well, another cinema visit to document. actually i have made two (2) trips of late, look you see, but will document them separately. it is quite likely these shall be my last trips for a while, and certainly the final ones to the wonderful Ealing Project cinema, since my frequency of days in that there London (innit) have finally reached closing time.
moving on, then, and in the first instance i went (on my birthday, no less) to go and see something what i believe is called Captain America Brave New World but is essential Captain Falcon vs Indiana Hulk. for those in a rush, and wish to have a "spoiler free" overview, actually this was really (surprisingly) very good indeed, but as with all of these Marvel things one really needs to see about 20 other things to fully follow (or grasp) all that is going on.
for which Marvel things one should watch in advance of this one, them would be at the very least the last two (2) Avengers films, which were (i think) called Infinity War and Endgame. these explain why Captain America is no longer the proper American Chris Evans (not the sh!t rubbish English one). on top of that the "streaming" TV series Falcon & Winter Soldier (or whatever) is kind of a must watch. as a kind of backdrop / quasi-sub-plot thing, seeing something called The Eternals (unless it was actually called The Immortals) would be partially handy, but i never saw it and managed fine.
plot? some new uber super precious material now exists thanks to some mystery island. i checked with the boys and that's the bit you need to know off of The Eternals (or whatever). all of the world is rather keen to get their hands on the stuff, and American President Indiana Solo kind of calls on the incumbent Captain America, or if you will Captain Falcon, to do Avengers like stuff to help peaceful negotiations about sharing, or something. this involves some fancy stunts and some fighting.
this was all rather good, as in one level up from quite good. honestly, like i suspect a few, i felt that all of this Avengers stuff had reached saturation point. especially when virtually all of the films were essentially Blues Brothers remakes, featuring a "getting the band back together" premise for a road trip of mayhem. quite likely i shall upset someone with this comment (so called fanboys or what have you) but i found this one akin (or closer) to a DC comics thing, what with more focus on an investigative or detective like approach rather than "in your face let us blow it up" stuff.
saying the acting and/or writing was really good feels like i am unintentionally shaming all of the other three thousand (or so) Marvel films, for credit where it is due this has always been above average for what would be reasonably expected. but, that said, credit to Harrison Ford for doing an actual, decent performance, stepping into the role once made (somewhat) famous by the late William Hurt. all too often of late Mr Ford has turned up in a "fine i will do it" mode, not so here.
as it was my birthday, yes, i went full tilt bankruptcy on a large popcorn and large coke, with the above costing a flat £9.50. if, indeed, that is a flat amount. since it was "tuesday treat" at Ealing Project the movie ticket itself cost £7.50, i really have no concept if that's good or bad. my feeling was that it was all fine and not unreasonable.
briefly back to the film and no, of course not, the "big bad" isn't the "red hulk". if you want a spoiler warning, this sentence is it. no idea where the character originates from in the Marvel universe, but the of course sinister force lurking in the background is a kind of rip off character akin to Egghead out of the 60s Batman series and Braniac (i think that was what he was called) out of Superman things. quite an interesting character, too. presumably he will be the villain at the core of future Marvel things. i would guess he (or contemporaries) pitched up in mid-credit or end of credits scenes but, to the overt bewilderment of people in the cinema with me, i simply could not be bothered to wait to watch them, needing (not in this order) a cigarette and a bathroom.
gratuitous selfie above for you. indeed that is also a poster for the latest Bridget Jones thing behind me. at not stage was i tempted to see that myself, but i imagine it will be all right for people what liked all them other ones. i would agree that my beard is (somewhat) excessive and i probably should get it cut off (or trimmed at the least) but quite a few people seem to like it.
not entirely (or at all) sure that this film has "done the business" to the levels what others have. my suspicion, as mentioned above, is that there's a few of us that feel we have now "been there done that" with all things Marvel. still, quite likely this shall have scored some reasonable coins for Disney, and they will undoubtedly keep making them. should they remain of this quality, win win.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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