Endgame is a movie that on a “plot level” will not hold up to any scrutiny on a major or minor scale.

I think the biggest surprise had nothing to do with the deaths and resurrections that were as inevitable as Thanos believed himself to be - and everything to do with Karen Gillan. I did NOT see Nebula’s character being asked to carry that much weight in the story, which is more or less a two-hander (Tony/Steve) with…

And as we all know from real history, if a person’s is disqualified from being king somehow, the fact his son still carries his blood is never used by some faction later on as justification for why they should get to control the throne now...

But it doesn’t, really. The Unsullied and Dothraki and Yara and the two dragons are loyal to Dany, not to the Iron Throne, so they don’t care who Jon’s parents are. The Northern lords are loyal to the Starks and hate the Targaryens, so they don’t care who Jon’s parents are. And Cersei has zero claim to the throne…

“Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you Captain America: The First Avenger sucks, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, ‘No, *you* suck.’”

As good as this moment is, because of the recurring line, I would actually go with Steve throwing himself on the grenade. This scene shows his tenacity and willingness to fight the good fight - the grenade scene shows just how truly selfless he is. Plus you get the reactions from everyone around, including Tucci and…

What I like about the humour with Thor is that it’s consistent to the character. It never feels like they make a significant change or have him play too dumb just for the sake of a joke. (And he’s clearly not actually stupid; he studied Groot on Asgard, and the “All words are made up” line is reasonably insightful.)…

I’d forgotten how Thirsty(capitalization intended) Portman let Jane be over Thor. It would have been very tempting to dial that way back, because Jane is a serious SCIENTIST. But she went for it and made it ok for Jane ( and by extension us)to want all of that tall drink of water.

See, I don’t entirely agree with this. And in an era when we were lucky if we got two female characters in a superhero movie, all by accident we had this relationship between them on the side, passing the Bechdel test with ease. And while there’s argument to be made that Jane is too defined by Thor, Darcy definitely…

The most tragic story in the whole MCU was Darcy Lewis getting totally forgotten about in all those post-The Dark World films. Maybe she can show up on Agents Of SHIELD.

I like it better than Iron Man 2.

i think thor 2's badness is vastly overrated. it’s way better than the original, has some big laughs and tom hiddleston gives a really great performance.

I still think the first Thor was underrated. It was funny, but also a little operatic with that Ken Branagh vibe, it brought the stakes down to one small town in New Mexico... good stuff all around.

I didn’t mind Thor 2: The Dark World.

What are you talking about? We’ve had two great Ruffalo Hulk movies: Avengers and Thor: Ragnarok.

I don’t think this is entirely accurate/fair. Think about the way the real world works:

There are things that seem like they are of monumental importance in the moment... Five or ten years later, with the benefit of hindsight, perspective, and resolution/further developments, those things are often... significantly les…

I’m pretty sure the last season is going to be about the surviving Stark family discovering they have Wolf powers. When they tap into their Stark blood they can become Wolves. And when they come together they can form Wolftron, which is of course, a significantly larger wolf. 

It’s a shame Sansa’s arc didn’t have her evolving into a Littlefinger-esque game player, so that each of the Stark girls grew into forces to be reckoned with. It sure seemed like that was going to be the case! Remember at the end of season 4 when she got all goth and lied about Lysa’s death? It almost seemed like the…

For me there’s a pretty clear dividing line between seasons, with 1-4 being the peak and 5-8 being a bit disappointing (unless 8 ends up being terrific, in which case I’d love to be proved wrong). I’m absolutely still watching, but yeah. I think my main issue is that the quality of the dialogue seemingly went out the…

Wonder Woman was indeed quite a good movie and a more important one. You hit right on the winningest thing about it: Gal Godot and Chris Pine’s megawatt chemistry. They work so well that this might be the first time I’m hoping that a superhero movie death doesn’t stay permanent. It’s a movie that gets a lot right.