The fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2): "Shang Qi" and "Eternals" overturned one after another

In the previous article, we deeply reviewed "WandaVision", "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" and "Loki", these three series performed well, but from this one, the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is full of conditions.

Black Widow

Compared with "Loki", the plot of "Black Widow" is less brain-burning, and it can even be said that this movie is a Marvel movie farewell tailored for "Black Widow" Scarlett Johansson.

However, objectively speaking, this film work may be the most indifferent of the fourth phase of Marvel movies, and the whole movie has many problems in the story theme, narrative rhythm and character arc shaping. But on the other hand, "Black Widow" finally satisfied the wishes of many fans and fans who have always wanted to see "Black Widow" personal movies.

"Black Widow" leads the audience to explore the mysterious and tortuous life story of "Black Widow", and introduces characters such as "Second Generation Black Widow" and "Red Guard" to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The main timeline of the story is established after Captain America 3.

The Easter egg at the end of the film also laid the groundwork for the appearance of the "Second Black Widow" in the subsequent "Hawkeye" episode, and the dialogue between Countess de la Fontaine and the "Second Black Widow" also seemed to foreshadow that the character would become a member of the "Thunder Agents".

"What if...? 》

"What if...? is the first animated work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this animated series shows the wonderful display of the multiverse view, and reshapes the heroic characters such as Spider-Man, Thor, and Iron Man, so that it has successfully won the love of many audiences and fans after its broadcast.

According to the latest official timeline, the animated series is sure to take place after the story of Loki. At the end of the series, the Observer assembles an unprecedented team of heroes from various universes to deal with the multiverse crisis brought by Ultron. In this episode, we can see Captain Carter, Steve Rogers as a Hydra armored driver, T'Challa's version of Star-Lord, the blackened version of Doctor Strange, Black Widow in the zombie universe...

It can be said that the entire series uses the concept of parallel universes and the perspective of observers to re-present the classic images and pictures in previous Marvel film works for the audience in different ways. And Captain Carter in the episode and the blackened version of Doctor Strange have all performed brilliantly in subsequent film works.

"Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"

As one of the few single-man superhero film works in the fourth stage, the film tells the audience about Shang Qi's heroic origin and his grudge with his father. At the same time, the film also brings the audience another cosmic dimension of the secret Tarot and the weapon Ten Rings with a mysterious origin.

The Eternals

"Eternals" can be said to be the largest film investment in the fourth phase of Marvel movies, and the director of the film is Zhao Ting, who once won the Oscar with "No Place".

The starring cast includes Angelina Jolie, Ma Dong-seok, "Game of Thrones" actor Kit Harrington and so on. Compared with Marvel's other hero team, the "Fantastic Four", the "Eternals" have more than twice as many members, and their historical origin and superpowers are beyond people's imagination.

According to the information revealed by the current plot of "Eternals", the ultimate purpose of the mission of the "Eternals" on Earth is actually for the "Celestial Race" to harvest the population, that is, the entire earth is actually the pasture of the Celestial Race, and humans are the lambs to be slaughtered in this pasture.

In addition to "Eternals", the Easter eggs of the film also introduce heroic characters such as "Black Knight" and "Blade Warrior" to the audience. Although the word-of-mouth evaluation showed a polarizing trend after the release of this film, the story of "Eternals" will certainly not end here.

"Hawkeye"

Not long ago, the news of the accidental accident of "Hawkeye" actor Jeremy Renner must have been remembered by many viewers and fans, which is also destined to be impossible to see the majestic archery macho in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a period of time in the future.

But fortunately, the series "Hawkeye" has found a successor to his heroic career for "Hawkeye", that is, Kate Lee, who was deeply attracted to "Hawkeye" in the New York War and grew up with her own personal efforts and had super archery skills. M. Bishop.

The whole series unfolds in a relaxed and witty tone, and finally ends in a warm and harmonious journey home, which also reveals to some extent the dullness of the series' work.

Compared to other works of the same period, if it were not for the interspersed characters such as Echo and the villain Kim and other characters who would still play an important role in future works, as well as the introduction of the role of Bishop. It's hard to imagine that Marvel would launch such a series work.

Although many people sneered at the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they even said that none of the Marvel film and television works in this period had a Douban and IMDB score of more than 7.0.

However, among the eight fourth-stage works reviewed in the first two articles, the lowest Douban score is "Eternals" 5.8, followed by "Shang Qi" 6.0 and "Black Widow" 6.2, and the Douban scores of the remaining works are more than 7.0, and there are three works with a Douban score of more than 8.0, including "WandaVision" 9.0 and "What if...?" 8.6 and Loki 8.5.

On IMDB, "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", "Shang-Qi", "WandaVision", "What if...? , "Loki", and "Hawkeye" all scored more than 7.0, and the highest scoring "Loki" had a score of 8.2.

Through the above data, it can also be seen that in the early stage of the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, although the film works are relatively crotch-pulling, they still maintain a high level in the production level of dramas, which also confirms the correctness of the development of Disney's streaming media platform and the development decision of Marvel Studios to lead original series.

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