Hey everyone!!! Ren the God of Humor here, saying "Greetings" from my new home!!! That's right!! I've finally moved in, I've got my stuff back from regular storage and I have connection!!! It's like Christmas is overshadowing Easter this month!!! I might be busy these next couple of days unpacking boxes and moving furniture, but it'll be worth it!!! Until I am all done helping my family with rearranging things, I promise to get back to my art!! So think you all can wait a bit longer? Please? Thank you in advance!! One more time thanks for everything up until this point and I love you all as my online friends and family!!! It's so good to finally move into my new house after 18 month of waiting and sacrificing so much!!! I couldn't have made it this far without you all!!! I'm excited to get back to several things in my new home!!!
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Greetings from the hotel room I'm staying in! I've successfully moved outta the rental and will be staying in here for the next 4 nights until my furniture arrives on Tuesday next week. Once then I will be getting settled in and working on getting caught on my projects I promised for you all. Again, I can't thank you enough for everything since I moved out of New York 18 months ago when it was only suppose to be 8 months. Well... that's what you get for building a house during a pandemic where things are affected by supply chain. I just can't wait to get to finally move in soon! ^_^
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Hey everyone!!! Guess what I just finished watching today!!!!! That's right! After waiting over a month to see and waiting for it to be available on Disney Plus, it's Disney's newest animated film and according to the fact at the beginning, their 60th one, "Encanto"!!! I am just glad I was able to watch for free here in the rental I'm currently in. I'm trying to save money and gas due to the distance between movie theaters and where I am. And I will say I can definitely see why this movie is nominated for the Golden Globe this month and I think it might win over the other nominee's (though I've yet to see the rest like "Luca"). But let's talk more about this one since I just finished watching!!
So for those of you who saw the trailer, the house is magically alive and a candle blessed a family with their house. Everyone in this family gains a special ability, but the question is how did this all start? Well the movie reveals why and how. So before the events of the movie, a woman named Alma, her husband, her triplets and several people in her former home had to flee to avoid horseback vandals (whom I have no idea why they were attacking). The vandals found them escaping and Alma's husband sacrificed himself to save the others. Poor woman. Left alone to take care of three kids on her own.... But that's when her candle was given a magic power and just like that, the house appeared and their location was concealed within the mountains to keep them safe. And as I said, everyone in the family up to the present day gained a special ability when they open a door with their names on it. Pepa who controls the weather, Luisa is super strong, Camilo can shape-shift into other people, Dolores has super strong hearing, Julieta can heal what ails people with her food, Isabelle is "practically perfect in every way", and Bruno (whom they don't talk about) can see the future, and his predictions often caused misfortunes on others. Everyone had a special ability except Mirabel who for some oddball reason didn't get an ability when her time came. Her door just vanished... I feel like she was denied one for a reason. But either way she was still happy to be part of her family. At least that's what she says to everyone, but deep down she felt left out and meek compared to the rest of her family. I can relate. Sometimes I feel unwanted or ignored too despite what people say about me. One day on Antonio's day to receive his gift, which was to understand and communicate with animals, Mirabel had a vision of the house falling apart and the candle going out! For a moment I thought she inherited her uncle Bruno's ability to see into the future, but no. So after asking Dolores who overhears the people in the family, Mirabel confronts her sister Luisa who confesses that despite her strength, she feels under pressure and that when Mirabel saw the cracks, she felt weaker. So apparently there was connection. Luisa recalled a vision from Bruno before he disappeared and Mirabel had to find it in his tower that was abandoned. After climbing a set of stairs and finding his chamber, she saw green shards of a vision and after putting them together it seemed like Mirabel was the cause or the cracks! Like she was going to be he family's undoing because she didn't get a gift!! I almost believed it at first but I had a feeling there was more to this then meets the eye. And after a failed dinner party where Isabella's man was going to propose to her, that's when the magic started to go haywire in the family and the vision was revealed to the family! I didn't blame Mirabel for any of this though. There had to be another reason for all this! After following rats behind the walls, Mirabel discovered Bruno who never left the family at all! Due to his visions bringing negative results he was considered a black sheep and his eccentric life style of being entertained by the rats made him crazy, but he wasn't a bad guy. Mirabel asked him to look into the future again, and it looked like the same vision he had before BUT there was more detail in it! A butterfly and it seemed like the way to save the magic was for Mirabel and Isabela to hug each other as sisters since Mirabel and Isabella have difficulty getting along since they are polar opposites. During their talk Isabela mentioned how she never wanted to marry the guy who was going to propose to her and she's burdened to look perfect all the time. After a fun song where she grew cacti and felt free being imperfect, they hugged and the candle burned bright as predicted!!! But then Alma appeared and was displeased by this feeling Mirabel is responsible for the misfortunes since she doesn't have a gift. But in reality the problem was everyone in the family was forced to live their lives the way Alma wanted them to!! It was all Alma's fault for her high standards!!! The argument caused a fissure and the house fell to pieces, the candle's flame went out and everyone lost their abilities. I had a feeling this would happen. Mirabel ran away feeling responsible but she was too hard on herself if you ask me. But Alma found her and apologized for putting too much pressure on her family. The truth was after having to flee from her home, losing her husband and being enchanted with the miracle, she didn't want to lose what she had. Thankfully se learned her lesson and was thankful for her family and not the gifts they all had. The two made up and Bruno was welcomed back into the family! With the help from the villagers they were able to rebuild the house and once Mirabel added the doorknob to the house, it was restored to the way it was before it's destruction and Mirabel realized her gift: It's her ability to keep the magic alive! I knew it! She DID get a gift!! She just didn't realize it at first!!! She can now feel like she belongs in her family along with Bruno!!! I'm happy for them both and for the rest of the family they don't have to feel pressured anymore by expectations!!!
