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Ms. Marvel (2022)
My Least Favorite Marvel Disney+ Series
I have, in a sense, religiously watched all Marvel movies and shows. I'm a Marvel fanboy, or a shill, if you will. This show made me finally feel the superhero fatigue that everyone proclaimed back in the infinity saga. I definitely feel it now, especially with the Disney plus shows, and Ms. Marvel felt like the nail in the coffin. I loved Ms. Marvel in the comics, and I was extremely excited for this show, wanting to go in loving it-and I tried. The show feels so tonally confused, with being a family show, a teen show, a culture show, and a marvel universe show. It doesn't fulfill or flesh out on any of these points. It feels like it could've been separated into two seasons, and should've fleshed out each plot point.
Some have said it felt too childish. Even Spider-Man Homecoming at times felt childish, but the coming of age story in that felt more solid as it focused on one strong narrative, with characters and villains fully fleshed out. I can't say the same for here. This has become my least favorite Disney+ series.
Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022)
Had Great Potential
First thing's first: I enjoy Kanye's music, art, fashion, and story. So there may be bias in that. But despite the fact, I will be doing my best to solely judge this documentary on its cinematic merits. And that being said, this documentary had great potential, but seemed to not know what it wanted to do with its scenes. At times, the movie felt self-indulgent with scenes running on way further than it should've. Some things could've easily been clipped out. And it could've perhaps used a better narrative and writing when it came to describing Kanye's life; at times, it felt like Coodie was spilling in his own limelight a little too much as well. I get that it was his perspective, but perhaps it would've done better separated from the fact, and shown Kanye's story as a triumphant rise and a roller coaster of a life, to his tragic downfalls.
The clips recorded had great potential.
Django Unchained (2012)
An Operatic Epic
I'm a huge Tarantino fan, and though his die-hards may love Pulp Fiction as his utmost classic-which it is-I, however, think that Django Unchained is his peak work. This movie plays out like a series of adventures that come upon our main characters in a narrative of freedom. The way the story unfolds is like an epic opera, which I view in parallel to how masterpieces like Apocalypse Now would unfold; all while it captures how rough and dreadful the era was of slavery. It doesn't shy from such themes of violence and racism, which some may feel uncomfortable at times, but these were indeed uncomfortable times. And of course, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leo DiCaprio are amazing. The last third of the movie is the most tense I have ever felt in the movie theater in a long time. It doesn't get any better than this.