Namaste and welcome to my blog, I am the one and only Quiet Mouse. As you most likely know I'm a geek. I love science fiction and fantasy everything, from comic books to movies to cosplay. This posting is #4 in my series of blogs about Marvel vs. DC and their continued battle in both the comic book and cinema aspects.
I must admit, up front, my bias toward Marvel, however... I grew up reading comics with the Green Lantern, Superman, Batman., and all the villains that DC has made more interesting than their heroes, but whatever. I actually enjoyed the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight movies with Christian Bale in the lead role as Batman. I was stunned and deeply saddened by the untimely death of Heath Ledger after his engrossing performance becoming the Joker in real life and on film. Same with the passing of Christopher Reeve who is still the best Superman to this day. Sorry Henry Cavill. I'll even go out on a limb and say the Suicide Squad was better than the critics gave it credit for, mostly thanks to Will Smith and the dude who played Diablo. But seriously... who the fuck is Captain Boomerang, lol?
Okay, time to get down to the brass tacks. We are coming to the end of 2017 and we've seen the likes of Guardians of the galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man Homecoming, Lego Batman, Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok, and the Justice League to finish off the year for comic movies... well, I guess Star Wars: the Last Jedi counts too since there have been comic adaptations of the gigantic Star Wars galaxy/ universe. That movie should kick supreme ass, no doubt.
Back to the meat and potatoes...
Guardians 2 was good, but not quite as great as the novelty of the first one. They brought in a bigger galaxy of celestial beings, humor, and a sense of family.
Overall I'll give it a rating of 86% on the QM scale. +4 from RT.
Opening weekend: 146.5 million
Total gross worldwide: >863.5 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 82%
Spider-Man Homecoming showed that Tom Holland is the real deal. He made quite the impact in CA Civil War and kept the story and intrigue for his mostly solo film. Iron man Tony Stark added contrast to the aspiring teen superhero and Michael Keeton wowed as the Vulture Adrian Toomes.
Overall I'll give it a rating of 91% on the QM scale. -1 from RT
Opening weekend: 117 million
Total gross worldwide: 880.1 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 92%
Thor: Ragnarok was just outright AMAZING!!! We hadn't seen our 2 main heroes Hulk and Thor since the end of Avengers Age of Ultron, but boy did they come back to the cinema screen with a bang. The usual cast of Thor, Loki, Odin, and Heimdall were supplemented by Hulk, obviously, Jeff Goldblum as the eccentric Grandmaster, Valkyrie, Cate Blanchett as Hela, Karl Urban as the Executioner, as well as 2 superb cameos from Matt Damon and Sam Neil, both playing actors in a dramatic play on Asgard for Loki pretending to be Odin. The character development, humor, and overall action experience of the "Revengers" stunned audiences visually, but left you with that open feeling leading toward the culmination of the MCU beginning with the Infinity War.
Overall I'll be generous and give this movie a rating of 95% on the QM scale. +3 from RT
Opening weekend: 121 million
Total gross worldwide: >650 million after approximately 4 weeks in theaters. That's pretty impressive... hell, I want to go see it again
Rotten Tomatoes score 92%
I've talked about the Marvel movies, so let me talk about the DC movies from this year as well.
Wonder Woman actually wasn't horrible. It did feel eerily similar to the Captain America: the First Avenger at some points, but I do think that Gal Gadot played the role well overall. Ares was an unusual villain choice, but with it being basically an origins movie, we had to see a former Harry Potter alumni cast as the villain. Despite the overall success of this movie, I don't think it will do much to combat Marvel in supremacy of the cinema comic universe of characters. I DO, however think that this movie DID do a LOT of good for female super heroes, PROVING that there IS a genre and niche there with more and more women becoming fans of comics, comic movies, and geek material in general.
I'll give it a QM rating of 89%. -3 from RT
Opening weekend: 103 million
Total gross worldwide: 821.7 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 92%
and lastly...
