The first time you saw Thor's new beer belly, you were supposed to laugh. Marvel Studios/Screenshot by Jován Pulgarín/CNET There is no way Thor would ever 'eat a salad' In Iron Man and Robert Downey Jr'.s breezy Tony Stark was a sassy, genius superhero who felt like a product of our times, not the Golden Age of comics.Ĭheck out that sick 'do. When Iron Man burst onto the scene in 2008, I was hooked.
I read Watchmen, V for Vendetta and anything Neil Gaiman ever wrote, but Marvel comics weren't on my teenage radar. I'm a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but not a superfan. However, the film's unignorable, groan-inducing WTF moments jostled the plot enough to distract me from an otherwise sweeping epic.īefore you aim your Infinity Gauntlet at my jugular, let me tell you where I'm coming from. Marvel's goals were ambitious, and considering the scale of the job, Endgame is a triumph that's clobbered the box office to become the No. But it also has clumsy and sappy moments that lumber along to remind us the comics genre initially targeted teenage boys.Ĭinematic perfection is nearly impossible, especially in a 3 hour, 1 minute long movie that deals with a massive ensemble cast, disparate storylines, time travel science(!!!) and peak viewer expectation. It has the kind of compelling storytelling that makes you want to believe that, yes, in some parallel universe, maybe it's not so far-fetched that the characters we've grown to love over the years could confront the evils of our day.
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