Friday 31 August 2018

My top 10 Avatar: The Last Airbender characters

So Avatar: The Last Airbender might be one of my favourite animated shows of all time. It has an amazing story, characters, setting, animation, voice acting and all that. It's easily one of the best Nickelodeon shows ever and something I especially love from it is the fact that it's an American shows. Some people think it's an anime, but it's not. It's supposed to be like one, but it's not. And, yeah, one of the many great things about it is that the characters are really, really great. So I decided that I'd talk about my 10 favourites considering I've never really spoken about it properly before. Though, there's not a whole lot of characters so I'm going with these actual ones here. I'm also not including the Legend Of Korra because I haven't watched it yet and I don't really think that would be fair for a list like this. Anyway, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
10. Suki
Starting us off is Sokka's girlfriend and one the fighter's leaders, Suki. When in a village, Aang and his team met Suki and her team of some sort of female ninjas. Sokka tried to get in and help them, and after getting Suki's acceptance as a friend, the two of them began a relationship that lasted the rest of the series. And the character of Suki is really likeable. Especially when they meet her again when all of them are trying to get into Ba Sing Se.
9. Azula:
The first villain to appear on this list is Azula. This insane woman is always hunting after Aang and his team with the intent to kill them. She's a fire bender and she's also able to use lightning as well. She's also just an awesome villain with never giving up and always going crazy with a fight she's in. She'll stop at nothing to kill Aang and she's also just extremely nasty and one of those villains that you love to hate. She actually reminds me a lot of Larxene from Kingdom Hearts. Yeah, she's just really awesome and it's kinda fun and satisfying to see her lose her mind and actually lose at the very end.
8. Ozai:
At number 8 is the main villain of the series, Ozai, also know as the Phoenix King. This is the guy that controlled everything in terms of the Fire Nation. And, man, is he an awesome villain. In the first season he's never seen, only referenced here and there and then when we do see him, he's an amazing villain and he's an incredibly intimidating one. And then, in Season 3 he finally begins to make his move with the final episode with fighting Aang and doing everything he can to kill him with his fire bending. When he's finally beaten at the end, it is so awesome and pretty satisfying after everything that's happened and everything he's done.
7. Iroh:

At number 7 is Ozai's father and Zuko's grandfather, Iroh. Before Ozai took over, this man was the former leader of the Fire Nation. But now he's just kind of a carefree guy who tries to find the good in people, especially Zuko, who he always trying to help and encourage. He may seem pretty silly and funny at times, but don't let that fool ya because he's an extremely powerful fire bender, even if he doesn't entirely look like he is. But, I also just love his fun personality and how positive he can be and caring for people, even if they're not always nice to him.
6. Hakoda:

Next up is Sokka and Katara's dad and one of the heads of the Water Tribe, Hakoda. While he may not appear in the show a lot, when he's there, he's great. He's obviously a nice guy with always being supportive and caring for his kids and always encouraging them to do what's right. And, by the end when they all finally reunite with him meeting them again, yeah, it's just as satisfying as everything at the end. But he's also a great water bender, along with the rest of the Water Tribe.
5. Toph:
The first of Aang's team on the list is Toph. When Aang, Sokka and Katara first met her, she was sorta like a sheltered person do to her father always wanting to keep her close because she's kinda royalty in a way. But she's also bling and an earth bender. She's able to use the vibrations in the ground to see. She helped teach Aang how to earth bend, and not only can she earth bend, but, because of one episode where she was trapped inside of a metal box, she taught herself how to metal bend.
4. Sokka:

One of the first characters we're ever introduced in the series is Katara's older brother, Sokka. Being another very carefree character, not only does Sokka provide a lot of comedy for the show, which is great to watch, but he's also the strategist of the team and almost always comes up with great ideas for missions. While not and bender of any elements like the other members of the team, he's still got a lot of spirit and is incredibly supportive to everyone. He's even got two main weapons for battle, a boomerang and sword made from a meteor.
3. Katara:

At number 3 is the main female lead for the show and Aang's girlfriend, Katara. When just a little girl, she witnessed a fire nation man kill her mother and has since then done everything she can to be as good a person as her. And, yeah, she great. She's mainly a huge optimist with being a water bender and does everything she can to keep her comrades safe. But she can also be a character you can get behind whenever she gets angry like when she tries to find the man who killed her mother. When that happens, you completely understand and it makes sense for the character. But I mainly really love her because of the same reason I love a lot of these characters. She's one to always be supportive and you enjoy watching her, no matter what she's doing.
2. Zuko:

