Marvel is facing a severe crisis
Within past years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has provided viewers a mass amount of content. However, not all of the content has been well liked or even considered “good.” I have had the privilege of watching all the movies and TV shows the MCU has created and numerous online critics would agree with me in saying the MCU has seen better days. Examples of poor quality movies/TV shows that have hit screens lately would be “She Hulk” and “The Marvels.”
The MCU started off strong with the very first “Iron Man” which was an absolute hit. From there on, they continued making well loved movies for the next decade or so, this, until the pandemic struck, resulting in the MCU taking a heavy hit.
During the final year of the COVID era, the MCU started with its first TV series on Disney+, “Wandavision,” which was a massive win. This was only the start.
After that, we started to receive TV shows and a couple of movies that weren’t as satisfying, leaving us with a total of nine shows. With only three of those nine being even remotely good, it became a wake up call for Marvel.
In the movie “The Marvels” we get to see how three characters interact with each other to face down a villain. Unfortunately, the movie was incredibly rushed and relied heavily on its humor to carry the movie. When I was watching this movie for the first time I found that I did not enjoy it nearly as much as other MCU projects in the past.
The character, Carol Danvers, also known as Captain Marvel, had such an intense build up in previous films only for it all to be shattered with a terrible script. This continued to happen to a lot of characters; there was good build up from previously well thought out movies only for it to be shattered or destroyed with rushed work.
The TV show “She-Hulk” was released when the MCU was trying to make a comeback after many bad bits of content for a long period of time.
Recently, however, Marvel has been producing better movies and better content, focusing on quality over quantity. One major movie that has recently come out, “Deadpool and Wolverine,” brought hope back to fans, assuring them that it would only get better from there.
I have high hopes for the future of the MCU and am truly excited for many of its upcoming projects. One can only hope that they put the same amount of effort into their newer projects that they did for their most recent, “Deadpool and Wolverine.”