Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings [Blu-ray]

This is my favorite of the Marvel movies. Great cinematography and special effects. Excellent script and top-notch actors. Simu Liu and Awkwafina are standouts. Bonus features were interesting and a lot of fun. I have watched this film at least four times and have enjoyed it every time.

Exactly as described.

Not my Shang-Chi.Retcon.You see, I grew up with Powerman and Iron Fist and had my run-ins with Shang-Chi ... you know, the son of Fu Manchu.This isn't him. This isn't my Shang-Chi.This is some other guy.It was a good movie in it's own right, but it isn't my Shang-chi ... I think I've made that clear enough now.Both Marvel and DC have seen retcons over the years.Really there was a retcon between the Golden Age and Silver Age of comics.I don't know. Retcons every 25-50 years is one thing. Retcon-ing every couple of years ... it's getting out of hand. Entire universes getting torn apart. Now they are killing of 50% of the universe in one movie ... and recon-ing reality in the next.This is only part of that. A Retcon.Just because it is a different world doesn't mean it is a bad one. I mean I really have no idea what has been going on in Marvel comics for the most part in over 20 years. I have no idea what Shang-chi is like now ... in print.This was a ride from ho-hum life to crazy fantasy trip.Heroes journey? Not much of path down into darkness ... some ... but not to much really unless you count the flash backs.Same goes for "is it a kung fu movie" .... I guess if you have read any of my martial arts/wuxia movie reviews you probably knew that was coming. Yes. This is a kung fu movie ... the main character does have training sequence to show them learning their skills ... more than one in fact. Training sequences for more than one main/support characters. And training sequences in general. However, at the same time, there is no actual enduring practice of any special art/technique. Very superficial when it comes to training. A rock skipping on the surface. There is no deep dive into the power within Shang-chi ... there is instead a lot of really good CGI.It gets very GI Joe in some places, but COBRA agents aren't able to jump out of submarines that have been blown out of the water wearing parachutes so they can drift down safely to the water or nearby islands.Spoiler alert!If you are going to kill off 50% of the universe, people are dying in the process.These deaths don't have the impact of the original animated Transformers movie starring Orson Welles, Leonard Nimoy, and Eric Idle.I can't really say any more without any real spoilers.Best way to end this is to say that if you were a fan of the original Shang-Chi from 1970's this movie is going to take you places with the character that you would never figure it was going to go ... and pretty much in an entirely different world .... oh, did I mention that "He's not my Shang-Chi"?

Shang - Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is brilliant. 😀👍

This is just a great movie!

The movie was great. The packaging for the movie was great. Everything was great. I am so thankful that I bought this movie.❤️

This movie is the Chow Mein of superhero movies.It is fake, unauthentic, bad, but non-Asians seem to like it so it is popular.The movie seems to have went through different plot twists except it forgot to tell the audience. I swear I felt I saw at least 3 plots with multiple conclusions in one single movie.Is the father supposed to be the evil antagonist? Yes.Is the father supposed to be a victim who deserves sympathy? Yes.Is the father supposed to love his son and daughter? Yes.Is the father supposed to hate and want to kill his son and daughter? YesWhy can't the father make up his mind? Ask the fortune cookie.Also, why is the love-interest asian girl portrayed by, of all names, Awkwafina? She plays a real lovely eye candy damsel in distress that begs the reaction of "why HER???". I mean where are the hot asian women in this movie? Don't Shang Chi like hot asian women? Or is he supposed to be gay? (hey superman is gay so why not Shang Chi?).That's too bad because this movie does have some great actors and actresses. But the movie is twisted in a convoluted plot with many twists of its own. The kung fu action is just ordinary by modern standards. The special effects is boring. The characters are totally uncompelling. "I killed those who killed my mother" confesses guilty-driven Shang Chi. Oh yeah, that was really upsetting..*yawn*.We need a better Asian character movie, and unfortunately, Shang Chi just doesn't cut it.