[bitwize]

I used to not take people who grouse about capeshit too seriously. I would go okay, maybe this whole superhero thing is starting to get played out, but I'll go see the next Marvel just to be sure.

Up until Captain Marvel (2019), the Marvel films were solidly entertaining if not great, and very respectful of the characters. There were still some Marvel films like that after that, but most of Phase IV has been a hard skip for me.

Now I'll sometimes watch anime or science fiction on streaming, but the last movie to make me really want to go to the theaters was Maverick.

[raydiatian]

Agree on all points.

Avengers Endgame had its visible flaws that I was straight up willing to forgive because the seams had just started to rip. Phase 4 just feels like Disney-owned Marvel going

“And for my next trick, uh, uhhhhh, uhhhhhhhh, here’s a twerking She-Hulk? Hello fellow kids.”

Maverick made me finally go watch Top Gun.

[bitwize]

The only other movie I really wanted to see on the silver screen this year besides Maverick... had frickin' Sonic the Hedgehog in it.