Thing is, Infinity War is a superhero movie about movie superheroes, and that is absolutely fair enough. But Black Panther uses that to say stuff about half a dozen other things.
True, but I didn't find what it was saying at all compelling and if it had the courage of its convictions then its villain would have been its hero. In general, not any better than the other Marvel movies. This is just another sop to identity politics. Oscar loves that.
"What is a blatant bid for better ratings than they've had in the past?" That's what this is. The Oscars have been tanking in the ratings for years now (Hey, guys, lots of folks don't have cable or an OTA antenna, so if it's not streaming on the web, they're not going to see it.) and they've recently come under fire for failing to nominate people of color, the black guy they picked to be the host this year had to drop out because he made some homophobic statements, and fucking nobody else wanted the gig. So, what are they going to do to try and recover from this? Nominate two movies where minority characters play central roles and are in films which had broad appeal across many demographics. ("It's gold, Jerry! Gold, I tells ya!") 'Member when they were going to create a "Popular Films" category, which people were certain was going to allow them to stick comic book movies in? I 'member. The networks probably realized that they could pull in more viewers by airing re-runs of My Mother, the Car than showing the Oscars, and the studio suits who only get to do cocaine and sexually assault actresses at post-Oscar parties realized they had to do something to get their numbers up quick if they wanted to continue doing lines with James Franco off a roofied Rowan Blanchard's ass.
That's a pretty bold statement, considering Oscar doesn't exactly have a stellar track record (Exhibit A: Shakespeare in Love v. Saving Private Ryan) and the whole thing is basically just one big Hollywood circle jerk. Also, see @Tuckerfan's post above, which is the most logical reason for these films being nominated in the first place.
Dead Pool 3 appears to be a go. Comicbook.com: Deadpool Creator Says ‘Deadpool 3’ Will Happen. https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/01/28/deadpool-3-will-happen-says-creator-rob-liefeld/
Wow. They really should have had her working out to build up some muscle. Maybe the rumors of Marvel looking for a butt-double are true. I bet it's in Tom Holland's contract to meet certain physical targets.
I'm definitely more exited to see Captain Marvel than I have been. I hope Jude Law makes for a good villain.
The runtime of Avengers: Endgame seems to have locked in at 3 hours. They've tried it out on some test audiences, and they love it. It really depends on the movie. I could have watched Speilberg's "Lincoln", for 8 hours, but "Titanic", had me checking the time counter every half hour going "come on! come on!".
