This is so great. Disney deserves every second of this.

For Jen to bring up her petty issues to the Incredible Hulk, who's been a social outcast hunted by the US Army for decades and had more bullets and missiles fired at him than Godzilla, is one of the most unbearable and pompous moments in TV history.

This is why my favourite female MCU character is Nebula - she was humbled, shamed, tortured, brought down to knees every corner. She's so human in her anger, jelaousy and desperate attempts to gain parental love and approval. And her change is very reminesent of someone ending the circle of abuse to become better person

We really miss Stan Lee. The early Marvel movies were so relatable and grounded because Stan guided the writers and directors how to tell a great story. When Stan died, Marvel became a lifeless, money-making venture that lost its soul.

We live in an era of cinema where video game movie adaptations about killer animatronics or Italian plumbers saving a mushroom kingdom, are doing massively better than an all girl-boss led superhero movie.

Disney has killed the interest in Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Marvel. Those are the biggest IPs of all time and they can’t make money anymore. That’s impressive.

Disney never disappoint when it comes to disappointment

The way Iron Man's story arc ended with him as the selfless hero giving up his life with his snap had me bawling in the cinema. If they bring him back , it will be disgraceful

That she-hulk scene always irks me so much. Girl you’re talking to a guy who has suffered so much. It’s like complaining to a man in a wheelchair that you stubbed your toe and that therefore he couldn’t understand your pain.

Don’t get too excited fellas even after this Disney will learn nothing

This is a touching obituary written for the MCU. RIP MCU (2008 - 2019)

Yeah you're right! I did like Shang Chi but have not seen any of him since the movie. And Yelana's black widow was incredible in the Hawkeye series! I loved how they made her so different from the comic version. And I was hoping to see Shang Chi eventually control The Hand in the MCU or even team up with Deadpool or Spiderman like in the comics.

They followed the 'girl boss' trope for the last few years. Forgetting all about development because the girl bosses are perfect.

I would feel bad for Marvel if this wasn’t completely self inflicted. Not a bone in my body feels sorry for a company that dug their own grave and called customers every “ist” and “phobe” when they tried to warn them

It took Disney a Whole Decade to build a super multi-billion-dollar MCU brand and less than 5 years to destroy it all completely

You hit the nail right on the head. All these problems can be solved by sticking to the source material and getting better writers.

47M is too high for this hot mess in my opinion

Imagine giving a multimillion dollar movie to a director with 1 notch on their belt what can go wrong.

If my high school English papers had been this insightful, I probably would have gotten A’s and been accepted to Harvard. 2:23 “Like Captain America and Iron Man who followed the hero's journey to a t and audiences loved them because the reason the hero's journey has been in place for centuries if not thousands of years …telling a story you have to develop the character in a way that people actually enjoy them and want to see how that character will continue to evolve … otherwise the characters aren't going to be relatable and people are just going to turn off.”

It’s sad that the next generations are growing up with these movies rather than what we grew up with.

Since Endgame, Marvel has been following the formula of "bait the audience with a popular male character, replace him with a female character who is so much better than him". Loki S1 did that, Hawkeye, Thor L&T, She Hulk, etc. Personally I stopped caring about the MCU after they massacred Thor in L&T. But I think Marvel is targeting the know-it-all, privileged brats known as GenZ with these insufferable characters. Tik-Tok generation cannot handle long character arcs.

Glorious! Especially after the eye rolling excuses that Brie Larson has been spewing!!

Shared Universes need to stop at this point. Just tell good standalone superhero movies set in their own worlds and universes not connected to the MCU nor an overarching narrative and etc.

Excellent synopsis - I appreciate the effort put into the review

We appreciate your insights on this. The MCU deserves far better in comparison to The Marvels. They know they're lacking in some departments so they're trying to overcompensate without thinking of the damages that might occur right after.

To quote a great superhero: "You are no more, the MCU is dead, bury it." Superman, BvS.

The same could be said about the Hulks. Banner's life achievements were thrown into chaos by the Hulk. People were equally amazed by their powers as much as their flaws. Disney's SheHULK (I say that specifically because they destroyed her origin and backstory), got her her powers and immediately started schooling Banner on how to be a Hulk. Not only was she "flawless", but she brought down everyone around her to mediocre idiots. If that's what you need to do to be powerful, you can't really be that strong, can you? BTW, I posted this halfway through this video, seconds before you mentioned the Hulks. Great minds think alike👍🏽

Very well summed up from a fellow Aussie! There will come a point where the money runs out for Disney to keep creating super high budget films that continue to flop. Then it will be pushed back to probably tv series on disney plus only and so on until someone buys all these IP's off them and there's a huge reset in like 2035..

