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The problem with ankle wings is they look silly. If they looked awesome, no one would care about the “physics”. But they’re ridiculous in a way that undercuts Namor’s presence and villainy. (I checked my copy of “Marvels” because i was sure he doesn’t have those wings in that comic. But he...

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Were it just me, I'd chalk it up to my poor memory for characters. But it four of us (five, if I count my dad who I talked with later and found he'd watched it that week too). And if it weren't central to the movie's emotional throughline, I'd also not notice as much. But it was a substantial...

It's Saturday afternoon. Our prior plans fell through. We reach out to friends if anyone is free that evening. Some friends say they were doing "date night" and watching Wakanda Forever that night. We ask if they'd care to come over watch with us then in our theater? They're amenable. A few...

You’re talking like a super fan who does their Wikipedia homework assignment before watching a movie. That’s my point. This was a Friday night double date. WF didn’t account for people just showing up for a movie, who haven’t given the first movie a second thought in five years.

Four of us watching. None of us remembered her or the details of her exile. 🤷‍♂️

Due to the untimely death of Bozeman, in reflecting and dealing with that, WF was clearly meant to be a reflection on loss and grief. The first half especially was a slow, low-key, and (literally) very dark movie. It was, to be a little trite, an attempt at a depressing superhero MCU movie...

That’s an interesting observation. It might explain what I experienced, which was the audio at times seemed…amateur. The reverb or dynamics used for the Namor-ians seemed weird and low-budget. And we had the volume relatively low, based on the beginning dialog, expecting it would swing really...

Wakanda Forever released on D+ this weekend. We had friends over to watch on the new 4K projector. I enjoyed Black Panther. And over the holidays, we watched and loved She-Hulk, so I was feeling optimistic about a new MCU movie and seeing Wakanda Forever with friends. I think I see what they...