5 Reasons why Thor: The Dark World wasn't great & more

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Thor: the Dark World grossed more than 600 million $ all over the world and it is as of right now the 3hd highest grossing movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is obvious that the success of Marvel: The Avengers has affected the solo movies as well and Thor: The Dark World is no exception.

Box office results aside, however the movie wasn't as good as the first one.

1. Change of Director

The replacement of Kenneth Branagh with Alan Taylor in the director seat drastically changed the portrayal of Thor in the second film. Everybody noticed the different style of the two films and considering that the first film was thought to be by many the second best solo movie of the MCU then you can see why this change of style bothered me

2. Villain

Malekith wasn't a strong villain. The first Thor movie had Loki as the main villain and the story of why he became a villain made perfect sense. Plus he proved to be a great villain enough to be the opponent for which the Avengers teamed up for. Makekith started off well by killing Thor's mother but in the final battle it wasn't that hard for Thor to defeat him and save the world from the Darkness.

3. Plot Holes

The whole story revolved around Malekith being defeated by ,Odin's father, Bor thousands of years before the birth of Thor. Awakened by the release of the Aether, Malekith seeks vengeance against Asgard. In his attack against Asgard, Malekith manages to elude Heimdall control with a thousand year old spaceship. This is one of the main plot holes of the movie among others that I will not list.

4. Soundtrack

As I always say, a movie is as great as its soundtrack and I don't see why they didn't use the same soundtrack of the first movie which was awesome. The poor score didn't help the movie at all.

5. Jokes

What is up with Marvel movies and jokes? I feel that as we progress in the MCU there are always more jokes. Don't get me wrong I love jokes in these kind of movie but I feel that there were too many in this film. Even in the final battle there were several jokes, it feels as the screenwriter tells you not to worry about the outcome of the battle because you already know that Thor will win.

Overall, the movie was nothing like the first one but it was enjoyable in some parts. A few weeks ago, seeing the box office success, there have been numerous websites running the news that Thor 3 has been greenlit and will be released in Marvel Phase 3. This is a good news and I truly hope that Marvel will acknoledge its mistakes and fix them in the next movie,

As always let me know in the comment section what you think of this movie

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Arrow and the Justice League

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a week ago Arrow's Stephen Amell stated that he has been speaking with WB executives about a possible cameo for the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie.  A week ago I was so excited about the idea of seeing Green Arrow crossing path with Superman and the entire JLA but now I am not so sure about it due to recent announcement (jesse-eisenberg-is-new-lex-luthor).

Let me tell you why it would be a bad idea!

First of all the tv show would massively be affected from this because Arrow's screenwriters would be limited in their decision making process and they would always have to ask permission to Zack Snyder for every minor details and considering the lack of organization of WB this would end up in a massive failure of this amazing show.

Secondly, as much as it pains me to say this it is unlikely that the DC cinematic universe project will take off and it is highly likely that superman vs batman will be the last dc movie in the years to come. The reason I am saying this is that Zack Snyder & co are making one questionable decision after another and the excitememt showed by fans in July for this film has decreased substiantally over the past months and we are still 25 months away from the movie release date. 

The reason why I am so pessimistic is due to the fact that WB puts all their efforts on one movie which they release every three years and if that movie fails to be successful then they are done with the whole cinematic universe. It seems as if they want the movie to be unsuccessful to stop making them altogether. They seem to have learnt nothing from the guys at Marvel who mapped out every film until 2020 and even if a couple of those movies tank then they still have the profit of the other movies to cover for possible losses.

I really do hope that WB proves me wrong in 2016 but as of right now this is what I think about the whole issue.

As always let me know what you think below

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Marvel Phase 4 of their cinematic universe: What will happen?

Marvel/Disney have created an amazing shared universe. 

It all started back in 2008 when they released the first Iron Man movie starring Robert Downey Junior as Tony Stark. That movie is and should rightfully be considered the backbone of this shared universe for without its success we would have never seen so many films like Thor, Captain America and The Incredible Hulk that followed soon after. It all beautifully flowed in the record breaking Avengers assemble movie long awaited after the post credit scene of the first Iron Man movie. Now that we're half way through Marvel phase 2 with two more movies (Captain America: The winter soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy) that will hit theaters this year the 3hd phase of this shared universe is becoming to be unveiled. 

The outline of Marvel phase 3 seems to be clearer after recent rumors which confirmed the solo movies for Thor and Captain America who would return for their third solo movies and with Antman already confirmed as the first movie post Avengers 2 then there's only one more movie to be announced and the whole phase three is layed out before Avengers 3. Now as much as we all love these movies we can't help to speculate when is this universe going to end. Well, there have been already majors problems such as convincing Robert Downey Junior to sign on for Avengers 2 and 3. 

