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Reply #60 posted 09/16/21 3:41pm

EmmaMcG	kpowers said: EmmaMcG said: Genre isn't a big deal to me either. I just like cowboys Do you like Bruce Campbell? In the first two Evil Dead movies, yes.
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Reply #61 posted 09/16/21 3:50pm

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EmmaMcG said:

EmmaMcG's Shang Chi Review

Of all Marvel's upcoming movies, Shang Chi was one of my most anticipated. I had zero prior knowledge of the characters, plot or even most of the actors starring in it. So you might wonder why I was looking forward to it so much. Well, I am a massive fan of Hong Kong cinema. Have been for almost 20 years now, which is two thirds of my life. I've seen literally thousands of HK movies. So when Marvel announced a movie based on Shang Chi I couldn't have cared less. BUT, when they announced that it was to star Michelle Yeoh and, in his first ever Hollywood movie, Tony Leung, my interest shot through the roof. Then, I later find out that the action choreography (a massively important task in HK action movies) was to be done by Brad Allen, a former member of the famed Jackie Chan Stunt Team. Which gets me even more hyped. So it's fair to say that I was expecting big things.... And now that I've seen the movie, I'm slightly disappointed.

It's not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination. It's actually quite good. It just.... could have been better. The fight scenes are all incredible (thank you Brad Allen, RIP) and Tony Leung gives one of the best pure acting performances of the entire MCU, But the lead actor just doesn't feel right to me. He's got zero charisma and his female sidekick is just plain annoying. The "humour", if you could call it that, constantly falls flat. Even the post credit cameos from a couple of Avengers feels tacked on. Tony Leung's "Mandarin" gets a lot more screentime than I thought he would and to be honest, I would have preferred if the movie just focused solely on him and his wife's relationship. It was far more interesting than the generic storyline they went with.

Again, it's not a bad movie despite the obvious flaws. One particular extended cameo from a returning MCU character was a nice surprise. Tony Leung was great. Michelle Yeoh did what she had to well enough. The inevitable sequel will probably be better now that they've gotten all the introductions and set-up out of the way. I can't help but think though that the whole movie was kind of inconsequential to the MCU. I guess I've become accustomed to every MCU movie having big knock-on effects to the wider MCU. There's none of that here. What is here is a decent superhero movie with some good action, one or two funny moments and Tony Leung's Hollywood debut. And I'd say it's worth seeing for that alone.

3/5

I'll also add that it was nice to see a special dedication in the credits for Brad Allen, who died at the age of 48 just a few weeks ago. After working his way up through Jackie Chan's stunt team, going from stunt man to action director, he was starting to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Some of his recent credits include stunt work for Wonder Woman as well as being stunt co-ordinator on Solo: A Star Wars Story and Rush Hour 3, teaming up with his former mentor, Jackie Chan.

EmmaMcG	kpowers said: Venom looks terrible It is. I hadn't seen the first one but my daughter wanted to see it so we watched that and the sequel over the weekend. Terrible films. They kind of remind me of the pre-MCU Marvel movies. Cheap, ridiculous and not entertaining even by accident.
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