So yeah! I can defiantly see why this movie is nominated for the Golden Globe. Honestly, it's hard to decide what should win compared to "Raya and the last Dragon", but since I still haven't seen "Luca" yet, I still hold judgement until after I see. This movie wasn't what I expected and again that's a good thing! A movie that isn't what you predict being a good one! Again I relate to Mirabel 'cause sometimes I relate to her being ordinary and being neglected. I honestly do feel that way in real life even if you my online friends and family accept me. But honestly my favorite character was Bruno. He was funny especially being voiced by John Leguizamo (the voice of Side the Sloth in the Ice Age franchise), I misjudged him being a bad guy since his gift brining misfortune at times, but what I like most is that you gotta look past the rumors to see then good person someone is. I really thought there was a gonna be a villain in this but the truth is you don't need a villain to have a movie. You just need something to create conflict: in this case Alma's expectations despite her reasons. I do sympathize her too 'cause of her losses. I also enjoyed the animation in this movie. Mostly with Isabela's ability to make flowers grow. I can't imagine how long it took for Disney to animate. Having to research different types of flowers, and the growth cycle of these different plants! My favorite scene was the failed dinner party and all the chaos that occurred. "What would the world be like without a little.... chaos?!" I also liked the songs in this too. Especially the Latin America vibe they gave off. I am glad that Hamilton's man Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the songs for this as he did for "Moana"! It's hard to decide which song I like most in all honesty. Some were a little weird I admit but I feel I need to listen them again. Hopefully one of these might be nominated for an Oscar this year! Lin-Manuel deserves another chance to win! Especially earlier this year with his movie of "Vivo". Hopefully one day this may even be made into a broadway show or a live-stage musical in the Disney parks! I can see it now! I do wish some things were explained in this like at the beginning why those vandals were attacking, so I should do my research on times in South America at the time this movie takes place in. And above all, I think this movie has an important lesson about family: Don't let your expectations on how your family should live their lives be important. Be thankful for your family and never lose sight of them ever!! Hopefully parents who see this will understand and change the way they are raising their kids for the better being inspired by this. That is what I think is most important in a movie. How a film can impact the lives of those who watch.
So honesty, I did enjoy this movie but comparing to "Raya and the last Dragon", I can't decide which was better and which should win the Golden Globe this month. Hopefully once I see "Luca" next, it'll be easier to decide. Both films just have important lessons and had the Disney vibe that makes them magical. So I will give this movie the same rating as Raya: a 8.5/10 stars and recommend to those who haven't seen yet!
This has been yet another Ren's Reviews! Next time: "Luca"
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Okay everyone! I just finished watching the movie I promised would be next! As part of my tradition with Aaron the Viking Meerkat, every Christmas we watch a new movie the other person recommends. This year Aaron saw his early, which I don't mind at all. And this year, I saw for him the 2009 stop-motion animation movie "Fantastic Mr. Fox" based on the book by Ronald Dhal. I have read the book as a kid and I loved it, but this movie adaptation was a lot different from the book!! This was a lot goofier then what I anticipated but I definitely saw why the movie was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Film.
So like in the book, Mr. Fox steals poultry from three different stupid farmers to provide for his family. Chickens from Boggis, ducks and geese from Bunce, and turkeys from Bean. Tired of being outsmarted by Mr. Fox, the farmers ambush him but shoot his tail off and after attempting to dig after him, Mr. Fox and his family dug deeper and after encountering a group of other underground animals like a family of Badgers, they worked together to dig underground routes and take the poultry from underneath the farmers to ever avoid getting caught above ground again, leaving the farmers waiting like the idiots they are to wait above ground for Mr. Fox to emerge which he never does.
So the movie adaptation is a lot different from the book! At first Mr. Fox was asked by his wife to stop stealing from farmers to keep him and his family safe since she announced she was pregnant. But Mr. Fox being a fox was lust driven for danger like foxes are in real life and moved his family into a tree where the three poultry farms are and begun to steal the birds with a possum. Even ignoring the warnings from Mr. Badger who was a lawyer in this. Very quickly the "three stooges" agree to work together to try to catch Mr. Fox and are surprisingly not that dumb as they were in the book. For one thing they used digging equipment and dynamite to try and get to Mr. Fox!! Geez! There was nothing like that in the book!!! And the Rat that lived in Beans cellar? He was acting like a guard to stop intruders from stealing anything. He was supposed to play by his own rules and not care about anyone but himself. There was also a subplot I noticed in this movie adaptation. Mr. Fox's son Ash and Mrs. Fox's nephew Kristofferson trying to form a bond, but it seemed like Ash was too stubborn and cold to even get close to his cousin because of how Kris was better at everything then Ash. But families should never be fighting each other!! So like in the book, the plot to steal the birds from underground worked and that was when the story was supposed to end. But this is where the writers of the movie decided to add more to the story after that. Soon, the idiot farmers were able to actually figure this out and flooded the underground tunnels in apple cider!! So much for outsmarting the idiots forever. After Kris defended Ash from a bully, the two were rekindling their bond. Even agreeing to try to get Mr. Fox's tail back that Bean was using as a necktie. But Kris got caught and the farmers made a deal: Mr. Fox's life in exchange for Kris. In the sewers, Mr. Fox fought Rat and before dying, he revealed Kris location. At first, Mr. Fox was going to surrender to the idiot farmers after feeling guilty for putting everyone in danger, but his wife convinced him not to give up. Together they along with the other underground animals worked on a plan to save Kris. They launched a counterattack with pinecones on fire and in the chaos, Mr. Fox and Ash were able to get to Kris at Bean's farm undetected. But wouldn't you know it. The farmers and their workers were there packing heat before anyone could escape!! Geez... I wasn't are how they could get outta this one. But Ash managed to save the day by letting out one of Boggis' rabid beagles and keep the farmers at bay! The animals got adjusted to their lives in the sewers, Mr. Fox managed to provide for his family by stealing produce from a grocery store that actually was owned by the three idiot farmers, and as for those buffoons, they are still waiting at manhole hoping for Mr. Fox to emerge just like the ending of the book.
Like I said, this was unlike what I've read from the book as a kid. It was seriously goofy in a lot of parts, I did get several chuckles out of this like with Mr. Fox not thinking of how to escape Boggis' farm and climbing the electric fence, but I felt like I couldn't take anything serious in this except the farmers who were suppose to be idiots. They did change the plot a lot and added more then the book had, but maybe that was a good thing. If it ended the way it did in the book, it probably would've been anti-climactic for viewers everywhere. I only wish my interruptions I had offline with my family didn't distract me from trying to enjoy the movie. But all the same, I definitely see why this movie was nominated for the Oscar in 2009. Mainly for the animation in it. I did enjoy it and I still salute Stop-motion animation because it's very difficult to pull off due to gravity being a key factor to take control over. But in all honesty, the animation in "Coraline" was a lot better to me for blowing my mind, and I didn't think the animation was that smooth in this movie. But I still say it was good. But if there was a category for Best Stop-Motion Animated Film in the Oscars, compared to the two, I would've given the award to "Coraline". The animation kinda felt old school to me. Like Ray Harryhausen style. The voice acting was good too! George Clooney, Bill Murray and William Dafoe were amazing actors to voice in this. I did feel the characters personalities were a bit off compared to the book, but perhaps the creators of the movie were trying to make the animals more accurate to the nature of the real things. Like as i said, Mr. Fox was cocky and danger seeking like real life ones are, but I felt he wasn't as dedicated to his family as he was in the book. Some parts also didn't make sense to me like that scene at the end with the wolf, but I guess I need to rewatch when I have the chance. After all this was my first time watching and I need to watch at a better time when I'm not trying to do too many things at once. Now that I saw this and realizing that they did change the movie to be more epic then where it ends in the book, I do feel conflicted on which version is better. The book or the movie. I am glad I did finally get around to seeing this 'cause now I've seen all the movies that were nominated for the Oscar in Best Animated Feature for 2009. Yes. I even saw "The Secret of Kells" a long time ago. And honestly I still agree that "Up" deserved to win but I also wish "Coraline" could've won its own Oscar too.
