Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 (Movie Lineup Through 2019)

[Kete]

All three are great, and I love EMO Peter Parker.

[Pak-Man]

I really and truly don't think we'd even have an MCU if it hadn't been for how well audiences accepted the first couple Spider-Man and X-Men movies. Time hasn't treated them super-well, but I think people have forgotten how weird it was to see accurate representation of a Super-Hero on-screen back then. Spider-Man 2 is my favorite of the bunch. The train scene! The fight on the side of a building!

[Johnny Unusual]

And pretty much any moment with JJJ.

[Darth Geek]

And pretty much any moment with JJJ.

Agreed!

And in Spider-Man: Far From Home it was cool to see him back as the character at the end, but I didn't like the bald look they gave him. He should still have the flattop hair. Jameson is definitely the kind of character that would wear a wig like that if he ever did go bald.

[Cyrusso]

I might have said this before, but I also don't care for Spiderman 2 in large part because it felt like it was re-using the idea of a superhero in a superhero movie LOSING THEIR POWERS. Superman 2 did the exact, same thing and as a result I never liked that movie much. I don't care how such an idea is executed, it never works for me, it always falls flat. It's a very uninspired trope that kills a movie for me faster than anything else.

Now, try executing the idea from another angle can work. For example, one of the Captain Marvel paperbacks I own shows Captain Marvel can't fly anymore because of a brain tumor. She hasn't lost her powers, she just can't use one of her many powers. THAT could be interested if executed properly. But FTLOG(for the love of God) don't give me a story with such an obvious direction. I mean Super hero loses powers, realizes they HAVE to get their powers back for the good of mankind/the good of the city/the sake of their marriage/whatever feels like something in a made for TV movie and not a big summer blockbuster. At least Spiderman 3 didn't go in a direction that was boring. I mean yeah, Spiderman 3 was bad, but in some ways I like it better than Spiderman 2.

[Darth Geek]

I might have said this before, but I also don't care for Spiderman 2 in large part because it felt like it was re-using the idea of a superhero in a superhero movie LOSING THEIR POWERS. Superman 2 did the exact, same thing and as a result I never liked that movie much. I don't care how such an idea is executed, it never works for me, it always falls flat. It's a very uninspired trope that kills a movie for me faster than anything else.

I do agree with you about this. In Spider-Man 2 he's choosing whether to be Peter Parker or Spider-Man. And from an audience member's standpoint we would always choose for him to be the superhero because that's what we came to see. Plus we're smart enough now to know that he's going to go back to it by the end of the movie anyway. But at least that's not what everybody remembers about Spider-Man 2 anyway.
I had a similar issue with the Nolan Batman movies, especially the third one. Because they so overemphasized how difficult it was for Bruce to be Batman, mentally and physically. But we want him to be Batman. So there's a disconnect between what the audience and the filmmaker wants.

[Edward J Grug III]

And pretty much any moment with JJJ.

Agreed!

And in Spider-Man: Far From Home it was cool to see him back as the character at the end, but I didn't like the bald look they gave him. He should still have the flattop hair. Jameson is definitely the kind of character that would wear a wig like that if he ever did go bald.

He IS perfectly cast and mostly great, however - It gets over-shadowed by the shit they did with Emo-Spider, but JJJ electrified desk garbage in SM3 also stunk.

[kunedog]

Definitely gonna see Black Widow and Dr. Strange, and I have no idea what to think about Shang-Chi.  Nothing else in phase 4 (don't we need a new thread?) interests me, except maybe Loki.

[Cyrusso]

So Falcon and the Winter soldier and WandaVision isn't interesting? The Eternals could also be really good, as well as Thor love and thunder. I'm really stoked to see the what if series that's going to be amazing.

[Pak-Man]

I'm automatically interested in anything that takes place in the MCU just because it takes place there and I want to know everything about what's happened before whatever happens next. They have me wrapped around their finger, and I'm fine with it.

I've mentioned this before, but I really like where the MCU stands right now. Pretty much their entire A-List has been represented already, so if it's not a sequel, it's going to be about someone very few people know. It might even be about someone I don't know well! Then I think back to Guardians of the Galaxy, and how I had no idea who they were and how the movie still completely sold me and pretty much everyone else on the concept, and suddenly there was a new corner of the comic book universe to explore. I can't wait for that to happen again.

It'll probably take a lot more work to get audiences to see, say, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur than it would to get them to see Iron Man 4, but the thought that a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur movie isn't a completely ridiculous notion is exciting.

EDIT: Disclaimer - I've never read Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur but I hear it's fantastic.

[goflyblind]

I'm automatically interested in anything that takes place in the MCU just because it takes place there and I want to know everything about what's happened before whatever happens next. They have me wrapped around their finger, and I'm fine with it.

i used to be like that about star trek. but then i heard quentin tarantino wanted to make a star trek movie.

[Darth Geek]

I'm really jazzed for Falcon and Winter Soldier. But Wandavision...not sure. It sounds like they may do creative things in it, based on the trailer. But Scarlet Witch really annoys me. Her powers are just whatever the writers needs them to be at the time. Maybe they'll explain them better and put some actual limits on them in the show?

[kunedog]

So Falcon and the Winter soldier and WandaVision isn't interesting? The Eternals could also be really good, as well as Thor love and thunder. I'm really stoked to see the what if series that's going to be amazing.

Cap's gone, so I care about as much as I would about Iron Man 4: War and Pepper.

In general, I don't watch much TV, but of course there are exceptions like The Boys and Haunting of Hill House, where the shows have already "aired" and people I trust say good things.  And I much prefer binging Netflix- and Amazon-style over the weekly scheduling that Disney clearly wants to do.

[Cyrusso]

I'm stoked for pretty much every Marvel movie coming out this phase. Black Widow, Eternals, Shang Chi, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Thor Love and Thunder. Then phase 5 we're seeing Black Panther 2. Damn man as long as they can keep up by hitting up quality writers and directors, I'll go see MCU movies until I've got one foot in the grave.

[Darth Geek]

Eternals is the only one I'm not familiar with. But I wasn't familiar with the Guardians of the Galaxy when they announced it, and that turned out great.