I did MCU movie marathon with my 65year old mom. (part 2)
I did MCU movie marathon with my 65 old year old mom. (part 2)
I watched most of MCU movies with my mom while she was looking after me after my ACL surgery. Here is what she thought.
(This is part 2)
Spider-man: Far From Home - 7/10. Liked everything about the movie but said movie wasnt anything "special". Really liked Mysterio. Still did not care for MJ and other characters. Was bit frustrated in peter's "indecisiveness"
WandaVision - 8/10. Really liked it. She enjoyed the mystery and the theme of the series. She enjoyed Vision and Wanda's relationship but still did not like Wanda at first. She liked her trying to play role of wife tho. She quite enjoyed Wanda when she is being "villian". She really loved Darcy. Called her cute and smart. But hated Monica (She was somehow neutral on Monica until "could have been thousands more" scene. She geniunely disliked her since. Called her she must a nepobaby.) Did not care for the White Vision.
The Falcon and Winter Soldier - 5/10. It was fine. She was disappointed with Sam. Said he was "endangering people to talk to terrorist". Did not care for flagsmashers. Still liked Bucky. She really enjoyed Walker. Was disappointed with Sam because of how he treated Walker. Loved Zemo. Said if it wasnt for Zemo and Walker, series is 2/10.
Loki - 4/10. It was fine. Liked Loki again. And quite enjoyed Sylvie. But did not care for anything else. She joked that only Loki could love himself this much.
Black Widow - 6/10. It was fine. She did not like Yelena. But loved Natasha in this. Did not care for the villian and other characters except Natasha and Red Guardian. She said "Yelena is trying too hard to be likable". Really liked post credit scene. Said its gettig spicy!
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - 9/10. Loved the movie. Loved Shang. Loved Katy Loved Wenwu. Loved Aunt and Mother's characters. Really liked the plot and action scenes. She did not like Xialing (sister). Was disappointed that Deathdealer died so easily and wanted to see lot more of Ying Li (mother)
Eternals - 8/10. Loved it. Liked most of the Eternals and really liked the story. Did not like villian but said Arishem made up for it. Did not care for Ajak, Sprite and Kingo. She liked Gilgamesh the most. And really liked Makkari. Liked Thena (said she cant dislike Jolie)
Hawkeye - 7/10. Liked the series. Really liked Kingpin but was disappointed. Somewhat liked Echo. Did not really like Kate Bishop or her mother. But she really liked Yelena in this series. She loved "oldman" Hawkeye. Asked me fo skip the musical scene.
Spider-Man: No Way Home - 9/10. Loved the movie. Did not like Strange getting outsmarted by Peter. Loved Tobey's return. Really liked villians in this movie. She said she thought Andrew's Spider-man felt most natural. (I conculded she really likes Spidey villians) She missed Venom in this movie as she remembers him from Tobey's Spiderman 3.
Moon Knight - 6/10. It was fine. Described the series as 9/10 first episode. And keeps getting worse every episode. She loved the cape shaped like cresent moon. Now her phone wallpaper is Moonknight cape as he jumps of the roof.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 5/10. It was fine. Her favourite character is Doctor Strange. She liked him in every moment. Did not care of America Chavez. Really enjoyed Wanda playing villian. She did not like the ending. Got really excited when she heard mention of "Ultron" but was disappointed. Called Illuminati "most useless bunch"
Ms. Marvel - 2/10. Did not like anything in this movie. She liked Bruno. And disliked pretty much everything else.
Thor: Love and Thunder - 2/10. Did not like it. Asked me why is thor acting like "that". I couldnt give her an answer. Liked Gorr at the beginning but did not care for him later. Said 1/10 movie but 2/10 because she liked hammer shards flying and she liked Jane Foster. Did not care for Valkyrie. Was really disappointes with Zeus.
I had to show her deleted scene with Zeus and Thor talking. She said she enjoyed that 2 minutes more than whole movie.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - 3/10. Did not like it. She really liked the concept of superhero lawyer. She really liked Daredevil. Did not appreciate everything else. Called Daredevil and She-hulk, cute couple.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 2/10. Did not like anything happening in this movie. Did not like Namor. Still liked M'Baku. She strongly disliked Queen Ramonda in this movie. She said "Lot of vibranium coffins in this movie. At least worth 20 shields but they gave Captain America that tiny little thing to fight against aliens"
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - 3/10. Did not like it. She liked how Scott seems to be better fighter now. And liked Cass. Really disliked Janet. Did not care for Kang. Called him "Scary in name only"
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - 9.5/10. Loved it. Liked everything about the movie. Cried during Rocket scenes. Really really liked the villian. Her only nitpick was how Drax seems to be getting dumber in each movie.
Secret Invasion - 2/10. Did not like it. She thought concept was interesting. But did not like how helpless Nick Fury seems.
The Marvels - 1/10. Did not like anything about this movie. Only gave one point because of post credit scene. She thought Beast looked like me (what?)
