Originally Posted by
Comic-Reader Lad
Well, as I said before, I'm skeptical that there is a Disney conspiracy in the sense that Disney is paying critics to give glowing reviews, but I do believe there is a fanboy bias among critics in favor of the Marvel movies. Doesn't mean Disney is paying them, but perhaps many critics--especially in the blogger age--grew up as fans of Marvel Comics and feel they have a vested interest in seeing Marvel succeed.
Reading comics since the 70s, I know the "Marvel Zombie" thing is real as far as their comics are concerned. It's not out of the question that Marvel Zombies exist for their movies as well.
I understand that perhaps certain Disney movies get the occasional bad review, but the Marvel movies generally don't, and they are often full of storytelling flaws that don't get harped on.
Again, I'm not saying Marvel movies aren't good, but they're "good for what they are." I haven't seen either Ant-Man/Wasp or Alita: Battle Angel, but for those people who have seen both, is there a real reason why Ant-Man and the Wasp has a Critics' RT of 88%, while Alita has now fallen below the 60% needed for a "fresh" rating?
Alita is now "Rotten" at 59%, but the Audience RT for Alita is 94%. I understand that Venom had a similar disparity, but even those who liked Venom agreed that it wasn't filmmaking excellence. However, Alita is getting praise for all aspects of its filmmaking.
So, again why is Alita, and for that matter, Aquaman (at 65%) rated so much lower than the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies?
To get specific, let's just look at every MCU movie and their RT scores. Looking at the scores, we can see that Alita and Aquaman have each scored WORSE than EVERY SINGLE MCU movie. Putting biases aside, is that really justified?
I don't think Disney is buying critics, but from decades of reading comics and following the industry, I know that Marvel Zombieism is real, and now I'm seeing it carried over to their movies. There's simply no real way, objectively speaking, that Alita and Aquaman are worse movies than every single MCU film. Critics have their own biases just like anyone and they seem to be caught up in the MCU experience to the point where it's clouding their objective judgment. The shared universe conceit is a rising tide that's lifting all boats.
PHASE 1
Iron Man: 93%
Incredible Hulk: 67%
Iron Man 2: 73%
Thor: 77%
Captain America: The First Avenger: 80%
Marvel's The Avengers: 92%
PHASE 2
Iron Man 3: 80%
Thor: The Dark World: 66%
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 90%
Guardians of the Galaxy: 91%
Avengers: Age of Ultron: 75%
Ant-Man: 82%
PHASE 3
Captain America: Civil War: 91%
Doctor Strange: 89%
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2: 84%
Spider-Man: Homecoming: 92%
Thor: Ragnarok: 92%
Black Panther: 97%
Avengers: Infinity War: 85%
Ant-Man and the Wasp: 88%
Captain Marvel: to be determined
Avengers: Endgame: to be determined
PHASE 4
Spider-Man: Far from Home: to be determined