The plotting and pacing aren't as tight as in "Winter Soldier," but if you're looking for dark human conflict and rousing superhero-on-superhero action, this movie does a whole lot right that "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" did wrong. Jon Favreau , then most famous for directing "Elf" and writing and co-starring in "Swingers," seemed an odd choice for the material, but he knows how to give us both the characters played by Downey and Gwyneth Paltrow with panache and the ka-blam.
While Chadwick Boseman's titular African king-superhero takes something of a back seat to a troika of fascinating female characters -- played by Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright -- the movie nonetheless overflows with excitement and rich backstory. And Michael B.
Jordan's Killmonger ranks among the franchise's greatest villains. Less guilt-driven and haunted than previous iterations of the character on the page or screen , Tom Holland's Spider-Man has enough on his plate dealing with his superhero growing pains.
Hungry to join The Avengers but still grappling with all he has to learn -- he's only 15, after all -- our hero faces off against blue-collar bad guy The Vulture Michael Keaton, Birdman at last in an adventure that's breezy and funny while also featuring genuine stakes, terrific characterizations and wonderfully detailed casting.
It would be all too easy to make the spell-casting Master of the Mystic Arts look ridiculous on the big screen, but somehow director Scott Derrickson and his crew gave us a version of surgeon-turned-magician Dr. Stephen Strange Benedict Cumberbatch , who seems at home in the real world, rubbing shoulders with the Avengers, and traversing trippy, eye-popping dimensions where none other could go.
Aggressive patriotism meets anti-government paranoia in this exciting tale that pits the Captain against labyrinthine conspiracies. It also turns out that Steve Rogers is way more interesting displaced in time in the s than firmly at home in the s.
And you will believe The Falcon can fly. Nobody on the internet wants to talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it's a topic we just can't go on ignoring. Or maybe he'll join the "all hail" Thanos party since the Mad Titan's gang of villains was wiped out. You can follow along with our "Avengers: Infinity War" coverage here. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App.
Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Kirsten Acuna. Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for "Avengers: Infinity War. It was far enough into development to give him the strength boost he wanted, but Erskine had yet to work out the adverse side effects. Schmidt's impatience is what caused his head to be so terribly disfigured.
It resulted in the complete loss of hair, the skin all over his face to deteriorate and fall away, and his head to develop a red discoloration. It's possible that the super soldier serum would have had the same effect on anyone who used it at that time, but it could be that this particular effect was unique to Schmidt, based on other comments made by Erskine.
Erskine told Steve that the serum amplified the good and evil that was within the person who used it, which would mean that the evil head of HYDRA was transformed into something even worse than what he already was. In a way, his ugly physical appearance is a reflection of his true self. This origin story differs greatly from the explanation that was offered for the comic book Red Skull.
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