Coming in close to number 1 is the Fire Prince and one of the best fire benders on the show, Zuko. While originally a villain set on killing Aang, he eventually saw the errors of what was being done and he decided to team up with Aang to defeat Ozai. He's pretty much this show's version of Vegeta in a way. Especially given how both of them are princes in a way. He may have started off as a villain, but after turning good, he becomes one of the most likeable characters in the show and you understand it and it made me extremely happy when he did. It's awesome and I love characters like him. It's even made more tragic when out find out his backstory with his father being the one who burned his face and realise that he did once have a happy normal family for a while. But afterwards, he becomes a character you can't help but like.
And my number 1 favourite Avatar: The Last Airbender character is... Aang:

And finally at number 1 is the Avatar himself, Aang. This twelve year old boy may be one of the best Nickelodeon protagonists ever. Being the only person left who can become the avatar, Aang has come a long, long way from how he started off. He starts off as a sorta naïve, innocent, goofy and fun-loving character. And while he does keep a lot of those traits with him throughout the series, he definetly grows with wanting to save everyone and doing everything he can to protect the world from Ozai and the fire nation. He's also one who'll do whatever it takes to save his friends and other innocents. He's also extremely powerful and dedicated to wanting to learn how to master all the elements. He's never one to back down from a fight and will never give up, no matter the obstacle ahead. And so, everyone, those are my top 10 Avatar: The Last Airbender characters. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. Or, if you want, please comment to tell me who your favourite characters are if you're a fan of the show.

Sunday 26 August 2018

My top 10 characters I want to see in Jump Force

So, in case I've never told this before, apparently next year there's going to be a new game out called Jump Force which is going to be a kinda Super Smash Bros. like type game but with the characters from Shonen Jump like Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Bleach, Hunter X Hunter and so on. Not everything from Shonen has been released and there's still more time for new characters from those franchises to be introduced. Not only that, but also characters from Death Note like Light and Ryuk are gonna be in it too, so that's awesome. So, I thought I'd use this to talk about the various characters from Shonen I want to see appear in the new Jump Force game. This won't have characters that have already been confirmed though, also, as much as I want to, I'm not including Fairy Tail or Fullmetal Alchemist here because I'm not 100% sure if they're Shonen. Sometimes they're said they are and other time they're said not to be, so because of that, I'm not including them. If I was though, Natsu definetly would have been my number 1 choice. And so, here we go and I hope you all enjoy.
10. Renji (Bleach):
Starting us off at number 10 is one of the best characters from Bleach in my opinion, Renji. So far with Bleach, the only characters that have been confirmed for it are Ichigo, Rukia and Aizen. And given how kinda little that roster is, I'd like to see more added to it and the number 1 character from it I want to see is Renji. This is pretty basic, he could use Zabimaru to strike any enemy and he can simply use his Bankai form as a final attack. Given how all Soul Reapers have some special attack with their Bankai, they could use this one for Renji no problem. The same goes for Ichigo, Rukia and Aizen, but that's kinda obvious.
9. Piccolo (Dragon Ball Z):
The first up is a character a character from the legendary manga/anime series, Dragon Ball Z is Piccolo. Kinda basic one here, he could do simple attacks with either punches and kicks so he could damage other people with that and he could especially use his Special Beam Canon attack for his Special Attack. And, hey, who knows, maybe as he's stepping into battle, he could remove his turban and cape. That'd just be awesome itself.
8. Sakura (Naruto):
The first appearance of a Naruto character on this list is Sakura. So far, the only characters from Naruto that we know of for this game are Naruto, Sasuke and Madara. So a good way to extend the roster with them could be with Sakura. Kinda obvious what her attacks could be, she deal powerful blows to the opponents and her special move could be a super strong punch to either the opponent or to the ground where she damages everyone around her.
7. Teen Gohan (Dragon Ball Z):
Next for the characters from Dragon Ball Z is Teen Gohan. The reason I'm putting Gohan from when he was a teenager is because this is my favourite version of Gohan. I think Gohan as a kid is pretty good with some really good stand-out moments, I don't like him as an adult at all, but teen Gohan is where he was at his best during the Cell and Cell Games Sagas. This was when Gohan was still awesome and they could do a lot of things with him here. In fact, I think that for his special move, they could have it where he shoots a Kamehameha and you see Goku with him like when he was fighting Cell.
6. Kakashi (Naruto):
Another Naruto character and probably the most obvious for Naruto characters that haven't been confirmed yet, Kakashi is easily one of the most popular anime characters out there. And given how his abilities are so good and he has a ton of fighting skill, he's an obvious choice for characters to choose for the game. He could do a lot of the same moves as Sasuke and use his Sharingan to copy other attacks and his finishing attack could either be a Lightning Blade or using Kamui.
5. Gintoki (Gintama):
I know it's kinda weird for me to be talking about some characters that I may not have ever mentioned before, but I've still been able to catch up on a ton of different animes I've been interested in watching for a while or may have heard from somewhere. And one of those is Gintama and so they could include the White Wolf from the series, Gintoki. Given how he's been doing a lot when it comes to ripping of other anime and they even make fun of it and make him do the same phrases and moves as others, maybe, in the game, he could do other characters attacks and then do something different with his own sword.
4. Kenshiro (Fist Of The North Star):
Coming in at number 4 is the main character from Fist Of The North Star, Kenshiro. This huge muscular guy can easily fight hand-to-hand with a lot of these other characters. While a few of these other characters I mentioned are probably more popular, I'd like to see more of these other characters getting more attention. With Kenshiro, he could just do his fighting skills on the opponents and severally injure them and for his final attack, he could do his poking attack to finish them off.
3. Saitama (One Punch Man):
For a lot of people, this would probably be the most obvious one and most wanted. While it's not for me, yeah, I would think seeing Saitama in a Shonen Jump centred game would be awesome. He's like the second strongest anime protagonist out there next to Goku. And so playing as him with his powerful fists would be cool, especially if you could also get into a fight with him and Goku. And for his special attack, he would punch his enemies so incredibly hard in the same way he did to that monster the first time we ever see him in action.
2. Yugi/Atem (Yu-Gi-Oh!):
Coming in close to number 1 is the probably the biggest character for me based off of old memories. I've talked a lot about Yu-Gi-Oh this year and so I obviously explained how I have a lot of nostalgia for this series considering I watched it quite a bit as a kid. And so, having Yugi/Atem as a playable character for this would be cool. I think it could work by tapping the attack button, you summon a monster to attack for and it could either depend on what way you hit the button or by which way you do a combo with it. And for the special attack, he could either summon Exodia or summon the three Egyptian God Cards.
Honourable mentions:
Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin),
Yusuke (Yu, Yu Hakusho),
Krillin (Dragon Ball Z),
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo),
Jaden (Yu-Gi-Oh: GX),

