Since I just
reviewed Thor: The Dark World, the
last superhero movie coming out this year, I have decided that I am going to
tell you my order of my least favorite superhero movie this year (5) to my
favorite superhero movie this year (1). The superhero movies this year that
will be in this list are Thor: The Dark
World, The Wolverine, Man of Steel, Kick-Ass 2, and Iron Man
Three. Let us get started.
MAN OF STEEL
Man of Steel, while having a great looks
and some fun action, did not contain the character development and heart that
it needed to, especially for being the first of the Superman reboots. The
action looked great, but it was not consistent. Some people my say that it is
consistent, but there is a large difference between consistent and repetitive.
This film had the most repetitive action I have ever seen. It contained little
heart and many unfunny lines that brought pain upon its viewers. Actually the
writing, for the most part, was not good overall. We did not get many lines
that were good, and Henry Cavill’s performance as Kal-El was not even that good
itself. Amy Adams as Lois Lane was better than him. This film mixes many plot
inconsistencies and plot holes that do not make sense in to take its viewers
out of the film. Man of Steel is an
alright film, but it is the worst superhero movie this year.
THOR: THE DARK WORLD
Thor: The Dark World contains action that surpasses that of Man of Steel and pays some respect to The Avengers, unlike Iron Man Three, but, like Marvel’s other
Avengers superhero films, it contains too many illogical and unrealistic
elements. I am not saying that something like Asgard is unrealistic, but if
there was a world with all of these additions, but everything else is the same.
Still, there are many things that break physics. There are many unrealistic
things. There are times when characters are forced to be stupid for the plot to
do what it needs to. There are things that do not make any sense whatsoever.
There are side stories with characters that come off annoying and not funny
that are misplaced. Half the humor in the film does not work. Though, the other
half does work very well, and I quite enjoyed this film. It is definitely
better than Man of Steel, but worse
than other superhero films that came out this year. Still, it was a good film.
IRON MAN THREE
Iron Man Three was a
smaller, slower, darker take on Iron Man. There was action, but it was mostly a
slower film than most superhero movies. That aspect of the film worked and I
enjoyed it. I did not have many flaws with that aspect of the film. But I did
not buy into any of the action, because it does not pay any respect to the
events of The Avengers. With this
world that various directors have created with these Marvel movies, they have
to stay connected. There were references to what went down in New York, but no
other superheroes would come and help with the action sequences. The sequences
were fun, but I was taken out of them. The twist in the film did somewhat
bother me for its stupidity, but I did not hate it. My flaws with the drama are
that there was too much humor I was not compelled by the drama at all. I did
enjoy the drama, but I was not engaged in the dialogue like I was in The Wolverine. Iron Man Three was a good film, but it had two other superhero
movies that were better than it.
KICK-ASS 2
Kick-Ass 2 is supposed to be a fun movie. For that reason, I will
let some of the more unrealistic and over-the-top violence slide. This film is
not as good as the first, but it maintains a sense of fun throughout the whole
film. Even though some things went way too far and some things had to be there
for the plot to go the way it went, the film was stable. There was some shaky
camerawork, though. And there were some things that did not work for the film.
Some things were way too unrealistic. But I had fun watching this film and
never got bored. It was a very interesting film with good storylines and some
good drama. This film did exactly what it needed to do, and it did it well. It
was really fun to watch with some really good action sequences, good comedy,
and some intensity and good emotion. It went a bit above and beyond for a fun
movie, but in a good way. I thought it was very, very good and the only reason
it is not number one is because of how much I loved number one.
THE WOLVERINE
The Wolverine is a slow,
quiet character piece on Wolverine. With not one dull moment, this film sustains
excellent emotion with a mix of great drama and excellent action. Early on, I was
sucked into the movie and it tightens it grip on me more and more as the film
progressed. It had some very-fun-to-watch action sequences, but it also had
very intense action sequences that make you afraid if Wolverine is going to
die. You really go for Wolverine. You want him to move on and get past his
past. There are many riveting sequences and I personally liked the ending. It
did more comic-book like then but I am pretty sure that anyone should expect
that going into a COMIC BOOK MOVIE. It still had excellent action and a truly
fantastic twist. People say that Viper was not a strong villain, but Viper was
not the main villain. I really had no flaw with this movie. I loved this movie.
This is an excellent film that, for sure, deserves the number one spot on this
list.
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