I'm getting lazy by now, so i will stop here. She struggled to keep interested after Ms.Marvel, Love and Thunder and She-hulk, back to back to back. So we watched X-Men movies in between and Sony spiderman movies.
I watched most of MCU movies with my mom while she was looking after me after my ACL surgery. Here is what she thought.
(This is part 2)
Spider-man: Far From Home - 7/10. Liked everything about the movie but said movie wasnt anything "special". Really liked Mysterio. Still did not care for MJ and other characters. Was bit frustrated in peter's "indecisiveness"
WandaVision - 8/10. Really liked it. She enjoyed the mystery and the theme of the series. She enjoyed Vision and Wanda's relationship but still did not like Wanda at first. She liked her trying to play role of wife tho. She quite enjoyed Wanda when she is being "villian". She really loved Darcy. Called her cute and smart. But hated Monica (She was somehow neutral on Monica until "could have been thousands more" scene. She geniunely disliked her since. Called her she must a nepobaby.) Did not care for the White Vision.
The Falcon and Winter Soldier - 5/10. It was fine. She was disappointed with Sam. Said he was "endangering people to talk to terrorist". Did not care for flagsmashers. Still liked Bucky. She really enjoyed Walker. Was disappointed with Sam because of how he treated Walker. Loved Zemo. Said if it wasnt for Zemo and Walker, series is 2/10.
Loki - 4/10. It was fine. Liked Loki again. And quite enjoyed Sylvie. But did not care for anything else. She joked that only Loki could love himself this much.
Black Widow - 6/10. It was fine. She did not like Yelena. But loved Natasha in this. Did not care for the villian and other characters except Natasha and Red Guardian. She said "Yelena is trying too hard to be likable". Really liked post credit scene. Said its gettig spicy!
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - 9/10. Loved the movie. Loved Shang. Loved Katy Loved Wenwu. Loved Aunt and Mother's characters. Really liked the plot and action scenes. She did not like Xialing (sister). Was disappointed that Deathdealer died so easily and wanted to see lot more of Ying Li (mother)
Eternals - 8/10. Loved it. Liked most of the Eternals and really liked the story. Did not like villian but said Arishem made up for it. Did not care for Ajak, Sprite and Kingo. She liked Gilgamesh the most. And really liked Makkari. Liked Thena (said she cant dislike Jolie)
Hawkeye - 7/10. Liked the series. Really liked Kingpin but was disappointed. Somewhat liked Echo. Did not really like Kate Bishop or her mother. But she really liked Yelena in this series. She loved "oldman" Hawkeye. Asked me fo skip the musical scene.
Spider-Man: No Way Home - 9/10. Loved the movie. Did not like Strange getting outsmarted by Peter. Loved Tobey's return. Really liked villians in this movie. She said she thought Andrew's Spider-man felt most natural. (I conculded she really likes Spidey villians) She missed Venom in this movie as she remembers him from Tobey's Spiderman 3.
Moon Knight - 6/10. It was fine. Described the series as 9/10 first episode. And keeps getting worse every episode. She loved the cape shaped like cresent moon. Now her phone wallpaper is Moonknight cape as he jumps of the roof.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 5/10. It was fine. Her favourite character is Doctor Strange. She liked him in every moment. Did not care of America Chavez. Really enjoyed Wanda playing villian. She did not like the ending. Got really excited when she heard mention of "Ultron" but was disappointed. Called Illuminati "most useless bunch"
Ms. Marvel - 2/10. Did not like anything in this movie. She liked Bruno. And disliked pretty much everything else.
Thor: Love and Thunder - 2/10. Did not like it. Asked me why is thor acting like "that". I couldnt give her an answer. Liked Gorr at the beginning but did not care for him later. Said 1/10 movie but 2/10 because she liked hammer shards flying and she liked Jane Foster. Did not care for Valkyrie. Was really disappointes with Zeus.
I had to show her deleted scene with Zeus and Thor talking. She said she enjoyed that 2 minutes more than whole movie.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - 3/10. Did not like it. She really liked the concept of superhero lawyer. She really liked Daredevil. Did not appreciate everything else. Called Daredevil and She-hulk, cute couple.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 2/10. Did not like anything happening in this movie. Did not like Namor. Still liked M'Baku. She strongly disliked Queen Ramonda in this movie. She said "Lot of vibranium coffins in this movie. At least worth 20 shields but they gave Captain America that tiny little thing to fight against aliens"
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - 3/10. Did not like it. She liked how Scott seems to be better fighter now. And liked Cass. Really disliked Janet. Did not care for Kang. Called him "Scary in name only"
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - 9.5/10. Loved it. Liked everything about the movie. Cried during Rocket scenes. Really really liked the villian. Her only nitpick was how Drax seems to be getting dumber in each movie.
Secret Invasion - 2/10. Did not like it. She thought concept was interesting. But did not like how helpless Nick Fury seems.
