What a twist! The comments are better than the article

[qualapec]

Re: Edgar Wright Exiting Ant ManSo, I do have some empathy for Wright. I can kind of see how frustrating it must be to have a project you've been wanting to do for a really long time, have it almost looking like it's going to happen, and then having rewrites

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[ericadawn16]

Actually, by traditional media standards, I thought Avengers was amazing. I loved the use of mirrors and reflective surfaces to further the theme of characters mirroring each other in actions/pasts/words. There was even a shot of Clint Barton watching Thor having to fight his brother where Renner shows such sadness in his eyes. The average film watcher gets to think he feels sad for Thor and upset because of what Loki did to him. The comic book fans gets to know how Clint is putting himself in Thor's place because he knows EXACTLY what it's like to have to fight your own brother who's gone off the deep end

[qualapec]

(HI DAWN!)

Agreed. I feel like there's a lot of meat in the MCU movies. And, honestly, in a lot of genre fiction. Lack of clarity/narrative consistency does not automatically equal art, and just because something is designed to be appealing to lots of different people doesn't mean it lacks meaning (and sometimes it can be even more meaningful, simply because real people are seeing and understanding it).

I mean, I saw plenty of symbolism in Winter Soldier! Just as an example, the idea that Bucky's mask as the Winter Soldier is an opposite of Steve's. Instead of being there to protect him, it's there to muzzle him, etc. That's just the first thing that comes to mind. And the movies are FULL of symbolism like that, and people pick up on it because they have a dedicated fanbase that's capable of catching ALL the subtext

[redbrunja]

Preach it, sister

[redbrunja]

Loki icons.