A Marvelous Year For Movies
It is no real secret I’m a huge Marvel fan. Nothing against DC or any other label, but there is only so much time and money I have at my disposal so I tend to stick with Marvel. This year I am in luck as there are three Marvel films out! So in order of preference, here are the three Marvel movies out this year:
1. Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America is probably my favourite Marvel character. I started my reading of Cap with the Ed Brubaker run which has won lots of awards and for good reason. The recent run is a nice mix of WW2 and modern day action, and it looks like the film will be the WW2 origin story, albeit probably a mix of the regular Cap and the Ultimates universe origins. Initially I nerdraged at the prospect of Chris Evans playing Cap. That goofball from Fantastic Four! I thought he was too young too. But since seeing him in costume, I have changed my mind. Sure he’s still a little on the young side but he has severely beefed up for the role and is really looking the part. The film also gains brownie points for the brilliant casting of Hugo Weaving as The Red Skull.
2. Next up is Thor:
I’m only an occasional reader of Thor, but I am interested in the film just to see if they can pull it off. Of all the up and coming Marvel movies I’d have thought Thor would be the most difficult to appeal to people not already fans of the comics. Chris Hemsworth, like Chris Evans, has really beefed up for the role and I barely recognise him from his minor role as the father of James T. Kirk in the recent Star Trek movie. I expect the film will be enjoyable if you switch your brain off and just enjoy a god-like bloke smacking people about with a magical hammer.
3. Lastly is X-Men: First Class:
Now I have not been looking forward to this one. I love X-Men 1 and 2, but X3 was a stinker and Wolverine was very average. The limited info on First Class made it all look a little crap. Odd choices of characters, actors the wrong age, liberties taken with canon. I’d rather they started afresh and went with the Uncanny X-Men lineup of Ice-Man, Beast, Cyclops, Angel and Marvel Girl. However the trailer just released does make it look pretty good so I’ll watch it with an open mind.
So yeah I’m really excited to watch these movies and they’re all released pretty closely to each other. I hope the Cap and Thor movies do well as next year The Avengers movie will be out and with Captain America and Thor traditionally being the main characters (along with Iron Man) of The Avengers, if their solo films didn’t do well it would put The Avengers at an automatic disadvantage. Though with Joss Whedon directing, there is nothing bar death that will stop me seeing that film.
Yes I am a fanboy, so what?