Gon (Hunter X Hunter),

Seiya (Pegasus Seiya),
Korosensei (Assassination Classroom)

And the number 1 character I want to see in Jump Force is... Deku (My Hero Academia):
And finally at number 1 is the main protagonist to My Hero Academia, Deku, also known as Izuku. Given how fast My Hero Academia has already gotten, it would sorta be a shame to not include any characters from it. And its main protagonist is the one I want to see in it the most, that being Deku. He's already a great martial artist so that's already a bonus, but they could use his powers as well like his Quirk powers like moving better and being more agile, but he can also use his powers like the Detroit Smash, Delaware Smash and even his One For All: Full Cowl. These are all great ideas for the character and so I'd like to see them utilise all of them for him in the game. And all that is why Deku is my most wanted character for Jump Force. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think or, if you're interested, please tell me what characters you want to see in Jump Force.

Tuesday 21 August 2018

20 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies ranked

With Ant-Man And The Wasp finally out and I've finally seen it and reviewed it, I thought now would be a good time to look at all 20 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and rank all of them. Like I said in my Ant-Man And The Wasp review, I said how they've made 20 movies now and not made a bad movie yet. At worse, they're not bad, they're just kinda average and still enjoyable. It wasn't easy thinking of where all of these should be, but also, when I rewatched all the movies to get ready for Avengers: Infinity War, I noticed new things about them and began to get different opinions about a lot of them, which is probably for the best. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
20. The Incredible Hulk:
Starting us off at number 20 is the second entry to the M.C.U, that being the second attempt to make a solo Hulk movie, the Incredible Hulk. This has always been the least out of all the M.C.U movies for me and it will probably always be that way. While definetly not a bad movie at all and it has really great performances by everyone, especially Edward Norton who gives a really great performance as Bruce Banner, the movie itself is just very dull and bland. It doesn't have much Hulk in it and the direction's not really anything that extraordinary. It's just a very okay movie with great performances, but a very slow narrative. I'm happy I saw it and it's not bad, but it isn't really that fulfilling as a Hulk movie.
19. Thor: The Dark World:

