Average

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2018)

In a movie market where superheroes are dominating the scene, it is of little surprise that Disney's Marvel keeps producing new backstories to beloved superheroes. As someone that frequently continues to see the movies while they are still on the big screen, I am a fan of new heroes getting their share at they're own background story in order to further develop the Marvel franchise as a whole. I tend to enjoy single hero movies a bit more than the collaborations, as they tend to have more depth than the action packed, multi superhero movies; I am actually a huge fan of Captain America: The First Avenger. That being said, I was not the biggest fan of this movie. It had some jaw dropping visuals and some interesting sci fi tech that will hopefully be utilized heavily in Infinity War, but it did not have much beyond that. The overarching story line is not terrible, but it isn't great. The what was thought to be the main villain is killed about half way through and has very little depth. The man that kills him happens to be a kid that witnessed the aftermath of the King killing his brother and spent his whole life seeking revenge. Cliche much? One of the best parts of superhero stories is that their counterpart villain is just as interesting as the hero itself, the main villain in this story was relatively boring and came as a "shock" that was not really much of a shock. Most of this stories "twists" were easily predictable and hit on a ton of cliches. While this makes for a shallow, relatively boring story, it does not make for a bad movie in whole. Overall, it was simply average. It is not the worst Marvel movie I have seen, but it is certainly not the best. Hopefully Infinity War is leaps and bounds greater than this. Would recommend seeing after it comes out of theaters, probably will add it to my collection. Average.