Shang Chi Review | Marvel Phase BORE

[@wcw2793]

For me: the biggest slap in the face as a Marvel fan was them not using Mandarin properly in Iron Man but instead using him in Shang-Chi.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

Why was he a villain of iron man in the comics?

[@anomaly395]

@@John-Doe-Yo Yes

[@John-Doe-Yo]

@@anomaly395 ah okay

[@desmonides]

Saaaaame. I was hype for Iron Man to face his Lex Luther/Joker… but they massacred muh boy 🥲

[@John-Doe-Yo]

@Luximus Æternamus 👌🏽

[@Shuxy]

I’m so sick of seeing these women that are just good at literally everything because reasons. Characters with no flaws are boring and obnoxious.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

The only MCU superheroine who has a decent personality and isn’t a Mary Sue is Mantis. It’s really sad, and we know it won’t get any better.

[@spndusk2362]

its the common trend we see in EVERYTHING from film to games and books. Its so f***** boring!

[@Composer19691]

It’s always the same….sexy, hot young 120lb female with astrophysicist-level intellect and top-tier special forces hand-to-hand combat skills knocking 250lb muscle men across the room with a spin kick.

[@Maria_Erias]

What made the truly great heroines of sci-fi so great was that they weren't Mary Sues. Ellen Ripley was a traumatized survivor living with PTSD who wanted to face the demon that haunted her nightmares. Sarah Connor was a typical 80s girl living it up until a death machine from the future crashed into her life and forced her to change the entire course of her life. Commander Susan Ivanova was a woman who was so married to her military career because she was terrible at anything resembling a personal life. Modern TV and film creators have forgotten that in order to make a good character, you need to focus on the GOOD part, not the black/female/asian/whatever part. Susan Ivanova wasn't a good character because she was a 'strong woman'; she was a good character because she was a *good soldier* who had her captain's back, loved Earth, and believed in the principles that the Earth Alliance stood for.

[@neversafefromwaluigi8853]

@@Maria_Erias those characters had development, and still had their flaws. Which is what made them so good, they overcame old flaws and moved onto new ones that they conquer like a *actual human being* now directors think a woman character in a movie is indistinguishable from the terminator.

[@ivan-zalesskiy]

It’s a funny thing. When Hollywood didn’t have an agenda to make strong female characters they made strong female characters time after time, brilliantly. Now they just make poorly written, unrealistic characters.

[@johnstrawb3521]

@Ivan Skladchikov And unlike the 1940s and 1950s, when strong intelligent women qua women were common in Hollywood films, today they're incapable of writing strong women as other than strong, toxic men who've had a sex change.

[@karanaher5030]

Indeed it's ironic that the most beloved female characters came from times when women were hated.

[@nothajzl]

They want to appear virtuous, whilst being the opposite. That’s the problem. They want the public to think of them as good guys who are doing so much for women. But really they’re just following the today’a trends, whatever they may be.

[@saraanic9436]

For me, the best character and actor in this movie was Shang-Chi's father. Finally a villain who is not just generically evil.

[@captainfighter7666]

Infinity Wars Thanos:.......

[@No_pro_bro]

@@captainfighter7666 meanwhile Zemo in Civil War

[@joyconn]

@@No_pro_bro Vulture in Homecoming

[@invalidperson1100]

he's being sarcastic

[@IbadGrammarX]

i want dad story not he stupid son

[@RANDOMPEPSIBOTTLES]

It would of made sense if they revealed that Hawkeye killed a lot of ten rings members because he was hunting criminals when we saw him in endgame

[@dannyknightblade4592]

Good idea! That would have been cool!

[@autobotstarscream765]

Hawkeye and the Legend of the Ten Rings 😂

[@kidkatanatv]

@@autobotstarscream765 Totally would see that because he'd have been Ronin

[@mrhaz8939]

Nah bro I’m still waiting on my Green Arrow and Hawkeye crossover

[@johnvermintide]

yea i wish they had tht

[@kelpie1533]

I was fully expecting the sister to follow the dutiful daughter trope, taking on the role that Shang Chi would have if he hadn't run away and abandoned his family. She could have been trained by her father in his place and that would have explained her skill and out-classing him. The fact that she also ran away and taught herself to fight by watching is laughable.

[@pokguys16]

So she’s the true og taskmaster haha 😆

[@caldari_soldier]

That would require hiring a good writer. Too bad they don't seem to exist in Hollywood.

[@Mattinator95]

She trained herself watching her dad etc

[@Lel_hends]

So you wanted them to recycle an overused, boring trope rather than do something new? And you are complaining about bad writing??? Glad you guys aren't writers otherwise, we'd still be rewriting the bible year after year.

[@pokguys16]

@@Lel_hends the key is “ expecting” which is definitely not “ want”

[@jimmynelson4542]

I like how people were celebrating Shang-chi as the first Asia superhero when we already had Bruce Lee as Kato and his son Brandon Lee as the Crow

[@phoebea]

Also, anything with Jet Li and Jackie Chan are great! Although it's not an American film, I thoroughly enjoyed Kung Fu Hustle starring Stephen Chow. The tailor in Kung Fu Hustle was the first I've seen use bracelets in a fight. So, when I saw Marvel's Mandarin use the bracelets in that way, I immediately thought of Kung Fu Hustle and how much I liked that film so much more: it was violent, gory, funny, and action packed as well as emotionally compelling. Basically, everything you would want in an action-kung fu film.

[@johnstrawb3521]

Pretty sure Asia has a lot of Asian superheroes. Probably more Asian superheros, too, in the U.S. than there are white superheroes in Asia.

[@lamvutran9345]

Trini in Power Rangers: guess I didn't exist according to who his name that played Shang Chi. It's always beyond me how he got away with that tweet that disregard every Asian actors ever before him. But anything go as long as you're not a cis white male I guess

[@SsbPrime]

Why’re you mad about it? You don’t give a fuck about Bruce or Jackie stfu

[@khalxd1991]

not marvel dingbat

[@dire213]

Shang Chi and the legend of the ten rings: a movie that doesn't focus on shang chi and the legend of the ten rings.

[@storm1402]

To be fair, the shill that said this film is Marvel's signature storytelling was right, it just so happens that saying something is Marvel's signature storytelling is not really a positive thing.

[@markusbisma5015]

Who ?

[@Dragonage2ftw]

Cringey and unfunny.

[@Wotan420]

It is painful. You have to try really hard to f up some of their properties... but they really have. Black Falcon could have worked... but awful... Loki could have almost t written itself... but even worse. On and on. Its like Biden, its so stupid it has to be on purpose.

[@luchomscyfy]

"Marvel's signature storytelling" it's not that basic writing? Marvel mastered the art of three act struture, like other superheroes movies before.....Batman begins, Hellboy, Superman, even the first frigging Power Rangers from the '90s, handled the same thing. X Men from Bryan Singer (talk what you want about him) it's more interesting than some Marvel movies.

[@graemevaughey7432]

Yeah. Marvel's "signature storytelling" is to have _every single_ character origins movie feature the hero fighting a dark version of themselves, and to end with a massive, incomprehensible CGI blowout. It's boring and hollow, and it became tiresome five movies ago.

[@cstuewe]

Shang-Shi's sister should henceforth be known as Shang-She.

[@saymyname2417]

Dude... 🤣😂🤣 !