When rewatching the M.C.U films I managed to especially pick-up more on the Thor films because I hadn't seen the first two films in quite a long time. And while still find them to be pretty enjoyable with some creative elements in them, they're still not really anything special and I find the majority of them to be kinda boring. The second one in particular because it's not all that funny and not all that investing. Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Hopskins are definetly fantastic in it and I would say Loki is easily the most enjoyable part and that's because Tom Hiddleston is so much fun to watch as the character and so seeing that here was amazing. The rest however isn't very engaging and I find it to be, enjoyable, but the rest isn't anything special with probably the weakest M.C.U movie villain yet.
18. Thor:

Speaking of which, here's the first movie in the Thor trilogy and the movie that helped make the M.C.U a whole lot bigger. While this was definetly an impressive movie when it came out considering it helped expand the Marvel universe, it doesn't really hold up years later. It's nice to see that this didn't entirely follow the typical Fish Out Of Water story and it did sorta spice it up a little, but it didn't really help it because it's still not that special a movie. It's mostly fun, especially anything to do with Loki, but it is also kinda boring in some cases. A lot of that could be because I haven't watched either of the first two Thor movies in a long while, so watching them again after seeing Thor: Ragnarok, which was more of a comedic take on Thor while the first two were serious was almost impossible and kinda made them feel a little worse. Still though, this movie is enjoyable with amazing visuals, a really good cast and a likeable lead. I'm really impressed they were able to do this kind of movie this well back then, even if I feel it doesn't all hold up.
17. Iron Man 2:

Now we're getting into the Iron Man movies. I know after the first movie, the quality in these really does go down, but that's doesn't entirely mean they're bad. I still find the second movie to be underrated a small bit. I still love the cast, the visuals and I think the end climax is really cool. Sure the story's pretty inconsistent and it doesn't go anywhere with a pretty lacklustre villain with Whiplash, but I still find it decently enjoyable for most of it, even if it is also pretty boring and drag on a bit too long with scenes. I still love characters like Fury and Coulson in this and seeing Black Widow introduced was another great way to get this universe expanded in a way.
16. Iron Man 3:

The last of the Iron Man trilogy was easily an improvement over the second movie, but it still had a fair amount of problems. While Robert Downey Jr. once again stole the show as the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, Tony Stark, there was a major hype surrounding this movie considering it was marketing Iron Man taking on his greatest enemy with the Mandarin. Personally, I'm not super deep into Iron Man comics so I'm not that familiar with the Mandarin character, but I know enough to know he's Iron Man's best villain and seeing him portrayed in the movies as he is in the comics would have been amazing. But instead we're given an actor pretending to be a terrorist with Alrich Killian being the villain and a really pathetic one with a really bad motivation, which is just weird fir an M.C.U movie. Still though, all the acting amazing, same with the visuals and I love the climax at the dockyard with the Iron Man suits.
15. Avengers: Age Of Ultron:

I know, probably a shocker for most of ya. But, like I said, I rewatched all the M.C.U movies before Infinity War and so when I did, I noticed more in this movie and I got more of an opinion on it and I think of it the same way as I do the first two Thor movies, it's good, but's also kinda boring in cases and isn't all that fulfilling. It is something that's enjoyable and a good follow-up to the first Avengers. It was great to see the original heroes back again saying hilarious lines and seeing new characters like Quicksilver, Scarlet With and Vision was also great with Marvel introducing new characters to the M.C.U.
14. Ant-Man:

For 2015, I feel like the better movie is Ant-Man. Paul Rudd was introduced in that movie as Scott Lang along with this fantastic cast. While the movie is probably leaning more towards the lower part of Marvel, that doesn't mean it's bad, it still a lot of fun and I really like it. It may not be anything that special, but I like how it's a more grounded story for the M.C.U after Age Of Ultron. It's also creative in ways of the action because it takes advantage of the idea of shrinking and growing stuff. which is cool to see. Paul Rudd himself is also super likeable in this role and Luis is a humongous highlight and easily one of the funniest M.C.U characters ever. It may have a pretty disappointing villain, but that's overshadowed by the action, story and imaginative things in it even if it was wrapped up in production problems. In fact, that's something I like, even though it was in production problems, they still managed to make a fun movie nonetheless that's easy to just watch and enjoy.
13. Ant And The Wasp:

At number 13 is the most recent M.C.U film, Ant-Man And The Wasp. I personally found this film to be more fun than the first film along with being more enjoyable and creative. I wouldn't say it's entirely creative because there were some things in it that I found to be problems. But I was still having a good time with it throughout the whole runtime and was in huge shock during the end credits. If you haven't seen it yet, I won't spoil it for you. And, yeah, overall, I think it's good, fun time that I really liked.
12. Captain America: The First Avenger:

