What about Taika Waititi delivering a miles worse second attempt at Thor? Or Chloe Zhao that brought to us by far the worst reviewed MCU film? I think it mostly has to do with Feige and Disney releasing two and three times the Marvel content as before. That along with a lack of proper planning for a bigger story narrative and the fact that they don't pay the vfx guys their due that results to hideous visuals. I think they got too comfortable with their success and their formulas and barely try anymore.
Your last two sentences are dead on accurate as to what the problem seems to be.
That's the problem. It was clear to the audience in the first three phases what the Infinity saga was leading to. Phase 4 movies felt almost completely disconnected. Obviously they have plans for something and Feige said they'll be more apparent in Phase 5. But not being clear for the viewers is part of the quality problem for critics and audience. That was my point.
I have plenty of reservations when I hear about free reigns in a Disney project. I'm sure Waititi brought more of his signature than other directors but there is always a limit to what one can offer creatively there. Almost all their films feeling quite similar pretty much attests to that.
Russos only had done a few episodes of Community and directed You, Me, and Dupree. It’s not completely a bad choice.
he wrote a fan-loved run on Nova in the comics, it had heart and critics liked it too
Probably because they spend so much time doing the same thing over and over again that they don't know how to do something else in an engaging way that works.
A for effort but the pacing in Eternals was horrible and the two leads had zero chemistry together
100% this. There is nothing wrong with staying in your lane if that’s what people enjoy.
It’s a bit too early to tell. Yes, obviously this isn’t resonating with a lot of critics but the movie still hasn’t been released in a majority of countries yet. So we need to see whether or not audiences fall with the critics and how the box office turns out. There’s been movies where there is a divide between critics and causal audiences or just fans. Critics can pan the movie but general moviegoers could love it, and vice versa. Ant-Man 3 could be one of those movies where audiences and fans embrace, and not critics it not. So I’m eager to see what this film’s Cinemascore is and how leggy it is. I’m predicting this to get another ‘A’ but this could lean towards a B+ or so, which isn’t great for a major four quadrant blockbuster like this. I can definitely see this going either way.