[@tabull8180]

Marvel logic: "Lets take an asian superhero whom nobody knows and pretend to make a movie about him only for him to be replaced instantly by his female superiour." I mean they could have literally made the movie about the sister in the first place and cut all the siblings-stuff, but no, because there needs to be a man to humilate.

[@timij6754]

@@tabull8180 how was he replaced by his sister?

[@GenniBGood]

True to Phase 4 form, the lead male superhero is crowded out of his own movie by the hero's sister, his comedy lady friend, his mystery mom and stoic aunt, his lame-excuse-for-the-Mandarin father, two dragon things, and faux Mandarin comedy relief guy. Good pick up on the "I don't need no man" theme. How did the mom, aunt, sister get trained, how does lady friend become a pro marksman after one day? Summary: Soy over-frenetic opening, over-long boring middle, over-confusing climax. Bootleg time.

[@timij6754]

@@GenniBGood yes they gave his sister and friend some character development but Shang shi had his own development too he was also the one to kill the beast and save the world, he was his fathers heir to the ten rings not his sister, The mom/aunt learned it form their village the friend learning the bow is movie bs that happens

[@bleadzeking1]

only question how did Katie save the day with the arrow, from that range in 1 day training, while there were other archers around her she was the one who took the shot lol

[@ironpoopie6087]

WTH it wasn''t even "the silver arrow" (hint hint)

[@KillerSputnik]

3 weeks training. They were there for 3 weeks training, although that point could be missed easily. Also, hitting that demon in the neck was like shooting the broad side of a barn - it was a skyscraper.

[@Willowy13]

This is like Aria killing the Winter dude in the end of GOT.😂😂😂 I didn't follow GOT, but there was no way to miss the distress all over the internet.

[@wekivaaquatics5918]

Wahmen. All you need to know.

[@issackriss8496]

@@KillerSputnik I think it is 3 days and not 3 weeks

[@scottmatheson8316]

They could have used the "blip" to literally grow the 10 rings from a large criminal organization into a full on terrorist army in an instant when all of the soldiers are brought back... Making them a global threat that can continue past this movie...

[@marcusvale5783]

When fans write think up better storylines

[@dan4992]

I could have done without the dragon and demon monster at the end and just have it be Shang vs Manarin as a finale, that would actually be way better

[@davidthompson3798]

AQUA FINA whom we will lovingly call bottled water.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Honestly, that's all I think of when I hear that name.

[@hamdinger7145]

Aquavelva

[@ChapMeifan]

LOL. Exactly what I thought too. Why come up with a pseudonym that makes you think of bland bad tasting water.

[@ironpoopie6087]

ROFL!!!! now that's funny in a Nerdrotic kinda way!!

[@matthewdavies2057]

Steamy.

[@gamer__word]

I giggle like a Japanese school girl everyday I remember China banned this film and Disney made it to appease them heheehehehehehe

[@splintershield]

Okay, hear me out: a little side movie with the title of "The Adventures of Razorfist and Taserface" XD

[@danyeo]

I’m all about Taserface! Take my money.

[@jzuranik]

I would definitely watch that!

[@r.s.j.creations3943]

Sounds brilliant!!!

[@bumpkinstv6722]

Tell me you're reviewing a movie you clearly didn't watch without telling me you're reviewing a movie you clearly didn't watch.

[@GigglingStoners]

Out of all the butthurt responses here, yours is the dumbest.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@GigglingStoners Grow up you crybaby. The movie did well critically and commercially.

[@ToyFiend]

He critiques literally every scene in the movie point by point.

[@theaterpup3466]

@@ToyFiend More likely he was too busy writing "WOKE WOKE WOKE" on his notebook for his usual lazy review.

[@marloncebo242]

It would be funny if China turned down this movie because they want to discourage "beta males" in their society.

[@kevinrobinson3099]

They are all really doing that. They want to masculine men.

[@harrymills2770]

That's why we're all laughing. HollyWoke is good for weakening America but the Chinese don't want that beta-male stuff polluting CCP-approved culture.

[@AnimeFun4Every1]

And I can get behind Chinese people saying these actors are ugly. Yeah, these actors are buttass ugly. I'm gonna watch an actual Asian production at least they hire good looking actors.

[@Counterbalance_]

@@kevinrobinson3099 , so do I... I'm a woman, I want strong and handsome men in my films again, not some pathetic, forgettable shits, played by talentless actors. Everyone, men and women alike, has become so ugly in Hollywood, both physically and mentally.

[@optimuq]

@@AnimeFun4Every1 judging by you’re name you’re probably built like a discord mod so you can’t be talkin

[@MrClassicmetal]

Ok, so _Winter Soldier_ is still the best MCU movie ever made, as it hasn't been dethroned by _Shang Chi_ ...🙂

[@bigbabysld]

NOT EVEN CLOSE MY FRIEND

[@MrClassicmetal]

@@bigbabysld And the way things are going it most likely will never happen.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

Wrong.

[@Daniel145D]

I prefer infinity war 😮 love WS though.

[@pickettscharge5931]

Infinity War or Guardians of the Galaxy are by any measure the best MCU has to offer, and the only Marvel produced movies which at least approach the level of art (not some formulaic action mess, done by the numbers). But, all in all the comic book movies, their utter mediocrity married with huge popularity, are the worst thing which has ever happened to western cinema, and are in a huge part to blame for it's current condition. Where are the movies like Blade Runner, Alien, Terminator, Indiana Jones, classic Star Wars, classic Superman, Jurassic Park, or even RoboCop, or at least something like frigging utterly silly Independent Day or Mummy? I just mention blockbuster movies because when it comes to art cinema, it's even worse.

[@33crofts]

The master of kung fu who is the best fighter in the MCU is the 4th best fighter in his own family 😂😂

[@Gigagorillaz]

Sept he was holding back on his sister, beat his dad straight up, killed the man who killed his mother, and surpassed is aunt within one day of her training him....sure.

[@erkling5865]

this is a disney movie.....not Saitama anime. speaking of...i wonder when will netflix make a live action Saitama remake.

[@bradybast5683]

@@Gigagorillaz agreed, that is made pretty clear. I hate that this channel finds any excuse to call something “woke” just as much so as a creator would find an excuse to make something woke… you know what I mean?

[@kenzo_desu]

@@Gigagorillaz Trueee. Everything is so called "woke" to these people lmao.

[@uItimatewarrior]

Did he not save the day in the end?

[@Daftanemone]

Your room looks like an episode from hoarders.

[@con_doorman]

It had some great action scenes referencing Way of the Dragon and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon but then ruined it by becoming Pete's Dragon.

[@DavidLeBlanc]

Hey, Pete's Dragon was a good movie.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

When did that happen?

[@Daniel145D]

It’s hard to believe the director of the new Pete’s Dragon is the same guy who made the Green Knight..

[@DrViperVideos]

The bus scene was pretty good, minus that dumb fat guy being some tik tok steamer joke. The building at night i think was the best, again minus aquafinas dumb joke. Then the battle between father and son was decent buuut it gets ruined once a giant cthulu monster and dragon join in, way too much cgi and nonsense

[@fredEVOIX]

crouching tiger was utter trash and was never meant to be an action nor a kungfu movie but something to get a cannes festival prize, you have very bad taste or don't know what a real kungfu movie is, it comes from pre-cn honkhong and it was recorded in cantonese

[@Crash103179]

The soul-sucking demon wasn't the wife? That's the way marriage usually works.

[@davidnguyen270]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@WakizashisTeahouse]

Nice! 🤣😂🤣

[@Composer19691]

Preach.