The first from the Captain America movies is his first outing. For me personally, I found it kinda weird, and a little hilarious, that Chris Evans was actually signed onto this when I first head of it because I had already seen him previously in the 2005 Fantastic Four movie and Rise Of The Silver Surfer, but he's perfect as this character. One of the best comic book casting choices ever in my opinion. He totally owns this role and I love him in this. This was also impressive because the early parts of Captain America were relatively silly and all that, but because it was well written, directed and especially well acted by everyone, this movie turned out to be a fun adventure movie with a great supporting cast and a really sad ending. Not the most saddest M.C.U movie ending, but still.
11. Doctor Strange:

2016's Doctor Strange was definetly an interesting movie for the M.C.U. For one thing, it was introducing new elements to the universe and it had a fantastic main actor playing a really cool hero with Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange. The fact that Marvel was able to introduce a weird character like Dr. Strange into the M.C.U and make it work is just amazing. The visuals were especially a highlight with really creative stuff here. I really must give a lot of credit to Scott Derrickson for being able to come up with a lot of this. But the movie's also well directed in other ways along with being well written and all that. Sure, the pacing's kinda weird, like at the start when it feels kinda clunky and the training, but besides that, and a couple other things, this is still a really enjoyable movie that I really have fun with and I'm interested to know what's gonna happen in the sequel.
10. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2:

The first appearance from a movie that came out last year is Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. For myself personally, this is a movie that's changed a lot ever since I first saw it and even since I've seen it before when I first got it on DVD. I still really like it, but when I saw it originally, I was sorta being torn because I wasn't sure which I liked better. Either this or the first Guardians movie. But, again, after rewatching the M.C.U movies, I noticed new things about them and for this one, I sorta began to understand what some people were saying when they were saying they thought the more emotional parts of the movie were kinda weird. And, yeah, I still like them and they provide good character depth and development and fleshing out of these characters, but I thought it was getting a little too old with them doing over and over. Still though, at least visually, this is easily one of the best in the M.C.U and has so many imaginative things in it. I still love the cast and I though Ego was an awesome and charismatic villain who was very entertaining.
9. Thor: Ragnarok:

Last year's biggest gamble from Marvel was Taika Watiti's take on a fresh, new version for Thor with them removing so many things from the M.C.U to make one the most fun M.C.U movies ever. While it may be incredibly comedic with what it's doing, it's also amazing to look at and great to see all these great shots with great to look at colours. Hela is also a great villain in my opinion and I love all the cast. Everyone here is fantastic. Chris Hemsworth was totally killing it with Thor here with this being his best performance at the time. I also loved his dynamic with Hulk and I love how they played off each other. The end climax is also a lot of fun with Thor fighting Hela and the whole bridge fight. It's, overall, a super fun and enjoyable movie that I'm sure anyone would enjoy.
8. Captain America: Civil War:

Yeah, I bet this really surprises a lot of you. This was probably gonna be in like the top 5 a while back, but now after seeing it again, I realised new things about. I still really love the movie and I love what they did to make it feel incredibly fresh, and I still think it has some of the best action ever, but when I see the first half of the movie, while it's definetly interesting with it being amazingly balanced with characters and I love seeing the different opinions by the characters, I think can drag a little too much. I still have fun with it, but when I really look back on it, I think I mainly love it because it introduced characters like Spider-Man and Black Panther into this universe, and they're amazing here. The rest is still good and the cast and action are all perfect and the story's fantastically told, but I still just want to see the action and cast. Still though, it's a fantastic movie with interesting ideas and I love seeing the opposing character ideas. And I love how you understand everyone's motivation and you understand where they're coming from. That's another reason why I love the movie and Zemo is a really cool villain in my opinion.
7. Iron Man:

The one that started it all, Iron Man remains, maybe, one of the best origin story comic book movies ever made. Robert Downey Jr. may have been having a hard time before this was made, but this totally saved him with him being the perfect casting choice for any comic book character ever in my opinion. The directing by Jon Favreau is fantastic and I love how the story is told and paced. It was also really amazing when this movie came out. Iron Man was still kind of an unknown Marvel character before this, but this helped make him one of the most popular superheroes ever. The same can be said about a lot of the M.C.U heroes too. But this is also a really well told and well paced movie that I love to watch because of how much fun it is. The rest of the cast also helps steal the movie.
6. Black Panther:

