DuracellEnergizer said:
DrCrowTStarwars said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Truth be told, I don't enjoy the MCU. There's far too much style, not nearly enough substance.
I'd much rather watch superhero movies that are smaller in scale, with more emphasis placed on character development, than ones with big explosions, CG monsters, and megalomaniacal villains trying to take over the world.
I think they got the focus just right,these are supposed to be adventure stories for kids after all so the focus should be on the adventure.
A story can have adventure without sacrificing/deemphasizing characterization and without the entire city/nation/world/etc. having to be at risk.
Each movie has had enough moments to make me care about the characters and the setting so I don't really have a problem.
The thing is is that if a superhero movie just doesn't click for me, I'm not going to give any of its sequels a chance. I need satisfactory characterization right off the bat, otherwise that's all she'll write.
I mean people have complained that the Spiderman and XMen series had too many shots of heroes crying so you have to find a balance and I think they did.
From the MCU movies I've seen, I've seen no balance whatsoever. If anything, they just sit on the opposite end of the spectrum from the movies you mentioned.
Agreed.
Having seen a few Marvel movie duds I've grown a strong disliking for any movie that has to do with Marvel. Couldn't care less.