Shang-Chi and the legend of the 10 rings

What I liked: Awkwafina. She made a great friend/sidekick. She was funny and had very relatable reactions. I liked the bus fight. You often meet interesting people on public transit, I have yet to meet a machete armed assassin, but it seems like just a matter of time honestly. I liked the mythical creatures, they were impressive and cute depending on the type. I'm not totally convinced about the moving bamboo maze, it seems cool but also like you could easily sneak past it in an airplane or hang glider or something. I think all the Avengers should go out for karaoke, it could be the new shawarma. I liked the tie in to Ironman 3, but it got a bit too silly for my by the end.

What I didn't: I have to side with Awkwafina, going into hiding and creating a new identity that is only tonally shifted from your original name is not a great way to stay hidden. Neither is using your awesome fighting skills to go viral. Also if you have a whole army of cool assassins does it really matter if both your targets are in the same location to kidnap them at the same time? It seems like it would be easier to kidnap them each individually, without warning. Overall, I think the dragon got far too little thanks. Everyone was very grateful to the heroes but did they even say good job to the dragon? Did they give the dragon a nice snack? Maybe take it to the pet salon? If I were the dragon, I would be annoyed. The sister had a lot of potential to be really cool, sadly her character wasn't very well developed and she didn't even really have a great boss fight. I would have liked her to be more interesting even if they aren't planning on making her a main character for a few years. I mean how can you have your own underground nightclub and awesome hip hop ninjas and still come across as a super flat character? I'm not sure what was up with the masked bad guy. Did no one else care about their identity? Did no one else want to look super cool? Was it the same guy the whole time or did they take turns?

Who should watch this? People who like the marvel movies. People who like cool fights involving dragons. People who thought that there was 90% too little ring in Lord of the Rings.

Would I watch it again? Yes.

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