[@capedwonder2833]

Amen brother.

[@Deridus]

Low blow, man, low blow.... 100% accurate and would definately give two likes if that were allowed.

[@MetalHead_49]

Only thing I enjoyed about this movie was Tony Leung's character and performance.

[@Cvr5ta0ywa]

Tony Leung was wasted

[@Mwoods2272]

Sister was badass.

[@jaypaul15]

@@Mwoods2272 You mean a Mary Sue? Wouldn't it be cool for her to lose and seek training from an actual person who knows Martial art?

[@jyothikumar6682]

Adukku thinara mustedava

[@jyothikumar6682]

@@Cvr5ta0ywa adukku thinara mustedava

[@danyeo]

12:03. Oh, just wait till Thor Love & Thunder! Can’t wait to see Thor as the bumbling side kick idiot to the hero Jane Foster.

[@TheKpa11]

I thought he was with the Guardians of the Galaxy though Actually wouldn’t that mean both those shows should be together?

[@ge-8135]

@@TheKpa11 Thor was gimped because traditional white male heroes (mythical or otherwise) are symbols of the evil patriarchy! No white culture allowed.

[@Dantheman19961-e]

That is gonna be pure woke garbage

[@TheKpa11]

@@Dantheman19961-e And then it’s actually decent, and essayists will non directly call you out for judging the series without giving it a chance. Ignoring the concepts of consistency, reputation, crying Wolf, and learning from experience

[@SapiaNt0mata]

ever read Marvel comics with Jane Foster Thor when SJWs invaded Marvel comics and started pushing SJW agenda in comics? Thor becomes unworthy to wield Mjolnir and he lose the hammer and his powers and Jane Foster takes Mjolnir and becomes Thor. guess what will happen in the movie? Thor will stop being Thor and jane Foster will be Thor. i don't know if they'll do it like in the comic, but Thor will not be Thor anymore. that's certain.

[@LargeMetallicFellow]

I'm tired of the MCU. I was tired even before Infinity War. My ears will perk up for any comic movie that ISN'T MCU, but if I see Marvel attached to it, I just subconsciously don't give a dang anymore.

[@shalukumari60]

But you still gave a damn about a review of a marvel movie 😂😂

[@kyoki86]

@@shalukumari60 to watch all you shills and stans line up for the usual praise for it and then try to dog pile on anyone calling it out for being another bland generic MCU film.

[@codyt821]

@@kyoki86 ooooh so edgy. You're cool dude.

[@4u5t]

@@codyt821 Imagine being this frustrated that not everyone enjoys consooming certified Disney product as much as you.

[@Somdeb10]

@@4u5t imagine caring about what other people say

[@BilboniousBagODonuts]

Annnnd Netflix Daredevil still has the best fights in anything Marvel has ever made. Murdock got hands 👊

[@Kobi_89]

That may be because DD has no superpowers (aside from his sences), they had to make them realistic. And Cox has put some work in his training, which shows.

[@jonnyg9865]

@@Kobi_89 Shang Chi has no superpowers either, at least not in the old comics. Dude was a brawler. Closest thing he had to superpowers was the ability to focus his chi to pull off wild stunts like deflect bullets with his bracers and catch arrows with his teeth.

[@Hapkidolock]

The "They Live" clip perfectly sums up 'MCU: Phase IV'

[@Launchpad05]

'Don't ask questions. Just consume product, and then, get excited for next product.'

[@stevekramerf242]

Hey, Phase IV is a pretty good SciFi-movie. Okay, I show myself out...😬

[@nogroup5861]

"How all these cars reach to the village when the mc's car had it so hard?" It's explained in the movie. The mc is using an alternative method suggested by the faceless animal thing, giving them a "9% chance" of actually getting there. The antagonist uses the "regular" method, which gives more space and time for the cars to go through.

[@yougood809]

lmaoo

[@tenrec]

I'm glad you're taking a second look at Iron Man 2 -- the more I watch that movie, the more I like it! (I'm a huge Iron Man fan, and I HATED Iron Man 3 -- but 2 is actually quite good.)

[@ThePOPcultureHashira]

I love it because it debuted Black Widow

[@tenrec]

@@ThePOPcultureHashira That was an excellent scene!

[@canaldecasta]

Just like you were saying, the movie focusing on the father and how he struggles with giving up inmortality for his lover, then having children that barely interact with him after their mother die and how they reunite for her soul's shake would've been better.

[@lordtudraska1796]

I see what you did there.

[@SuperLloyd84]

I look forward to the day when Hollywood comes to its senses and starts making films for the West again. I miss my culture.

[@davidnguyen270]

It's actually mostly western tropes. It's why china banned it.

[@Maria_Erias]

I got to introduce a 20-something friend to the joy that is Major League (which is free on KZbin right now). She was pleasantly surprised with how unapologetically fun that movie is and commented straight away about how movies were so much better before political correctness messed them up. Maybe someday we'll see a time when movies are made simply to be good entertainment and not be mouthpieces for far side political ideology or pushing radical conformism.

[@emptyblank099a]

Your demographics have changed you're not a white christian country anymore. Get used to it.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Maybe you miss it because you're being passive about it. I don't really lament it because i know good and well I don't contribute to what an "American culture" is supposed to be. If you miss it that much, you have to work to make it and not rely on people who film plays for a living.

[@SuperLloyd84]

@@SamtheBravesFan I was referring to the Western world, not America.

[@Bmedeiros-youtube]

I loved the action. Well maybe not the cgi crap at the end but death dealer and the mandarin was cool. Idk why mcu has to revert to all the cgi battles in every film. Needed more fights like the one with Shang chi vs death dealer in the building.

[@xkerberosx1]

I love that "bonk" sound effect as he slams her head into the window

[@zerocool5395]

I'm just happy that we FINALLY have Asian representation in a martial arts film...

[@damagecontrol1049]

😂😂😂

[@ibrahimabarry4937]

*MCU films

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

@@ibrahimabarry4937 The actor didn’t differentiate for MCU films with those comments, though, even if Wong wasn’t a character.

[@josay3394]

Screw it. Ryan Gosling as MLK ❗❗

[@TheMystrz]

When they say that crap they have to be talking about the first Asian marvel character. I hope so 😆

[@ollieVeroli]

"All that's shitty, is woke." -Smashmouth I think

[@snusemcgoose1001]

🎵“Only Social warriors break the mOooooollld” 🎶

[@flonoiisana4647]

@@snusemcgoose1001 lol

[@tha1ne]

but how is this movie "woke"

[@JohnDoe-sl6di]

Interesting, most of the review channels liked this movie

[@theraven268]

@@tha1ne The part where the male lead is sidelined in his own movie for the sister who is better in every way than him.

[@thejongshow8821]

Dude thank you! My biggest gripe with everything post Endgame is how they handle the snap. Like you said it's just another thing and everyone is joking or over it. Breaks the immersion of the movie. Would have been cool to see how the Mandarin or Ten Rings operated due to the snap.

[@BeyondTheFan]

A triumph in mediocrity. Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed that Shang-Chi was a side character. Not that it was hard to miss.

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

I think he is there for the action scenes... a side character in his own film.

[@quidproquo82]

Iron man was an obscure side character

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

@@quidproquo82 Iron Man had a cartoon, a comic, and a following for four decades. I was REBOOTED into the character he is now. Shang Chi didnt come until the 70s and was gone. Never joined the avengers, either. I collected comics since the 70s. Iron Man was a side character but he stil sells to this day.

