Weekend box office Prediction~ Not very good but yeah pictures!

   A/N: I know it's late but I'm sorry it's my fault


      This weekend two movies come out Tomorrowland and the 2015 Poltergeist reboot. I don't know if I'm going to see either movie this weekend because I still have Age of Ultron and Pitch Perfect reviews to do and I'm behind on those as it is (add Daredevil into the mix then I'm swamped.) However what I've seen from both and I can say I'm glad I'm not seeing either. Tomorrowland from it's trailers always seemed like another ordinary girl gets a heroic destiny and travel to a new world kind of plot whereas the Poltergeist reboot seemed really not scary and not that very good. Neither of them are being well received at the moment with critics basically slaughtering both movies.

   Now off my own personal here's how I think they will do.

 

 

Weekend box office

Budget: $190 million
Weekend box office:$50-$56 million
Domestic box office: $85-$110 million
International box office: $110-$150 million
World wide box office: $195-$260 million
   
     I think at best this movie will make it's money back since it's summer time and even if it makes only around $450 million the budget (if it includes marketing that is) is reasonable for the production of the movie from what we've seen from the trailers and since Tomorrowland is an original idea I think people will be hungry enough for originality (even though I think that whole Hollywood has no more creativity is BS) to pay for it. Now I do think it will be #1 depending on how much Pitch Perfect 2 drops.

Weekend box office
Weekend box office: $30-$40 million
Domestic box office: $40-$60 million
International box office: $70-$80 million
World wide box office: $110-$140 million

   It's probably not going to be as good as the original but even on it's own merits this looks like another same-old jump scare horror franchise. Now I think it will make some money considering the name and the fact horror movies still do well enough on their own.

Weekend box office
1.) Tomorrowland
2.) Pitch Perfect 2
3.) Mad Max Fury Road
4.) Poltergeist
5.) Avengers age of Ultron
6.) Hot Pursuit
7.) Furious 7
8.) Paul Blart Mall Cop 2
9.) The Age of Adaline
10.) Home

    That's my prediction for the weekend box office and see you hopefully tomorrow for either a fun or controversial editorial. No promises on release though.

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Weekend box office~ Girls rock!

 God I can never seem to get the Age of Ultron review off the ground. I have U.S History EOC prep so that was why I couldn't get that review done again. Not to mention I'm having a hard time just expressing my opinion on the movie so it may take a while.


   Anyway it was revealed that Pitch Perfect 2 the sequel to the cult hit original took the box office with a really surprising amount. I predicted at most it would make around $50 million dollars and instead made a lot more. I'm conflicted on this as while I'm glad a movie about girls directed by a women is making a lot of money (an on a relatively small budget which is even better since it shows smaller budget movies do make money) but in terms of quality while I only saw the middle and ending part of the original pitch perfect the entirety of pitch perfect 2 wasn't as good or memorable as what I saw from the first especially in terms of music. Also I don't want to rag too much on Elizabeth Banks because I love her as an actress and comedian and I'm glad more women directors are coming into the fold as a directorial debut it was kind of bad. Not that the movie itself is bad if I never get to the review for it let me say this it is phenomenally acted, good writing, while not as memorable it still has very good music and comedy but sadly it's all bogged down by Banks poor directing yet I would still recommend seeing it even if on DVD.


    Mad Max the other movie that came out didn't do as well. Now again it's not going to do bad it did better than the $38 million I predicted but on a $150 dollar budget at most it will break even. Which by the way I wonder where in the world that money went since you basically are filming with junk when filming a post-apocalypse movie and the marketing didn't kick in until two weeks ago so I have to imagine it went towards actor salaries. It's a shame because while I don't have much interest in the Mad Max franchise or really gory violence that's not video games I heard it was a great movie and is actually pretty pro-feminist from what I've heard. I think the problem with Mad Max is that it has been a sort of dead franchise for a while especially with the Mel Gibson taint all over it and another thing like Dredd or Edge of Tomorrow I think marketing really killed this movie. If they had planned up more of the female side of it and in the early trailers balanced out the plot and action elements it would have fared better and not to mention they didn't really market it full force until the last two weeks before the movie and by then it was a little late.