So there's my thoughts on the movie. Sorry if I didn't discuss much but I gotta be up early for work again tomorrow. If you want to ask me anything else about the movie and what I think, feel free to comment below. I will give it a 7/10 stars and i guess recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen yet, but I honestly would recommend other things to watch before seeing this.
Until next time, this has been another Ren's Reviews! Next time: "Encanto'
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Two weeks ago, a very close dear friend of mine gave me another movie request to see. This time it was the Pokemon Netflix movie "Secrets of the Jungle" which is also like the other two Pokemon movies I've seen earlier this year since this is a different timeline where Ash doesn't tag along with Brock and Misty at the start. Again, as a 90's kid I will always prefer the original timeline from the anime show I grew up with, but as I learned from the other two movies I've seen, it's nice to see something different then what I'm used to. And after seeing this movie, it's exactly what everyone should see with an important message that I will explain later!!
So it starts off with a new species of Pokemon I didn't learn about called Zarude, a Dark/Grass type that looks like a primate (or Primape in this case, lol!). At first I was shocked 'cause I thought these things were speaking in English, but nope! It turns out they were speaking in Pokemon through their perspective! These things live in a tree with healing waters but they are so territorial that they won't share it with other Pokemon... Selfish things. But their elder seems to know better. One day, one of the Zarude found an orphaned baby alone in the jungle and decided to take care of him despite what the other Zarude said and forbade it, this one decided to leave the pact to take care of him and named the little Koko. Funny thing is that I at first thought it was a girl 'cause of the cries and because I was thinking of Coco from the Pixar movie. This Zarude who we call Dada now even tried to find Koko's parents but he was unsuccessful. So Koko grew up to be a young man who could understand Pokemon and did everything he could to help Pokemon even if it meant crossing in the other Zarude territory to heal Pokemon in the water. And one day, who should Koko meet but Ash and Pikachu!! Of coarse! You can't have a Pokemon movie without the iconic characters of Ash and Pikachu! Koko was shocked at first to find other humans like him and was confused, but after spending time with Ash and learning more about other people (which was reminding me a lot like Disney's "Tarzan" when Tarzan was learning from Jane) he was happy and even enjoyed the festival in celebration to Celebi that was going on in the town Ash was visiting. Koko learned he was not a Pokemon since he didn't understand why he couldn't use moves and learned the truth from Dada. After checking an abandoned research facility they learned that Koko was the son of the parents who ran it. Ash took him to the Biotope company that ran the research which was ran by a man named Zed, who revealed that Koko's real name is Al and that his parents, who were in charge of the research project on the tree the Zarude live in, died in a car crash. Unfortunate.... I thought Koko was finally gonna be reunited with his folks. After being asked to divulge any information about the tree to the Biotope company, Koko refused and ran off and that's when...... it happened.... Zed showed his true colors to EVERYONE! He placed a tracer on Koko to find the tree AND was gonna use force to get to the water even if it meant destroying the environment and the Pokemon and betraying the research team!! Geez!! I had a feeling this guy couldn't be trusted, but he was seriously unstable!!! And it got worse with Zed!! It turns out that the car crash that killed Koko's parents was no accident! He was their assistant and he was determined to be right and gain the research on the water, but because Koko's parents wanted to approach it in a way that didn't harm nature or the Pokemon. But Zed being the unstable jackass he was chased the two and Koko in their car and pushed them off the side 'causing the two injured and them having to save Koko by pushing his cradle down the river before they died in the explosion!!!! MONSTER!!! Pokemon's created some heartless villains before like the Iron Masked Marauder and Marcus, but Zed has proven to be the worst!!! Having no regard for nature, being seriously unstable, and leaving a baby to be an orphan?!!? I'd snap his neck if I could!!! After learning of this, the rest of Biotope turned against Zed to stop him!! Ash and Pikachu also helped to stop Zed in his advanced machine that he was going to use to attack the tree, but nothing could harm it!! The Zarude still determined to save the tree and the water also fought against Zed but not even they could stop him! That was when Dada rallied the rest of the Pokemon to help defeat Zed!! Dada took a big hit and I thought he was going to die but the impossible happened. Koko was able to use the Pokemon move called Jungle Healing the Zarude use to heal the jungle and themselves!! I never thought I'd live to see the day a human can use a Pokemon move!! But Koko's heart was so strong and his love to save Dada was so powerful that he actually managed to pull it off! With the combine efforts of the Zarude and Pikachu they managed to stop Zed by striking the machine's control systems from the back, but Zed managed to flee and make a desperate attempt to the tree! Persistent little bugger... Koko caught him and tie him up before he could get any closer, and thanks to Team Rocket (who once again didn't have a big role in this compared to past other films), they were able to share incontestable proof of Zed's crimes and have him arrested! Personally I wish Zed was killed given how black-hearted he was, but I guess jail works too. The humans, Pokemon and Zarude all worked together to fix Zed's damage, Dada was welcome back among his tribe after what he managed to do, and Koko decided to leave to travel the world and help other Pokemon and humans be closer so they can work together and live in harmony to help nature. Noble quest, kid. Good luck on your journey! It might seem like pipe dream but I hope you are successful one day Koko!! And as for Ash and Pikachu
So truth be told, this was nothing original to me. Watching it made me feel like I was seeing movies like "The Jungle Book", "Tarzan", "Ferngully the Last Rainforest", "Avatar" and many others involving someone raised in the wild and saving nature. But despite that, the message itself never gets old and should NEVER be forgotten in humanity! There are so many selfish humans out there who are willing to kill animals, harm plants and put the future of humanity at stake that they don't realize that their ill-gotten gains do more damage then they realize!! So while the plot was nothing original, I commend Pokemon for reminding us all we are all connected in the great Circle of Life and that we must all live together in harmony. Just like in the other two movies I saw earlier this year, as a Pokemon fan there were several Pokemon I didn't recognize because after Generation 5, I just lost interest in the new additions. Pokemon is just trying too hard to come up with new ones. But thanks to my friends here online, I am able to get familiar with them. As I said before, Zed was one pure evil villain. He reminded me of the villains in the Quaritch from "Avatar" but the good thing is that unlike Quaritch, Zed didn't cost as many lives as Quaritch did. He was unstable like Mysterio in "Spider-Man Far From Home" and as heartless about nature as Parker from "Avatar". The Zarude were aggressive and territorial about the healing water, but I liked Dada for having a sense of responsibility and having a big heart to take care of Koko. I am just glad the Zarude had a sense of honor to stop Zed. I did feel sorry for Koko and what happened to his parents it seemed like they had a strong passion for Pokemon and nature, and their attempts to save both cost them their lives. I will be sure to honor them for all eternity. I felt like Ash and Pikachu didn't have a significant role in this compared to past other films and that Koko had the lead role, but it's okay. The entire Pokemon universe doesn't revolve around those two. I am just glad their actions were important to the plot of the movie. Team Rocket didn't have a big important role as usual, but the good thing is that they provide comic relief (which is what they are) and that they did something important in Zed's defeat. So like in previous Pokemon films, they sometimes help Ash since they are not entirely evil.