Justice League has been generally seen by critics as "a big missed opportunity". I personally have not yet seen this film, but DO plan on seeing it within the next couple weeks upon which time I will report back my subjective findings on the film. From the start it seemed like a big stretch, primarily since DC has never been able to get away from the big 3 of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Combing that with internal conflict within Warner Bros. micromanaging and alienating director Zach Snyder to quitting, it looked like doom and gloom. Enter savior Joss Whedon who directed Marvel's Avengers. Seems like a conflict of interest and true to my initial concern, many of the reviews felt like he just remade the Avengers, but with DC's less than stellar side-kicks like Cyborg, Aquaman, and Flash.
No QM rating as of yet...
Opening weekend: 93.8 million (much less than even Wonder Woman)
Worldwide gross: 279 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 41%
Moving on, I want to talk about 2018.
Black Panther opens the season February 16. We will likely see the 6th Infinity stone: the soul stone present itself in this film which leads directly into the Avengers Infinity War against Thanos and his minions of evil which hits theaters May 4th, followed by Ant Man and the Wasp July 6th.
We've now seen on 11/29/17 the official release of the movie trailer for the Infinity War. It really feels like we are coming to a culmination of story that started 10 years ago in 2008 with Iron Man. Currently 17 movies into an arc taking place over 22 films, with only 5 more to go. After the Infinity arc, Disney and Marvel have stated that 20 more movies are planned to happen. Phase 4 and beyond sound like they're going to be quite something. We know for sure now that those movies will include Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man 2 (don't know if it's going to be called Homecoming 2 or get a new title), and Doctor Strange 2. Kevin Feige said on record that he does indeed want to do a Black Widow solo movie, but I haven't heard any confirmation on that yet as all the movies POST- Avengers 4 are being kept HUSH-HUSH.
If the first official trailer for the Avengers Infinity War doesn't get you excited, than you may be Drax's wife... (watch GotG 2). Admittedly, I went and showed it to everyone who would sit still for 2 and a half minutes to see the trailer on my new Samsung Galaxy Note 8. I really think this movie MIGHT just be the nail in the coffin for Warner/DCEU, but you decide and let me know.
I would love it if you would please leave comments about this blog posting, among others. Thank you for your time and I hope your day is EXCELSIOR!
I must admit, up front, my bias toward Marvel, however... I grew up reading comics with the Green Lantern, Superman, Batman., and all the villains that DC has made more interesting than their heroes, but whatever. I actually enjoyed the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight movies with Christian Bale in the lead role as Batman. I was stunned and deeply saddened by the untimely death of Heath Ledger after his engrossing performance becoming the Joker in real life and on film. Same with the passing of Christopher Reeve who is still the best Superman to this day. Sorry Henry Cavill. I'll even go out on a limb and say the Suicide Squad was better than the critics gave it credit for, mostly thanks to Will Smith and the dude who played Diablo. But seriously... who the fuck is Captain Boomerang, lol?
Okay, time to get down to the brass tacks. We are coming to the end of 2017 and we've seen the likes of Guardians of the galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man Homecoming, Lego Batman, Wonder Woman, Thor: Ragnarok, and the Justice League to finish off the year for comic movies... well, I guess Star Wars: the Last Jedi counts too since there have been comic adaptations of the gigantic Star Wars galaxy/ universe. That movie should kick supreme ass, no doubt.
Back to the meat and potatoes...
Guardians 2 was good, but not quite as great as the novelty of the first one. They brought in a bigger galaxy of celestial beings, humor, and a sense of family.
Overall I'll give it a rating of 86% on the QM scale. +4 from RT.
Opening weekend: 146.5 million
Total gross worldwide: >863.5 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 82%
Spider-Man Homecoming showed that Tom Holland is the real deal. He made quite the impact in CA Civil War and kept the story and intrigue for his mostly solo film. Iron man Tony Stark added contrast to the aspiring teen superhero and Michael Keeton wowed as the Vulture Adrian Toomes.