     So that's how our recent contenders did how did everyone else do?

Weekend box office
1.) Pitch Perfect 2- $70 million
2.) Mad Max Fury Road- $45 million
3.) Avengers age of Ultron- $38 million
4.) Hot Pursuit- $ 5 million
5.) Furious 7- $ 3.6 million
6.) Paul Blart 2- $3.5 million
7.) The Age of Adaline- $ 3.2 million
8.) Home- $2.5 million
9.) Ex Machina- $ 2 million
10.) Far From Madding crowd- $1 million

     On other notes Age of Ultron has joined the billion dollar club so Kevin Feige can afford another yacht at this point, Home is still doing amazingly well so Dream Works studio gets to stay in production for another year, Furious 7 still going strong and it's good to see a period piece(Madding Crowd) and an Indie movie (Ex Machina) doing so well.

   So that's the weekend box office and see you hopefully soon no promises though.


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Editorial- What makes a good female character?

I know it's a day late and sorry about that life happens.

   As of late Marvel as come under fire for a lot of sexism in their toy department, actor comments (Jeremy Renner I'm looking at you) and specifically the thing that has drawn the most fire is probably the portrayal of Black Widow in Avengers Age of Ultron.

   OK before I get into the real meat of the issue first off that whole thing with the Black Widow and Scarlett Witch being left out of toys is completely stupid on Marvel's part and is really horrible especially considering now more than ever girls are interested in superheroes besides having crushes on them not to mention Black Widow has so much merchandisable potential (toy weapons, making her bike in the movie into a real one for little girls to ride) makes me wonder what time period the Disney executives live in if their aren't even Barbie Dolls of either Black Widow or Scarlett Witch.

   Now for the Jeremy Renner comments those are just horrible and I'm surprised more people were pissed at the Black Widow portrayal than at that. The whole "Black Widow is a slut" is both wrong and a horrible way of thinking. Wrong because the only guy she was interested was Bruce Banner whereas Hawkeye and Captain America were platonic friends, her relationship with Cap resembling more of Brother-Sister relationship than anything else. Horrible because for Black Widow to get with a lot of guys, a lot of guys have to get with the girl in the first place. Tony Stark slept around with a bunch of women before Pepper yet no one called him a slut, in other media Male Shepard from Mass Effect isn't referred to as a slut even though he has way more romantic options than Female Shepard, Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones slept with a lot of women yet he wasn't called a slut and in real life Hugh Hefner is with a lot of women most of whom could be his granddaughters yet barely anyone calls him a slut. The whole Slut thing is a really bad double standard in our society and is another discussion for later.


    Now while I can understand the anger behind the merchandising and Jeremy Renner's comments because that's genuine sexism. The portrayal of Black Widow in Age of Ultron is not sexism, in fact I would actually call it the reverse and say it's progression with female characters yet the fact ignorant feminist and people who just want to sound off at Marvel studios are calling Sexism is what gets me the most pissed.

    If you've read my Cinderella review or read my twitter you can tell that my favorite kinds of female characters are female characters who can kickass either physically or mentally or both (physically strong people who are also intelligent either male or female do exist), have good personalities that are three-dimensional, have flaws and weaknesses, have rich interesting backstories or at the very least have interesting relationships with other characters, can make choices based on their own volition. To me those are the best kind of female characters because at that point they're not just female characters they're regular human beings.

        



Tali Zorah Vas Normandy-Good female character

     Out of all the Disney Princesses my favorite is Tiana because while she can't fight like Mulan or have magical powers like Elsa she has a strong-willed, determined, hard-working yet compassionate personality, at the same time stretches herself too thin, she forgets what matters a lot and has a genuinely vulnerable moments, has interesting relationships with parents, has a career-goal in mind and makes choices of her volition. I can relate to Tiana, Tiana is a good-role model for girls because she basically says if you have dream you have to work for it. While she does fall in love its because she wants to fall in love, she falls in love with him because she gets to know him over the course of her journey and sees he's a good guy and even though she gets married outside of the relationship Tiana is still a strong character.
    To me that encompasses the perfect strong female character.