All we're given now from Disney are the Kidz Bop versions of what used to be great stories.

Disney has become a joke these last 5 to 10 years - It's almost like they decided to self-sabotage themselves...

The absolute best video I've seen on the subject. You nailed it mate!

You absolutely nailed it. Perfect analysis. Spot on.

I could watch Florence Pugh as Yelena all day, every day. I don't understand how Disney could be this incompetent. They didn't shoot themselves in the foot; they systematically removed all of their limbs and then blew themselves up. They have had so many chances to right the ship. They have squandered some of the greatest franchises to ever exist. The executives in charge shouldn't be able to get a job flipping burgers when you consider how monumental the financial losses they've incurred are, yet these people haven't even been fired or moved to different projects. Could you imagine being a manager in almost any field, losing your company even just a few million dollars (much lower than what has been lost here), and not getting fired? Does Kathleen Kennedy have the kids of the ceo tied up in her basement? Why is this woman so untouchable?

You get what you deserve Disney!

Carol Danvers normally is a really interresting character in the comics because she suffers from depression, self doubt and alcoholism in the comics. Those are factors why she is in the forefront of the second civil war. But yeah. They had to make her a perfect MarySue. GJ Disney

This isn't about Disney forgetting anything. They remember the hero's journey, but they are deliberately ignoring it. This is all about Disney buying into a certain way of seeing the world. Because of that buy-in, every single one of these female characters *has* to be a Mary Sue. From Disney's perspective, you *cannot* portray a female in a way that suggests she needs others, and you *certainly* cannot portray her in a way that suggests she needs anything whatsoever from a man. As long as you keep looking at Disney's movies from an entertainment perspective you will be perplexed by their choices, because Disney's goal is no longer to entertain, but to reeducate. And you *will* be reeducated.

The director can claim that she was influenced by multiple other film directors, but if you break this film down the obvious direction of this film followed Spaceballs by Mel Brooks. Sucking all the air from a planet….seriously!!🤣🤣

M-She-U: This movie isn't for men! Also M-She-U: This is the worst MCU movie ever because of toxic men!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

One thing to remember about No Way Home that separates it is that, by and large, it's a Sony Spider-Man Universe movie, not an MCU movie. The story uses Doctor Strange to set the plot in motion, but then sidelines the character the entire time to focus on situations and characters specifically from the previous Sony standalone Spider-Man movies. Even Happy is given a heavily reduced presence . The ending also resets everything so they can quite literally pick up and have, say, Peter face Tom Hardy's Venom without connecting to the MCU at all..The animated Spiderverse films are doing the same thing. Spider-Man did fine running solo with Sony before there was an MCU (Raimi's Spider-Man 2 is still one of the best comic book adaptations ever made) and the character will do just fine if the rest of the MCU crashes and burns.

I still dont believe disney has learned their lesson. I belive theyre going to sink deeper

It's actually impressive that Disney has done so well destroying a legacy and modern IP that not too long ago people would have said were easy money. It's sad in both cases as I've been long time fans of both but saw this coming as soon as Disney acquired them both.

If the MCU is taking their time to make the next Tom Holland movie, then I'm good with that. Shows such as Arcane took 6 (more or less) years to make, and they were phenomenal. You are totally correct on the Hero's journey being left out of the movies. Superman is a character who has all the power, but still faces large climaxes and problems such as Zod and Lex Luther and even family trouble. Writing a character to be relatable is so important!

Netflix needs to buy back Daredevil and The Punisher, and rehire the writers and directors that worked on them, and continue from where they left off.

If Captain Marvel was the first sign...time travel was probably the second sign. I think time travel completely borked the future of the franchise because there were no more stakes. They should have just moved forward with new ideas and characters rather than try to dig them all back up, because it hasn't helped them in the long run anyway.

She-Hulk arrogantly thinks she knows more about controlling anger because all the men around her treat her with kid gloves. Because the men control their anger ahe assumes they don't have any. She is, as so many have said, an oblivious feminist who can only project herself on others.