The Marvels - 1/10. Did not like anything about this movie. Only gave one point because of post credit scene. She thought Beast looked like me (what?)
I'm getting lazy by now, so i will stop here. She struggled to keep interested after Ms.Marvel, Love and Thunder and She-hulk, back to back to back. So we watched X-Men movies in between and Sony spiderman movies.
Commentaires
>She tricked ben into going to see fisks mother,
And Fisk wouldn't have known if it wasn't for Ellison's secretary telling Fisk that Ben was writing an article on his mother after Ben confronted Ellison in front of the entire office. Remember Wesley was dead and Fisk's mom forgot everything about meeting Karen and Ben, so Fisk wouldn't have killed Ben if it wasn't for the secretary.
Karen was in the wrong for tricking Ben, but his death is not on her.
>father lantom
Like I said earlier, you might as well blame Foggy for Mrs. Cardenas's death with this degree of separation. Karen having a target on her back doesn't mean that she responsible for people getting killed. At some point the buck has to stop at the actual murderers.
Also Karen didn't even want to hide in the church, she just wanted to warn Matt and dip immediately. Sister Maggie was the one who insisted that Karen stay until she could arrange a safe getaway for Karen.
>jasper evans
The Jasper Evans meeting was Matt's idea as well. He was the one who contacted Karen to track down Evans and was collaborating with Karen into convincing Evans to give up Fisk in front of the Bulletin and FBI. Remember not only was Matt trying to find a way to take down Fisk but also clear his own name.
And while you said that the last two weren't as much her fault, I still find it unfair that people tend to focus the blame on her for people's deaths.
Yep, that was pretty much my take on Love and Thunder too!
Agreed. I had this same thought as soon as I finished watching it. Then I later realized that you probably couldn't have convinced all those actors to sign on to the project in 2019 during casting for "just a streaming mini-series" on the new Disney+ streaming service that hadn't even launched yet.
Disney+ launched in November 2019 while Eternals was in the middle of filming. Just inopportune timing overall. If Eternals had been shifted back 12 - 18 months with the changing entertainment landscape for streaming due to the Pandemic, maybe the Eternals TV series is a more fleshed out story, but with 1 - 5 less high-profile actors.
Right? They're great. I would listen to a podcast or watch a YouTube series with this mother and son team discussing the MCU.
One of the many problems with the Multiverse Saga right here. If these three are spaced out and peppered between good projects then you don't suffer as much on a full saga watch.
I also maintain that you only need to watch Episode 1 of Ms Marvel and can skip the rest. E1 is noticeably higher quality than the following episodes, with so much creative editing and cute moments. It tells you all you need to know about her going into The Marvels, and ends with her in her bedroom, where we find her in The Marvels.
I stand by the notion that the movie was just made for the wrong audience.
However I have to say, her disliking Queen Ramonda sealed the notion some of the folks here made about her and female characters..cuz whaaatt
And Queen Ramonda…I don’t get how she could be disliked!
But there were some major missteps with the way feminine characters were written and portrayed for awhile. I've been really enjoying the course correction, and I'm honestly really curious about what OP's mom will think about the newest projects. Looking forward to part 3 of her thoughts.
She's flat out wrong about Kate Bishop though
Also I love Kate Bishop
It’s understandable but I’m still surprised.
Like, it doesn't mean I gave up watching them (I watch MCU projects with my kids, and we fell behind because of school, work, life), it just felt and feels like they're putting buzzwords in to appease the masses instead of showing a deeper understanding of it, and I'm not a big fan of that no matter how it is portrayed. Makes me feel like they think the audience is dumb.
I looked as The Marvels as a team up movie. For me it was fun watching them literally bouncing off of each other and working together.
OP trying to figure out what his Mum meant
"She enjoyed Vision and Wanda's relationship but still did not like Wanda at first. **She liked her trying to play role of wife tho.**"
But yeah, I don't think OP realized how...glaring their mom's predispositions would be, because isolated most of these would seem ok, but when you read them all together, it definitely paints a picture.
The Guardians went from like, friendly space pirates, to heroes for hire, and then went on to pioneer a small floating civilization for outcasts and refugees.
I think he just gets more comfortable with the Guardians, and lets that hurt go. People mistake pain for depth all the time.
Was kinda baffled by the rating for Loki until I realized it was probably for both seasons together.
Moon Knight’s crescent cape was nearly his sole appeal in the earliest days of his character. I wish we’d seen more of it in the mini-series. I’m quite more a fan of it (and him) than your mom seems to be.
Overall, she dislikes some things that I like, but she responds correctly to all the plain losers, so I respect her taste.
*Secret Invasion* was botched by so many standards, but I was ticked most of all by throwing out everything that had made Fury admirable.
And I say that as a fan of the series...
I try to elude to much of the details in my writings on the MCU and the parallels in the real world from which they pull their ideas from.