It started off with Black Panther on Feb 16…outstanding from
beginning to end and in all honesty, probably deserves a few Academy Awards
Avengers Infinity War was next up on May 4 and it really
lived up to the hype
Solo on May 25 filled in some gaps from before A New Hope
and while I thought it was better than The Last Jedi, it didn’t live up to the
franchise
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom DID live up to the franchise
and I eagerly await the next film in the franchise
Ant-Man and The Wasp built on the success of the 1st
movie very well, I thought…and the tie-in with Infinity War was well done, I
thought.
Sharknado 6 wrapped up the series nicely and I’m going to be
disappointed not seeing Fin, April, and Nova kicking ass next summer. The
scenes with the young Nova, played by Cassie Scerbo’s niece were incredible. I
do wish more of the Shepard family had had bigger roles to play in the movie.
They could’ve made the movie to fit in a 3-hour block instead of a 2-hour block
and it would’ve felt less rushed. Now I just want to find the box set…with
deleted scenes…not in a Blu Ray format. So far, I’ve only seen Blu-Ray
available and I’m not buying a new machine for 1 set of discs.
Aquaman was the final film I saw in the theater and out of
the DCEU films, the only one I would say was better was Wonder Woman and even
then, by a small margin…easily blows away Justice League, Man of Steel, and
Batman vs Superman. There was a little continuity issue seeing as how this was
set after Justice League but it was a great flick, IMO…the cinematography might
have even been better than Black Panther’s.
I saw a few others on TV that I passed on in the theaters…Rampage
was great…Jumanji surprised me somewhat…lacked the gravitas of the original but
The Rock and Kevin Hart together is a great pair…Game Night was funny…Deadpool
2 was funny but far inferior to the original...Blockers was pretty funny--Kathryn
Newton is going to be big someday, mark my words
Looking ahead to 2019
March 8 Captain Marvel…I’m not incredibly familiar with the
character other than the fact that in the comics, Rogue took her powers before
going straight and joining the X-Men but it’s going to be a big movie in the
Marvel Universe
April 5 Shazam…this one is kind of iffy…looks more campy and
goofy than most superhero films but if it’s tied in with the DCEU, I may have
to go see it
April 26 Avengers Endgame…obviously a must-see especially
after what happened in Infinity War
June 7 Dark Phoenix
June 14 Men In Black International. No way can Hemsworth and
Thompson replace Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, but they had great chemistry
in Thor Ragnarok and this movie does fit into the MiB continuity
July 5 Spider-Man Far From Home…The 1st movie in
the next phase of Marvel movies. I enjoyed the 1st one but it
definitely had its flaws…still not a fan of Spidey being so close to Stark…he
should stand on his own…and Zendaya’s character just doesn’t seem right. Plus,
Flash Thompson was never an academic whiz in the comics.
August 2 New Mutants…delayed from 2018 and to be honest, I
may end up skipping it. When it was first announced, it looked like an X-Men
tie-in but it doesn’t seem to be much of one and it’s more in the horror genre
than a superhero film
October 4 Joker…looks to be an origin story for the Clown
Prince of Crime…I’ll have to wait for trailers and more info before I look into
seeing it
December 20 Star Wars Episode IX…hopefully it’s more like The
Force Awakens or Rogue One than like The Last Jedi or Solo. I’m sure some love
everything Star Wars no matter what, even Jar Jar Binks, but the original
trilogy was a masterpiece and a lot of what’s released since then just doesn’t
measure up. Out of the 7 films in the series released since Return Of The Jedi,
Rogue One was the best, IMO
There’s a few more I wanna see but nothing that grabs me
enough for the theater…The Upside with Kevin Hart, Godzilla King Of The
Monsters, Jumanji 2, and Masters Of The Universe
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