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Jasonic's Favorites: Spider-Man: Homecoming

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Hello, and good evening, Internet! With the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day happening this week, it is shockingly perfect timing to revisit the Tom Holland series of films from the beginning. Released in 2017 (9 years ago, can you believe it?!), Spider-Man: Homecoming was the first of the Tom Holland Spider-Man solo films in the MCU. After Marvel and Sony worked out a deal to share the rights of the character, Spidey was allowed to exist for the first time in the MCU starting with a brief, but significant appearance in Captain America: Civil War. With Spidey already proving to be a profitable superhero after his previous five solo films in his own universes, Homecoming released to a high grossing as well as significant critical acclaim. This one has become one of the most beloved MCU films in general with passionate Spidey fans having their fair share of criticism, but loving it no less. People who know me know, no doubt, that Spidey has been and continues to be my favorite ...
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Jasonic's Favorites: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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Hello, and good evening, Internet! An underrated MCU movie nowadays, but a pretty good hit when it came out, I am forever a fan of "The Trilogy" structure and this second act proves why. Released in 2017, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the MCU from the point of view of the Guardians of the Galaxy, delivering all kinds of fun shenanigans as the group goes on separate journeys. It was a great financial success at the time, surpassing the first film and Avengers: Age of Ultron, with critical reception being slightly lower than the first one, but absolutely nothing abysmal. The MCU had found a consistent audience at this point that regardless of any characters' or team's previous popularity, we as fans and casual moviegoers cared enough to see where previously unknown groups like the Guardians were gonna go and this movie did not disappoint. I distinctly remember seeing the trailer scene of Rocket telling Baby Groot about which button NOT to press on a bomb...
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Jasonic's Favorites: Captain America: Civil War

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Hello, and good evening, Internet! One of the most well-recieved Marvel movies despite the size of its cast, I still hold this movie in high regard because, by this point in the MCU timeline, I fully cared about all the characters. Released in 2016 (10 years ago, can you believe it?!), Captain America: Civil War serves as the third and final film of the Chris Evans Captain America movies and is a condensed adaptation of one of the most significant Marvel arcs of the 21st century. By this point, the MCU had grown so well that it was critically and financially well-received, perhaps one of the best of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever had at the time and since. Hardcores may have been disappointed that Disney didn't have all the rights to to include all the superheroes back then, but the casuals? Plenty of them were already invested in the franchise for this conflict to land and I already knew and met many fans who were picking sides with Team Captain America vs. Team Iron Man....
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Jasonic's Favorites: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Hello, and good evening, Internet! Harry Potter remains one of my favorites and I continue to revisit the movies in our current climate of us fans getting a new show at HBO Max. Released in 2007, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the first of the Harry Potter films directed by David Yates and continues to prove the success of the Harry Potter film franchise beyond the first four movies. It was a great opening weekend -- one, if not THE biggest at the time -- and box office success, and critics generally enjoyed it. As an adaptation of the thickest book in the series, it, shockingly, clocks in as the single movie adaptation with the shortest runtime -- that is only if you count Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 as a single project, in which case, Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the shortest on its own. In all my years of watching Harry Potter and engaging with the fans and watchers, people have either liked this movie the least or remembered it fondly, and I might be in the latter...
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Jasonic's Favorites: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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Hello, and good evening, Internet! Call it clickbait if you will, but this movie had some neat ideas going for it no matter how overcluttered it got -- I hear the Ultimate Edition is better too! Released in 2016 (10 years ago -- can you believe it?!), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was a sequel to 2013's Man of Steel and an attempt at propelling forward the DCEU (DC Extended Universe) into relevance well before James Gunn got involved in fixing the universe himself. At the time of release, however, it was one of the biggest opening weekends ever, but its mixed critical reception resulted in a sad dropoff in box office returns by the following week. With its universe only having done a single film with Man of Steel three years prior, DC apparently were clamoring to play keep up with the MCU, which had masterfully built up a compelling universe starting with Iron Man in 2008 followed by several successful solo films, two Avengers crossovers, and at least one or two unrelate...
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