    Now what's a bad female character. A female character who has no personality or a two-dimensional personality, no flaws, no backstory, no choices of her own, and if she's in love either becomes a weaker character or cannot survive as a character on her own and literally the only strong thing about ,if she doesn't have the other things, is just physically strong. That's not a person anymore that's a archetype, a card-board cutout of a female character, a bad representation, that is sexism.


                                                             


Bella Swan- Bad female character

  Some examples of bad female characters are (and I know I'm going to get so much hate for this) but River Song from Doctor Who and Mikasa from Attack on Titan. Now they both do display some qualities of a good female character but what happens to them and what's not done is so sexist and demeaning. River Song has an interesting personality but is portrayed as being the pinnacle of perfection and even when she makes mistakes she faces no consequences. Mikasa had an interesting backstory that had nothing done with it and has no personality out of stoicism, like River is portrayed as being near perfect and emotionless. Neither Mikasa or River are female characters who fall in love yet can't survive outside of their relationships and in fact become weaker characters because of it, both are fanatically devoted to their partners with not that strong of reasons for it. Both make choices not because it's what they genuinely believe or want to do but because they are influenced by other people for example River Song only became an archeologist not because she liked history or it was her dream but because she wanted to meet the Doctor and Mikasa only joined military and survey corps to follow Eren. The only thing strong about them is their physically attributes with means nothing if their is hardly any substance to back them up.


    Black Widow from the Marvel movies is interesting because she progresses from being a bad female character to a good female character. In Iron-man 2 she's nothing more than a sexy badass of no personality, choices, backstory or anything of substance yet in Avengers, Captain America Winter Soldier and Age of Ultron she progresses to a more richer character. She's determined, really resourceful, insecure, funny, loyal and brave person who has a very dark backstory that she is personally ashamed of yet she bravely lets out into the open, she contributes a lot but has her limits as while she is a super spy she still gets hurt and sometimes can't win, has an equal partnership with Hawkeye, a qusai Brother-Sister relationship with Captain America and a romantic relationship with Bruce Banner yet she still makes her own choices as she choose to leak out her backstory and give up Bruce basically and is a strong character outside of her relationships.

     She's probably the most developed in Winter Soldier and Age of Ultron. Yet people complained about the way she was handled in the movie Age of Ultron because of a comment in the movie, her relationship with Bruce Banner and the fact she gets kidnapped.

      First off the whole her getting kidnapped thing I do not mind whatsoever because I don't mind female characters getting kidnapped if they are in a believable situation when they could not possibly escape on their own. People give Princess Peach a lot of crap for being a damsel in distress but Bowser is a dinosaur man twice her size who she has not way to beating in a believable way. Now in Age of Ultron Black Widow gets captured by Ultron who is an eight-foot robot with lasers, super strength, a robot army and has the capability to manhandle Thor a demi-god and you expect her to just walk out his liar with no weapons since Bruce Banner brings extra to her in a duffle bag and not die in the process. Not to mention she gets captured because she was protecting Vision who has a magical object that took over her best friend in him so she doesn't exactly gets kidnapped without a fight and while she's captured makes a machine in her cell and sends Morse code to tell the Avengers where she is.

    Second the relationship with Bruce Banner was exceptionally done. Not only is she still a good character outside of her own backstory the relationship makes sense, they both view themselves as monsters who don't deserve any love or affection yet they find it within each other despite hesitation and they can understand each other better than anyone. In fact Black Widow becomes a stronger character because the relationship leads into her backstory and it's her choice of whether or not she wants to proceed. Women can fall in love they just need to be done right.