[@creed8712]

@@SuperOmnicronsj44 he sells to this day because he has a movie. He was on the avengers because he very specifically didn’t sell at all

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

​@@creed8712 Yes , i know. and Shang Chi DIDNT SELL AT ALL, thats why Sons of the Tiger and IRON FIST then IRON FIST and POWERMAN had to follow. He sells to this day because ROBERT DOWNY JR charisma and star power led the Avengers. Lets get real here. Shang Chi was NEVER a thing. Iron Man had animation. Did Shang Chi have animation? LOL cmon son!! Hong Kong Phooey was a thing before Shang-Chi. lol

[@sasquatchandme3673]

I went to see Shang-Chi with low expectations and I was not disappointed. I thought it was a fun romp and entertaining but it is not one of the MCUs best. I agree with all your points, but I think the primary reason I enjoyed it was because it didn't preach at me or subvert my low expectations.

[@ToyFiend]

People saying this is best marvel movie ever are out of their minds. Wong recruitment of Katy for the Avengers was ridiculous

[@anonymousproductionsxd2912]

He also recruited Shang Chi as well so he’s still got a future.

[@BishopDoubleR]

She'll probably have the role that Happy, or Pepper or Ned or the Ant Man gang has. Funny support character.

[@Darkness1984]

@@BishopDoubleR Funny that Ant man is a support character cause without him the avengers couldent have done anything in endgame.

[@goidogoi]

Wait what? Wong is running the Avengers now???

[@brian.jrmontoya3227]

@@goidogoi no

[@vijrever2770]

Katy was included a little too much in the family stuff. It was unbelievable that when a father talks to his 2 children after several years about their mother and plans to invade her home town and showing the water map etc , he would have a strange girl stand there in the middle of his family interaction. Would be more realistic if Katy was used minimally and only for comedic relief, rather than a side kick that diminishes the main character at every turn.

[@WalkerTexasRanger45]

It's really boring and I'm so tired of the MSheU already. Marvels has endless great stories to pull from. They need to (but they won't) stick to the source material. Not to butcher the iconic stories to fit some personal political narrative.

[@bigbabysld]

The movie was very boring...I did enjoy the bus scene, it went all downhill after that.

[@achaudhari101]

I think you two are too cynical to where you have to find something to hate about it.

[@bigbabysld]

@@achaudhari101 negative...I love the MCU...I'm one of the FEW guys that actually enjoyed THE DARK WORLD...by the way I did not originally make it clear, but I will say this, I did not HATE the movie...but I did find it boring. I did enjoy the bus scene, but I have passed the word to a few of my friends to wait till it's on DISNEY + or just "do what you gotta do" (if u know what I mean)and see it for free.

[@ThePOPcultureHashira]

How was this film screaming woke?

[@austinreed7343]

*MHeU

[@wolfdeguerre9952]

6:32 "razor fist - not *that* Razor Fist" yeah, finally my boy the rageaholic gets some love, too! god-fucking-speed...

[@tinlunlau1]

Tony Leung was fantastic. Too bad he appears to be a one-off antagonist.

[@yangismproductions4432]

Anything can happen in comicbook films 👀

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

Marvel formula. Villain cast, a one off , next weaker or brain controlled villain. Nobody ruins villains like Marvel.

[@tinlunlau1]

@@SuperOmnicronsj44 Tony Leung's very hard to book. The fact that Kevin Feige even managed to get him in the first place was no easy feat. He probably wouldn't have done it if it weren't for his wife Carina Lau.

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

@@tinlunlau1 Magnificent actor. I remember Leung in Hard Boiled, 2046, In the Mood for Love and Bullet in the Head. Didnt know he was married to Carina Lau. Remember that 90s HK cinema - great performer brilliant casting.

[@oovdash]

@@SuperOmnicronsj44 Don’t forget Internal affairs and all the other Wong Kar Wai films (Chungking Express being my favourite).

[@ToadstedCroaks]

As someone who watched the animated Iron Man shows ... and was disappointed with the eventual reveal of "The Mandarin" in Iron Man 3 ... I was SUPER disappointed with "The Mandarin" in his actual movie, without Iron Man in it, and with the fake mandarin in it as a joke again.

[@sealbeater]

I wish I could say I expected more from Marvel but this unfortunately is what I expected.

[@TheKpa11]

Well you will eventually because by going slowly downhill they can just rise back up years later. That’s how that works

[@jeebuschristos8423]

They really missed out on making Ben Kingsley the ACTUAL Mandarin... he gets caught... fakes the British Actor guy... gets put in a low-security prison just so they could break him out easier... would be a nice way to show the character is smart, quick on his feet, and a REAL danger in the future...

[@yetanotherspuart3993]

Great idea Something disnoid word hate.

[@vectorgamer8967]

The good way to subvert expectations bravo sir i loved the idea

[@jeebuschristos8423]

@@vectorgamer8967 I was waiting for that reveal to happen in that One-Shot they filmed... but alas... the writers are all creatively bankrupt and are now coasting through on the "memberberries" phase of writing...

[@davidr5658]

@@jeebuschristos8423 yeah, I've been thinking that would be a great idea for years.

[@vectorgamer8967]

@@jeebuschristos8423 i think we all can come up with better plots for these movies than paid profesionals but alas thats the state of the mainstream entertainment industry, your idea was actually pretty good never realised on how great of a twist that would have been well we can just hope that someday they strike a goldmine after so much mediocrity

[@listen2thedude]

Watched Shang-Chi - I really wanted it to be great and Awkafina wasn’t as unnerving as I thought BUT the main character was the weakest, most uncharismatic actor, the story was everywhere and just plain overstuffed with gimmicks to make you say „wow“. But you know what was missing? Getting goose-bumps and wanting to cheer in the theater…something every good Marvel flick made you do.

[@Willowy13]

Sheer for the heros is dead. Tony, Tasha and Thanos took it to their graves.😂

[@jordanstewart7300]

I don’t think it would have been as bad if they had just focused on Shang-Chi don’t even know why they would add a sister

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

Turns out that hiring a guy who’s never even heard of Bruce Lee may not have been your best choice for a kung fu movie. Who knew?

[@vulturedroid7674]

Venom ironically got San Francisco right. Corruption, gloominess, junkies. Nobody points this out

[@austinwoods466]

Phase Four is pain.

[@andrzejkopalnia]

It's what is in the box from Dune

[@achaudhari101]

Nah.

[@BilboniousBagODonuts]

Paaaaaaiiiiiiiiiinnnn

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

It’s a meh because I don’t plan on ever seeing any of these movies

[@achaudhari101]

@@ikept_the_jethryk2421 So why are you here then?

[@donttrustverify2785]

Disappointing movie about a side character. I am extremely worried that we never see the likes of Iron Man, The Winter Soldier and Civil War ever again.

[@achaudhari101]

Well this movie was a stepping stone in that territory but Gary hates it just because.

[@BilboniousBagODonuts]

It's because we won't.

[@gamemediafan1714]

@@achaudhari101 ... no it wasn't. Shang chi is not as good of a character as those ones.

[@achaudhari101]

@@gamemediafan1714 Doesn't mean they can't try.

[@lawrencenguyen7326]

Iron man is dead...

[@jdraven0890]

And YT reviewers that I used to trust (before they said The Last Jedi was good) thought Shang-Chi was great.

