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SRR Capdown posted...

The first act was decent, then it was just contrived and then the final act was just the most generic Marvel borefest.

I know people didn't like Eternals, but I feel like they at least tried something different with that. Shang Chi, and to an even worse extent Black Widow, had some really good ideas at the start but were just the most paint-by-numbers films in the end. No inspiration at all.

I agree completely - especially the comparison to Eternals, which people speculated didn't do well because it didn't follow the Marvel "formula". I liked that they decided to explore conflict in motivations between the characters instead of the typical heroes discover their powers story.

saspa posted...

I definitely agree with the good ideas at the start sentiment, for both movies. But I completely disagree with Eternals sentiment, if doing something different is basically "be a DC movie" complete with the whole evil superman thing and the annoying color filter that DC uses to make everything look drab, among other problems/missed opportunities.

I didn't notice the color filter, but that's a good point... still I liked that they tried something more Watchmen like as it made me more interested in how things would turn out at the end...