#LIST OF MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE FILMS MOVIE#
It’s a film that, when paired with Ang Lee’s 2003 Hulk, makes you wonder if the character can carry his own movie or if he needs to be paired with other superheroes to work to his full extent. The problem with Incredible Hulk is that it’s tonally so dissonant from the other movies, and it’s actually a bit of a downer. I’m not of the opinion that just because these movies are part of a shared universe they’re somehow lesser because they’re not actively sharing all the time. There are a few second unit shots and additions to make it feel like it’s part of something bigger (like a quick glimpse of the “Stark Industries” logo), but it’s so clearly meant to stand on its own, and there’s nothing necessarily wrong with that. It’s almost unfair to include The Incredible Hulk on a list of MCU movies since it was clearly added to the Universe after the fact. Walking out of Doctor Strange was the first time I felt with a Marvel movie, "Yeah, I'm okay if we don't get a sequel to this." It wastes a terrific cast, features mostly uninteresting characters, and struggles to find the sense of whimsy of humor found in most other Marvel movies. Yes, the willingness to sacrifice one's life is a standard part of MCU heroics, but Strange does it on overdrive and it actually means something to the character's arc.īut overall, Doctor Strange is largely disappointing. Although I think the film could have leaned a little more heavily into this, I still like that the climax of the movie is Strange-a man who has spent his life fighting death-embracing death in order to save mankind. The film's greatest strength is in its thematic subtext where Strange's arc is learning that he has to be okay with being broken. Benedict Cumberbatch is fine in the title role, but there's always a feeling of "been there, done that" with the movie even its eye-popping action scenes that feel either ripped from Jack Kirby or Inception on steroids. That being said, the film leans far too heavily on the "cocky guy becomes a nicer guy" story Marvel has done before, and does so in a largely uninteresting way. I understand the difficulty Strange presents with magic because magic needs rules or else everything falls apart.
It seems like Marvel stuck close to a familiar playbook because they knew they were making a bit of a leap with "magic", but when it came time to make that magic, it was fairly uninteresting. It feels cobbled together in a way that it goes by the familiar beats of previous Marvel movies-notably Iron Man and Guardians of the Galaxy-but it also feels rote and uninteresting despite the trappings of putting its protagonist into a magical world. But when an actor who doesn’t even get top billing is the one who steals the movie, something has gone amiss.ĭoctor Strange is a weird beast. He’s not caught up in Avengers business, he’s pretty much making fun of Rourke’s lackadaisical performance, and he gets to look good doing everything. The one consistently great aspect of Iron Man 2 is Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer, and it makes sense considering he’s pretty much freed from the sinking ship of everything else going around him. It makes you wonder if Howard Stark put any other revolutionary ideas in furniture. This is to say nothing about Tony’s palladium poisoning and how it just so happens that his dad invented the one thing that could save his son’s life, built it decades before his son miniaturized it, and then hid the plans in a table. While Mickey Rourke definitely had some clout coming off The Wrestler, director Jon Favreau just got a campy performance out of the actor, who clearly thinks the material is beneath him, as opposed to Darren Aronofsky, who got the best performance of Rourke’s career. The Avengers stuff could be forgiven if the A-plot worked a little better, but like just about every Marvel movie, it suffers from a weak villain with a lousy motivation. It tacks on the Coulson stuff, which is still a little stiff, but Clark Gregg does his best to make it work even though his dialogue may as well read: “Thor: Coming Next Summer!” Yes, there needs to be some time given to setting up The Avengers, but Iron Man 2 does it awkwardly by introducing Black Widow ( Scarlett Johansson) but forgetting to give her a character. Iron Man 2 suffers from trying to do too much in the span of one movie, and no one seeming to agree on what needs to take priority.
If Nick Fury’s words to Tony Stark at the end of Iron Man were a confident declaration about the intentions to create the “Avengers Initiative”, then Iron Man 2 is tripping over your shoelaces and faceplanting.
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