Let's face it now: it's going to be draining, turning up year after year for countless Marvel superhero escapades. As much fun as studios might think it would be and how much money would spend on them, the actors involved are going to want to stretch their legs a bit, creatively speaking (regardless of how much fun they're probably having in spandex themselves). That's probably why they tend to step away from big budget blockbusters between franchise iterations, concentrating instead on small, low-budget, prestige indie flicks (with some notable exceptions). They make for a nice change of pace to watch; a healthy antidote to the cacophony of the summer blockbuster season that is slowly but surely actually beginning to encompass the entire year. Audiences might even be surprised that some of these guys can actually act as well as throw a shield or a hammer around. After Avengers 2.5 - no, wait, I mean Captain America: Civil War - bows in April, it's going to be one heck of a wait until we're able to see all our favourite Avengers gussying up the same movie at the same time. After all, 2018 is still a ways away, so why not pass the time by absorbing some of these Avengers-starring flicks in the meantime?
Cinephile since 1993, aged 4, when he saw his very first film in the cinema - Jurassic Park - which is also evidence of damn fine parenting. World champion at Six Degrees of Separation. Lender of DVDs to cheap mates. Connoisseur of Marvel Comics and its Cinematic Universe.
