Avengers Infinity War

Saw it last friday. Incredible - its just incredible. Great fun, good acting, exciting story. Not exactly like the comic from the 90s, but some scenes were there. Go watch it!

Thor Ragnarok - Poster

 

Thor, Hulk, Loki, Hela, Doctor Strange - can't wait until November!
The Trailers are awesome, funny and cool. 

Doctor Strange - The Movie

Finally, I managed to see Doctor Strange. And it was awesome as expected. As a longtime Doctor Strange Fan, it was a real payoff. Everything was in there, and more! Benedict Cumberbatch is the perfect actor for this role. Even if the Ancient One wasn't the classic bearded old Asian like in the comics from the 60s, Tilda Swindon was great. And there was more humor in the movie than I thought. In the comics, Dr. Strange is always serious, but here were so many gags. They were great (i.e. his coat with its own mind, or - my favorite - the "Mr. Doctor?" scene with Kaecilius) and not "out of place".

And of course, the Dark Dimension with Dormammu was a visual LSD trip, and a great adaption of Ditkos work.

Go see it, its worth it.

Captain America: Civil War

Saw the movie last week. Great! A perfect follow-up to Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Go see it!


Read also the interesting review on the Forbidden Planet Blog.


http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2016/reviews-captain-america-civil-war/

The Guardians of the Galaxy

As a reader of the Marvel Comic by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, I was very exited to hear that a movie of my favourite band of heroes was in the pipeline. I hoped that there won't be a disappointment, that they didn't get the "cosmic part" of the Marvel Universe right. My fears were not necessary. 

Yesterday, I was in the movie, and boy, they delivered. The movie had everything: action, fun, mystery, great music.

An assassin, a brute with a big knife, a tree, a raccoon with a love for guns and explosions, and a human who was abducted by aliens - this works really well. How the band of outlaws gets together – in prison – and how they learn to accept each other, is really good moviemaking. I love this film.

The chemistry between the actors is great – they must have had real fun doing this movie. And no other movie from Marvel hat more easter-eggs than this one, I swear!

Just the Collectors museum is a feast for the eyes. In every corner you discover something interesting. Even Beta Ray Bill? – I didn't see him, I have to check the blue-ray. But I saw a dark elf (from Thor 2), and of course Cosmo, the russian telepathic dog in the spacesuit, a fan-favourite from the comic. Or Adam Warlocks cocoon.

Remember the bad guy at the end of Avengers? This time, we saw Thanos in full, sitting on his chair, like I always imagined him. (ok, with a more metallic armor than in the comics, but its all right.) 



Like in the comics, one day (maybe in Avengers 3) Thanos will posess all the gems and sets the gems into the gold glove we saw in the first Thor Movie,  which he refers to as the Infinity Gauntlet. With it, he tries to destroy (half) of the universe, no less, to impress his Mistress Death. We'll see....

The other bad guys – Ronan, the fanatic Accuser, and Nebula (played by Doctor Who Companion Karen Gillan) are also great. 

What else is to say? Well, on my way to work this morning, I listened the "Awesome Mix, Vol. 1". Thanks youtube!

Go see the movie! 

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