★★★★★  Rewatched 16 May, 2020 The Winter Soldier was the first MCU movie I watched on opening day, it turned me from a casual fan to a fanboy. I fell in love with the MCU here and all these years later I still understand why. While it’s not my FAVOURITE MCU movie, I still think it’s the best one from a purely artistic point of view. … Continue reading Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) – Blast From the Past : Chapter 16

★★½  Watched 15 May, 2020 In some ways, The Dark World is better than I remember it being, but in many ways, it’s much worse. What makes this MCU film so different is how bland everything is. The look, the direction, the lighting, the script, the exploration of themes and relationships and the villain, all of them are so lifeless and devoid of the energy MCU … Continue reading Thor : The Dark World (2013) – Blast From the Past : Chapter 15

★★★  Rewatched 10 May, 2020 I have a lot of memories with Iron Man 3. This was the first movie I ever watched twice in theatres, and I was starting to fall in love with film at this time. On first viewing, I thought this was a masterpiece. To a ten-year-old, this was a masterpiece. Upon rewatching it, 7 years later, I have more of a … Continue reading Iron Man 3 (2013) – Blast From the Past : Chapter 14

★★★★★  Rewatched 08 May, 2020 The Marvel Cinematic Universe exists because The Avengers is as good as it is. I’m going to try and break down all the little things that make this movie as good and as iconic as it is. First of all, the superhero nerdgasm aspect, I remember watching this when I was 9 and having my mind blown. 8 years later, it … Continue reading The Avengers (2012) – Blast From the Past : Chapter 13

★★★★  Rewatched 01 May, 2020 I forgot how great this movie is! Captain America: The First Avenger is genuinely one of the most enjoyable and charming film in Phase One of the MCU. Chris Evans as Steve Rogers is BRILLIANT! He’s so convincing and takes a character that isn’t supposed to work in theory and makes him so interesting and nuanced. His innocence and lack of … Continue reading Captain America : The First Avenger – Blast From the Past: Chapter 11

★★★½  Rewatched 28 Apr, 2020 Thor is a really fun movie! It has so much heart and wit that you find yourself getting lost in this world. Kenneth Branaugh (of Gilderoy Lockhart fame) directed this movie and his direction is frankly incredible. It’s a beautifully shot and composed film. You never get bored. It also breezes through, it’s short and very fast paced. Even the slower … Continue reading Thor (2011) – Blast From the Past : Chapter 10

★★★★  Rewatched 22 Apr, 2020 The last time I watched Iron Man 2, I was pretentious, I thought I was some ‘film connoisseur’ and to be honest, I had no idea what I was talking about. And maybe I still don’t but I don’t think Iron Man deserves the 2.5 stars I gave it last time for sure. Iron Man 2 is a blast! It is … Continue reading Iron Man 2 (2010) – Blast From The Past: Chapter 7

½  Rewatched 22 Apr, 2020 I remember this being bad, I just forgot how bad. I think this terrible movie had to happen for the beautiful Mark Ruffalo Hulk to exist. So I think that’s a positive! But other than that, I’d have to be reaching for positives. I think Thunderbolt Ross is a compelling character and I’m glad he comes back in the MCU, but … Continue reading The Incredible Hulk (2008) – Blast From The Past: Chapter 6

★★★★  Rewatched 21 Apr, 2020 I decided to rewatch the MCU. Firstly, because I love the MCU and it was a huge part of my childhood and still is a huge part of my personality. I remember watching Iron Man in theatres aged 5. Iron Man is great! It really set up this monstrosity of a franchise. When I hear ‘Back in Black’, I think of … Continue reading Iron Man (2008) : Blast From The Past Chapter 5

★★★  Rewatched 12 Apr, 2020 Before you attack me, I understand this film’s cultural significance and I’m not trying to defame its iconicity in any way. I am trying to review it purely as a film and nothing more. When put up under that lens, Shrek proves to be an entertaining, yet incomplete film. In 90 mins, it defies all Disney-esque tropes, gives you a bunch … Continue reading Shrek (2001) – A Blast From the Past : Chapter 4

★★★★½  Watched 26 Mar, 2020 Monsters, Inc. is incredible! The story is so beautifully captured in the limited 90 minutes that you can’t help but feel that this is an incredible film. Now, it isn’t ‘masterpiece’ levels, not in my opinion at least. It’s not as deep on an adult or mature level as some of the other entries by this company but it exceeds all … Continue reading Monsters, Inc. (2001) : Blast From the Past – Chapter 3

★★★★★  Rewatched 22 Mar, 2020 I know I’ve thrown this word around a lot recently but I really do mean it when I call this film a ‘masterpiece’. I really don’t see any flaws in this film. It does pretty much everything perfectly. It turns out I had forgotten just how good this movie was. Brad Bird shows his genius yet again. This is the film … Continue reading Ratatouille (2007) : Blast From the Past – Chapter 2

★★★★★  A movie like Megamind is a rarity nowadays. It was way ahead of its time. Just the concept itself is so absurd and yet to so reminiscent. If only this movie had come out, say, 5 years later! It would have been critically acclaimed and would have been dubbed as brilliant satire. Sadly, this film came out in 2010. The genius of the writing … Continue reading MEGAMIND (2010) : Blast From The Past – Chapter One