I've heard many speculations concerning Marvel phase 4 and many say that this shared universe will be able to survive without Iron Man, Thor or Captain America or even all the above but I do not see it that way. I doubt that Black Panther, dr Strange and Antman together with Wasp would be able to carry on the universe. 

Another question would be how long can these superheroes movies will be successful, how lomg will audiences enjoy watching the same heroes over and over again. After Avengers 3 I think that the Universe will seize to exist and it will be maybe rebooted in a decade or something. However there might be a drastic change that could revitalize the universe; if Disney makes a deal with Sony or with Fox or even both then bringing the X-Men, The Fantastic Four or Spiderman in the Avengers team could keep the fire burning. It sounds a bit too utopistic and I think that as far as Fox is concerned they should not make any deal simce they are creating a shared universe but Sony might opt to lend Spiderman to the Avengers considering that in 2018 Spiderman will release what is presumed to be the last insatlments of their franchise.

So guys this is my view on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but I am sure that you see it differently so leave a comment below and let me know

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Jesse Eisenberg is the New Lex Luthor

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A couple minutes ago WB announced that the character of Lex Luthor for the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie will be portrayed by none other than Jesse Eisenberg. If you guys thought that Ben Affleck as Batman was a bad choice or if you thought that casting Gal Gadot to portray Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman was even worse, well this casting beats all of the above combined. For months we've heard Bryan Cranston, Joaquin Phoenix or even Michael Rosenbaum who played Lex in the Smallville tv series but WB  shocked the internet with the announcement of Eisenberg as Luthor.

of tons of actors who were rumored to play Superman's nemesis, actors like

Snyder stated, “Lex Luthor is often considered the most notorious of Superman’s rivals, his unsavory reputation preceding him since 1940. What’s great about Lex is that he exists beyond the confines of the stereotypical nefarious villain. He’s a complicated and sophisticated character whose intellect, wealth and prominence position him as one of the few mortals able to challenge the incredible might of Superman. Having Jesse in the role allows us to explore that interesting dynamic, and also take the character in some new and unexpected directions.”

Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey were the actor who played Lex in the previous instalments of the Superman franchise and they were both in their 40s/ 50s but now WB has decided to head once again toward a new direction. The casting of a 30year old Eisenberg who btw looks like a 15 year old kid is controversial to say the least. It is difficult for me to picture him as Lex Luthor or even to picture him face to face with either Batman or Superman let alone fight them.

WB also announced that the actor Jeremy Irons will be playing Alfred, Batman's most trusted friend. I personally have nothing to say about this casting because I'm too shocked about the Eisenberg casting. From the Ben Affleck casting through Gal Gadot's casting I've always said that we should have had faith in WB/DC but now after they have announced that the release date will be delayed and that Eisenberg will play Luthor , I have little faith in a movie which I have been dreaming about for so long.

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Batman vs Superman delayed

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a few weeks ago it was announced that Man of Steel 2 aka Batman vs Superman will be released in May 2016 instead of July 2015. Now considering that the 17th of July 2015 already seemed to far it is obvious that mst fans are upset because they will have to wait longer to see Superman face to face with Batman. The official explaination of WB was to give:

"the filmmakers time to fully realize their vision, 

given the complex visual nature of the story."

These claims leave us with many doubts because we all assumed that since they had already shot some scenes that the vision was already complete. So all we can do is speculate on why the release date was delayed. 

DC/WB once again shows lack of organizational skills. They have failed to plan their cinematic universe and quite frankly I think they only want one because they saw the economic success that Marvel is having with their universe. So far WB has shown lack of confidence in their dc properties and that is why we've only got either superman or Batman movies. When they in fact tried to release a dc based movie with Green Lantern they failed box office-wise and story-wise even though I think that the GL movie had several reedeamable qualities(if you wanna know my point of view on the GL movie click here: http://theheroblogger.blogspot.it/2014/01/the-redeemable-qualities-of-green.html). 

Few weeks before the announcement WB confirmed that they had hired Argo's screenwriter to review the script and that was the first sign of them having problemsy. Maybe Chris Terrio wasn't happy with script and decided to make changes to the whole story and to the dialogue resulting in the delayed release date.

There are also rumors of many JLA members appearing in the movie. 

Apart from Wonder Woman and Batman that were confirmed in the movie, there were rumors of Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, The Flash and even John Stewart(Green Lantern) cameos and that might be a reason why they've decided to take more time to assess the whole story.

The last possibility is that they have decided to shoot Justice League back to back with Man of Steel 2 and if they made this decision now then they will need time to organize everything properly.

One other big problem for the movie now is that the new release date is withing 2 weeks of two other superhero movies which are X-Men Apocalypse and an untitled Marvel Project so I believe that sooner or later the release date will be changed again since it would mean economical suicide for al three films to open on the same month.

