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You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Hungry

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  I think that The Hulk is one of the more underrated movies in the MCU. Case in point, it got itself a spiritual sequel in the recent Captain America Brave New World . We found out what happens with Blonsky and Ross and their toxic symbiotic relationship in the years since Hulk . I go into detail at the end of this post. I’m not even going to discuss the fact that Edward Norton had a negative relationship with Marvel Studios, trying to take control of the movie. He does a great job in this movie, but I think Mark Ruffallo is better.   Opening credits are some of the best in the early MCU. Tells everything you need to know how Banner became Hulk and everything he’s done since then William Hurt as General Ross. How he managed politically and militarily to survive this whole fiasco and still fail upwards is beyond me (more on that later) Rochina Favelas. Honestly, this movie and Fast 5 (and one episode of CSI: Miami ) taught me everything I need to know about the Fa...

Ridiculous. I Don't Paint

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  The original movie that started the whole MCU thing. Not one of Marvel’s more popular characters, but they took a chance anyway. The X-Men and Spider-man movies said that Tony Stark created Magneto’s plastic prison and invented Otto Octavius’ metal arms – both of these theories bit the dust by the way. Anyhoo, Robert Downey Jr crushed this role. His charisma and pure acting prowess gave Tony Stark everything he needed to own the MCU for over 10 years. I’ve seen this movie so many times but was still amazed on my rewatch. This movie paved the way for everything that came afterwards. Everything Doomsday may be came from this movie. Iron Man 2 may have been fixated on legacy, but this movie started it (in retrospect, of course).   I’m not a big streaming fan for my favorite movies, so the DVD is my choice, The previews on the DVD included the original JJ Abrams Star Trek and the Crystal Skull As I said, RDJ is perfect for this role. The drink, the dialogue. Plus AC/DC ...