Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

[King Bob]

Finally saw this. It was pretty good. The choreography was enjoyable. I thought the best part was Simu with Michelle Yeoh. The monster battle was a bit silly and too long. In fact the whole movie was too long. I thought it was odd that Ben Kingsley bit was supposed to be a child when Planet of the Apes came out, since he was 25 at that time. I think an edit to tighten up all the back story would have made it much better. And Awkwafina is falling into typecasting.

I'm going to voice the heretical opinion that the MCU is not good. It's really a "So what?" kind of thing to me. I think it was a marketing ploy to move more product rather than an artistic choice. In this case it really weakened the story to graft that on at the end. (The same thing with putting Thor in the MCU; it subsumes the Norse mythology under something much more slight.) Mystery and incomprehensibility are key in myth. Tying everything together destroys that. I imagine DM and Greg will disagree.