Again, my loyalty is to the original Pokemon timeline of the anime I grew up with and love but this movie was important for it's message on helping nature and all that dwell in it. Hopefully when other's watch they will help contribute to saving nature so it's not destroyed and generations of people can live with all in it and thrive along with all on Earth. While the movie wasn't original, the moral of the movie is what I commend most and as a Pokemon fan, it brought back memories to my younger years as a Pokemon fan. So I give the movie a 8/10 stars and recommend to Pokemon fans can be inspired by it and be touched by the bridge between Pokemon and humans alike.
This has been another Ren's Reviews! Next time: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
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Guess what I just got back from seeing today, folks!!! That's right!! The successful new movie "Spider-Man No Way Home", and man!! People were not wrong about this movie!! It's that sensational, and it had so many twists and surprises that I wasn't expecting, I just don't know where to start!! The MCU really knows how to make a movie and so now this is one of my personal favorites they made so far!! If you want to know, I will explain why!!!
So for those of you who saw the mid-credits scene of the last movie of "Spider-Man: Far From Home", before he "died" (still pretty sure he faked his death), Mysterio not only framed Peter for his "death" but he also revealed to the world his identity as Spider-Man!! Jackass!! He ruined things for Peter!!! This caused the world to be divided among people who either saw him as a hero or a criminal. And we can thank Jameson (reprised by J.K. Simmons) for making it worse... The news following Peter, people vandalizing his stuff and threatening him and to make matters worse, because Ned and MJ were close to Peter, their lives were affected too. So because of Peter being Spider-Man, all three couldn't get into MIT due to their views on Spider-Man... That's prejudice!!! So Peter got an idea. He consulted Doctor Strange and asked him to make a spell so the whole world will forget who Spider-Man is. But because of Peter's meddling and wanting specific people to remember him, the spell became unstable and Strange had to contain it. I agree though with Strange. Peter was trying to live two separate lives and he had to fix this himself. So when Peter was attempting to make the MIT woman see reason to about his, Ned's and MJ's applicants, who should show up....... but Doctor Octopus from "Spider-Man 2"!!!! Yes!! This version played by Alfred Molina was reprising his role from the original trilogy and very much alive before he drowned himself in the end of the movie!!!! He started attacking Peter thinking it was the Tobey Maguire version but after unmasking him, he realized he was not the same, and the nanites of Peter's Iron Spider-Man suit got on Otto's tentacles, shockingly Peter managed to take control!!! Just before Peter was going to start reasoning with Otto, another not friendly face showed up!! It was Green Goblin played by William Dafoe from the first "Spider-Man" movie!!!! I was shocked to see another sinister face again so suddenly!!! Before Peter could attack him, Strange summoned him and Otto (locking him a magic prison along with Lizard from "The Amazing Spider-Man" films with Andrew Garfield reprised by his original actor) explaining the spell he casted actually summoned Spider-Man's enemies across the Multiverse since they knew his identity and that he had to contain the spell in an item called the Machina de Kadavus! Now Peter had to gather the others so that Strange could send them back! With Ned and MJ's help, Peter managed to track down Electro from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and Sandman from "Spider-Man 3" (also reprised by their original actors). I at first thought Flint would be on Peter's side after what happened in the end on Spider-Man 3, but the confusion of a different Spider-Man and being out of his universe confused him and made him hostile again. Once the villains were rounded up, Doctor Strange was going to send them back to have them get killed since it was their fate in the original films they are from, but Peter, being the softie he is, wanted to help cure them so they wouldn't have to suffer being villains and be killed by the Spider-Man in their worlds. Strange wouldn't listen and it led to a fight between the two former allies and a chase in the Mirror Dimension! Gods I never get tired of the visuals since Doctor Strange's first film! Peter got the upper hand, took the Machina and trapped Doctor Strange in the Mirror Dimension. Oh boy... I hate seeing heroes who fought together against a common enemy face each other... So Peter found Norman Osborn and with his good personality, they agreed to help the others be freed of their villainous problems. At Happy's apartment, they started with Dr. Octopus first and (for those of you who remember from the movie) since he was under the influence of the mechanical arms due to the inhibitor chip that protects his higher brain function being destroyed, gave him a new one and he was free from the control of the arms! Thank goodness! Otto was a good man with good intentions before the accident that made him evil. Next, Peter and Otto worked on a cure for Norman, but bad timing happened.... Green Goblin's persona took over and convinced the rest of the villains that their villainous traits are gifts and shouldn't be given up... A fight broke out, the others besides Otto escaped and poor Aunt May got injured... She said the same thing Uncle Ben said to the other Peter's: "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility". That's when..... her injury got so fatal that...... she died........... Poor Peter.......... He lost his only family..... This made him look even more bad to the authorities.... He just can't catch a break....... Peter really needed help now. That's when Ned did the impossible. Since he was given Doctor Strange's sling ring to hold onto by Peter, he managed to open a two portals and....... guess who showed up? (Drum roll) Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man's!!!!!!!!!! That's right!!! They returned and reprised after all this time!!!!!!! I didn't think they would appear in this after what I heard in social media but once again, the MCU managed to hide spoilers from us and fool us until we saw the movie!!!! Oh the nostalgia seeing Tobey Maguire wear the suit again.... After nearly 20 years since the first movie's debut on the screen... So the two other Peter's showed up with our Peter and gave him some words of wisdom based on what they went through and encouraged him not to give up. They all agreed to even help cure the villains no matter what. Together, all three Peter's worked on the cures with MJ and Ned, and Peter 3 (which I'm nicknaming for no confusion) lured them all to the Statue of Liberty (which was getting a Captain America shield added). When I first saw the trailer, I was afraid how Peter was going to face Lizard, Sandman, and Electro alone, but having the other Peter's together evened the odds. Fist Sandman got cured, Electro got too powerful but who managed to cure him but Otto! Otto redeemed himself for good and found "The power of the sun in the palm of his hand" with the arc reactor from Tony Stark! Lizard also got cured and returned to normal, and Doctor Strange managed to escape the Mirror Dimension having seen that Peter was right and the enemies were cured. Only problem was Green Goblin still rogue and evil AND he destroyed the Machina, thus opening the multiverse and luring other enemies of Spider-Man to this one! Peter 3 fought him with the intention of killing him after he was responsible for Aunt May's death but Tobey Maguire Spider-Man stopped him (not before Green Goblin stabbed him with the glider, but thankfully Tobey lived), and Peter 3 cured him for good!!! In order to stop the enemies of Spider-Man from coming, Peter 3 gave Doctor Strange permission to erase everyone in the world of their memory that Peter is Spider-Man and in doing so, everyone from their own dimensions returned safely and lived. It's just a shame that even MJ and Ned forgot.... But it had to be done.... Poor Peter.... without Aunt May he really is all alone..... He was about to tell MJ and Ned who he is, but.... he didn't do it. Responsible move, Peter. I just hope that you will be okay now after the mess you made and after renting a place all on your own.
