Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
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iariaI liked it.
+ Some fun fight scenes. The bus fight and the bamboo scaffold fight were excellent. In the former I loved Katy taking over the driving and in the latter I loved Shang-Chi actually failing to save Katy and then Xialing saving her.
+ Shang-Chi and Katy's friendship was so lovely. What I loved best of all was that their love for each other was deep and they were very close, affectionate and ride-or-die with each other and all while being 100% platonic.
+ Tony Leung was excellent as Wenwu and stole all the scenes he was in.
+ I was 100% there for the love story of Wenwu and Ying Li.
+ The way the end fight with the Dweller-in-Darkness looked was amazing.
+ I loved the dragon, Great Protector. I loved those little moments of connection both Shang-Chi and Xialing had with her.
+ It was only the end credit scene but I LOVED Xialing taking over the Ten Rings instead of disbanding it like she told Shang-Chi she would. Everything about it works for me from the fact that she's the one to do it (yessss*) to it being a newer gender-integrated version (yes). I'm here for it.
*Wenwu's dismissal of Xialing was infuriating. The way he announced "my son is home" grrr. I was disappointed we didn't get any resolution between them. But it made her becoming his successor very satisfying.
+ It was great to see Wong again. Him joining Shang-Chi and Katy for some karaoke was a delight.
+ When Wong showed up for Shang-Chi I wondered where Doctor Strange was and why Wong was the one leading the investigation into the Ten Rings, and inducting the newest 'superheroes'. But actually I love the implications that everyone in this community is dividing up threats as they come and working together. So the Ten Rings happens and Wong isn't busy so he's the one to do further researching into it and can call on others like Bruce and Carol to consult. I like it.
+ I liked the reveal that Shang-Chi actually did kill the man behind his mother's murder and that was why he ran away.
+ Shang-Chi and Wenwu blaming each other for Li's death was sad and undeserved but also made sense as weapons to use against each other in their grief.
+ I loved Morris. I loved seeing all those different mythological animals.
+ Trevor Slatterly was definitely not a character I expected to see again but I liked him, and his bond with Morris was great.
+ Klev casually live-streaming the bus fight with commentary was great.
+ I love that Wenwu kept on eye on both his kids and knew exactly where they were. I liked that months before he'd given Shang-Chi his sister's location to bring them together. But I wish the show had spent a little more time on that reveal? Especially with regards to Xialing and Wenwu.
+ At the beginning Razor Fist says to Shang-Chi "You and your sister deserve what is coming" which was very ominous but then nothing actually comes of it? His father never intended for either of them to get hurt when their necklaces were taken and the whole plan was to rescue their mother. I was waiting for him to take advantage of Wenwu's focus on his wife to betray him or stage a coup but he ended up being genuinely loyal to Wenwu? I wondered if he was jealous of Wenwu being their father/loving them? idk. Did he mean this, said in a threatening way, sincerely as 'you two kids deserve to get your family back'??? Why so threatening Razorfist??
+ I have a hard buying that Wenwu would leave his home so completely unguarded. He's a millennia old warlord that ran a massive secret assassin organization. Even if he chose to give up the rings and step away from that life he had to know there was always going to be danger. He spent so long alone and now that he has a family he wasn't paranoid about protecting them? Nope, not buying it.
+ I'm also not sold on the idea that Wenwu found the man behind his wife's murder - and then sent his 14 year old son off alone to kill him. There is no way he wouldn't want the satisfaction of killing that man himself, or to watch him die and at the very least I'd have expected him to make it a family bonding experience.
+ The attacks on his kids to get their pendants were really unnecessary and frankly were a big waste of his loyal soldiers.
+ Trevor playing dead on the battlefield was amusing but made no sense. Pretty sure the soul-suckers can tell if someone has a soul or not.
+ When the soul-suckers were taking souls to the Dweller-in-Darkness as it was being defeated and when one of them grabbed the old archery dude and ours heroes simply stared in horror I was very 'uh, shoot them?!'
+ I loved the addition of the phoenixes to Katy taking the shot at the Dweller-in-Darkness and wished they'd kept that. But I definitely agree that cutting out Trevor and Morris being among them was a great cut. That was just dumb.
+ I'm very curious about who was Snapped. Shang-Chi and Katy both being directionless and happy to continue being unambitious against their lawyer friend could be an indication that they were both Snapped but it could also just mean they were directionless. I did look up actor ages and Xialing's actress is a couple years older than Shang-Chi's actor which could mean nothing but could also mean he was Snapped and she wasn't which could be very interesting. But then Wenwu said he knew where they were for all ten years so - not Snapped?