[@patricksimeri21]

See the movie for yourself.. I came in with nothing but negative reviews expecting it to be a complete flop and its no where near a bad movie. Good popcorn flick and worth a watch. I have no hope for phase 4 but Shang Chi is a cool hero to watch in the MCU.

[@madassassin5465]

Perhaps you just have different tastes

[@sagarbanik8841]

watch the movie for yourself. dont let some youtubers decide it for you.

[@brianchen5538]

I watched it without spending a penny and I want a refund for the 2 hours I wasted on this trash movie.

[@jdraven0890]

@JUAN PABLO RODRIGUEZ JUAREZ Did I say I was doing that? Why do you assume it is an all or nothing thing, where I have to trust reviewers completely or I trust them not at all? I was just noting that ppl who used to be pretty much on the mark for my personal taste missed it utterly on TLJ, and it's funny that they raved about Shang-Chi. So I'm skeptical and more trust Nerdrotic these days, especially with anything Marvel or Disney.

[@VirtualFireball]

I can understand what you’re saying. I really did like the movie, but if you didn’t like it that’s fine. I’m just glad it was better than Black Widow. Great, now I’m sad that Black Widow wasn’t good.

[@asw654]

Yeah, i was disappointed with Black Widow. I want to like Scarlett. I still do and side with her against her Disney lawsuit. But all the unnecessary woke stuff just snapped me out of the movie. I'm so glad Shang Chi didn't do that (it had one very minor bit of wokeness, but honestly that's under par for hollywood these days).

[@jaytheaqua2795]

Movie was great

[@ben_sisko2149]

They deconstruct the heroes that existed before? you mean DESTROY them, right?

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

I used to read SHANG CHI - MASTER OF KUNG-FU when I was a kid. This looks *nothing* like it. "Just cast *any* Asian guy. Yeah, that guy will do!"

[@AssetSiege]

They hired the guy who suggested the movie, without him it wouldn’t have been made

[@4u5t]

@@AssetSiege Damn, even worse.

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

Kentucky Fried Movie had a more believable Kung Fu hero

[@ToyFiend]

@@AssetSiege lol nonsense.

[@AndrewIles]

I'm actually an expert at Kung Foo because I watched Bruce Lee films over and over again. You've probably actually never heard of Bruce Lee, he was an Asian martial arts personality. Pretty underground.

[@outside3004]

I know Bruce Lee because all the boxing channels I watch features him and he looked up to Muhammad Ali

[@RobinMcBeth]

@@outside3004 I think I heard of this Muhammad Ali guy. Isn't he that spokesperson for Parkinson's disease?

[@mattchu_chow9087]

"I'm an expert at Kung Foo" Spells Kung Fu wrong*

[@AndrewIles]

@@mattchu_chow9087 Only true Kung Foo masters spell it that way. Hence why Dave Grohl named his band, 'Foo Fighters', he's watched Bruce Lee movies too.

[@mattchu_chow9087]

@@AndrewIles r/whoosh

[@VBhasin11]

Can't believe they did The Mandarin so dirty again. I thought we were done with this after Ironman 3, smh!

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

Put Hawk from Cobra Kai against Chi or these “strong wahmen” & he’d mop the floor with them 🐍

[@Gainn]

Most of them wouldn't survive a Bumfight.

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

Did a girl ever lose a fight on that show yet?

[@Knightfall182]

Chadwck's Black Panther had *ALOT* more agency than Shang-Chi. 👍 BP was always in charge. He didn't need the women to save him. His biggest save came from M'Baku. And he still got to stand up and make speeches, show strength and guide those under him.

[@johnlanceson1436]

Exactly. My only problem with this review is the hater boner Gary has for Black Panther. Gary keeps bringing it down to the level of trash like Black Widow and Shang Chi, when it was a good movie that got over-hyped and THEN overpraised. The overpraising happened more so after the release then before unlike Shang Chi where we saw the same review hundreds of times over.

[@gamemediafan1714]

@@johnlanceson1436 overall I kind of agree. Black Panther defientely does have some issues as people have pointed out but it's not flat out awful movie.

[@scrtwpnx]

There's like tons of movies like black panther. They just made the characters black instead of white. Boring 😴

[@Abcdhdbenfndn]

I completely agree with you but the rings are being set up as something bigger so they aren't telling us where he finds them

[@crowcypher5821]

yes, and they aren't bracelets either, they are prob rings of some gigantic beings.

[@SuperSteph5]

It would be nice to get the full story in one movie instead of waiting for a squeal

[@Abcdhdbenfndn]

@@SuperSteph5 yeah but eternals was coming out a month later I bet it's the celestials that created the rings

[@dan4992]

@@crowcypher5821 gigantic dragon fingers maybe

[@sammy1552]

Imagine being pissed at Consumerism and yet having a room like that. Nerdotic, you truly are the epitome of hypocrisy.

[@Aria-un9iy]

Nobody said anything about hating consumerism.

[@ahmadfitri7976]

Shills probably. with only 20 likes. pathetic

[@ronbo11]

@@Makky265 It is a screen cap from "They Live" in which the human masses are being subliminally controlled and enslaved by aliens. They are only unmasked with these sunglasses that penetrate the "ray" that shields them. Behind every advertisement sign or TV commercial, words like consume, procreate, indulge are hidden to divert the human chattel. Basically, he's equating those enslaving aliens to Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm who are making such crappy, agenda-driven movies.

[@rosslewerenz9360]

@@ronbo11 Would that not mean that consumption of these products are seen in a negative manner?

[@KingRandor82]

So basically the Mandarin is just constantly butchered on-screen; got it.

[@morganross6399]

Nope, it was not constantly butchered. Only Michelle Yeoh and aTony Leung's Mandarin has a tinge of Cantonese accents.

[@doomedhuh]

YaboiZack has talked about how marvel has removed all the romance from its comics. Now the movies too. Katy and Shang-chi are just friends

[@SamtheBravesFan]

Well, it's just as well. These people wouldn't know romance if it punched them in the face.

[@thetallestdwarf7041]

Obviously. He is a guy, and therefore not relationship material.

[@caramelspellman3253]

People on Tumblr are literally going to murder anyone who doesn't like the movie according to their one post! They think people don't like it because of Asian hate, but they don't realize that it's just not that good.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

Which means that they’ve never seen a movie with an Asian protagonist before in order to compare it to those others.

[@yvanthepcgamer7993]

Which brings me back to that of black panther. In that if you didn't like it, or give it negative review, then you apparently are a racist or just don't like movies where the primal focus is black people :) lol

[@fyoutube9410]

@@yvanthepcgamer7993 Meanwhile Will Smith, Denzel, Sam Jackson have been making hits for literal decades

[@mikearchibald744]

I dont know what tumblr is but I know right here on youtube if you dared criticize Endgame in the first three months of its release people went absolutely apeshit.

[@gingeranagram2467]

Tumblr still exists?

[@dimitrythomas4158]

I didn’t love or hate this movie. But how was this movie heavy on “identity politics”? I guess because it had a lot of Asians?

[@MolmorJS]

don't you know? minorities and women being competent = political

[@dimitrythomas4158]

@@MolmorJS lol, that’s literally what this dude pretends to be pissed about

[@ickbar11]

That is the point, this dude would have given more points and kudos to the "Iron Fist". Simply because there's a white male savior hero who has sex with a pretty Asian female. God forbid a straight Asian-American male (any one) actually headlines a blockbuster forcing a paradigm change on white male supremacy on the silver screen.

