never a huge fan of the Hulk character, one of the early creations for Stan Lee, rather than simply being a mutant like the X-Men, Bruce Banner needed a reason why he became the Hulk. This film does not show exactly how it happened, instead makes references to the Gamma Rays, and how it went down. To me, it was going to be difficult for the Hulk to carry an entire movie. He’s not exactly with the Avengers… yet.
Similar to Iron Man, the villains are not as well known as other comic book characters. The first villain is essentially General Ross (William Hurt), who wants to capture the Hulk despite his daughter’s (Liv Tyler) attachment to him. The super villain in the film becomes Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) who morphs into Abomination. Comic book fans will recognize this monster, but there is only one subtle mention of his name. The Hulk and Abomination have an epic battle where you can see where the $125 million went in making the movie. There are many comparisons to The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man; on purpose I’m sure, but none more than their main villains. The Iron Monger is basically a guy who finds similar powers to Iron Man then boom a fight. Abomination is like a roided up Hulk (pretty crazy right) and then boom they fight. It’s like they have the same play book.
One of the best parts of the entire movie, and it’s not even a spoiler because it’s in some of the trailers now, is when Robert Downey Jr. reappraises the role of Tony Stark to meet with General Ross. I have been pushing for some sort of “Team Up” since the first Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Punisher. Get these guys in the same movie! You saw in the X-Men series references to other characters who weren’t in that particular film. This is something all comic fans thoroughly enjoy. In addition to Tony Stark, you can find mentions of S.H.I.E.L.D., (like in Iron Man) and Nick Fury (also in Iron Man). All I’m going to say is if the Hulk and Iron Man join forces with Nick Fury and others (maybe Captain America) that could be one hell of a combined sequel.
But that’s not always a great sign when I’m looking forward to the next movie more than I am enjoying the current one. Like I said The Incredible Hulk was right in the middle as far as comic book movies are concerned. No surprise Edward Norton was great, and he made the Hulk character stand up to an admitted non-Hulk fan for nearly 2 hours. If you saw Iron Man I recommend seeing this one, at least before the mega-sequel comes out.
Final Rating: 7.5/10
-Keefe
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