+ Some fun fight scenes. The bus fight and the bamboo scaffold fight were excellent. In the former I loved Katy taking over the driving and in the latter I loved Shang-Chi actually failing to save Katy and then Xialing saving her.
+ Shang-Chi and Katy's friendship was so lovely. What I loved best of all was that their love for each other was deep and they were very close, affectionate and ride-or-die with each other and all while being 100% platonic.
+ Tony Leung was excellent as Wenwu and stole all the scenes he was in.
+ I was 100% there for the love story of Wenwu and Ying Li.
+ The way the end fight with the Dweller-in-Darkness looked was amazing.
+ I loved the dragon, Great Protector. I loved those little moments of connection both Shang-Chi and Xialing had with her.
+ It was only the end credit scene but I LOVED Xialing taking over the Ten Rings instead of disbanding it like she told Shang-Chi she would. Everything about it works for me from the fact that she's the one to do it (yessss*) to it being a newer gender-integrated version (yes). I'm here for it.
*Wenwu's dismissal of Xialing was infuriating. The way he announced "my son is home" grrr. I was disappointed we didn't get any resolution between them. But it made her becoming his successor very satisfying.
+ It was great to see Wong again. Him joining Shang-Chi and Katy for some karaoke was a delight.
+ When Wong showed up for Shang-Chi I wondered where Doctor Strange was and why Wong was the one leading the investigation into the Ten Rings, and inducting the newest 'superheroes'. But actually I love the implications that everyone in this community is dividing up threats as they come and working together. So the Ten Rings happens and Wong isn't busy so he's the one to do further researching into it and can call on others like Bruce and Carol to consult. I like it.
+ I liked the reveal that Shang-Chi actually did kill the man behind his mother's murder and that was why he ran away.
+ Shang-Chi and Wenwu blaming each other for Li's death was sad and undeserved but also made sense as weapons to use against each other in their grief.
+ I loved Morris. I loved seeing all those different mythological animals.
+ Trevor Slatterly was definitely not a character I expected to see again but I liked him, and his bond with Morris was great.
+ Klev casually live-streaming the bus fight with commentary was great.
+ I love that Wenwu kept on eye on both his kids and knew exactly where they were. I liked that months before he'd given Shang-Chi his sister's location to bring them together. But I wish the show had spent a little more time on that reveal? Especially with regards to Xialing and Wenwu.
+ At the beginning Razor Fist says to Shang-Chi "You and your sister deserve what is coming" which was very ominous but then nothing actually comes of it? His father never intended for either of them to get hurt when their necklaces were taken and the whole plan was to rescue their mother. I was waiting for him to take advantage of Wenwu's focus on his wife to betray him or stage a coup but he ended up being genuinely loyal to Wenwu? I wondered if he was jealous of Wenwu being their father/loving them? idk. Did he mean this, said in a threatening way, sincerely as 'you two kids deserve to get your family back'??? Why so threatening Razorfist??
+ I have a hard buying that Wenwu would leave his home so completely unguarded. He's a millennia old warlord that ran a massive secret assassin organization. Even if he chose to give up the rings and step away from that life he had to know there was always going to be danger. He spent so long alone and now that he has a family he wasn't paranoid about protecting them? Nope, not buying it.
+ I'm also not sold on the idea that Wenwu found the man behind his wife's murder - and then sent his 14 year old son off alone to kill him. There is no way he wouldn't want the satisfaction of killing that man himself, or to watch him die and at the very least I'd have expected him to make it a family bonding experience.
+ The attacks on his kids to get their pendants were really unnecessary and frankly were a big waste of his loyal soldiers.
+ Trevor playing dead on the battlefield was amusing but made no sense. Pretty sure the soul-suckers can tell if someone has a soul or not.
+ When the soul-suckers were taking souls to the Dweller-in-Darkness as it was being defeated and when one of them grabbed the old archery dude and ours heroes simply stared in horror I was very 'uh, shoot them?!'
+ I loved the addition of the phoenixes to Katy taking the shot at the Dweller-in-Darkness and wished they'd kept that. But I definitely agree that cutting out Trevor and Morris being among them was a great cut. That was just dumb.
+ I'm very curious about who was Snapped. Shang-Chi and Katy both being directionless and happy to continue being unambitious against their lawyer friend could be an indication that they were both Snapped but it could also just mean they were directionless. I did look up actor ages and Xialing's actress is a couple years older than Shang-Chi's actor which could mean nothing but could also mean he was Snapped and she wasn't which could be very interesting. But then Wenwu said he knew where they were for all ten years so - not Snapped?
