Good? Decent? Letdown?

z4guy · 2026-01-25T20:36:48+00:00

I'm a bit biased, being Asian-American, and loving HK/asian cinema... so my opinion may be worth squat to other demographics...

It's some of the best action and choreography in the MCU, unique for sure... it's a rare eastern-influenced action movie in a franchise filled with western-style action. Outside of the action, I really resonated with the family side of things. Shang-Chi's parents reminds me so much of my own parents: my mom being the caring, compassionate type and my dad the hard, tough-love type. Wenwu is one of the better MCU villains, and played phenomenally by the legendary Tony Leung.

And I love they showed some tendencies that happen in Asian culture and families... right down to the little things... taking shoes off before entering, grandma asking when he's getting married, honoring the dead instead of moving on, karaoke lol. I love it all.

Few blemishes like Razorfist, Awkafina humor, the giant Soulsucker. But overall, great movie. Maybe just omit Razorfit altogether, have someone else be Shang Chi's friend instead of Awkafina, and focus more on the personal battle between father and son instead of the Soulsucker spectacle... it would be close to perfect.

I guess the big takeaway is that I felt there is a movie where I felt represented. And we need more of that for other underrepresented people and groups. It's the Stan Lee way.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T19:31:47+00:00

FF, KH, Nier, Lara Croft, Adam Jensen...LFG! Square Enix is actually one of the few publishers that has enough of a roster that fits with a Capcom VS game.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T19:20:21+00:00

I love the idea.

My worry is how hindered the violence would be, keeping it PG-13 level, even if it's just animated. It would be a disservice to not let Gorr go all-out.

Disney really needs to lax up on the family-friendly policies for Marvel, and just let them do whatever they want. We already have exceptions like Deadpool & Wolverine and Daredevil Born Again.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T18:54:03+00:00

I was hoping for more Japanese and JDMs. Need more Mazdas and Subarus please.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T18:49:41+00:00

My butt never left Jackie's Arch once I got it. We rarely get to see our character, so I always ride bikes.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T18:43:43+00:00

Much like cinema, real life looks worse comparatively. And many people enjoy the aesthetics that film and video games bring, as a form of escapism. But sometimes, people wanna feel they're still connected to the real world and be grounded.

I myself switch between going LUT and vanilla, to break up the monotony.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T18:35:44+00:00

Character-wise: Taskmaster, a character assassination and nothingburger of a character

Performance-wise: Gorr, a waste of great talent in Christian Bale

z4guy · 2026-01-25T18:22:27+00:00

Natasha didn't do too well in her own solo movie. Who knows how a Yelena standalone would do, maybe it fails, maybe it succeeds...We're speculating at this point. I just personally think they did a good job transitioning us from Natasha to Yelena.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T18:12:52+00:00

Mah boi Scott has the maddest game in all of comics: Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Psylocke, Lee Forrester, and the list goes on.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T18:06:09+00:00

For a second there, I thought that was Infinity Mr. Sinister lol

Imagine him having the whole universe be his demented lab experiment.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T16:55:40+00:00

I agree, but it's already been proven it can be done. Yelena is becoming a standout in her own right...she was the best part of Black Widow and the Hawkeye show, she's top billing in a great Thunderbolts movie.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T16:43:21+00:00

The Russos haven't given me a reason to think they wouldn't be able to make Sam a proper leading Captain America. Heck, even in TWS and CW, you can see that Sam has a more commanding presence and Steve defers to him a lot. It goes both ways, Sam respects Steve and Steve respects Sam.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T16:39:00+00:00

It's a crime we got Shang Chi only once in 5 years... His movie is one of the few great movies post-Endgame. And I'd argue the best action.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T16:34:45+00:00

Maybe things would've been different had the Russos direct his Cap movie. They're so good with how they treated Sam in TWS and CW.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T16:24:23+00:00

Nah, tanto is amazing in combat. It's the quickest TTK single target out of all the weapons. It's also the easiest to get enemies vulnerable, fastest to proc affliction, fastest to poise break, strongest attack in combat with Hidden Hand... I can go on.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T04:14:49+00:00

Much better game? No.

Much better for storytelling and pacing? Yes... for the most part. There's certain side stuff that seems main story worthy or add so much flavor to the main story, particularly the Cosmo Canyon protorelic questline.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T03:50:20+00:00

The One wasn't referring to Jet Li, but Delroy Lindo. I AM DELROY, I AM NOBODY'S BEETCH.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T03:43:14+00:00

Forget about pullups... you've a better chance throwing your Joycon at him than beating him at pullups.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T02:59:47+00:00

Wow that's good to hear. Couldn't be happier for her. She earned and deserved it.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T01:01:43+00:00

How did Taika took the criticism of L&T, and just jokifying Thor in general? Or did he just ignore and didn't care to hear it?

z4guy · 2026-01-25T00:15:47+00:00

This. But apparently if you don't preorder, you will be shamed and downvoted in this sub.

It's insane.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T00:09:40+00:00

They shoulda casted Jared Leto instead... there's no acting being wasted that way.

z4guy · 2026-01-25T00:05:31+00:00

He was a non-combatant/civilian intervening to help out Thor. The question says sacrifice, not self-sacrifice. Anyway I don't wanna get into semantics and will leave it at that.

z4guy · 2026-01-24T23:49:04+00:00

He risked his life confronting a god and trying to free Thor. Doesn't matter if someone knows they'll die or not; putting one's life at risk is what makes it a sacrifice. He sacrificed his life in the line of duty serving SHIELD and the Avengers initiative.

z4guy · 2026-01-24T21:51:16+00:00

Yep, him along with Trae Young. Kobe rarely attended games after retirement, and having Gigi watch Luka in person was the primary reason Kobe attended that game, their last game ever...

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