WOW!!!! JUST WOW!!!! This is probably the best Spider-Man live action film I've seen yet!!!! Seeing my favorite hero Doctor Strange appear in this he and Spider-Man were together in "Avengers Endgame" was sweet (and having a fellow Justice Guardian and Rainboom from Twilight Sparkle
So again, this is probably my favorite Spider-Man live-action film so far not just because characters from previous films returning in this, but also for how amazing the collaboration was as a whole!! I just hope Marvel will continue to surprise us!! I will give this a 10/10 stars and HIGHLY recommend to Marvel fans if you love Spider-Man and have memories with the previous films!!!
So until next time, this has been another Ren's Reviews. Next time: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
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Well everyone, I just got back from seeing Marvel's newest movie this month, and wow!! This was unlike anything I've seen from the franchise!! That's right! It's the new release of "The Eternals", folks!! And despite what reviews are saying about it, I enjoyed it!! I don't care what anyone says! Marvel really knows how to make amazing movies! This was an interesting group of heroes with a shocking story full of twists and development, but I'm about to share all that and my thoughts with you all!
So as you know from the trailers, the Eternals are a group from another world who came to Earth to face a group called the Deviants which are an alien race that look like colorful versions of Venom's symbiote. And each of the Eternals members has a special power. Ajak with her healing, Ikaris who could fly and shoot lasers from his eyes like Superman (a character in the movie confused him for Superman, ha!), Sprite who could create illusions and images with magic, Sersi wh could change matter into something else by touching it, Thena who is a skilled fighter and can create weapons out of magic, Gilgamesh who is really strong and durable, Maakari who is really fast (like Flash and Quicksilver, sounds like competition would brew if they met), Kingo who can blast enemies with energy from is hands, Druig who can read and control the minds of others, and lastly, Phastos who is so intelligent he can create inventions well advanced before it's time. Together since the dawn of civilization, the Eternals have killed as many Deviants as possible and bonded with so many people in different eras and civilizations. Sersi and Ikaris even fell in love and became a couple. They didn't get involved in incidents like with Thanos because they had to let humanity handle certain things on their own. Mature stuff there. I too want to be independent in certain things myself. But one day in the 1500's, Druig became upset by seeing a war and wanting to stop it due to how humanity has gotten in his eyes, but their leader Ajak the leader decided to let them all follow their own lives. Especially since all the Deviants seemed to be gone and Thena was suffering from having too many memories and going hostile. Poor woman. And she's so lovely too being played by Angelia Jolie. In the present day, everyone had their own lives, Sersi lost touch with Ikaris and Sprite was unhappy being unlike any other human girl. But then all of a sudden a Deviant attacked them!! Guess they didn't get them all after all! And to make matters worse, she found the leader Ajak killed by the Deviants which explains why it was able to heal itself! It absorbed her power!! Sersi became the new leader for some reason she didn't understand, so she had to get the team back together to stop the Deviants. But this is where it gets shocking. Sersi learned two things! 1. That they were created by Celestials to kill the Deviants which were their own creations too! The Celestials goals were to implant their "eggs" in planets and allow them to emerge by feeding on intelligent life (in this case humans) and destroy the planet when they reach their peek to emerge! Which explains why when Thanos took half the population 5 years since the event of the movie, it delayed the process. And 2. Ikaris had killed Ajak because he was loyal to the Celestials!! Hard-ass!!!! I was shocked to find out he was evil!! But then again this isn't a first! Finding out Yon-Rogg and the Kree force were evil in "Captain Marvel" was shocking! Anyway, Sprite too joined Ikaris in allowing the emergence of the next Celestial because she too didn't care about what happened to Earth and loved Ikaris! Traitors!!! Gilgamesh was killed by the same Deviant that killed Ajak and his power was absorbed by it too! The less heroes to help in the emergence of a god-like being, the scarier it got.... But now I see why Sersi was chosen to be the leader. Her passion for humanity is what made her perfect. Ajak had that same passion too. Phastos had the idea to use his technology to loan their power to Sersi through the Uni-Mind to stop the Celestial from emerging. It was a tough battle fighting among their own team members, but they were able to subdue Ikaris and Sprite, and Thena was able to avenge Gilgamesh by killing the Deviant that killed him! I was really worried if Earth was gonna be doomed to the birth of the Celestial but Sersi was able to turn that thing into stone with the power from her fellow Eternals! Ikaris feeling guilty for what he did killed himself by flying into the sun. Hmph! Good riddance I say to that traitor and murderer! I'm glad we'll never see that Superman knock off ever again! Thena, Druig, and Makkari depart on their spaceship to find other Eternals on other worlds, Sersi turns Sprite into a human so she can enjoy the trills of humanity, but just when things were gonna get better, their boss Arishem the Celestial shows up and takes Sersi and the other Eternals away upset with their treason and spares humanity only if they are worthy of his judgement..... Oh man.... something tells me he'll be back..... Dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun..... But it gets even more shocking! On the shapeship, a visitor appeared. A drunken hobbit-like creature and Eros who is Thanos' brother!!!!! WHAT?!?!! Thanos had a brother?!?!! I hope he's not evil like Thanos was!!! The fact he is helping the Eternals?! This just gets weirder and weirder!! And I wonder why he would want to help them! If he really is good or if he has something secret planned... And then the more confusing part was seeing a character named Dane Whitman who was Sersi's boyfriend at the time of the movie's events take out a sword and hearing a voice. I didn't get it at first, but now I recognize the name! He's Black Knight like in the comics!! And w will get to see him in action in the future!
