Tag Archives: MCU

‘All Quiet’ adaptation fails in every way, but especially upward

Posted on March 10, 2023 by reelentropy

2/10 Netflix’ first-ever German language adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front leads the charge of international prestige movies in 2022, releasing pre-packaged with the announcement of its submission for the 95th Academy Awards as a Laser-accurate adaptation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged 18 monate spater, 1917, All Quiet on the Western Front, Daniel Bruhl, Daniel Bruhl's self-insert All Quiet on the Western Front fan fic, Marvel, MCU, Netflix, Real Wars that Really Happened Cinematic Universe | Leave a comment

Wakanda long ago, ‘Wakanda Forever’

Posted on November 11, 2022 by reelentropy

7/10 Everyone in the world has been through a lot since Black Panther showed us a magical dream of uncolonized Africa in February 2018. Four years later in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, that dream is tainted by real-life tragedy among … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Angela Bassett, aquaman, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Widow, Chadwick Boseman, coronavirus, half-finished Scorpion King-looking special effects, Letitia Wright, Martin Freeman, Marvel, MCU, Michael B. Jordan, Phase IV, Talokan, Tenoch Huerta, Wakanda | 1 Comment

The bust-out of Warner Bros.

Posted on October 15, 2022 by reelentropy

Industrial-scale film distribution dates back to before World War I. In the bad old days with no way to transmit information digitally, movies had to be physically carried from Southern California outward, a supply chain that wound its way across … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory, White Noise | Tagged "House of the Dragon", Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Batgirl, Black Adam, Christopher Nolan, DCEU, Disney, Disney+, Ezra Miller, HBO, HBOmax, Justice League, Marvel, MCU, Netflix, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Streaming wars, The Batman, The Flash, The medium is the message, Warner Bros., Zack Snyder | 1 Comment

‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Marvel’s most happy-go-lucky romp, but who cares anymore?

Posted on August 20, 2022 by reelentropy

7/10 It’s really hard to care about post-Endgame Marvel movies. The point of these things, particularly post-pandemic, seems to be that of a soft blanket, comfort food ad infinitum. Thor: Love and Thunder could be one of the series’ most … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Disney, Marvel, MCU, Taika Waititi, Thor, Thor: Love and Thunder, Thor: Ragnarok | Leave a comment

‘Morbius’ a disorganized, obviously incomplete disaster

Posted on April 1, 2022 by reelentropy

1/10 Morbius would be an absolute disaster if approached as a completed movie, but the reality of it is worse. Despite having been initially slated for release way back in July 2020, the theatrical release is obviously a work in … Continue reading →

Posted in Entropy | Tagged COVID-19, Daniel Espinosa, Jared Harris, Jared Leto, Marvel, Matt Smith, MCU, Morbius, Sony, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tyrese Gibson, Venom | 1 Comment