    Now for the last thing the comment. The comment in question is when Black Widow is comforting Bruce Banner and calls herself a monster to comfort him. Now what many people misinterpreted it is as Black Widow calling herself a monster because she was sterilized in her backstory so she can't have kids. Now Ok I can understand people misinterpreting it as that because the scene is one of the more less tightly written scenes and it's easy to confuse it but that's not why she is calling herself a monster. She is calling herself a monster because from a young age she was trained to be a killer, ever since she was young she's killed hundreds of people and feels guilty about it.

   To me the complaints about Black Widow points to a much bigger problem and that's how people perceive what a strong female character ( a badass women who needs no one and can only kickass) and why it's there. People believe that the only way a female character can be strong is by being a kick butt warrior is because in media be it movies, video games, and TV shows women portrayed a strong aren't that diverse from one another. You've seen that archetype before the stoic, cold hearted women who needs no man and kicks butt that's the typical "positive" portrayal of a female character and those who are portrayed as smart, kind, funny or anything else aren't typically given the spot light of a hero, they sometimes are even portrayed as being weaker. All women are different. Not to mention while they're are exceptions like Quentin Tarantino, George R R Martin and Joss Whedon- writers aren't that very skilled at writing good female characters because they don't understand what makes a truly great female character other than the typical archetype, a love interest or just being "the girl" of a team. Now while I do think it's getting better until you see more non-traditional female heroes come into play and writers become better equip to female characters we still have people misconceiving what makes a good female character.


Boy that was a long one but fun to write and tomorrow, hopefully Avengers Age of Ultron review.


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Weekend box office~ Battle to the death

  I know this is a day late but I'm here now so lets get this started.

   So this week there's actually a two really significant movies coming out this week Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max Fury Road. This will be interesting as to who will take number one will it be the girl movie sequel, the dead franchise reboot or will the Newest Marvel film keep it's title.

    I know for a fact I'm going to see Pitch Perfect 2 (I will get the Age of Ultron review out by hopefully Sunday and maybe review Pitch Perfect 2 the same day or Monday.) I love musicals and it's one of my bonding days with my mom who works a lot. I didn't see the first one to completion but from the twenty minutes I saw I really liked it. I never seen a Mad Max film or even know that much about them other than they took place in the post-apocalypse and the original ones stared Mel Gibson and the new ones stars Tom Hardy. I was way too young for the originals and I've never really liked Tom Hardy (as an actor) or Mel Gibson (as a human being for obvious reasons) and the trailers for the new one none of them have hooked me.

   Now personal feelings aside how do I think they will do. This is interesting because it's basically Pitch Perfect 2 vs. Avengers vs. Mad Max. I don't know whether or not Age of Ultron will still be #1 or drop to #2 but I think it will be somewhere in the $30-$50 million percentile rate in any case. Yet one movie that does have a strong chance of beating it is:

  Pitch Perfect 2
Budget: $29 million
Weekend box office: $39-$50 million
Domestic box office: $ 90-$110 million
International box office: $90-$100 million
Worldwide box office:$180-$210 million

   If there is any movie that will up throne it, it will probably be Pitch Perfect 2 mainly because it's a brand people recognize, the first one was really well received and I know I'm a girl when say thing this but a lot more women want a lot more female lead movies and it's starting to be proven that women make up a lot of the box office now. Pitch Perfect 2 hits that demographic perfectly. I don't know whether or not the box office will be enough to take down Ultron though so it will be interesting on Monday the results.