Wow!! Like I said, this was unlike anything I've seen from the MCU so far!!! And I was not expecting several things in this movie! Like the fact that one of the Eternals would be a villain. But then again, Marvel does manage to surprise us as Disney does with a twist villain. I expected the Eternals to fight a common enemy as a team. But I guess not. Some parts were confusing and it honestly was hard to get attached to one character, but I am not complaining about the movie. It is what it is. I really loved the visuals of the movie. Marvel really has amazing visuals like always! They should win an Oscar for it one of these days! I did like how different the Eternals were among each other. Sersi and Thena were really lovely and good girls. Maakari being mute and using sign language to speak is nice since I don't know a lot of movies that have someone use sign language to communicate. Having Phastos be gay too is also a nice touch to show the MCU supports LGBT right as well. He did inspire me as an artist with his genius and the way he shares his ideas like blueprints. I did sympathize him when he was at Hiroshima after he got bombed and he felt responsible for allowing his genius to destroy the place by a nuclear bomb. I also sympathize Druig who wanted to get humanity to stop fighting in wars. I can relate to the Eternals. Humanity can be wild and unstable unless kept under control, but stripping them of their free will is wrong as shown in "Black Widow". So it's really hard to decide who my favorite character is in the movie. I was shocked by what the Celestials were trying to do. Truth be told, it gave me a "Steven Universe" vibe with the cluster and if it emerged, it would destroy Earth in the process. Man. A lot of bad guys view Earth as nothing more then a tool for their crazy sick goals. It's always on Earth most of the time. And in all honesty, I got more laughs out of this movie then from the previous two. Despite Sprite being bad at one moment she gave a lot of good laughs to me, and Kingo and his assistant being in the film business. I was hoping to see a familiar face from the previous films in this like in "Shang Chi And the Legend of the Ten Rings" but hopefully we will see how this will tie in later on in the franchise. After all, as I've said before, "everything is connected." Hopefully we see more in the future with Thanos' brother and Black Knight, and even some theories will be confirmed. But for now, my attention is focused on the next movie, "Spider Man No Way Home".
So despite whatever reviews people say and ratings they are giving this movie, I enjoyed it as I always do from Marvel! They really know what they're doing and manage to send us on an emotional roller coaster! I just can't wait for what's next! I am hyped for the Disney Plus series of "Hawkeye" this month! And with amazing cast and an interesting backstory with beautiful visuals, I will give this an 8/10 stars and highly recommend to Marvel fans out there! Whatever we see in this movie will eventually lead up to something important as "Avengers Endgame" did!!!
Until then this has been another Ren's Reviews! Next time: "Encanto"
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Well everyone, after months of waiting since it's release in March earlier this year, I finally was able to see "Raya and the Last Dragon" today!! I know what you're probably thinking. Why did I take so long to decide to watch today even though I got it on Blu-Ray for my birthday in June? Well to me, watching a movie is all about experience. And the first time you watch a movie should try to be special. So I had to wait until now in my current rental to use the big screen TV where the Blu-Ray player is hooked up to to watch. But it was worth it to wait this long given everything else I was asked to watch, how busy my life got and other things that I wanted to watch first. Anyway, I don't care what anyone says about this movie!! It was an important movie in my eyes with an important message!! I don't regret watching after what Disney has done for us since "Frozen 2" all the way back in 2019!!!!
In ancient legends, a land called Kumandra who's lake is in the shape of a dragon was once prosperous with dragons who brought water and peace. But an evil force called the Druun came and anyone it touched would turn them into stone!! Even the dragon were not immune to them!! Until Sisu, the last dragon (the title of the movie gives that away) came and with her powers, created a dragon gem to repel the Druun away. Things surely would've gone back to normal, but then the land was divided and people fought for the last remanent of dragon magic. Five tribes were made of Fang, Spine, Tail, Talon and Heart, each a part of the dragon lake, and Heart was tasked to keep the Gem safe given what they represent. Raya was given the honor to defend the Dragon Gem along her father, who wanted to unify the land and give Raya a better world to live in. Sounds like a pipe dream honestly. The clans of Fang, Spine, Talon and Tail arrived and Raya befriended a girl her age named Namaai from the Fang clan and it seemed like they were getting along from having the same interests. Raya was even told that Sisu might still be out there in one of the rivers in the Tail tribe. Feeling like she could trust Namaai, she showed her the Dragon Gem, but then, Namaai betrayed Raya and intended to take the Gem believing it was in Fang's best interests. But then the other clans started fighting for it. Raya's father tried to remind everyone to be one again, but they didn't listen and ended up breaking the Dragon Gem!!! Way to go you idiots!! You could've cooperated but you chose to be selfish and fight for what you want!! Never thinking of others!! This brought back the Druun which started turning people into stone again! Including Raya's father!! Good thing the Druun is rebelled by the Gem and by water. Each of the clans took a shard of Dragon Gem to save themselves, and Raya was tasked to find them and unify the people like her father envisioned. 