Is the MCU dead?

Hello, readers of my fabulous blog of a few entries over the last few years. I have just finished watching season 2 of Loki and watched Jeremy Jahnsreview on the Marvels. I have been wondering about the diminished quality of MCU movies while only sometimes the Disney Plus MCU has a dramatic improvement in writing, acting, and even CGI. I am wondering why, and here are some of my thoughts.

If you haven’t seen Loki season 2 or Ms Marvel, I will try to be vague on the plot while discussing my thoughts on Antman and the Wasp Quantumania and Thor Love and Thunder. There are others I could use, like Hawkeye or Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but I will concentrate on the AWQ and TLT (this is shorthand for the movies about as they are damn too long, I mean, sheesh)  as I wasn’t a fan of everything.

Starting with the movies, all MCU movies from phases 1 to 3 were not perfect, but they had more obvious effort put into them. The first Antman movie is one of my favourites as it keeps the plot simple; it is a heist movie. Yes, the nasty guy/massive CGI fight at the end wasn’t great, but it made some sense. While Thor Ragnarok, Dark World and the first had issues, I liked them overall.

AWQ, this might sound strange, but the ending was horrible (spoiler). Antman should have died. It would have hit home more to the overall arc of his movie series. He went from thief to hero in training to finally the hero, sacrificing himself for his family and the world like Ironman in Endgame. It isn’t the only thing in the movie to fix, but stop and think; if you saw everything happen, you might agree or disagree, but I think it was a missed opportunity for the MCU.

Now, TLT, that was a train wreck, took a movie series that was redeemed in the third movie and shat on the work. I wasn’t in Titter WiTekki’s head when he wrote and directed the film, but why make it unlikeable? There were so many cringe scenes that I just stopped and did something else while it was on. I haven’t seen the Marvels, but Jermey (the link below for the review) is a nerd-loving moviegoer like myself, and he hated the movie. His ratings are different, but he would have given it a zero if it weren’t for Ms Marvel’s actress.

Now to the MCU TV shows on Disney Plus. I will not talk about Shehulk or Hawkeye cause I want to talk about the best ones, Loki and Ms Marvel. Starting with Loki and the brilliant season 2 was near perfect. The writing and dialogue between the characters were damn good, and the acting/direction was great, not to talk about the CGI, which I don’t know why this show looks so good compared to the latest movies. 

Ms Marvel is the same, my number 4, after seasons 1 and 2 of Loki and Wandervision, but it is more about the characters, acting, writing, and the down-to-earth world-building. (Spoiler) Making Ms Marvel a mutant instead of an Inhuman was a great idea, which could lead to Xmen. Some things on the show weren’t perfect, but it is far beyond the quality of the latest MCU movies.

I am going to paraphrase the great and marvellous Jeremy Jahns:

The overall MCU should take the next two years off and consider what they should do.

 I agree with this statement, and the brains at MCU should finish the slate now, take that break, and look at how to get back to their roots from 15 years ago.

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Published on December 19, 2023 17:17
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