Another movie from this year is Chadwick Boseman's solo movie as the king of Wakanda, Black Panther. Going in, I was very curious because I wanted to see how Ryan Coogler, who I hadn't seen before, direct a movie because I had heard how amazing a director he was. And what he gave us was one of the most interesting and most entertaining M.C.U movies out there. It has maybe my favourite M.C.U villain ever with Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger and it has so many other amazing details about it that makes it that much more special. This is also the best assembled cast for any M.C.U movie. They got the best talents out there for this and it really paid off with it being incredibly interesting and fun to watch. But I also love the progression of the story and how well you can get behind it and follow it so well. I loved, as well, the fact that it was a live action movie of Black Panther, who's a character I've always really liked and they totally pulled it off.
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier:

Nowadays whenever I think of the best Captain America movie, while I may have said before that it was Civil War, after watching all of these movies again, Winter Solider just seems to be the better movie in my opinion. It's got a super interesting and creative and amazingly told story, the characters are well and naturally structured in terms of how they're presented and it's got one of the biggest twists in the entire M.C.U. Actually, two of them. It's also one of the best paced comic book movies I've ever seen and the action is also almost perfect. A few time it may have looked a little too close up and too fast in terms of the camera, but it's still amazing with fantastic choreography. And all the performances, whether they be from previous movies or being introduced into this one, all do amazing. I just really love this movie and think it's the best portrayal of Captain America in his solo movies.
4. Guardians Of The Galaxy:

2014's Guardians Of The Galaxy, I'm sure was a surprise to everyone when it was released. It was based on comic book characters no one really knew about and it was a huge budget sci-fi movie. But James Gunn was able to take all of that and make a super fun movie with these characters that have now become almost as famous as the regular Avengers. It's also got incredible visuals, one of the most likeable cast in any comic book movie and it's so funny. I wouldn't say it's the funniest comic book movie ever, but it's still hilarious. The music is also fantastic and a very unique soundtrack for the M.C.U. The movie on the whole is very entertaining and I love it. It's got an amazing script and you're never bored once while watching it.
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming:

Was there any doubt when it came to Homecoming? Not only do I think it 's the best solo Marvel movie ever made with Marvel's greatest superhero, but it's also one of the most fun comic book movies I've ever seen. Serving as the first solo movie featuring the web-swinging and wall-crawling hero in the M.C.U, Homecoming provided everything you could ever want from a Spider-Man movie and is easily the best Spider-Man movie I've ever seen. It's portrays the character of Spider-Man perfectly and gives us one of, maybe, one of the best comic book movie villains ever with Michael Keaton as the Vulture. It's also hilarious, adventure, incredibly entertaining and definetly a really fun movie. I love Tom Holland as the character and the rest of the supporting cast are as perfect as you can get. It's also got a great comic-relief with Jacob Batalon as Ned. Really, it just has everything I want for a comic book movie and it's an amazing portrayal of Spider-Man.
2. The Avengers:

Coming in close to number 1 is the movie that combined 5 previous movie characters into one movie and it being one of the biggest blockbusters ever, the Avengers. This was honestly a big risk for Marvel. They had been setting this movie up for 4 years and nothing like this had really ever been done before. But it all played out perfectly to make one of the most fun movies I think I may have ever seen with all of the original Avengers finally coming together after the hype had been building this long. It was mainly fun because these characters are so good and so are the interactions. That alone is what people want to see from a movie like this. These fun characters having hilarious and fun interactions. The end climax is also amazing and it never gets boring. It's got so many epic moments and seeing them all together in the battle of New York is such an amazing moment.
1. Avengers: Infinity War:
And finally at number 1 is this year's ginormous movie event, Avengers: Infinity War. Now, yes, I know that this is so weird considering it's such a current movie and I have only seen it once and watched a ton of clips ever since, but I think this might be the most fun and excitement I've ever had with an M.C.U movie. This might be the most fulfilling movie I've ever seen. When I first saw it, I was getting goose bumps the entire time. This also might be the most rewatchable M.C.U movie I've ever seen because there's so many amazing moments in it that I could watch forever and not get tired of it. Of, course, like the first Avengers, what really carries this movie is the characters and how fantastically they're portrayed. I wouldn't say they're all 100% well portrayed considering they're directed by different directors that not all of them worked with before, but they're still well shown and seeing all of these different characters interacting is the best part of the whole movie. Not only that, but also the amazing action and Thanos is an amazing villain with a motivation you understand and he's pretty terrifying. Josh Brolin is also awesome and the effects on him are almost perfect. I also just love how huge this movie is with there being so many characters here and amazing writing and fantastic acting from everyone. The action here also might be on par with Civil War. They're both kinda tied for having the best M.C.U action. The movie's also amazing balanced in terms of characters, mostly. The only thing I would say I didn't like was the whole Wanda and Vision storyline. It was just kinda boring and I don't really care about them together. Thankfully it's short so it's not a big complaint. The ending is also so unexpected and sad. I was honestly scared by the end and it even made me cry a little. Not just me, but so did a lot of other people. And, if you've seen the movie, which you most likely have, then you know what happens and seeing the scene with Spider-Man made me tear up and it was so emotional and heart-breaking. I can't wait to see what they do from here on and I'm so excited for Avengers 4. And all that is why Avengers: Infinity War is my favourite M.C.U movie. And so, everyone, that was my ranking of all the 20 current Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Thank you all so much for reading, I loved writing about this and please comment down below to tell me what you think and please tell me how would you rank them.