6 years and no luck until finally in a river of the Tail tribe, she finally found the right one where Sisu was in! And man what a goofy dragon she was! Just like Mushu! Now I see why people ship them together! Raya brought her up to speed and wouldn't you know it? Sisu wasn't the one who made the gems. Each dragon chipped in a part of their magic and her siblings did the hard part. Sisu's ability is just swimming. What a lying legend. But the good thing is that with each shard of the Gem Sisu touched she'd gain a power. So they had to find the rest of the gems and use it to defeat the Druun. But unfortunately, they weren't the only ones looking for them. Namaai was also after them believing she was doing what was best for the Fang clan! I guess that moment in their past still salts their wounds. They found the one in the Tail clan after avoiding booby traps and Sisu gained the ability to turn into a human form for a disguise. Raya and Sisu befriended a young chef and sailor named Boun who lost his family to the Druun and never left the boat to stay safe. Sailing to Talon, Sisu suggested being generous and trusting in order to get the piece by giving the clan leader a gift. But he was already turned into stone and someone was going to blackmail Sisu to the Druun into revealing the other pieces if she isn't get them. While in Talon, Raya recruited a young baby and three monkeys to help get the Gem piece and it worked!! Next was Spine and they realized that a man named Tong is the only one left in his clan since everyone was a victim of the Druun. Poor guy... Namaai found them at Spine and Sisu revealed herself in her dragon form in hopes of showing trust and becoming friends. I like Sisu's attitude but it didn't seem that possible since hatred and negativity rules out reasoning. But that was when Sisu showed Raya the statues of her siblings and told her the past on stopping the Druun. Her siblings gave their power to create the gem and they entrusted her to stop the Druun. I saw her point about why she was so trusting to everyone and why she was insistent on the idea. So Raya went along with her plan and left a gift to Namaai as a sign of a trust. And after showing up with the last Dragon Gem piece, I thought it was gonna work out but Namaai betrayed her word and pulled out a crossbow!!! Sisu tried to calm down saying she trusted Namaai, but Raya still having trust issues, struck Namaai's crossbow and the arrow accidentally hit Sisu killing her!!!!! Geez!!! Poor Sisu!! She didn't deserve it!! With her gone, the water went away and the Druun spread like wildfire!! Raya and Namaai fought but after realizing how bad their actions were, they realized they had to save the people of Fang from being turned into stone. Unable to hold back the Druun from consuming them, Raya, Tong, the baby and monkeys, and Boun had to give their pieces of the Dragon Gem to Namaai as a sign of trust, only to become stone too!! But Namaai was able to redeem herself by putting the Gem back together before become stone too. The gem repelled the Druun away and it not only brought back everyone who was turned into stone, but it also brought back the dragons too, including Sisu's siblings!! Together they were able to revive Sisu and thank goodness!! Sisu really deserved better for her views and purity! Tong, the baby and monkeys, Boun, Namaai, and Raya were able to reunite with their loved ones after so long, and together they were able to make Kumandra whole again!
Man... this is just like what's going on in real life with people being divided by racism, stereotypes, and other negative things that people tend to dwell on in today's modern age. And the Druun? It reminded me so much of COVID-19 and how it's affected everyone! No one was spared from it! People lost someone from it! Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, everyone! And it could've all been avoided if people just learned to get along and work together to fix the problem as it eventually happened. So that's what I love most about this movie! The message to it about trusting others and being kind to everyone instead of fighting and assuming the worst in other people! Working together works in the end! We all just need to let go of our prides, mend the broken bonds we have, and swallow our own opinions so we don't offend anyone. After all, just like the Druun did in Kumandra, COVID-19 has brought the worst in many people. Fear and anger will do that. But like Sisu I believe there is hope in bringing this nightmare to an end. And speaking of Sisu, she is my favorite character for reminding me of myself. Not for the humor which she made me laugh for but also for being optimistic and seeing the good in others. There needs to be more people like her who want to approach the good and peaceful way to fix problems. I got other laughs too from the hot spices, the baby and her monkeys being sneaky con-artists and Sisu adding everything to her credit she was buying. That poor naive dragon. As for animation, Disney really knows how to master animation after doing it for so many years! I especially loved it most on the dragons and how fluid they moved like snakes or eels. I was surprised who voiced in this movie after checking on Wikipedia and recognizing their roles from other movies!! I already recognized Awkwafina from "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", but I didn't expect Benedict Wong, Kelly Marie Tran and Gemma Chan! Man. I need to memorize names easier and try to recognize their voices by listening to them more often. Honestly Namaai was my least favorite character for starting all this trouble and for the reason Raya has trust issues like Nick Fury in the Marvel world. But I also have to chastise Raya for striking and being responsible for Sisu's death. But the important thing is they learned a lesson and became friends. I also love how Disney did their research again and made the world so accurate to Asian culture! The food, the world itself, the dragons and lore, the culture, and especially the fighting between Raya and Namaai. Like they watched a martial arts movie to study the movement and fighting style of both girls to get it accurate! This is why Disney is the best in my eyes and why I hope to work for them someday!! They really know how to make an entertaining animated movie! I can't wait to see whatever is next from them!! And
So the characters were memorable, the animation beautiful, but the best aspect of all was the moral of the movie and how it sparks hope and kindness in those like me and others. This is why I highly recommend the movie for everyone to see during this crisis with the pandemic and why I will give it an 8.5/10 stars!! People need to learn to trust in each other again and not put up walls in order to bring this nightmare to an end! Raya and her friends were able to do it! So can we!! I know the world can be back to what it was before all this started!
