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Watching Stuff With Our Brains Turned On

Tag: comic book movies

  • Aquaman

    Aquaman

    Now that I’ve seen Aquaman, I can say that the DCEU has two movies worth watching. One more like this and, maybe, I’ll consider going to the theater to see one again.

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Into the Spider-Verse managed to dodge every bullet possible. It most certainly earned every award it was nominated for and each it won. Everything about this film is wonderful and very much “Spider-Man” in the best ways.

  • Man of Steel: Not My Superman

    Man of Steel: Not My Superman

    When Man of Steel was first announced, I wasn’t as excited as I wanted to be. I’d already been burned a bit by Superman Returns (which, in my opinion, told a bad story and wasted some really solid actors), not to mention Superman IV (the last of the Christopher Reeve films). They weren’t going to spin-off from Smallville, which, […]

  • Three claws down for X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    I could spend hours poking and picking at the things they changed from the comic book continuity I grew up on and loved. I could lament the lack of some of my favorite story bits and the light touch they gave others. I could do all that, but, when it comes to X-Men Origins: Wolverine […]

  • Just finished Spider-Man 3…

    …and, wow am I glad I didn’t see that in the theater! Seriously. They could have had two good movies and, instead, they crammed it all into one kinda crappy one. Pretty, though. In fact, as long as you don’t care about semi-sensible plot, proper character development or actual working story arcs, it’s the perfect […]