daemonxhun
Joined Mar 2018
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I'm generally not a fan of the MCU movies. I saw a couple of them but for the most part, to me they felt like homogeneous, fairly bland, and forgottable movies with no real artistic vision behind them - they felt more like well-crafted products than actual art (what a movie is normally supposed to be).
I value movies such as Superman, Superman II: The Richard Donner's Cut, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies, some of the X-Men movies and Shazam much more - the only real exception is Guardians of the Galaxy 2, which managed to evoke the same kind of magic that I felt while watching those other movies.
Why I like these movies? Because they have heart - they touch me on a deep emotional level. Because these movies have a strong artistic vision and it shows. Because these are first and foremost character-driven movies that focus on the everyday struggles and problems of the characters and are just secondarily superhero movies.
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And this is the reason why I love Loki too. It's a series that is part of the MCU, yet it feels like anything but a part of it. It feels like the very best that superhero stories can offer. It feels authentic, it feels genuine, it feels heavily artist-driven.
Action generally takes a backseat and instead every single episode focuses on building characters, character relationships, and the strange world of the series itself which ultimately makes the series so much better than practically anything you can see in the MCU (although GotG2 is a brillant movie).
The main trio of the characters are fantastically realized, loveable and relatable. There are a lot of wholesome, sweet, and truly human moments in the show that remind me of the old Superman movies and the Raimi Spider-Man movies that I mentioned previously.
The show also has a great amount of intellectual depth, not just compared to other MCU stories, but in general too (especially in the earlier episodes), exploring interesting concepts such as the existence of free will or pre-determination in a visual way and through cleverly written dialogues.
Both the emotional and intellectual scenes serve to build the characters and what is fantastic is that these moments play out effortlessly and naturally, in a very believable manner. The cameran doesn't cut away, the creators are not afraid to make things slower.
They smartly let these scenes fully play out, this way making it possible for viewers to fully soak in the moment and for the actors to fully embrace their characters and get the most out of these scenes. This is when this series shines the best and I've only really seen scenes like this in independent, heavily artist-driven, lower-budget movies.
On the top of these, the story, the pacing and the overall thematical and logical consistency of the series are also excellent. The story is constantly moving forward without any padding or filler, in fact, so many meaningful things happen in the span of a couple of episodes that it would have taken multiple seasons for other TV shows to tell the same story.
Loki is a modern gem that perfectly captures the magic of the greatest superhero movies. I can't recommend it enough.
I value movies such as Superman, Superman II: The Richard Donner's Cut, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies, some of the X-Men movies and Shazam much more - the only real exception is Guardians of the Galaxy 2, which managed to evoke the same kind of magic that I felt while watching those other movies.
Why I like these movies? Because they have heart - they touch me on a deep emotional level. Because these movies have a strong artistic vision and it shows. Because these are first and foremost character-driven movies that focus on the everyday struggles and problems of the characters and are just secondarily superhero movies.
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And this is the reason why I love Loki too. It's a series that is part of the MCU, yet it feels like anything but a part of it. It feels like the very best that superhero stories can offer. It feels authentic, it feels genuine, it feels heavily artist-driven.
Action generally takes a backseat and instead every single episode focuses on building characters, character relationships, and the strange world of the series itself which ultimately makes the series so much better than practically anything you can see in the MCU (although GotG2 is a brillant movie).
The main trio of the characters are fantastically realized, loveable and relatable. There are a lot of wholesome, sweet, and truly human moments in the show that remind me of the old Superman movies and the Raimi Spider-Man movies that I mentioned previously.
The show also has a great amount of intellectual depth, not just compared to other MCU stories, but in general too (especially in the earlier episodes), exploring interesting concepts such as the existence of free will or pre-determination in a visual way and through cleverly written dialogues.
Both the emotional and intellectual scenes serve to build the characters and what is fantastic is that these moments play out effortlessly and naturally, in a very believable manner. The cameran doesn't cut away, the creators are not afraid to make things slower.
They smartly let these scenes fully play out, this way making it possible for viewers to fully soak in the moment and for the actors to fully embrace their characters and get the most out of these scenes. This is when this series shines the best and I've only really seen scenes like this in independent, heavily artist-driven, lower-budget movies.
On the top of these, the story, the pacing and the overall thematical and logical consistency of the series are also excellent. The story is constantly moving forward without any padding or filler, in fact, so many meaningful things happen in the span of a couple of episodes that it would have taken multiple seasons for other TV shows to tell the same story.
Loki is a modern gem that perfectly captures the magic of the greatest superhero movies. I can't recommend it enough.
Look, this show is basically Xena/Hercules in more ways than one, but with a much less consistent and thoughtful narrative, coupled with very jarring jumps in the timeline that makes it really hard to follow and understand certain character choices, motivations and their overall development.
Yet... I love it. It's fast food, but a very tasty one. The show is simply so much fun, it knows when to and when not to take itself seriously. Henry Cavill is amazing as Geralt and simply chews every scene he is in. Geralt's sidekick, Jaskier (played by Joey Batey) is also brilliant, he brings an incredible amount of energy and fun to every scene he is in.
The show works the best when these two characters are on the screen together and they are the main reasons to watch The Witcher. The dynamics between these two characters/actors are simply fantastic, their friendly connection reminds me of some of the best movie duos, like Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon.
I definitely recommend watching The Witcher. While it's nowhere near as cleverly written in terms of story and characters as the really popular The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt video game, it manages to make up for it in certain ways and it's one of the most fun shows going on right now.
Yet... I love it. It's fast food, but a very tasty one. The show is simply so much fun, it knows when to and when not to take itself seriously. Henry Cavill is amazing as Geralt and simply chews every scene he is in. Geralt's sidekick, Jaskier (played by Joey Batey) is also brilliant, he brings an incredible amount of energy and fun to every scene he is in.
The show works the best when these two characters are on the screen together and they are the main reasons to watch The Witcher. The dynamics between these two characters/actors are simply fantastic, their friendly connection reminds me of some of the best movie duos, like Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon.
I definitely recommend watching The Witcher. While it's nowhere near as cleverly written in terms of story and characters as the really popular The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt video game, it manages to make up for it in certain ways and it's one of the most fun shows going on right now.
