Editorial: 4 Marvel Movies …………………………1 Winner
2014 brings us 4 different comic book movies. We have The Amazing Spiderman 2, Guardians of The Galaxy, X-men: Days of Future Past, and Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier. I’m excited for all of these movies for different reasons. Each movie is going to open doors for new things to come in their respective universes.
The movie I’m most excited for is Captain America 2. It’s looking like it will be an awesome film filled with intense moments and huge action. The Falcon looks like a serious ally for Cap. I’m mainly interested in this movie to see how it leads into Avengers 2. I want to see where SHIELD stands with the Avengers in the after math. Also, the Winter Soldier as an adversary looks very bad ass. That shield catch at the end of the trailer was intense.
The next movie is The Amazing Spiderman 2. I thought the first one was ok. When I first saw it I liked it but as time went on I completely forgot about it. This new one has me concerned mainly because of Jamie Foxx. The movie looks like it’s going to be a fun ride, but I am concerned about Jamie Foxx as the villain. His portrayal as Electro just looks ridiculous to me and kind of corny. Hopefully I’m proven wrong when I see the actual film. I’m curious as to how they are going to develop the world in this movie. They introducing a lot of characters in it I just hope it’s balanced. The first two Spiderman movies were great so I hope the reboot follows suit.
X-men: Days of Future Past is the biggest movie in terms of story out all four movies. It is also the second most expensive movie that 20th century Fox has ever made behind Avatar. This movie has great potential. The story line and cast are huge. As much as I want to see this I have serious concerns about this movie. I’m worried about the balance of the characters. Last Stand was a pretty big film, but it definitely didn’t feel balanced. It felt like a bunch of random characters fighting just for the story’s sake. X-men movies have a knack for just putting in random characters with no actual development. In all honesty if anyone were to die in this movie I wouldn’t necessarily care. I don’t have faith in Bryan Singer at all. Yea x men 1 and 2 were good, but it felt like I was watching “Wolverine and The Homies”. Hopefully I’m proven wrong with this movie, because I will be highly disappointed if it’s just a good film. With a story line this big the movie has to be great nothing less. I want to actually see an X-men movie surpass 500 million dollars for once.
The last film is Guardians of the Galaxy. This movie looks interesting. I like the whole space setting. It kind of reminds of Star Wars. If done right this could be cool new live action super hero movie franchise. The connection to Avengers 2 is going to be interesting to see because this is a new group of heroes that have yet to be explored. I don’t know what to expect from this movie, but I have a good feeling about it.
Overall next summer seems like it’s going to be exciting. All four of these films have great potential, but once again only one will win. I’m going to say that Captain America 2 will come out on top. Let me know what your thoughts are………