Something I'm starting now: Watching the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
In the 10 years since the release of Iron Man, I have only seen three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Doctor Strange (because Dad wanted to see it), Captain America: Winter Soldier (for a film class), and Spiderman: Homecoming (because I saw it on Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 Best-rated films list). Until recently, I hadn't bothered with the other films because, well, I'm more of a DC person. Sadly, as we all know, DC is trying their own hand at a cinematic universe, and of the five films released so far, exactly one was any good.
This changed recently. The first thing to push me to this was finding spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War and being intrigued by Thanos, and his malthusian motivations. I decided to not lobby my Dad into going because, well, apparently, it's such a massive crossover that you'll be lost if you missed any of these films (with the apparent exception of Iron Man 3, Ant Man, and Spider-Man Homecoming, if TVtropes is right). Then the final catalyst was my going to the Ravinia gift shop (for a Jackson Browne concert) and seeing an "Awesome Mix Vol. 1" tin (I bought it for my picks). I recognised it was related to Guardians of the Galaxy, but remembered I had not actually seen the film.
This made me resolve to watch all the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, in order if at all possible. Eventually, I decided to go to the library and put them in my library DVD queue. Sadly, last week, neither Iron Man nor Incredible Hulk were available there. Fortunately, I lucked out and got Iron Man 1 and 2 and Incredible Hulk. Sadly, Thor was not available at the time. Maybe next week. And, of course, due to my being in Wisconsin (and thus not in a position to rent films from my local library), there will be a two-week gap after that where I won't watch them. That said, if all goes well next week, I'll have finished Phase 1 by the time I head up there.
In the 10 years since the release of Iron Man, I have only seen three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Doctor Strange (because Dad wanted to see it), Captain America: Winter Soldier (for a film class), and Spiderman: Homecoming (because I saw it on Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 Best-rated films list). Until recently, I hadn't bothered with the other films because, well, I'm more of a DC person. Sadly, as we all know, DC is trying their own hand at a cinematic universe, and of the five films released so far, exactly one was any good.
This changed recently. The first thing to push me to this was finding spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War and being intrigued by Thanos, and his malthusian motivations. I decided to not lobby my Dad into going because, well, apparently, it's such a massive crossover that you'll be lost if you missed any of these films (with the apparent exception of Iron Man 3, Ant Man, and Spider-Man Homecoming, if TVtropes is right). Then the final catalyst was my going to the Ravinia gift shop (for a Jackson Browne concert) and seeing an "Awesome Mix Vol. 1" tin (I bought it for my picks). I recognised it was related to Guardians of the Galaxy, but remembered I had not actually seen the film.
This made me resolve to watch all the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, in order if at all possible. Eventually, I decided to go to the library and put them in my library DVD queue. Sadly, last week, neither Iron Man nor Incredible Hulk were available there. Fortunately, I lucked out and got Iron Man 1 and 2 and Incredible Hulk. Sadly, Thor was not available at the time. Maybe next week. And, of course, due to my being in Wisconsin (and thus not in a position to rent films from my local library), there will be a two-week gap after that where I won't watch them. That said, if all goes well next week, I'll have finished Phase 1 by the time I head up there.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.