[@robherringjr5018]

You forgot about the main characters sister busting through the wall when they were in the dungeons

[@omiorahman6283]

The sister was the main character.

[@ethankleinman1067]

@@omiorahman6283 She had barley any screen time lol.

[@MolmorJS]

@@omiorahman6283 Shang-Chi had at least three times the screen time, fought the main villain, killed the dragon and developed his power with the rings but yeah she was the main character. lol

[@MOHED_]

@@MolmorJS @Ethan Kleinman sarcasm ?!

[@MolmorJS]

@@MOHED_ yes I'm being sarcastic. I am disagreeing with omio

[@the-quintessenz]

When I see movie scenes from Berlin, I always wonder how they manage to find a spot that is not full of garbage, graffiti and homeless people.

[@2st486]

berlin west virginia?

[@thetallestdwarf7041]

They film a lot in San Francisco, they are pros at that

[@chickenalaking1319]

Weimar Berlin ?

[@thetallestdwarf7041]

@@chickenalaking1319 Berlin isn't far from Weimar, not even geographically

[@stevekramerf242]

Yeah, Berlin is broke and a huge shithole.

[@madsondurton8754]

Man I'm so dumb! I laught everytime you said Marvel Katty and she hits her head. Good show

[@WillFredward7167]

LOL “First Asian Superhero.” My mind is instantly thinking of epic stuff like “Crouching Tiger” or “Hero.” They don’t need to be Marvel or DC, if you can dance on water, block arrow volleys with a shawl, or chop through metal shields, that’s pretty freak’n super. Thanks for sharing that hilariously deluded news clip.

[@Launchpad05]

When you make you supporting characters look better than the main character, you're movie has failed.

[@Hustler2_]

I'm not a movie

[@Darkness1984]

Good thing that that didnt happen then.

[@glennross85]

"We need a strong asian female superhero" Jubilee: Am I a joke to you?

[@SynchroUEHLNFX]

Marvel is like you are X men, you don't exist. Go away!

[@xanthippus3190]

Not part of the mcu, unfortunately.

[@SynchroUEHLNFX]

@@xanthippus3190 Unfortunately indeed :(

[@aolegion35]

Mallrat Jubilee or Lesbian vampire Jubilee?

[@jesseomollo9405]

It will even be more unfortunate once they enter the MCU

[@titanbhardwaj9265]

I guess Shang chi was holding off while fighting his sister while she wasn't, Also Her sister ran a Fight Club so it's possible that does this regularly and improved herself over the years while Shang chi didn't

[@titanbhardwaj9265]

@Kaen Kakashi 40% of what he says is true but he is a marvel hater fr

[@boomingbob1579]

the only reason i dont rlly have an issue with this is because sibling drama

[@NancyWangui-jm1jw]

Then why do we need shang chi if she is better?

[@conorosterman]

He literally was holding back and said I don’t want to fight you. It was pretty clear from the fight my man.

[@mindyourbuisness8104]

He clearly wanted to hate the movie. These kind of people are almost as annoying as the libs who complain about everything

[@conorosterman]

@@mindyourbuisness8104 absolutely. It’s such a bad take.

[@GrimmPoetics]

so should i watch it or not? i refuse to ever watch black panther as a black man because of all the extra shit.

[@tylerhughes5420]

@@GrimmPoetics its good funny and not preachy... black panther actual film isn't that bad either... but all the extra shit surrounding the movie was... distracting.

[@davidho1427]

@@GrimmPoetics go ahead.

[@storeheier93]

im done with MsheU. I have friends who go to see this shit, and i try to tell them its not the same anymore. they come back from the movie saying it was bad, but they still go and watch the next shit Disney produce

[@DiegoRivera-ll8jy]

you have no friends so what are you on about?

[@socaljet]

@@DiegoRivera-ll8jy ok stan

[@Willowy13]

Don't worry. The MSheU will follow the DCEU formula. So many railed behind MoS while I hated it with passion. I hated everything after it. By the end, nobody showed up for Josstice League anyway (I hate the Snyder JL too).

[@thefilthyrhombus3856]

@@Willowy13 Just out of curiosity, what did you hate about Man of Steel?

[@theflashgordon193]

@@DiegoRivera-ll8jy I didn't expected that the first reply would be this mean. Thank for the laugh lmao

[@Amber_xo_133]

This is renowned Hong Kong film actor Tony Chiu-Wai Leung's first role in an American film and his first English-speaking role, even though he has always spoken it fluently. The symbols in the Ten Rings logo are Chinese characters: "quan" (authority), "li" (power), "zhuang" (strong), "wei" (extraordinary), "jie" (outstanding), "shi" (influential), "hong" (grand), "xiong" (mighty), qiang" (strength) and "wei" (dominant). Wenwu is named after the Chinese dual concept of wen (civil administration) and wu (martial administration) This is Simu Liu's first lead role in a film, having previously had supporting roles in his career. The filmmakers cite Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Tai Chi Master (1993), the The Matrix (1999) series, Donnie Yen's "Ip Man" films and Jackie Chan films as an influence on the martial arts action. Michelle Yeoh starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Shang-Chi is the first superhero film with an Asian leading protagonist for Marvel Studios This movie was going to be made by Paramount Pictures before Disney bought Marvel. In Xialing's room there is an AC/DC poster implying she is a fan of the band. AC/DC songs are well-known to be part of the Iron Man (2008)'s soundtrack as well the sequels. First film by Destin Daniel Cretton to have a predominantly Asian cast. Highest-grossing film of Destin Daniel Cretton's career. Films mentioned during the commentary recording include The 36th chamber of Shaolin (1978), Clueless (1995), Rush Hour (1998), The Matrix (1999), Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010), Oldboy (2013) The Five Obstructions (2003). This is Mark Ruffalo's eighth appearance in the MCU, three of them only in post-credit scenes: Iron Man 3 (2013), Captain Marvel (2019) and this movie. Shang-Chi (and his mother) uses soft martial arts, such as taiji quan, to counter hard martial arts, such as Kung fu against his father. This is a classic dispute in old-school Hong Kong Kung fu movies. The movie marks the return of Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery, after his appearance in Iron Man 3 (2013) and the short Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014). In addition, it reveals his fate after the short, which ended in a cliffhanger.

[@michaelfeist1759]

In my opinion this movie should have been a simple martial arts film.

[@jantimatter60]

Part 2 most likely will be. His sister was a digital tournament party thrower. With the new space she could host an Enter the Dragon / Mortal Kombat style tournament now. It seems like she's rebranding the 10 rings rather than simply doing what her dad did.

[@jantimatter60]

Seems like part one was mostly an excuse to introduce the multi-dimension fear lords along with Shuma Gorath in the upcoming Multiverse of Madness and whoever the voice is that's sending messages to Wanda on the Disney+ show.

[@RileyTaker]

I agree. I pretty much checked out once the dragons showed up.

[@jonnyg9865]

R-rated to boot. They could've made this first in a line of grittier Marvel films a la Marvel Knights/Showcase/Presents that included the likes of Man-Thing, Moon Knight, etc. Mix it up a bit and give us some bold action, horror, suspense. Anything instead of the same old boring shit.

[@awesomekevinb797]

@@jonnyg9865 True true true

[@raekm]

You can't make superhero movies without villains, morals or things to protect. Disney's are not superhero movies anymore, they fail even at that.

[@lukeskywalker6809]

We’ll always have the classic comic books.

