Still my favorite movie of 2015 and the movie that turned me into a Coogler/Göransson stan. What they managed to do by creating a fresh and interesting sports drama that can stand on its own and bring newcomers to the Rocky franchise all while paying the utmost respect to the movies that came before is nothing short of phenomenal. The score is one of my favorites of all time (and has been a workout playlist staple for me for a…
This kinda feels like the Amazing Spider-Man movies and the Affleck Batman movies in that it gives us the most faithful depiction of this superhero but in the absolute worst movies lol. The violence and action scenes range pretty wildly from being great to being cartoonishly bad. The story feels completely soulless (and reeks similarly of "we made this to keep the film rights" like Fant4stic did) and so much of the acting is just very corny. Ray Winstone is…
Possibly the most underrated and underappreciated comic book movie of all time. I think this movie is very much a "Punisher Begins" kind of story, because even with Tom Jane wearing the outfit nearly the whole movie, we don't quite see him in full blown guns blazing, mass murdering Punisher mode until the final 20 minutes or so. But even so, he remains my favorite Punisher actor to date (I think Bernthal is overrated personally-- not a fan of his…
It's honestly not as terrible as I . Probably marginally better than the first movie was. The Silver Surfer depiction is awesome (Fishburne voicing him was brilliant casting), the visual effects behind him have aged very well and I like how the overall vibe of the movie is a bit more comic booky and less grounded than the first one was.
I being pretty upset over cloud Galactus when I saw this movie as a teenager, but in retrospect…