      Weekend box office
Budget: $150 million
Weekend box office: $30-$38 million
Domestic box office: $80-$90
International box office: $110-$140 million
World Wide box office: $190-$230 million

   As for Mad Max either way I think it's going to be at third place most likely because while the word of mouth has been phenomenal for this movie (with many critics who have already seen it calling it a 'Masterpiece') and while it didn't do it for me the trailers did hook a lot of people. However the reason I think it might only hit #3 is because Mad Max as a franchise has kind of died. Now before some Mad Max fans crucify me think of all the movies that are regarded as classics like Jurassic Park, Star Wars or Ghostbusters. Those movies are always in the public consciousness even if people haven't seen it: I knew Darth Vader was Luke's father before I even seen any of the movies. People are constantly quoting those movies, people are dressing up as the characters from these movies and people can name them in a heartbeat. Mad Max, when I ask people about Mad Max and by that the originals no one can really tell me much about them, most young people today don't even know more than one exist and when people talk of classic blockbuster movies Mad Max is typically omitted from the conversations. The only significant thing people really remember from the original series was Mel Gibson (who many people can't even name his character without looking it up) and Mel Gibson is not exactly a beloved guy in the 21st century. The movie will do well and make it's money back due to word of mouth but because the franchise has been dead for so long it's going to have to jump a couple of hurdles.

Here's my opinion:

Weekend box office
1.)/2.) Avengers age of Ultron/ Pitch Perfect 2
3.) Mad Max Fury Road
4.)Age of Adaline
5.) Hot Pursuit
6.) Furious 7
7.) Paul Blart 2 Mall cop
8.) Ex Machina
9.) Home
10.) Women in Gold

     Oh my god Home's been on this freaking list since March, I know the main discussion is going to be Mad Max and Pitch Perfect but it's kind of amazing how much staying power Home's had. And yes I did delay mentioning I am kind of cheating with # 1 and # 2 but I genuinely don't know what's going to happen. Now HOPEFULLY tomorrow will be my editorial which will be about Avengers, Black Widow, Women and radical Feminist... fun.

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Weekend box office~ Back to basics

   I know I've basically been dead for the last week but it's the end of the year at my school and it's exams time and I had American History and Algebra II, as well as a debate tournament on Saturday and haven't had time to finish my Avengers age of Ultron review although I'll try to get that up this Sunday and Thursday I do have a plan for the editorial/Rant (key word: Women.) Life happens though so no promises.

  Anyway the only movie that came out was Hot Pursuit which came in second with a pretty significant difference between the two. Nothing else really significant happened in the box office and here's what happened.

Weekend box office
1.) Avengers age of ultron- $77 million
2.) Hot Pursuit- $13 million
3.)The Age of Adaline- $5.8 million
4.) Furious 7-$5.4 million
5.) Paul Blart Mall Cop 2- $5.3 million
6.) Ex Machina- $3.5 million
7.) Home- $3 million
8.) Women in Gold- $1.7 million
9.) Cinderella- $1.6 million
10.) Unfriended- $1.4 million


  So that's the weekend box office and I know that was really short but nothing that big happened to make any note of.

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Weekend box office~ Disney is now $600 million dollars richer

  Look's like the Disney executives can buy another yacht now that Avengers Age of Ultron now has the second highest weekend of all time only about nine million less than the last movie and it has over six hundred million world wide. Now a couple of people are concerned the fact it made nine million less than the original to me I'm not worried because A.) The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight ate up a lot of people's money and I can attest to this because my family watched the fight and it was really expensive, 2.) The original Avengers was the first of it's kind so everyone had to see it and 3.) It's the second highest and the first highest was it's predecessor that's not a cause for panic. Still good for them it's a good movie.

     Also my review for Age of Ultron will be coming out soon but it's taking way longer to write than anticipated and I have exams tomorrow and Wednesday. Still here's what happened this weekend.

Weekend box office
1.) Avengers age of Ultron- $191 million
2.) Furious 7~ $6.6 million
3.)The Age of Adaline- $6.2 million
4.)Paul Blart Mall cop 2~ $5.2 million
5.) Home- $ 3 million
6.) Cinderella~ $2.7 million
7.) Ex Machina- $ 2.28 million
8.) Unfriended- $2.2 million
9.) The Longest ride- $ 1.7 million
10.) Women in Gold- $1.6 million

   Other than Avengers Age of Ultron which will probably dominate the month of May I'm surprised how long Women in Gold is holding out and how well Ex Machina is doing for an indie movie. Speaking of holding out I am shocked at how well Home has been doing since it's come out which is good for Jim Parsons in terms of an animation career. Anyway that's the weekend box office and hopefully I get the Age of Ultron review out soon and hopefully Exams don't just eat away at me.