There was an interesting story thread in the show Barry, where his girlfriend Sally lies about how she dealt with an abusive relationship, those lies get her in with Hollywood, for a time, but it goes from her making something real to helping a woman play a role pretty obviously inspired by Captain Marvel. The truth was interesting, but it morphs into the girl boss thing. It's an interesting thread in the show, I'm really surprised I haven't seen a UKposts essay breaking it down

The plot for Shang Chin isn’t the most creative but the characters have depth and it make the movie significantly better

“But-but-but, the first one made a billion dollars because it was such a great movie and had a very popular character” - Shills

The MCU had it all and this could’ve been avoided but ig as soon as Disney pushed for more girl power in Star Wars we all should’ve expected the MCU to follow and just like Star Wars Disney killed another beloved IP

The problem is agenda driven writers and directors, like much of the world it's gone mad.

The one takeaway I got from the marvels movie is that the one woman did things that ended in the death of entire planets but the other woman was supportive and said it was okay and then they cried so she could still be the hero, then she did a simple thing to save some other people that she easily could have done to save the original people she doomed to death

Man, you identified the very trait that many complain about. Lack of accountability by people, and their considering everything to be the fault of everyone around them, never themselves.

It’s not just bad writing it’s also in everything (pushing the message) that gets under people’s skin.

I love how shehulk gets angry while talking about her supreme anger control

I’d have faith with Deadpool 3 under a different company like Universal or Paramount instead of Disney. Deadpool 3 needs to also be set in the Fox X-Men Universe and not connect to the MCU. Ryan Reynolds should not be restricted in what jokes he tells, and have full creative freedom.

No mention of woke go broke. Which is nice. You explained what was happening in detail

Even if they bring back the old team they are just gonna shit on them to prop up the new characters.

The fact She Hulk also just ended with her saying how dumb her own show was and “fixing” it. She is literally perfection personified in a show

What Disney did to Star Wars is criminal; wtf happened to the entertainment industry?

Unfortunately for them, it seems that the only thing going higher, further and faster, is disney's downfall

They made Nick Fury into a slobbering marshmallow!!! Did they EVER read the comics? I mean really... they deserve what's happening right now. It's like the Witcher; showrunners who hate the show they're working on??? and they expect us to spend money for that. NO WONDER Cavill walked. Great work, thank you.

I don’t understand how Marvel can’t do this formula of introducing, a new character on a fresh film of their own, giving them a series, introducing the universe, side characters, and villains to build them up, and then introduce the second movie with that character development leading into an overall avengers movie. There is so much lore.. but yet they just decide to give us this shit

Very good description of the situation with Marvel. Thank you

What you described with your critique of the Marvels was a fabulous explanation to what's going on in todays society. The modern feminist movement honestly believe that women are perfect and we should prostrate ourselves to their every whim. As does the trans movement, the multiculturalism philosophy and so on. Well done.

' You Either Die a Hero- -Or live Long Enough to Become the Villian! '

100% agree. Awesome review awesome 😎

We've heard this "flop" shit before, yet they still make them.

Honestly as soon as I seen the bad guy on the first trailer I knew I wasn’t gonna watch this movie even if it was free

That Panderstone is real! Ignore what the fans want, you start going broke. Disney at this point just wants to stuff this stuff down the audience's throat and they don't care how much they spend.

And btw, a hero journey is much more than having a hero with flaws evolving. There are guides involved, stakes, and mote. Read how to build a brand stlory and learn about it

I just watched the movie. Everything was bad: the writing, the acting, the characters, just everything.

Great video. My thoughts exactly. They don't worry about hero building. We cared so much with Tony's death bc they built up his character. He had lost he has wins. He struggled.

I honestly thought it be mid 50s. I knew the way the MCU was going but even this was quite a bit of surprise that it didnt hit at least 50

Oh my goodness! Who could have seen this coming?

I don't believe it even made that. I'd bet money that Disney pre booked a load of cinema seats and are using those figures.

Bringing the old guys back is a admission of defeat.

We all knew it would happen, we all said it would happen. But Marvel no longer listen to fans. It's their fault we are where we are.

Great edits!

7:43 don’t forget Vision. Wanda brought him back to life. Those memories are still alive in white vision. His body with his memories living in her world. But she goes bonkers trying to steal kids from another reality all while completely ignoring the one she “loves”. While he is dealing with his own sacrifice being a failure, losing his family, and also living in his old body with his old memories. She didn’t need no man, but her man needed her. She brought him back just to abandon him. They could have had her help vision or at least deal with the fact that he needs help too. And maybe have it end up where she could save her kids but had to choose between them. She could use up her magic instead to save them both. They already made it seem like she turned to dark magic to deal with her pain. They can disneyfy it into her getting clean. This way her character can “die off” (but still be available for future money grabs) and the MCU now has a reason for two more superheroes. They had so many good story lines they could have followed during the blip, especially with streaming. Actually develop characters during the series and use the movies to resolve multiple plots. Such a waste of billions of dollars and decades of trust.

