Why I’m Excited: Captain America: Civil War

Preface

  • Sorry again for another intermission on you guys, but school is winding down and I’ll have plenty of posts for the back-end of May.
    • Some months get super front-loaded with my movie watching schedule, this month will get super back-loaded.
  • But I wanted to talk about something today that I’ve got a super strong opinion on and really just want to talk about.
  • Captain America: Civil War is the kick-off to Marvel’s Phase 3 on May 6th, 2016 (if ya didn’t know) and it has been my most anticipated Marvel movie yet, essentially it has been since the day it was announced.
  • So without further ado, here’s Why I’m Excited for Captain America: Civil War.
    • I’ll do one of these in a couple weeks for Ant-Man also.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron SPOILER-FILLED Thoughts

Preface

  • SPOILER ALERT!
  • If you haven’t yet seen Avengers: Age of Ultron, then apparently you aren’t a real American.
  • But all jokes aside, check out my Spoiler-Free Review if you need to hear some thoughts about Age of Ultron, then definitely go check out the movie!
  • Then come back here and we can talk about all my favorite parts of the movie.
  • Gone? Seeing the movie? (Second time maybe?) Good.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron Review

Preface

  • Yeah, yeah, yeah insert joke here about the, ‘low budget, indie film with a relatively unknown cast’ that I saw tonight.
  • Fact is, Ultron was my second most anticipated of 2015, and OH MY GOD AVENGERS IS AWESOME.
    • I’ll say this: it isn’t perfect, but it met my expectations.

Premise

  • You guys probably know what this movie is about but if you don’t…
  • In the follow-up to 2012’s The Avengers, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Thor, and the rest of the gang accidentally create an AI that is bent on world domination. This globe-trotting film further develops each of the characters without sacrificing laughs, yet also making it darker and much more complex. More on that later.

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