I've been asking myself, why is it that I didn't really like the avenger movie's? I realized it's because that though the movies can be split up into nearly 5 hours. Each individual character starts to get less and less time as the roster of different characters builds over the years. Therefore watching an origin story movie for me is much more interesting. Focus is on just a few characters and they can shine as the writing aims to let them bloom. Rather tham play second fiddle to more established characters.
With that being said, what is Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings movie all about and is this movie worth seeing? The movie at its core is about Shang Chi (Simu Liu), a young man living in San Francisco working at a hotel parking cars with his friend Katy (Awkwafina) very normal one would think until one day while heading home one the bus with his friend Katy, Shang Chi is attacked by a man with a sword for an arm and several other fighters....
After the fight there is exposition given to Katy of what happened and that Shang needs to go to Macau in China to rescue his sister Xialing. From there the story begins to open up. The movie itself has amazing and seamless cgi, that bring alternate dimensions to life. The colouring is so beautiful and the design of all the creatures is impeccable. The movie has many comedic moments and isn't super serious, many of these comedic moment come from the excellent Ben Kingsley as the almost random chatacter of Trevor and also Katy who is an excellent charismatic sidekick.
Overall this is a great and I like these single character focused movies rather than avenger movies where although the stakes might be higher. Personalities drown each other out and nobody gets over as much as they should.
With that being said, what is Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings movie all about and is this movie worth seeing? The movie at its core is about Shang Chi (Simu Liu), a young man living in San Francisco working at a hotel parking cars with his friend Katy (Awkwafina) very normal one would think until one day while heading home one the bus with his friend Katy, Shang Chi is attacked by a man with a sword for an arm and several other fighters....
After the fight there is exposition given to Katy of what happened and that Shang needs to go to Macau in China to rescue his sister Xialing. From there the story begins to open up. The movie itself has amazing and seamless cgi, that bring alternate dimensions to life. The colouring is so beautiful and the design of all the creatures is impeccable. The movie has many comedic moments and isn't super serious, many of these comedic moment come from the excellent Ben Kingsley as the almost random chatacter of Trevor and also Katy who is an excellent charismatic sidekick.
Overall this is a great and I like these single character focused movies rather than avenger movies where although the stakes might be higher. Personalities drown each other out and nobody gets over as much as they should.