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X-Men꞉ Apocalypse – (2016 movie)

2016-05-31

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3385516/
https://family.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/x-men-apocalypse

An Old One is awakened, and renews his takeover of the world.. except we already know the good guys win because this takes place in the 80s and a past movie, set in the then-future, has an intact world with all characters accounted for.

A standard superhero movie, with nothing particularly interesting. Extremely confusing given that this is a sequel to a sequel to a prequel or some shit.

I would have done a few things different, and even a few subtle changes would have made this movie a hell of a lot better.

Definitely pass on this unless you’re really into this particular series.

Properly titled X-Men: Apocalypse

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Captain America – Civil War – (2016 movie)

2016-05-08

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Captain America - Civil War (2016) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498820/
https://www.marvel.com/movies/captain-america-civil-war

Leftovers from a previous movie come back to haunt The Avengers, who tear themselves apart because they lack conflict resolution skills.

Another superzero movie. Only good if you’re not just into this genre, but into this series. Other movies set in this universe must be watched to appreciate some of this one.

Properly titled Captain America: Civil War

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Deadpool – (2016 movie)

2016-01-01

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431045/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/deadpool

Dying of cancer, a dishonourably-discharged special forces soldier submits to experimentation to save his life, which was actually to enslave him and resulted in mutant powers with a scarring side effect, forcing him to hunt down his creator for both revenge and the cure.

An adequate movie on-par with the other adequate superhero movies. This has some significant laugh-out-loud moments, and with a lot of blood and cursing to make it an R-rated movie, it rides on the ho-hum samey-same superhero movie trend all the way to success.

Features nothing new or interesting in the expanded universe. In fact, involves nothing from any other movie whatsoever.

Recommended for those who are hipster for the “superhero genre” movie trend.

Trailer

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The Wolverine – (2013 movie)

2016-01-01

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430132/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-wolverine

to re-watch

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Jessica Jones – (2015 show)

2015-12-04

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357547/
https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/marvel-s-jessica-jones/2

A woman with the powers of strength and PTSD is tormented by a former not-boyfriend and whose description spoils the show.

I watched this for a bit, and it’s slow and boring.

Based on the Marvel Comics character Jessica Jones, whom I hadn’t heard of until now.
I was only interested in this, because I know Krysten Ritter from Breaking Bad – (2008 show).
This takes place in New York City.

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