For me I've just grown apathetic. Antman sort of fits the overall problem perfectly. I loved Antman, I liked Antman 2, I still haven't seen nor do I intend to see Antman 3. Marvel got stale. Other than maybe Spiderman I have not really enjoyed a marvel film since Endgame, I haven't been to the cinema since Endgame either. Marvel Disney stopped trying - so I stopped caring. None of it is a must watch anymore. And NONE of this has to do with wokeness for me. It's just very bad storytelling and boring characters. And look, I 'loved' Barbie. The cultural zeitgeist likes to blame toxic masculinity. There are so many more problems with marvel disney than that. But hey - What do I know, I'm just one of the millions of people no longer buying tickets to your movies or subscribing to your streaming service.

I only hope that the new DCU brings hope with these legendary characters. Even Snyder failed to bring life to Justice League when he forget what makes Superman and Batman special, you can't just bring two imense characters to fight without a background, and we just seeing the same thing in MCU, but in a large scale.

Damn this is sad and terrible. 47 million is still way too much

One of the best hero’s journey imo is with Ash Williams in The Evil Dead trilogy. Especially going from Evil Dead 1 to Evil Dead 2 to Army of Darkness, Ash goes from timid nerdy nobody who at first acts like a coward, then in the second movie grows into a strong character and gets more heroic, and in the third movie becomes complete Deadite slayer and charismatic and takes into action trying to not just worry about himself, but learns to help others and grows friendships with King Arthur and the rest of the supporting cast from medieval times that he meets. By the way, Evil Dead 2 has a great female protagonist with Anne Knowby who is an example of a strong female done right. Especially during the middle half of the second movie when Ash is possessed by the Deadites, and she temporarily takes over as the protagonist. Even the Evil Dead 2013 remake had a good final girl too.

Analysis was spot on!

they should've made Captain marvel have a thing where she starts as a jerk but she slowly realizes whatever uncle ben said (maybe spider-man starts to teach her that) its like ben ten and grandpa max we should've had that arc

The observation of us being drawn to characters due to their faults, and how they better themselves through their journey is right on point, and at the heart of why movies like this suck: women don’t see their faults as things to fix, overcome, or even address unless necessary. To these people, their “faults” are what make them “beautiful, strong, stunning, brave” etc. Their “faults” are why you have to accept them as they are. Why tf would they fix the things that enable them to demand their way, excoriate anyone who criticizes, and justify them never growing up?

I can't recall properly but I've either read or watched before that the cast of Avengers really didn't like Brie Larson that much and they had trouble working with her.

You got this spot on and its heartbreaking. I felt a pain in my chest at the end when you spoke about the return of RDJ, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johans because in that moment I had flashbacks of how their characters impacted us as true marvel fans. Apart from "Spiderman: No Way Home" I would say the entire phase 4 was a flop

let's hope that all the people that wanted to watch it for the LOL, did, and that the high peak is behind us. I mean at some point, 50 million $ is already far too much.

It's been at our discount theater since last Saturday.

Well Said my friend!!!!!❤

I hope Deadpool 3 (2024) can resurrect The Marvel Cinematic Universe, your videos are amazing.

Emma Tammy's Five Nights of Freddy's is a massive success in the box office and audiences loves it. Both Disney and Marvel can't use sexism and misogynism for this flop, because Five Nights at Freddy's proved that being directed by a female director that's also not well known can also have massive success.

I was at a pretty high traffic and large AMC theater today in Oregon and asked the manager of the entire place how well the Movie did and she said they barely sold ANY seats at their theatre. Funny part is that this is a theatre in Oregon, you would think the liberals would flock to a movie like this.

Who would've thought that refusing to give your customers what they want is a bad business strategy? Wow! I did not see that coming.

Fans: Did we win? Thanos:Yes Fans: But what did it cost? Thanos: Everything 😢

The MCU isnt finished but woke movies may be. Loki season 2 is proof that there still is great storytelling for heroes and fans are still interested. They just have to get back to that

You forgot about how great they did America Chavez in Doctor Strange 2 one of my few favorite MCU movies..

I knew it was dead when I first saw the ads 😂