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Editorial~ Ranking the Marvel movies

    I know this was supposed to come out yesterday but I got writers block and didn't think of this idea until today. Of my schedule this is probably the hardest one to write because I have to think up of different ideas if a trailer or something interesting doesn't happen for me to talk about.. Sorry.

   Anyway since I am seeing Age of Ultron tomorrow I decided it was time for me to rank the Marvel movies. I love Marvel comics and Marvel movies (I am in a Captain America shirt with my Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America and that big Marvel comics group posters in my room as I write this.) My favorite male superhero is Daredevil and  I am loving the new Mark Wade Daredevil G. Willow Wilson Ms. Marvel run. Now that doesn't mean I don't love DC my favorite female superhero of all time is Barbara Gordon (both Oracle and Batgirl verison), my favorite villains are Batman villains, I love the Dark Knight and the '79 Superman movie and I love the Gail Simone run of Batgirl. However Batman V. Superman doesn't come out until next year and Age of Ultron is out now and I love the Marvel movies.


    I've seen all of them now (I just recently saw Incredible Hulk and First Avenger), I think have a pretty firm opinion on my rank of them. Now none of them have been outright bad, even the weakest ones have just been OK overall. Now this is my opinion so no one get mad over where I ranked them (especially the Top Five ones.) Also this is not counting the TV shows as I am still finishing Daredevil and Agent Carter and I have not watched Agents of Shield yet. Now here we go.


10.) Incredible Hulk
 Of all the Marvel/Avengers Characters Hulk's always been my least favorite of them. All the Hulk stories I've seen have been him on the run (no I haven't read Planet Hulk) and I don't know why but I can't really get that into him. While the concept of a man whose science experiment accidently turns him into a green rage monster is cool in execution I've never really liked him. The plot kind of bored me and I really do not like Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, I found her kind of dull and annoying. I did like however all the Hulk fight scenes especially at the end with Abomination, I really liked Thunder Bolt Ross and I really liked Ed Norton as the Hulk even if he's only in this movie he's still a great stage prescence. Still it's OK and if your a completionist I do recommend you checking them out.


9.) Iron man 2
    I don't think Iron man 2 is that bad, it's super flawed yes but it's not that bad of a movie. I've always like the character of Iron man, a rich scientist/inventor/businessman who has to use science to save his life and fight crime has always interested me and while he's not the most relatable superhero he is one of the most interesting. I really like the idea of Tony Stark having to deal with the fact his life may be over and how he deals with his immortality and legacy, I've always liked Pepper Potts and her relationship with Tony Stark (who she didn't get with in the comics even though she did like him), I like the portrayal of James Rhodes War Machine by Don Cheadle, Robert Downey J.R is still awesome and the movie is just plain fun.

8.) Thor (2011)
   I do like this movie and I find it really entertaining and visually interesting to look out. I also do like Chris Hemsworth a lot as Thor, he does a good job playing a man who learns to be humble and how to grow up and Loki is a great villain but the reason I put it second to last is I actually like Thor the Dark World a bit more than this in terms of entertainment and visuals even though it's more flawed of a movie. I also don't think Jane Foster is that bad of a love interest, she's smart, she's nice, determined, is completely passionate about science yet is very stern and won't let Thor get away things.

7.) Thor the Dark World
I do like Thor the Dark World better than Thor but clearly not by a whole lot. This movie to me is super funny and I just have a great time watching it, it's also the most visually stunning movie out of the two, I actually like how Loki's portrayed more in this than in the original Thor or Avengers, I like Frigga and the relationship Thor and Loki have. Now the villain Malketih (played by Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccelston) does suck out of all the Marvel villains and while I overall do like the relationship between Thor and Jane it does derail the plot a bit but I like at the end Thor leaves to go be with her. Also the post Credit scene at the end of this is one of my favorite just for how weird it is.


