So, last night, the documentary/special about the Marvel Cinematic Universe premiered, but was it any good? Well, in a word, in a very bad pun, it was marvelous. I particularly love watching special features, and I find it fascinating to see how films/television shows come together into the thing we see on the screen, and it's interesting from a writer's standpoint to see what's it's like for other writers, or at least that's how it is for me. So, I guess you could say that I'm slightly biased, but, still, seriously, if you can, watch this special, because it's really interesting, it's not boring, it's a perfect companion and really showcases how the Marvel Cinematic Universe came together.
Synopsis: Written By Me
Take a look behind the scenes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to see how films just as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and the Incredible Hulk came together to form one of the best comic book films of all time: The Avengers.
Review:
Unlike some specials, this documentary/special was really interesting, and kept my attention. It was funny in some areas, making me laugh. It highlighted each film, and showcased a lot of interesting parts, and how the films connect into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It also showed a few new clips from Captain America: The Winter Solider, which has become the film I'm looking forward to the most, to be honest, and a very short amount of new clips from Guardians of the Galaxy, which I'm also starting to look forward to as well. It also showcased some concept art for Avengers: Age of Ultron, featuring designs for Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, and also a piece of concept art of the Hulk and Black Widow standing back to back. Another bit of what I imagine is concept art, is a gigantic Iron Man suit battling the Hulk-did Ultron tap into the armor? Or did Hulk lose control somehow?-which made me sit up straight watching it. It also showed a few new clips from the upcoming episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which shows *Spoilers* the Bus landing on what looks to be a helicarrier (I didn't notice this the first time I watched the trailer for Assembling a Universe, but someone pointed it out on Youtube), and Agent Hand saying that there is an agent down. (A 'What?' escaped my lips at this). It also showed-what I'm assuming is visual effects testing-testing for the upcoming Ant-Man film, and also showed some insight on the makings of the Marvel One-Shots (A Funny thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer; Agent Carter). In all, the special was really interesting, had a lot of great guest stars, awesome footage from Comic-Con (*sigh*), and was just plain marvelous all around. Avengers, Assemble!
Overview:
5/5
-Tegan
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