Well, I still like Captain America since he has better morals than most other fictional characters. Iron Man I just find annoying, since it takes him several movies to really have any character development, and I haven’t seen enough character at all in Doctor Strange for him to be more than another OP character who apparently is both capable of freezing time in a loop and yet not using that against most of Earth’s enemies at all. Most other characters, like Black Panther, really are glorified side characters, as their private battles have little to do with the main story other than filling in plot holes, adding side quests for the Avengers, and making general mayhem.
In general, I like the quality of their movies, especially as regards the cinematography, but I dislike most of the characters.
It’s explained many times in the first Doctor Strange movie that use of the Time Stone is dangerous and potentially catastrophic. Strange got an earful just messing with an apple.
The only reason he used the time loop on Dormammu was because it was A) a last-ditch effort and B) probably the only thing Dormammu was weak against since he exists outside of time. And even then, Strange lost one of his closest friends and allies by doing it because they didn’t agree that it was the right call.
Fast forward to Infinity War and it’s again shown why he doesn’t use the Time Stone. Using it means putting it and its power right out in the open where Thanos and his goons can potentially grab it. He does briefly suggest using it against Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian on Earth, but after losing that fight and facing Thanos himself (empowered by 4 other Infinity Stones at this point), Strange prefers to hide it away to avoid allowing half of the universe to disappear (“you never once used your greatest weapon”).
Endgame and onward, he just doesn’t have the Time Stone, so no more time loops.
That entire first Dr. Strange movie is also about Strange’s character development, which is actually pretty close to Tony Stark’s. But the ending of that movie could not have happened without Strange developing.
And again, this isn’t really exactly true. Tony undergoes probably the most drastic character development possible in the first half hour of Iron Man. The rest of the Iron Man and Avengers movies all build off that fundamental change.
I can understand seeing him as annoying, but I wouldn’t really agree that he develops slowly.
(Just hearing the name reminded me of a gripe I’ve always had with it:) Personally, it bugged me the scene in the first movie where he couldn’t climb the flagpole until he got buff, like to me it seemed obvious that we would use his brains to solve that problem (think Mulan style), proving that you do not need to be “big buff manly man” to solve a problem or save the day. But they didn’t do that, of course they did. Ugh. Mandela effected myself real hard there, sorry folks.
I have enjoyed some MCU movies, namely the first Iron Man, both Guardians movies and the first Ant Man, maybe throw in Captain America but other than that I’m lukewarm about the franchise and frankly superheroes in general…well the only superhero comics I read growing up were some random X-Men ones and the last I read was Squirrel Girl (Which is satire in some ways) and I enjoyed those, but more for the “teenagers have inexplicable abilities which they must hide but also use for good” aspect…wait this is a topic about movies…ops…back on topic: I don’t care much for the MCU, I think overall these large franchises are damaging for the film industry, especially for the Visual Effects Companies and post production crew members being worked like dogs and who these films are very reliant on.
Anyways, unpopular opinion, hmmmm…Shrek 2 is better than the first Shrek?
That is one of my least favourite complaints about the newer movies.
Superhero stories need ideological/political elements. That is why they were made to begin with. They were made to boost the morale of soldiers and get more people to choose to apply for war.
Captain America specifically originated as propaganda. He stood for the American values, he was the ideal soldier, always fighting for the US’ side. He started out fighting against the Nazis and German soldiers.
Superman was used to show people that no matter how you grow up, you can achieve greatness.
All superhero movies/stories, and to an extension hero stories in general, need to show an ideology. They do not work without that element.
Not sure how unpopular that opinion is, because it’s the most based thing I heard today
Well, there’s nothing wrong about a movie having an ideology if it’s implemented well. If it’s carefully woven into the plot, I have no problems with it. But, I think that an ideology should never be the main priority, you should always prioritise telling a good, cohesive story. Let’s take the original Captain America comic books as an example. They had a very strong ideological message indeed, but it didn’t come at the expense of good writing. If you were to remove all the messaging from them, you’d still be left with a solid standalone story.
And this is exactly what the modern Marvel movies fail at really hard: they beat you over your head with their political and ideological messages, and there isn’t much concern for delivering a cohesive story or writing good, likeable characters (the writing in these movies is weaker than ever)
These films mainly serve as outlets for these writers to project their beliefs. And, even though I might agree with those beliefs, it all comes across as extremely obnoxious as they are extremely pushy about them and don’t really care about the integrity of these stories…
You know what, I take that back. I’m actually glad that they didn’t stop after Endgame, because if they did, we would have never gotten the opportunity to see the most morbatious move of all time, Morbius
Okay, here’s another unpopular opinion: I actually think that Amazon releasing the LoTR: Rings of Power TV show was a good thing, because, thanks to it, the entirety of Tolkien fandom united to collectively mock it into oblivion. If it wasn’t released, I wouldn’t have gotten the satisfaction of watching it fail miserably
If I remember correctly, though, he does use his brains to solve that problem. He just removes the pin holding up the pole, knocks it down, and takes the flag.
Yeah, and the funniest thing here is that they fired him. So now there’s literally nothing good about it left
Edit: wait, I just realised something: it’s even funnier because Cavill wasn’t fired, he left all by himself because he didn’t like what the writers were doing to the show
Ops me dum dum…it’s been a very long time since I’ve watched it, I was so sure there was problems or stuff in the training course he couldn’t do until he’s buff, but thanks for correcting me.
Now I want to scrunch up into a ball and cry because I physically felt my boards rep drop a point
Hence the question mark at the end, I suspect it is not a super controversial take.
No seriously though, if you hadn’t corrected me I would have never known otherwise and would have kept reinforcing my fabricated memory, which is useless as sooner or later it would get pulled out from under me!
Ok, here are a few unpopular opinions I can think of now:
SW: TCW is one of the most overrated animated tv shows ever made, not just in star wars but in general. (Don’t get Me wrong, It’s a great show that added a lot of fantastic elements to both the prequel era and the whole saga, but sometimes, it gets too much praise within the fandom.)
The Dragon Prince is an undeservedly underrated modern gem that needs much more popularity and appreciation.
The 1990 Total Recall was one of Paul Verhoeven’s best films.
Spielberg’s ending to the 2001 A.I. film was way better than Kubrick’s version.
The Ninjago series is a mediocre show that is okay but nothing spectacular.
And finally, 6: Jurassic Park needs a reboot that is more faithful to the novel but has more up-to-date dino depictions and is rated R.