6.) The Avengers
       Now before you crucify me hear me out I really like the Avengers, it's one of the funniest movies and most entertaining movies of the entire Marvel Bunch, it is a amazing seeing all these guys from different movies together, I love what they did with Black Widow, Loki's cool as the villain but in comparison to my top five coming up, my love for this movie pales in comparison to my love for the other movies. Now I will still repeat this movie and watch it when it on and then rewatch it I still love of my next top five even more.


5.) Captain America the First Avenger
   I really like the character of Captain America (not just because he's played by Chris Evans) but I love how he's just an all around nice guy who just wants to do the right thing any way he can, even when some of the worst things happen to him he keeps going and doesn't let it get him down . This is why I love superman and don't like batman: Superman he's the last of his species, their are people who are continuously doing bad things in the world even if he tries and stops them and some of the worst things just get thrown at him (i.e death of supergirl, his own death, Lex Luthor becomes president, people turn against him) he keeps going because he wants to do the right thing. Now some people might call him and Cap ' boring boy scouts' but I like boy scouts and they can be interesting if they're written correctly like this movie did. Captain America is portrayed as an interesting person whose just out to do the right thing, so many movies fail at this but this movie does it perfectly. I love period pieces, I love the villain, I love Bucky and the Howling Commandos, Howard Stark, General Phillips, the ending is great and the story of the movie. The only things I don't like are how he gets frozen and that whole end fight sequence is just kind of stupid and I actually am not that big of a fan of Agent Carter and the relationship she has with Steve. Don't get me wrong I love Peggy in her own show Agent Carter so far but here she's kind of a boring, tough as nails, independent women who can shoot a gun which while badass and is kind of boring to the flawed, relatable and Smart Peggy Carter in the show.

4.) Iron man 3
  If I had made this list around the time this movie came out this movie would not have been has high as it is currently. However this movie is like the Wolverine (which came out the same year) and that it gets better with each passing and the more you think about it (unlike the Dark Knight rises which gets worse.) I love this movie, to me this is Robert Downey J.R's best performance as Iron man who is now dealing with PTSD after the Avengers and is having trouble coping with that now but things goes wrong and Tony finds himself at his lowest point having now to figure out whether or not he can still be a hero without the Iron man suit which at this point he has become almost dependent upon. I really like Pepper Potts in this movie to and how she has to deal with Tony and his problems and does in the end save her man. I also like a lot of the supporting character like Rebecca Hall's Maya Hanson, I love John Favreu's Happy Hogan, I still love Don Cheadle's James Rhodes yet to me the best parts of this movie are Aldrich Killian, the story and the plot twist.

   I know people hate the plot twist, I was kind of mad too but think about the movie and the allegory this movie represents- post 9/11. This movie is about healing after a great tragedy (in the MCU it's the battle for New York) and how to deal with the evils that spring from it in this case terrorism. The plot twist is one of the best plot twist in the last decade, it's smart, fits with the story, it's shocking when it happens yet makes sense ( a twist  M. Night Shyamlan and Christopher Nolan should learn from.) Guy Pearce plays a magnificent job as Aldrich Killian who while I am not so keen he started out as a really awful stereotypical geek I am a fan of how evil and smart he is. Think about what Aldrich Killian does in this movie, he takes soldiers who have lost their limbs to terrorist bombings and suicide bombers and turns them into one and sets them off in areas full of people dragging their reputations to the ground and making them seem as terrorist for which he feels no remorse for and he creates the perfect embodiment of a terrorist Americans are terrified of, kills people on live television, successfully kidnaps and almost kills the president, manipulates the media to his advantage making this seem like the next big terrorist organization and adverting attention away from him and even gets the vice president of that universe to work for him in exchange for giving his daughter a limb which if you've seen the movie would have gone horribly wrong. That's why he's a great villain in my opinion. Also I really love Trevor Slattery he's just a riot.