[@Darwizzy_lover_9]

@Behemoth so you basically saying you are racist

[@widexawake_]

@@Darwizzy_lover_9 Alright, Cathy Newman

[@mikeluna2026]

@Behemoth It's like you missed the phrase "comic books". Difficulty finding qualified actors of certain look didn't affect books or comic books.

[@Counterbalance_]

@Behemoth , thanks for pointing it out, because I was actually fooled by Jet Li, Bruce Lee, Robin Shu, Pat Morita and many others. Turns out they aren't real.

[@gregorosaiv3797]

And that's all we'll will have.

[@miketeeveedub5779]

Shang-Chi's wife's boyfriend thought the movie was great!

[@Zhavyne]

I remember a point where I wanted to see them do the real Mandarin... Too bad Disney is incapable of making good entertainment these days. And I also wanted to see Fin Fang Foom at some point, as well as Galactus and Doctor Doom, but sadly that won't be happening, at least in a good way. :/

[@ricogomez4020]

@Erik Kemeey Being evil is not racist. You saying there is no evil in races but white?

[@dan4992]

I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT

[@lordtudraska1796]

The fuck? You didn't like that the first Emperor of China was an immortal warlord who could annihilate an army singlehandedly? Cuck more, cause you blind.

[@christianbaker3564]

@Erik Kemeey glactus isn't a person and Dr doom is from a country that doesn't exist 🤣🤣. This is what happens everyone when you go through life looking for things to be offended by

[@nael3353]

Fin Fang foom got teased in post credit

[@whatdothlife4660]

"I don't consume and submit!" - the guy with $10,000 worth of children's toys and marketing bullshit plastering his walls.

[@I-DEPRESSIONIST]

Sounds like you got nothing but insults to actually bring up

[@KugelBlitz0]

Yet another movie where the male lead is actually led by the "strong independent wahmen". I'm surprised they even granted him that position instead of just making the entire cast female. I also really hate that narrative Disney keeps pushing about Shang Chi being "ThE fIrSt AsIaN lEaD mOvIe EvAr", like somehow decades of Asian movies before 2021 simply never existed.

[@emptyblank099a]

"The first Asian-led superhero film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe" Quote them correctly or don't quote them at all.

[@RiceDaddy07]

Where was the sister leading? She is barely in the scenes and she usually fights alone in those scenes. She didn't lead shit except for the post credit, but that's only because she inherited it. It made sense she inherited it. Swap the sister for a brother and you'd be okay with it.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

@@emptyblank099a He's conflating it with what's-his-face claiming he had no "Asians" to look up to in movies.

[@agirlhasnoname6637]

@@RiceDaddy07 EXACTLY. If it was 2 brothers like in thor you guys would be completely fine with it.

[@RiceDaddy07]

@@agirlhasnoname6637 Literally, the ending of Thor: The Dark World is Loki sitting on Odin's throne. These anti-SJW guys didn't have a problem with it. The ending to Mandalorian Season 2 had Boba Fett doing the same thing. Did they claim Boba Fett stole the spotlight from Mando? Swap the character to a woman or a Person of Color and they suddenly lose their shit.

[@fasterbabylon]

Six seconds away from the first trans superhero. Marvel is over.

[@infinightmoon6268]

Would a trans superhero be a problem?

[@jorgebarracuda1776]

TRANSmaster...?

[@toddmerlon5846]

You can just say "I'm a transphobic piece of human garbage." Less work for you, same result.

[@agirlhasnoname6637]

And that's a problem why exactly??

[@brainiac.computer]

That cut to the Crow was brilliant. Movie is still a classic. There will never be another Eric Draven because Brandon encapsulates the character so well. To the point where he sympathized with Eric’s actions, and didn’t label them as “toxic masculinity”. There’s a reason why fans remember Brandon fondly for that role.

[@PraktikoolSinik]

Agree, but would add that it's not just Brandon; there is a lot of really good casting in that film.

[@TheCultureCommentary]

@@PraktikoolSinik And an absolutely awesome soundtrack for dark moods as well.

[@kikogod]

actually The Crow is one of those movies that aged really bad. I watched it rescently and it was nothing as cool as I remember it as a kid. It was really cringe!

[@rydz656]

I've seen it, he was a terrible actor.

[@KingOfCoolness]

The Crow is more of a supernatural horror movie. It's not in the same category as current MCU or DCEU films. But overall this nerdrotic clown is just a bitter ring wing idiot anyway.

[@Roe777]

TheQuartering already admitted he was wrong in calling Shang-Chi a failure. Will you take that L like a man and admit it or will you keep moving the goal posts? lmao

[@stub0794]

Both of the people that I follow for reviews didn’t like it. That seems consistent to me.

[@Trolling465]

I mean the only reason why Shang Chi was being called a failure cuz Black Widow was a failure, and if u see one failure of a movie, possibly the next movie can fail, so mainly Quartering had rights to call it a failure cuz of Black Widow.

[@doctordoom7827]

@@stub0794 Then I guess you follow people like G and g, Critical drinker, yellow flash 2, etc other anti-she channels cuz it is officially the highest rated comic book movie of all time.

[@dimitrythomas4158]

@@Trolling465 Black Widow ended up making over $500 million when you count the Disney plus of 125 million. These guys exaggerate the failure of Black Widow

[@stub0794]

@@doctordoom7827 critical drinker and nerdrotic do reviews that I almost always agree with.

[@thephilosopher7173]

Well technically speaking if she started a fight club at that age (while having been around the others who were being trained), and continued to fight while Shang-Chi stopped and lived a typical life, it would stand to reason that she would be better than him at this point.

[@Wayne-jh4mi]

Really good reasoning except she didn't receive any training in the first place, both of them are in their mid twenties in This movie shang chi was trained since she was a child and she started at 16. Shang chi being very rusty I can get that but there's almost no reason for her to be better unless she's like a super genius in martial arts but she never came across as that at any point during the movie

[@thephilosopher7173]

@@Wayne-jh4mi Well the movie is flawed for sure, but they did imply that she was watching them and training on her own based on what she observed. Plus if you think about it she has a 10 year advantage over him since Shang-Chi stopped at the beginning of the '10 years' they got to live their lives.

[@Wayne-jh4mi]

@@thephilosopher7173 she did say she taught herself but that's why I'm saying it'll only make sense of she was a super genius. Like even in her fight with shang chi she didn't come across as being better than him he just refused to hit her back and was in the defensive the whole time, I would honestly understand her being better if there was at least one moment in the movie that she was actually shown to be better not just implied

[@romelmunoz7957]

@@Wayne-jh4mi: it's the ordinary people's fantasy that an amateur fighter go and beat the sh!t out of a world champion boxer, that's why this trope is endless in movies...

[@Willowy13]

I didn't watch the movie, but from what I heard her fight club is on China right? If so, your reasoning is wrong. No way the CCP would allow it to happen.

[@tannen3339]

I actually kinda liked it tbh, but Marvel's "humor" didn't feel right in this movie.

[@Gemini_Witch]

The live-streaming of the fight on the bus is something that would definitely happen these days lol

[@DrViperVideos]

I kinda liked it too. Its the best thing from phase 4 (not saying much), id rather watch this over captain marvel or black widow again

[@spendsshanks6050]

@@DrViperVideos Wow what a high bar that is…

[@acefinelli5847]

I can see your points. I beg to differ. I felt entertained.

[@power279]

entertained? cringe jokes...woman empowerment...and do you even know the character sang chi to begin with..marveltards

[@rosslewerenz9360]

@@power279 why are you getting upset that someone liked a movie?

