lazuras_dc said:

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I liked it enough, but it's not amazing for me. The character of the sister really just fell flat for me. Don't know if it was the acting or just the writing/arc of the character.

Why does the homing beacon only turn on when Shang Chi gets the rings?

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Dr. Not Yet Dr. Ag said:

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Just got around to watching and actually pretty shocked at the near universal acclaim this film got. This is just such a mediocre movie with no real heart to it that is typically seen with some of the best Marvel films. I rank this squarely in the middle of the bottom third Marvel movies next to movies like Iron Man 3, Captain Marvel, and Thor.

The acting was pretty bland outside of Tony Leung. The sister was bizarrely mute for the entire movie to the point that I kept forgetting she was in the movie, and then when I did remember I questioned why I should even care about her. The middle portion of the movie dragged terribly. Nearly turned it off because I got so bored with it. There was absolutely no character growth for the title character. Tony Leung's character also has absolutely no character growth. He just kinda dies as soon as you think you are going to maybe get some emotional transformation in his character arc.

I also found the fight scenes to be pretty soulless. Looked cool, but there was no real passion, nothing unique about them, they were just kind of generic kung-fu fights that were well choreographed. Random good and bad dragons get dumped on us in the third act without any sort of build up.

The writers get real lazy with how they all escape the Father's compound by just having a character literally break down a wall using no effort and stating something along the lines of "Oh, I've done this before" as some sort of logical explanation. It was like something out of a cartoon.

They also just kind of gloss over Shang-Chi killing someone as a 14 year old at the order of his father. They don't show it happen, they don't show the emotional fall out, and it just kind of feels forgotten outside of the brief conversation with Kate. This is the kind of thing that should have been focused on in the third act. Rather than have magical dragons and all that other BS, the third act should have been grounded in human conflict. It should have addressed the father and son relationship more, Shang-Chi should have forced a realization on Tony Leung's character of the emotional and physical torment that he put his children through.

And going back to the mute sister, outside of a brief "I'm still mad at you fight" upon their first meeting, we get no real conflict between brother and sister. She just silently joins her brother's side in fighting against their dad, and then returns back to what appears to be an antagonist role in the post-credit scene. I guess maybe I would be cool with that if she had more than like 3 lines.

In summary, this was just a moderately entertaining, mindless, soulless, paint-by-numbers marvel movie that had a ton of potential, but wasted it on CGI fights and Kaijus. I honestly think the biggest problem with this movie is the lack of heart in what should be an incredibly emotional story about familial trauma.

5.3/10

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YouBet said:

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Katy might just be a natural genetic freak at archery. Probably helps being in a magic place too. Maybe some of it rubbed off on her.

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coldmoose said:

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I thought it was really good.

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Ambres said:

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Brock Sampson said:

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Not my favorite marvel movie but I enjoyed it. The bits with Morris and Trevor were hilarious. Reminded me of Korg.

The rings sending a beacon out is interesting and can lead to many different settings. Maybe it's what awakens Adam Warlock?

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I have two working theory.. base on the 10 ring being a celestial weapons similar to those use by the eternal

so 1: The beacon called out to the Celestial since the planet now had enough power to born the Tiamat.

or 2: It called out to Galactus to inform him that a celestial was being born... time for him to get a little snack.

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