Thursday 16 August 2018

Iron Fist: Season 2 trailer

So with the Netflix's corner of the M.C.U getting bigger and more successful, Iron Fist: Season 2 has now been given a first real trailer and I personally think it looks like they're learning from the mistakes of Season 1. (Again, Luke Cage: Season 2 review will be out soon.) But I think this is looking really cool and it looks like Davos is going to be the main villain, which makes sense considering he's an Iron Fist villain in the comics. Personally, I would have preferred if they had put more focus on Daredevil: Season 3 because that's the one I want the most next to the Defenders: Season 2. I'm hoping it'll be good and an improvement over the first season but we'll see soon enough. Anyway, here it is and I hope you all like it.

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Ant-Man And The Wasp

And so, everyone, we've arrived at the last M.C.U movie of 2018, Ant-Man And The Wasp. To be honest, out of all the Phase 3 M.C.U movies, this was probably the one I was least excited for. I mean, I like the first movie. It's fun, but it's not really anything that special. And I would say, compared to the other M.C.U movies, it's one of the weaker ones. Still though, as a huge Marvel fan, I was pretty excited and I was really hoping that it would be better than the first. And so, what did I think of it? Yeah, I thought it was kinda the same as the first film, but I definitely had a better time with this than I did the first. And yes, like my other movie reviews, I'll be doing no spoilers to start and then I'll get into all the spoilers after a warning. Okay, so, what's the story? Scott is still under house arrest after Civil War and he's almost finished with it. He's still able to see Cassie and is looking forward to spending more time with her. However, one night when he's asleep, he gets some dream about the Quantum Realm and Hank and Hope think this could help them find Janet, A.K.A Hank's wife and Hope's mother, who's still probably alive. But they need parts to finish a machine that they've been making to go in there. Hope keeps getting pieces from a guy named Sonny, played by Walton Goggins, but he's getting suspicious of what she's doing. But then Hope, who's now the new Wasp, is attacked by a person calling herself Ghost, played by Hannah John-Kamen, who's trying to steal their machine for herself. And, really, I'm going stop right there. Okay, so first, positives. Like every other M.C.U movie, the cast is spot-on. Paul Rudd is still incredibly likable and charismatic and hilarious as Scott. You can tell he's having a blast with this. He's obviously great. I really loved Evangeline Lily as Hope and, in my opinion, she's way better here than the first movie, both in terms of acting and writing. I loved Hope in this as well, especially any scene with her interacting with Scott. The work really well together, and, usually, I don't care about romances in the M.C.U, but I really like the two of them here. Michael Douglas is still fantastic as Hank and I liked that they fleshed him out even more here. Hannah John-Kamen is really good as Ghost, and, in my opinion, Ghost is, not a great villain in the M.C.U, but definetly better than Yellowjacket. She's not super memorable and her motivation isn't that strong, but she's better than some of the other villains we've gotten. She's got a good backstory and motivation, but, she's far from Loki, Ego, Vulture, Hela, Killmonger or even Thanos. Everyone else is good too, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Walton Goggins, all of them. The one I want to give a special mention to is Michael Peña as Luis. He's still the funniest part in these Ant-Man movies and I love him here, especially whenever he's doing his stories again. In terms of effects and action, this might one of the biggest in the M.C.U, especially when it's got a whole bunch of the crazy shrinking and growing scenes in it. Given that there's a lot they can do with this kind of concept, they take advantage of a lot of it with some really amazing scenes in terms of action. And because of this whole growing and shrinking thing, the action scenes feel really creative. The climax was also cool with there being a little bit of tension. Obviously, there's not a lot, or really any tension in the movie, but I felt like there was a tiny bit during the last action scene. It's also really funny and Peyton Reed's directing is really good here. This also might have the creepiest moment in the entire M.C.U. Just watch the movie and you'll know what I mean. And, really, the last compliment I can give is that I like that this had a light tone on it because after a kind of dark movie like Avengers: Infinity War, it was nice to go back to an M.C.U movie where there's a more positive and happier feel to it. But, now, we need to talk about the problems, because, for