[@kylewelch2146]

@@power279 OH NO THERES A WOMEN IN MY SUPERHERO MOVIE!!!!

[@JayPlusForerunner]

@@power279 Someone taking over the head of a criminal organization is woman empowerment? Ok snowflake

[@zionharris9432]

Yeah man I'm confused why he thought Shang's sister was so important, she really wasn't her character was cool and she did a few badass things but shang was the front runner the entire time🤷🏾‍♂️

[@nebulista]

Yes. Yes. And YES!! This, EXACTLY this. It annoys me a lot to hear people praise the film, Shang Chi, because it's not good. It's not 'bad' but it's certainly not good. This review was done so well, dissected the film it without seeming bias or hateful. The only thing that this review didn't reflect my thoughts on was how Marvel simply made a film introducing an Asian guy that can do kung fu that uses magic rings INSTEAD of a guy, who is best known in the comics, with unparalleled martial arts skill that can defeat super powered beings, THOR being one of them, and even monsters BARE HANDED. Thank you for this review, and this has immediately earned my interest in your channel, enough to subscribe. Looking forward to your content.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

If I’m considering buying a book about philosophy, I’m going to check into what other philosophers the writer has read. If their response is not having even heard of other philosophers before, I end up with very little faith in their ability to have ideas that others haven’t trampled to death by now. Most likely they only think these new ideas are great because they’ve never heard of the others. The idea that you want to improve your craft by seeing what came before is rather ubiquitous, but if someone’s never heard of others practicing the craft, how can they possibly improve upon the works of the past? It’s no less true for a martial arts actor who claims not to know about Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, etc.

[@ginger-kat]

Wow this is great! Pierry Chan work is an absolute triumph!

[@WL1264]

Hav u seen the movie? This guy is misleading u

[@ginger-kat]

Lol go preach your cult bs to someone that will actually believe you. I have eyes and a brain and I can see what kind of woke bs that Disney is trying to push.

[@ginger-kat]

@LaVerdadEsMuyCatólica I am a strong enough woman that I can appreciate a movie that doesn't include a strong female lead

[@ginger-kat]

But hey thanks for feeding the algorithm! I am sure Gary appreciates it

[@ginger-kat]

Well if you are saying that Gary is just a grifter that is being disingenuous then we really do disagree. I found Gary because he is the voice of my own complaints

[@fireranaurion7979]

Somehow I have to agree with China. Tony Leung is so handsome! 🥰🥰🥰

[@mrawesome5495]

The comic was much more gritty, dirty, and grounded. Iron Man should have had the real Mandarin and not have the bracelets of power be part of this. Now, instead of a good, normal character that can be part of the grounded hero group, he is now a super powered hero that doesn't even need his martial arts anymore. IF yo have the bracelets, why would you need to engage in hand to hand combat??

[@rebekahwalton1321]

Frankly, I thought I was the only one who got bored in the third act. My favorite character was the father because he just wanted to get the family back together. I thought it would of been better if their mom wasn't dead and the father was able to save her and then Shang chi was able to show he was good enough for the rings and then his father gave them to him. I also, felt tricked because I almost forgot I was watching a superhero movie in the 1st 2 acts and was prepared to watch a romantic comedy with kung fu and they did not deliver. Also, I would have rather seen Katie's family at the end again to round off before the credits scene instead of that couple they talked to in the restaurant.

[@jovalleau]

Again, I'll take Kung Fu Hustle for the 100th time, thanks.

[@hamdinger7145]

Ax Gang

[@Furiafelina]

The Tailor fighting style with his curtain iron rings on his arms. I couldn't take the image off my mind when I saw the rings (bracelets) on this movie.

[@yetanotherspuart3993]

Kung-Fu Hustle is a masterpiece.

[@bjornmichaud8592]

@@yetanotherspuart3993 Damn right it is.

[@AnimeFun4Every1]

My guy, I love you and I don't even know you. Kung Fu Hustle is inspiring.

[@docsamson198]

Being an Iron Man fan since the 1970's, it wasn't the rings that made the Mandarin powerful. It was his cunning mind and unbridled ruthlessness. Does this movie even understand this?

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

Of course not; didn’t you hear the last 50 stars and directors brag about how little they studied the source material they were hired to reboot?

[@spiderjump]

No special effects for cunning and ruthlessness…..

[@mikha110]

I haven't read the comics. But as an 80's kid who watched the old Iron man cartoons.... I hear you loud and clear.

[@analogalbacore7166]

Nope

[@yougood809]

There is no creativity in the movie. It's like they encounter problems with the plot and just ignore them. Like how did no other archer shoot the last shot. How was she so accurate with less than a month's training while they'd been doing it their whole life. The movie doesn't explains s***

[@Oak__]

This looks weird. I’m gonna watch crouching tiger, hidden dragon instead

[@mustang6599]

Is that Gary Ann's decision, or yours?

[@johnvermintide]

yea better

[@dumber8704]

I loved it

[@lukeskywalker6809]

The MCU is dead.

[@vendrineswtor3190]

You falsely claim as Shang-Chi shatters the Labor Day weekend box office record

[@surindersingh724]

Oh come on. Shang Chi's sister didn't beat him in that fight. He CLEARLY says in the scene "I will not fight you". What ACTUALLY happened (because you clearly don't pay attention) is that Shang-Chi spends the whole fight blocking, drops his hands and his sister cheap shots him. I get that you are whoring for rage clicks, but at least be genuine.

[@onestepcloser5925]

Fine, but that part of the movie was put in to explain to us how she taught herself fighting through only watching. Then explain to us that she was savvy enough to start a underground fighting ring at only 16. She may not be as good as him, but she is damn close without any formal training . So what makes Shang Chi special again??? If you hurt your movie to add a message, in my opinion that’s a failure.

[@augustjsb]

@@onestepcloser5925 Let me get this right. You're genuinely confused how somebody watching someone else learn a skill then practices said skill on the own could learn to do it themselves. She leaves home at 16 and started the fight club at some point over the 10 years she was gone. The movie didn't imply that it happened immediately. This "review" did.

[@liamhoward8115]

@@augustjsb No matter how much practise you put in, it takes a lot more than watching someone to get as good as (or even better than, in her case) Shang Chi. It would've been alright if they said she had some Taskmaster/ Copycat abilities but nope... She just can.

[@augustjsb]

@@liamhoward8115 She isn't better than him. He clearly states over and over during the fight that he wasn't going to fight her. He loses only because he never threw a punch. So she practices at home for around 13 years and runs a fight club. She's had a lot of time to practice

[@themoistclown3286]

@@liamhoward8115 Old Boy

[@Exxt3R]

Remember when Marvel heroes had different stories? Like Captain America going from a scrawny kid with a heart of gold into the beacon of hope he is, or how Tony Stark went from an egotistical weapons dealer into world's greatest hero? Now all of our heroes get the same generic as hell story...

[@toshtao1]

You mean when all of them were white men.

[@Exxt3R]

@@toshtao1 when they were written good, friend. A character created with his schtick being its gender or skin color is poor writing at best.

[@toshtao1]

@@Exxt3R You're blinded by nostalgia. Go back and watch Iron Man 1. There's nothing "unique" about a billionaire who has a change of heart about being pro war.

[@Exxt3R]

@@toshtao1 yer blinded by hatred, my dude. In your mind, if a charater is not white straight man, that a great character. You do you, mate, I'll stick to proper writing.