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Added 2022-05-09 23:32:58 +0000 UTCWhat's your favorite Marvel movie (Not necessarily just MCU)?
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davis376 .
2024-08-21 01:28:25 +0000 UTCDeadpool. There’s been no better marriage of actor and character in the superhero universe than that of Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool. Not even RDJ as Iron Man and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine measure up. Reynolds, with his chipper, nonchalant acerbic wit, brings the giddily violent, wisecracking merc to vibrant life, finally fulfilling his promise as a star after years of misfires (of which he is all too happy to make fun of, Green Lantern deservedly getting the brunt of it). Deadpool came out at just the right time, bringing some much needed R-rated irreverence and a streak of jaunty, low-down antiheroism to a genre that had gone stale with noble posturing. Deadpool couldn’t care less about the higher calling of the X-Men; he just wants revenge against the man who disfigured him and to cause as much mayhem as possible while doing so. Amidst all the movies larded with tiresome save-the-world plots, that’s downright refreshing. Deadpool may lack the gravitas of Logan or the gee-whiz exuberance of the original Spider-Man, but it has a hilariously filthy spirit all its own that marks it as a standout among superhero movies. Bonus: the film boasts one of the best love stories in the genre, with Morena Baccarin’s Vanessa proving herself Deadpool’s amoral counterpart. Together they’re a depraved match made in Heaven, with a touching relationship that never feels obligatorily tacked on.
Bennett Oliver
2022-05-10 19:45:00 +0000 UTCX-Men (2000) it really created the template for how to make a serious ensemble superhero team film and to do it well. All the characters make sense and work for the film, it nails the sense of mutants as social outcasts which pretty much continued through the whole X-men franchise. Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart provide a level of acting gravitas that is mostly missing from the later MCU films. It actually had a message beneath the set piece action scenes about how people fit into society and the nature of liberty and the dangers of excluding people for their differences, whether one agrees with the message or not, at least it offers something more than a series of set piece moments and fan service. Other than the rather ham fisted comment on a surveillance society that appears in Winter Soldier only WandaVision offers a deeper message that has meaning beyond the glossy exterior of the paint by numbers play book that most MCU productions easily slide into.
Ross Skilton
2022-05-10 10:20:50 +0000 UTCSam Raimi’s original Spider-Man film. I know a lot of people prefer Spider-Man 2, but I personally find more of the Sam Raimi that I know and love in the first one. There’s a bit more of his campy horror directing trademarks, and it feels like there’s more of the action/fight scenes done in camera. It’s like night and day compared to the Marvel films that come out today. Also Willem Dafoe as the green goblin is just perfect. You can tell how much fun he had with the mirror scene in particular. It’s everything that I wish was more common in super hero movies today. In camera action scenes, self aware humor, and a strong emotional core. I watch it at least once a year.
Jackson Littlewood
2022-05-10 06:54:59 +0000 UTCSpider-Man: Into the Spiderverse is not just my favorite Spider-Man film, it’s one of my favorite animated films of all time. It’s PACKED with humor, dazzling visuals, heartfelt writing, epic action sequences, full soundscapes, lovable characters and KILLER editing. On top of all that, it absolutely nails what makes Spider-Man such an important cultural/literary symbol for so many people. I’ve seen it seven times, and every viewing made me cry tears of joy. Logan and Guardians of the Galaxy are tied at a close second.
Jared Angcanan
2022-05-10 05:42:54 +0000 UTCSam Raimi's Spider-Man because of it's campy but tongue in cheek attitude. It knows how to have fun with itself without going too far into melodrama unlike the MCU or DCU. I've said it before but live action superhero films are more suited as comedies because of their ridiculous nature.
Wolfman Brandon
2022-05-10 00:33:02 +0000 UTCLogan. Easily. I celebrate any comic book movie that isn't in the "superhero" genre. Logan was a western and it made it unique. I would love to see an MCU film that was a romance film, or a horror film, or a straight-up comedy, but they rarely do that. Actually, with that in mind Thor Ragnarok is my second favorite because it's a straight-up comedy really.
Arthur Augustyn
2022-05-10 00:03:30 +0000 UTC
