I think you're using hindsight to make unfair comparisons. You compare Shang-Chi to Tony and Thor, the latter two who have a ton of screentime to flesh out their stories. In this individual movie, I think Shang-Chi had a good arc. He saw his mother killed, sought his father's approval, ran from him, had to come to terms with killing his father, and ultimately did so. I think that's a good arc for him. I do wish the fight with his father was longer than it was.rhutton125 said:
That's good and all but I guess 1) I'm not sure where it leaves him going forward, and 2) I don't recall how that plays out during the finale, aside from refusing to kill his father.
In Iron Man, you see Tony's transformation culminate with him sacrificing himself to stop Stane. We know he's going to use his tech for good going forward. In Thor, he destroys the bifrost to protect the people he wanted to kill in Act 1 even though he may never see Jane again. He's the protector of the nine realms that he should have been all along.
In Shang-Chi, I feel like he uses this newfound balance to explode a demon from the inside, then brag about it to his friends? Then I guess wait around until Wong or the next movie calls him back? I dunno. I still don't really know what kind of hero he'll be, I guess.
I agree with FL_Ag1998, I really enjoyed this movie. But I wouldn't put it among the top MCU movies. I certainly wouldn't put it at the bottom, though.