Until then, this has been another Ren's Reviews! Next time: "Luca"
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Hey everyone!!! So yesterday I managed to find a good chance on my day off to see the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and it really was as amazing as everyone is saying!!! Marvel has outdone themselves with introducing a new hero into the franchise since "Captain Marvel in 2019. I was a little skeptical at first how this would work out since the Mandarin is Iron Man's #1
Apparently the Legend of the Ten Rings is not known to a specific answer yet! All we know is that Xu Wenwu or the Mandarin came across them either by stealing them from a tomb or he was gifted them from a crater. Ever since then, he has used them to conquer land, kill armies and even stay immortal! But then one day on his search for an ancient land called Ta Lo, he came across woman named Ying Li who was able to beat Wenwu by using air bending! Gave me "Avatar the Last Airbender" vibes! Surprisingly the two fell in love after the fight and had two kids! Xu Shang Chi and Xu Xialing. Both parents gave up their former lives and settled in to have a peaceful happy life together until the day a rival group called the Iron Gang came to settle a score with Wenwu and killed Ying Li and all Shang Chi did was hide and watch. Wenwu outraged by this put the rings back and trained Shang Chi night and day to be like him. Poor kid... He was made into a murderer... Wanting to get away from his father, he settled into San Francisco and became friends with an American-born Asian girl named Katy who is like all American and reckless. Driving fast and never doing anything else in her life. Good for her I say. I enjoy what I do in my life as well but I'm always willing to try new things and expand my horizon. But then one day they got attacked by the 10 Rings group by a man named Razor Fist who wanted the necklace Shang Chi wore. I wasn't sure why at first but it turns out his sister had one too that they wanted as well! Both Shang Chi and Katy went to Macau, China to warn Xialing, and it turns out she started a fight club and one match consisted of Abomination vs Wong!!! I saw from the ads and trailers and saw it coming, and I thought this was gonna be crucial to the plot, but I guess not! And it doesn't surprise me Abomination is loose now that S.H.I.E.L.D. is no more. And it is nice to see Wong's more fun side since he's so serious! Anyway, Wenwu got both necklaces and his children back and revealed that the necklaces helped form a map to find Ta Lo where he believed the soul of Ying Li was kept in a gate according to her "voice". Fearing that Wenwu would destroy the village in order to find his wife in the process, Shang Chi and the girls escaped with none-other then Trevor Slattery from "Iron Man 3"!!! I couldn't believe we'd see him again after his imprisonment!! But then again there is a short called "All Hail the King" and he was broken out of prison by the real Mandarin who took offense to Trevor using his identity and decided to keep him around as a court jester given his acting career. What shocked me most is his "friend" named Morris he has that looked like something from the mystical world!! It didn't even have a head!! They made it to Ta Lo and wow!! What an inspiring land filled with amazing beautiful creatures!! Maybe this is where the lore of Chinese creatures comes from!! And the village was so amazing and rich in Chinese culture with combat, weaponry, art and respect for animals. So it turns out what they do is defend the gate mentioned above from any attempts to open because behind it are creatures called Soul Eaters. I won't need to explain what they do given the name, but behind the gate is something even worse called the Dweller-in-Darkness that absorbs souls too and can impersonal the voice of anyone, even Ying Li! Wenwu was being deceived!! Shang Chi met his aunt on his mother's side and with her help, he was taught the method that Ying Li used to defeat Wenwu! And after some soul-searching, Shang Chi decided to kill his father when he would arrive, which he did and both sides fought. Wenwu got to the gate and was determined to open it believing his wife was behind it. Poor delusional man... He was even ignorantly freeing the Soul Eaters and they were taking the souls of BOTH sides in the battle for the Dweller!! Shang Chi fought his father and the amazing part is that Shang Chi was able to control the rings during that fight!! I saw that in the trailers too!! I knew he had it in him seeing how he's his father's son! He managed to beat his father, but surprisingly he spared Wenwu saying how his family needed him. What was even more amazing is that the Great Protector of Ta Lo which was a majestic beautiful Chinese dragon joined in the fight!!! Bad news was the gate too enough damage for the Dweller to be freed!!! UUUUUUUUGLY thing it is!! It took Wenwu's soul, but not before he bequeathed the rings to Shang-Chi!! Noble final act. And at least now he can be reunited with his wife... The Dweller nearly even got the Great Protector's soul, but if it hadn't been for Katy firing an arrow at it's throat, that thing would've taken the dragon's soul!! With help from his sister, Shang-Chi used the rings to defeat the Dweller once and for all! Good riddance!! And man... sad scene about paying respects to those who lost their lives in the battle... Even for Wenwu despite all he's done. He wasn't pure evil. He really was a good man at one point and a loving husband and father until fate made him into a vengeful desperate soul... Shang Chi and Katy went back to San Fransisco until Wong showed up and brought them to the sanctum to talk with Bruce Banner and Captain Marvel about the rings. They couldn't trace the source of the rings but apparently they discovered that the rings were transmitting a message! But to what..... and more importantly by who.....? And as for Xialing, well she took over the Ten Rings group. Something tells me he has plans and we'll be seeing them in action soon....
Wow!! Just wow!! Marvel really knows how to make a great film again!! It's no wonder they are my favorite film franchise ever now!! I don't know where to begin with what I loved about this!! Probably the deep rich Chinese culture they protracted in this with the fighting, the music, the mystic creatures and the Asian cast they had! Even having most lines done in Chinese but translated for us! It gave me the same vibes as "Black Panther" did but for Asia! As I said, this reminded me of "Avatar the Last Airbender" for a number of reasons! Marvel really did their research for this movie to have it spot on with the world it took place in!! The visuals really blew my mind for this movie like with the rings in the fighting and the mystical creatures in Ta Lo. Mostly the Great Protector herself! It's just a shame Marvel has yet to win an Oscar for their visuals they really deserve one after everything they've managed to pull off in their past films! If they don't get nominated for this one, I'll be darned!! I also really liked the acting of several of the actors. Katy was one hilarious character with her attitude and her American born nature. I have yet to see her actress' role in "Raya and the Last Dragon", but I bet it's just as funny as in here! Wenwu was a complicated character. Evil and power-hungry at several moments, but a good man who love his family and wanted the best for them. It was hard to hate him but at the same time, I was mad at him for what he did to his kids and the people around him. His rings were not like the ones in the comics after looking up his comic book counterpart, but they still turned out okay in my book. Xialing I felt sorry for because she had skill as a fighter but was denied training due to being a girl. Sexist!! She had developed a cold view on life due to her brother's abandonment and I felt she deserved better. I am just glad she was accepted among the people in Ta Lo. Though I am worried what she is planning on doing as the new leader of the Ten Rings... And Shang Chi himself? He turned out to be a real hero in the end. Facing his past after running away from it for so long, coming back to his sister after abandoning her with a fake promise to not come back to her and facing his father for everything that's happened to him. It's best to man up and face your problems and accept who you are despite your background and whatever you've done that you are unhappy with. I got several other laughs from this movie like from Trevor and Wong singing karaoke with Shang Chi and Katy. Who knew Wong could sing?! Good luck making it on America's Got Talent, Wong! The other thing I enjoyed was the fact Marvel managed to surprise me with what happens in this movie! Like bringing in Trevor, Bruce and Carol! I wasn't expecting any of those!! I am curious about the message the rings are giving, but we will find out in a later film. But something tells me it won't be long until we find out. Seeing Bruce back in his human form shows us that he's really controlled his power as the Hulk and talking with Carol shows that even with Tony, Nat and Steve gone, that the remaining Avengers are still in contact and might get together! That would be nice in case a big threat emerges again!! Here's hoping!
So honestly this movie was as awesome as everyone is saying it is, and to me, this was even better then "Black Widow"! I just can't wait for what happens next with "The Eternals"!! So I will give the movie a 9/10 stars and highly recommend to Marvel fans out there!! I guarantee you won't see anything like this!!!
Well this has been another Ren's Review!! Next time: Superman (1978)
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