Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

One thing that the MCU hasn't been spectacular at is branching out into other genres. Most have been scifi/fantasy fare. An attempt at horror with "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness." Some more comedic entries like "Thor: Ragnarok." "Shang Chi" is their attempt to bring the classic Kung Fu fantasy genre into the fold. And it sort of works. It's not wholly original in the idea, but can be taken more as a tribute to the Kung Fu fantasies of old. There are some changes made to established Marvel lore, but nothing that couldn't be lived with and…

This movie is mid --- The writing is dumb. The story is ok...ish. The kung fu is well choreographed but poorly edited. There's a lot of cg pets and animals in the last half. Awkwafina is annoying and every shot of her in the last half she makes a big gasping face. Ugh...the cg is mostly dumb and it seriously detracts from the human action, about half the movie the camera spins around combat that makes no sense, sometimes makes the kung fu worse. I swear the sister character was cg in half the shots. This is clearly meant to appeal to both a Chinese and…

I'll be straight forward with you; I'm old. And I have a great pleathora of movie viewing history behind these eyes. Me being old, I am bitter most times from jealously of lost youth and a firey contempt toward lazy boneheaded braindead youth of today. But I digress...the review. My review will be short as are my praises, while my critique shall be terse. Deal with it. This movie is not bad. I wouldn't call it a waste of money to see, but on the same turn it's not "OMG, I have to come see this again with Pauly." The special effects (I'm old. Deal) are…