Overall I'll give it a rating of 91% on the QM scale. -1 from RT
Opening weekend: 117 million
Total gross worldwide: 880.1 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 92%
Thor: Ragnarok was just outright AMAZING!!! We hadn't seen our 2 main heroes Hulk and Thor since the end of Avengers Age of Ultron, but boy did they come back to the cinema screen with a bang. The usual cast of Thor, Loki, Odin, and Heimdall were supplemented by Hulk, obviously, Jeff Goldblum as the eccentric Grandmaster, Valkyrie, Cate Blanchett as Hela, Karl Urban as the Executioner, as well as 2 superb cameos from Matt Damon and Sam Neil, both playing actors in a dramatic play on Asgard for Loki pretending to be Odin. The character development, humor, and overall action experience of the "Revengers" stunned audiences visually, but left you with that open feeling leading toward the culmination of the MCU beginning with the Infinity War.
Overall I'll be generous and give this movie a rating of 95% on the QM scale. +3 from RT
Opening weekend: 121 million
Total gross worldwide: >650 million after approximately 4 weeks in theaters. That's pretty impressive... hell, I want to go see it again
Rotten Tomatoes score 92%
I've talked about the Marvel movies, so let me talk about the DC movies from this year as well.
Wonder Woman actually wasn't horrible. It did feel eerily similar to the Captain America: the First Avenger at some points, but I do think that Gal Gadot played the role well overall. Ares was an unusual villain choice, but with it being basically an origins movie, we had to see a former Harry Potter alumni cast as the villain. Despite the overall success of this movie, I don't think it will do much to combat Marvel in supremacy of the cinema comic universe of characters. I DO, however think that this movie DID do a LOT of good for female super heroes, PROVING that there IS a genre and niche there with more and more women becoming fans of comics, comic movies, and geek material in general.
I'll give it a QM rating of 89%. -3 from RT
Opening weekend: 103 million
Total gross worldwide: 821.7 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 92%
and lastly...
Justice League has been generally seen by critics as "a big missed opportunity". I personally have not yet seen this film, but DO plan on seeing it within the next couple weeks upon which time I will report back my subjective findings on the film. From the start it seemed like a big stretch, primarily since DC has never been able to get away from the big 3 of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Combing that with internal conflict within Warner Bros. micromanaging and alienating director Zach Snyder to quitting, it looked like doom and gloom. Enter savior Joss Whedon who directed Marvel's Avengers. Seems like a conflict of interest and true to my initial concern, many of the reviews felt like he just remade the Avengers, but with DC's less than stellar side-kicks like Cyborg, Aquaman, and Flash.
No QM rating as of yet...
Opening weekend: 93.8 million (much less than even Wonder Woman)
Worldwide gross: 279 million
Rotten Tomatoes score 41%
Moving on, I want to talk about 2018.
We've now seen on 11/29/17 the official release of the movie trailer for the Infinity War. It really feels like we are coming to a culmination of story that started 10 years ago in 2008 with Iron Man. Currently 17 movies into an arc taking place over 22 films, with only 5 more to go. After the Infinity arc, Disney and Marvel have stated that 20 more movies are planned to happen. Phase 4 and beyond sound like they're going to be quite something. We know for sure now that those movies will include Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man 2 (don't know if it's going to be called Homecoming 2 or get a new title), and Doctor Strange 2. Kevin Feige said on record that he does indeed want to do a Black Widow solo movie, but I haven't heard any confirmation on that yet as all the movies POST- Avengers 4 are being kept HUSH-HUSH.
If the first official trailer for the Avengers Infinity War doesn't get you excited, than you may be Drax's wife... (watch GotG 2). Admittedly, I went and showed it to everyone who would sit still for 2 and a half minutes to see the trailer on my new Samsung Galaxy Note 8. I really think this movie MIGHT just be the nail in the coffin for Warner/DCEU, but you decide and let me know.
I would love it if you would please leave comments about this blog posting, among others. Thank you for your time and I hope your day is EXCELSIOR!
