I'd hesitate to call it a cold streak, too. I thought GotG3 was successful both critically and commercially. If it was an outlier, that still breaks a "streak".
That said, the Paramount Marvel movies all had an edge to them that Disney got rid of. I think Iron Man 3 would have done the alcoholism storyline based on the amount of drinking …
I'd hesitate to call it a cold streak, too. I thought GotG3 was successful both critically and commercially. If it was an outlier, that still breaks a "streak".
That said, the Paramount Marvel movies all had an edge to them that Disney got rid of. I think Iron Man 3 would have done the alcoholism storyline based on the amount of drinking Tony did in the second film. Cap was too expensive a soldier to be wasted in war,even if he's have ended the war sooner (like an atom bomb). Thor was a warmongering dick! But those edges remained enought to carry that group of characters. The new class doesn't have that edge. Shang Chi likes drinking and karaoke, for example. Weak. Better is Wong as a cage fighting sorcerer supreme on the side! I think Giant Girl and Kate Hawkeye can fix some of that if they are allowed. I don't think any of this is actor/director issues. They just need to be a bit bolder otherwise they are all the same.
I'd hesitate to call it a cold streak, too. I thought GotG3 was successful both critically and commercially. If it was an outlier, that still breaks a "streak".
That said, the Paramount Marvel movies all had an edge to them that Disney got rid of. I think Iron Man 3 would have done the alcoholism storyline based on the amount of drinking Tony did in the second film. Cap was too expensive a soldier to be wasted in war,even if he's have ended the war sooner (like an atom bomb). Thor was a warmongering dick! But those edges remained enought to carry that group of characters. The new class doesn't have that edge. Shang Chi likes drinking and karaoke, for example. Weak. Better is Wong as a cage fighting sorcerer supreme on the side! I think Giant Girl and Kate Hawkeye can fix some of that if they are allowed. I don't think any of this is actor/director issues. They just need to be a bit bolder otherwise they are all the same.