Season 2 is less worse(only in terms of fight scenes) that the first season but it wasn't alleviated enough to be called a decent show. It is still consistent in being the worst Netflix Marvel show with dull and predictable story-telling. The last two episodes were relatively palatable.
Ridiculous things in season 2
-> "I want my stern parent's approval by any means" cliche by Davos.
-> Collen teaching the Iron Fist (who learned kung fu from the monks in Kun Lun all his life) how to fight.
-> Ward Meachum's redemption arc was warranted.
-> Davos training kids to cleanse to the city with a his newfound precipitous messiah complex. Can't the makers make something original?
Iron Fist only worked in his momentary scenes in Defenders and Luke Cage.
Luke Cage Season2 manages to handle multiple storylines gracefully but burdened with interminable 13 episodes with the first half trying to foist the idea of Heroes for Hire with some unconvincingly shifting alliances.Someone who liked season 1 will probably like this one too. The only fun episodes were the last four where plot seemed pacy in comparison to the preceding ones. The best episode was the one where Iron Fist shows up whose prime motive was to appease fans.
After a puissant story like Black Panther and exuberantly received fan-service viz Infinity War, Marvel has given a story that is somewhere between insipid to tenuous with formulaic comedy which is extremely boring. A life threatening, serious situation and all of a sudden there's comedy. It's expected and not funny anymore. Marvel uses this in almost all the movies now from Thor: Ragnarok to Infinity War. Even if the lack of a strong villain could have been ignored, the movie lacks the connect to make you feel like Captain Marvel has outgrown personal adversities fighting her inner demons. The movie is incomparable to Wonder Woman, which had a fair share of it's problem (viz the villain, an emotional ending which felt imposed), while Captain Marvel itself is a problem. The story has a bizarre flow, lacks engaging dialogues, a worthy villain to overcome and doesn't even have entertainment (not even at the expense of the story).
People who found Justice League to be underwhelming should take Captain Marvel as a challenge.
A venerable work by Imitiaz Ali. The movie carries :
-> That feeling of missing your childhood.
-> Heartbreak. Duh!
-> That feeling that you are someone whom you are not meant to be.
I'd like to believe Deepika's character is merely a device to push the storyline further. Otherwise, it'd be warranted to say that the director has missed on the niceties of her character.
The ending of the "hero" going to his girl back is banal. I think it was tailored to please the masses.
I would've preferred the screen to go dark once the protagonist narrated his new-found story to his father; thereby finding out who he is meant to be.
Doom Patrol is off to a great start with eccentric characters imbued with stellar performances. The plot of misfits coming together (reminded me of Guardians of the Galaxy) isn't atypical but the way it is executed - for lack of better words- is absurdly unique. Mr. Nobody narrating the story was a
major drawback. Everyone else is as deft as it could be.
Sanju isn't an objective story but just another biopic. Rajukumar Hirani, being the phenomenal raconteur he is, has done a great job in storytelling but there isn't anything remarkable in the movie which is expected from him. Ranbir and the prosthetic department were awesome.
Pariyerum Perumal is a great movie. The way Mari Selvaraj has handled the story, which could've easily become just another "upper caste-lower caste" drama, audaciously delves beneath the physical pain endured by the protagonist and shows us much more he's going through.
A banal revenge story of an anti-hero with messiah complex who feels cathartic in grotesque act of burning corrupt police officers alive but somehow is mawkish when he finds stray dogs in pain. Most proverbial dialogues are cringe worthy. And the story itself is a hackneyed and predictable one. John Abraham, who is a painter by day and vigilante by night, doesn't give up a chance of displaying his prime physique. The only convincing performance is by Manoj Bajpai (an uber cop) and Manish Choudhary.
