That word “homework” gets on my nerves and I don’t think I can fully articulate why. I guess in a way that’s what a pet peeve is, when you can’t quite explain why it annoys you. I think there are reasons I have yet to articulate, even to myself, but I will try to articulate it at least a bit.
They’re referring to watching TV and movies as work they’re being forced to do in order to watch more movies and shows. They’re upset that a group of movies and shows are connected and build on one another. I think they’re fundamentally viewing the MCU in a different way than I do, they’re viewing each movie and show as a seperate entity while I view it as one long series. To me it sounds as silly as complaining “I want to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows but it requires me to read six other books for homework”. Obviously each book in the series builds on the previous ones. Maybe watching a long franchise consisting of movies and shows isn’t for everyone, if it’s a problem for you to watch every entry in the series, maybe just don’t watch this franchise.
I sort of get where some of these people are coming from. They want to see Marvel movies in theatres but some of the movies are connected to series they can only watch if they subscribe to Disney+, which they don’t want to do. But watching movies has never been free. Even if the movies weren’t connected to Disney+ shows, they’re still connected to movies you have to pay to watch somehow.
I think it’s just superhero/marvel fatigue truth be told.
Movies are a lot easier to keep up with than TV shows in my opinion. Plus a lot of the TV shows I’ve tried just didn’t hook me in the way a movie would.
Wandavision is really the only one that hooked me of the several I tried, and I feel like Wanda’s character was VASTLY changed between that show and Dr Strange, so it really felt like nothing matters.
I’ve personally enjoyed every entry in the MCU. maybe some more than others, but there are none I’ve disliked. I guess I just need to try to empathize with those that don’t enjoy every series. But for me, if the series doesn’t appeal to you, the movie that follows it probably won’t either
Post endgame I have found that Marvel movies just haven’t really been as enjoyable as they used to be. I’m sure some of it is nostalgia, but I feel like there has been a quality dip.
Guardians 3 was the best one that I’ve seen out of:
Spider-Man: No Way Home Shang-Chi Doctor Strange MoM Thor Love and Thunder Guardians 3
I probably would have watched the Black Panther sequel and Antman, since I liked their other movies a lot.
And really I wouldn’t say any of these movies are bad or anything like that. Just not as enjoyable.
I have only seen WandaVision to completion and none of these movies TV shows outside of Moon Knight look even interesting to me. But that’s cause I like Poe Dameron/Jason Isaacs.
WandaVision is the best. In my opinion, the only series that’s come close to topping WandaVision is Agatha All Along, which is a direct spinoff of WandaVision
Oh I forgot about Agatha All Along. My wife watched that while I was reading a book, so I caught bits and pieces of it. Seemed solid.