Jasonic's Favorite Character Films

Hello, and good evening, Internet! The long awaited, often imitated Dark Knight Trilogy is the reason I ended up liking Batman in the first place and I'm happy to finally get to it as of this review! Released in 2005, Batman Begins was the first theatrical Batman movie in eight years following the disaster many claim that Batman & Robin was despite its present cult following. Directed by the renowned Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale, and composed by Hans Zimmer, this movie took the Dark Knight back to his dark roots by grounding it in heavy realism and indeliberately revolutionized the superhero genre as a result. This film and its sequels -- mainly The Dark Knight -- have been praised to death for following such masterful filmmaking rules, writing such beloved characters and story arcs, and creating undeniable meme material from the memorable lines and performances such as Christian Bale's iconic "bat voice". At the time of release, people lauded ...

Hello, and good evening, Internet! Like with The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy are not one specific character, but rather a group of characters, all of which I enjoy so I'm including them alongside the Avengers in this blog anyway -- that and both groups have some of my favorite MCU movies. Released in 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy was one of the first unexpected hits of the MCU with its sci-fi B-movie tone, befitting Earthly soundtrack, memorable, likable characters, and overall talent involved. I, initially, wasn't hugely interested despite the film coming out on my birthday (August 1st), but I had seen an iteration of the Guardians of the Galaxy group in the Marvel cartoon, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Prior to getting the film on Blu-ray the following year, I knew somewhat what I was getting from certain characters such as Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Rocket Raccoon, and Groot, a zany list of characters that sound and -- and in the case of Rocket and Gro...

Hello, and good evening, Internet! This was the only Harry Potter I reviewed on my previous blog and now that I've done the previous two, I am redoing this one with my new format and updated thoughts! Released in 2004, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is regarded by many fans and critics to be both the best book in the book series as well as the best film in the film franchise -- and I agree with both. It is widely known that the reason for this movie's and the franchise's success has to do with how it both evolves and matures the franchise, essentially growing along with the audience. Whereas the first two movies were more child-friendly -- Chamber of Secrets less so than Sorcerer's Stone -- this third year of Harry Potter's years at Hogwarts is his first year as a teenager and therefore the movie leans more into the teen angst side of things with a more serious plot, a more muted color palette, less cheery setpieces, and less extravagant music to boot...

Hello, and good evening, Internet! You might remember I did the first MCU Cap film on this and my old blog, however, I shockingly never got around to this one, which is debatably my favorite of the Cap trilogy -- soon to be quadrilogy unless the upcoming film doesn't count because it's a new character taking up the mantle. Regardless, I am happy to finally get around to this one, which was the most fantastic Marvel movie of its time -- 10+ years ago (my how time flies)! Released in 2014, Captain America: The Winter Soldier was the highly anticipated sequel to the mostly successful Captain America: The First Avenger -- and the character's first solo outing since the breakout success of The Avengers. It was the first of a few MCU titles directed by the now iconic duo of Anthony and Joe Russo and their directing mastery of MCU films really shines here -- arguably brighter than their later films, but not because their other films were bad. With the steady success that the...