3.) Guardians of the Galaxy
   This movie is weird, a bit of raunchy and kind of campy- and I love it. If I had a choice between Dark and Gritty and Campy and light as much as I like darker subject material and I absolutely love grey morality I for the most part will always choose Campy and light (which is why I love something like Assasination Classroom and don't like Attack on Titan.) Now of course that campy and light does at the very least need some serious moments to balance it out and this movie for while the most part a weird science fiction induced dream does have a surprising amount of touching and heart breaking moments yet it balances it out perfectly. While the villains are not the best I do still really like Ronan the Accuser, I've warmed to Nebula, I find Tanaleer Tivan the Collector fascinating and strange and I freaking love Yondu and his Ravangers who are basically space rednecks and they're a riot on screen.

   I also really like the main cast, in my original review for this movie one of the guardians who I liked the least was Gamora but on a few more viewings I really like her, a warrior who wants redemption for what she did, wants freedom from her father and while has a mostly antagonizing relationship with her step sister still loves her and wants to help her, I also like her relationship with Peter Quil instead of romance they decide to give her more of equal partnership type relationship and make her Star Lord's second in command. I also really like Star Lord, Chris Pratt was the perfect choice for Star Lord a fun, yet tragic hero with an interesting man-child complex. Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer is amazing another perfect blend of funny yet serious and I think Dave Bautista actually does a better job in the drama department than in the funny department. Still the hearts of the movie are Rocket Racoon and Groot who are basically the Chewbacca and Han of this series (yet aren't as self-important and kind of annoying to me as Han Solo, I still love chewie though.)

 I also like the Nova Core and while they aren't their a whole lot they do make an impact. The movie is also super funny the Kevin Bacon Speech (no matter if the father is J'Son or not Kevin Bacon should be cast in the movie as Star Lord's dad) being the best part and of course the soundtrack is amazing (I own the entire thing on my IPhone.) The visuals and the world of this movie are also great and I love that this science fiction movie actually has color to it and is just as strange and out their as it's title suggest. In fact just about everything in this movie is strange and out there which is why I love this movie.


2.) Iron man (2008)
     Yeah I really like the Iron man franchise, a lot. I love the character of Tony Stark and I love the character of Pepper Potts and their relationship, I love the action and humor of these movies and this is where it all got started. Now I don't like this movie by virtue of it being the first of the Iron man trilogy or the fact it was the first Marvel Cinematic universe movie but by virtue it's just a good movie. It's the tightest written and most well structured movie of the MCU with great humor, sadness, character, action and story. I love the origin of Tony Stark and how he used to be a self-centered, greedy, playboy whose lost his way and doesn't realize it until he almost his killed by the weapons he makes. I love Pepper Potts a smart, business savvy secretary who while is often frustrated by Tony cares for him deeply and I love how they make each other better. I even like the villain Obidiah Stane whose acted great buy Jeff Bridges and I like the idea of friends/family who turn villainous later. The ending and the post credit scene of this movie are my favorite Marvel ending and post credit scenes out of all of them.

1.) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
     This movie was my number four pick for my favorite films of 2014. It has some of my favorite story elements and some of my favorite things in this movie, an interesting plot, great backstory, an interesting twist that changes the very foundation of a movie series (both Captain America and the MCU in general), great action, a great lead protagonist, great villains with Robert Redford's Alexander Pierce being one of my favorite villains in the MCU (a villain you could see yourself becoming), a great female character (Black Widow), great supporting characters (Falcon, Nick Fury), great moral complexity, and just great everything. I am so glad I never did a review for this movie because even in my Top ten for my favorite movies of the year I wasn't able to properly describe how good this movie is.The only thing I can say bad about it is the ending could have been done better instead of in a cliffhanger but overall the movie is near perfect and the reason I love the MCU.


   That's my ranking of the MCU movies and come back tomorrow for hopefully the review for Age of Ultron.


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