Marvel's Summer Movies

So a friend told me that the thing about blogging is to do it with some frequency....so I figured, to start, Thursdays would be a good day to post, and maybe post more frequently once we get started.  So tomorrow, I see The Dark Knight Rises, and I'm sure I will have a lot to say.  But let me talk about the Avengers and the Amazing Spider-Man which came out earlier this summer.

The Avengers

Here's the thing - I've seen this movie three times.  So I liked it.  A lot.  However, I have to say, each time, I noted that up until the fight where the Hulk gets loose on the Helli-carrier and Loki gets free, it was kinda slow.  Still amazing and Whedon did an amazing job.  My hope is that they have a little more diversity in the next movie.  Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, two stalwart Avengers are in limbo because the rights to those characters might be owned by Fox.  The next two would Ant-Man/Giant-Man and Wasp, but really, two white people/scientists.  My choice would be Carol Danvers a.k.a. Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel and the Black Panther.  There is a rumor that Falcon might be in the next Cap movie and he would be a good choice as well.  I also hope that the sequel, and a Justice League movie when/if it happens, would do something different than alien/demonic army attacks at the behest of lone bad-guy.

The Amazing Spider-Man

This was a far superior movie to any of the 1st three as it comes to acting.  Every actor was better, especially Garfield and Stone in their delivery and their chemistry.  McGuire and Dunst look like rank amateurs, especially McGuire.  The CGI and some of the fight scenes were not as finely timed or tuned as the Avengers, and I think many fans were hoping for more when it came to CGI - one could make the comparison that it is equivalent to the other three movies when it comes to action.  And it shouldn't be since it's been almost a decade since the 1st movie.