Overall it is a really bad news for us movie nerds but it is better to get a good movie in 2016 than to get a too crowded, too rushed movie in 2015. 

Hopefully Man of Steel 2 will be awesome and let's hope that DC gets this cinematic universe up and running like Marvel did.

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The redeemable qualities of Green Lantern and why WB needs to include it in their DCCU

N°1 Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds portrayed Hal Jordan and Green Lantern beautifully. I think that replacing him with another actor for the role of Green lantern would be a terrible mistake because he, in my opinion, did a really good job in bringing the character to life. We can all agree that among all the mistakes that the screenwriter and the director made, hiring Ryan Reynolds t play Hal wasn’t one of them.

N°2 Sense of Humor

The movie deviated from the DC movie style. Adding humor to a superhero movie looked to be the secret ingredient of Marvel success so it came as no surprise that DC decided to head toward that same direction but nevertheless the movie maintained in some parts a darker tone similar to the Dark Knight movies and the Man of Steel movie and that is a perfect balance in my opinion for the character of Hal Jordan. A future justice league team will need a funny guy similar to Tony Stark in the Avengers and I see no better DC character to play that role than Hal Jordan.

N°3 The world  they created can co-exist with the world created by Zack Snyder

Unlike the Dark Knight trilogy that told the story of Batman in a magic free world, he Green Lantern  movie can perfectly coexist in the same universe of the Man of steel since both movies have introduced aliens.  

N°4 Mark Strong as Sinestro

Mark strong is an amazing actor. His performance as Sinestro was good and many thought that it was the best part of the movie. Some speculators even suggested to reboot the whole franchise but to keep Mark Strong as Sinestro. I can see why the screenwriters decide to make him the villain in the sequel and not in the first film, he is presented as the leader of the Green Lantern core until he decides to exploit the power of the yellow ring in the post credit scene of the movie.

N° 5 Score

DC has always had in their superhero movies great scores and Green Lantern is no exception. James Newton Howard gave us an awesome soundtrack that made the movie better. If by any chance you do not remember what I am talking about check out the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESB9D8WdQPI

Overall the movie wasn’t as epic as some other DC or Marvel movies but it wasn’t that bad either. If we compare it to the awful movie that was Thor: The Dark World where there was a joke ever other minute then Green Lantern doesn’t look that bad. WB/DC here have a great chance to show everyone that despite the Box Office flop they are prepared to give it a second chance maybe by having Sinestro show up in the Batman vs Superman post credit scene and therefore tie in the GL movie in their cinematic universe and bringing Ryan Reynolds back for the JLA movie. In fact, we look closely at the cinematic universe that DC is trying to establish then we’ll see that they haven’t introduced any member of the JLA yet apart from Superman and by bringing back Reynolds as Green Lantern they would give the average movie goers a sense of continuity that they haven’t been able to provide so far.

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5 Reasons Why Man of Steel was awesome

Hello guys,
as my first real post I decided to talk about what in my opinion was the best superhero movie of 2013: Man of Steel and the 5 reasons why it was so awesome.


1.Nothing we've seen before
Man of Steel has reinvented Superman in many ways. From a new reimagination of the Planet Krypton to a new costume and a new fortress of solitude Zack Snyder has certainly given us something we had not seen before in any Superman films. The special effects have allowed Superman and Henry Cavill to show us what it truly means to be faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive.

2. Superman and his villains
Superman vs Zod. When I heard that the villain in Man of Steel was Zod I thought to my self why? Why choose a villain that we have seen so many times on the big and small screen? The truth is, however, that Zod and subcommander Faora have shown us what superpowered villains can actually do to the Planet. If we compare the silly fight that Christopher Reeve had with Terence Stamp in Superman II with the fight that Henry Cavill had with Micheal Shannon we'll see understand the greateness of the movie. I personally like the fight that Superman had with Faora more than the one with Zod because of the intensity that Antje Traue gave to the character.

3. Dark Knight similarities
There are several similarities to Nolan's Dark Knight Triolgy. If we look closely Batman and Superman are much alike so it makes sense that since Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy did well, they would continue along that same path.

4. Soundrack
Hans Zimmer continues to dazzle everyone with his beautiful soundtrack. A movie becomes great only if it has a great soundtrack. Every scene is great and the soundtrack makes it greater. Listen to this track called: Flight

5. First Chapter of DCCU
This film is considered to be the film that will start the entire DC Cinematic Universe similar to the one brilliantly created by Marvel/Disney. The next instalment of this DCCU was announced at the 2013 Comic-Con and it will feature not only the Man of Steel but also the Caped Crusader aka Batman. It will be the first time that the two heroes will meet face to face on the big screen.

This movie undoubtedly had some flaws but it's a fantastic movie and I'm sure that for the next instalment the people behind this franchise will avoid making the same mistakes.

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