these types of movies, A.K.A, the Ant-Man movies, they're fun and simple but they're still flawed. Firstly, the first forty-five minutes of the movie or maybe the first hour are fine, but are kinda dragging. They try to keep us invested in all this, and, yeah, I cared for the characters, but I never felt like it was doing that well of a job at it and some of that could be that it takes a bit of time to get into it, mostly because of those first forty-five minutes. They are some stand-out moments there, but I just thought it was dragging too much. The plot also has a bit too much going on. Like they have a bunch of sub-plots going at once and it doesn't flow very well. Especially anything to do with Sonny. That character didn't need to be in this movie at all. You could have taken him out and nothing would change at all. Whenever they cut back to him I was kinda frustrated because they could have been spending more time on the characters I wanted it to to make them more entertaining and interesting. I obviously do really like them, but I would have like them more if they had more screen time with Sonny cut out of the movie. Because of him, I feel like the movie's a little bit too long. I was never really bored, but I just wanted the plot to give me more than what we got with these main characters. Now, my last point here isn't really a negative, it's just something I wanted but didn't end up happening, I would have really loved to have seen Hawkeye be a main player in this. Considering he wasn't in Infinity War and I think it would have been awesome to see him and Ant-Man team up in the same way the Hulk was in Thor: Ragnarok. I mean, we saw them interact a small bit in Civil War so seeing more of them like that would have amazing and I would have loved that. But no, that never happens. But that's really it in terms of issues. So, overall, Ant-Man And The Wasp is definitely the weakest M.C.U phase 3 movie, but I still had a really good time with it. I don't want to make it sound like I didn't like this movie, I did and, honestly, the fact that the M.C.U has made 20 now and not made a single bad one is really impressive, and, remember, I said movies, not TV shows. And I still like some of the shows too, and I love they've been going this far and not made a bad movie. This is another good movie with quite a few flaws and it's still not really that special. I would still say see it though. I had a good time with it and I would definitely see it again. And so, everyone, that's my review of Ant-Man And The Wasp. Thank you all for reading, I hope you liked this and please comment down below to tell me what you think. And, now, let's get into spoilers. If you haven't seen it yet, go see it and then read the rest of this.
Spoilers:
Okay, so first, I gotta address, probably the main spoiler here and that's Ghost's backstory, I sorta like that she did have a backstory. About how she and her family were in the middle of a quantum realm explosion and she was the only one who survived with her powers. Another part I like was when it showed that Bill and Hank used to be partners until he got angry with Hank and left. That was what I meant when I said they began to flesh him out more. The C.G.I de-aging returns again with Michael Douglas and it looks phenomenal. Marvel is obviously the best at this and they deserve a lot of credit with how great it looks. And, again, probably the biggest spoiler is that Hank actually does manage to get Janet out of the Quantum Realm and that was a nice moment that made me smile. Again, after a kinda dark movie like Infinity War, this was a nice way to make people feel better again. Obviously there's the ending, but we'll get to that in a second. Janet helping to cure Ghost was nice, even if it was confusing and didn't really make sense. And finally, let's talk about the end-credit scenes. First, I want to talk about the last one. It was fine but you can probably skip it. We already saw it in the trailer and I didn't really find it funny. It's just showing that ant doing Scott's drumming, and you can skip it. The first one though, wow, that first scene really messed me up. It shows Hank, Hope and Janet being turned to dust after Thanos snaps his finger with the Infinity Gauntlet and now Scott is trapped in the Quantum Realm, probably, until Avengers 4. I'm not gonna lie, I didn't see that coming and I gave a huge gasp in the cinema when I saw it. I almost kinda freaked out and it was so surprising. I know they're definitely going to come back in a later movie like a lot of the other people that died at the end of Infinity War, but it was still really surprising. That was really the only surprise in this movie for me. And so, everyone, that was my review of Ant-Man And The Wasp. Thank you all for reading, I hope you liked this and please comment down below to tell me what you think.