I Caught a Ray of Your Light

okay it shouldn't matter that much but shang chi passes the Bechdel test and that makes me really happy

finally saw shang-chi and i’m never shutting up about this movie ever, sorry

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wenwu comparing himself to millenial mortals is something i didnt know i needed 😂😂

I finally saw Shang Chi and it's my new favorite Marvel movie 😍

saaame

went to see shang-chi again and I’ve decided that my ONLY beef with it is that when shang-chi tells Katie that he went through with the assassination, we see nothing of what actually went down. like that’s such a crucial moment to him and his character arc, plus we had just come off of a huge flashback sequence that was building up to that revelation, and the audience gets basically nothing. imagine how poignant it would have been if after shang-chi says “I’m not who you think I am” (or somewhere thereabouts) it cuts to him as a teenager killing the man he thinks killed his mom. it could have been such a messy, emotional scene, especially for a kid who we’ve seen being fairly reserved and timid. and then the part where he yells “is this what you wanted?” at Wenwu would have hit SO much harder.

but i feel like this way we could focus more on how shang-chi feels about this now. the flashback would've shifted our attention to the kid, but this way we got to see the kid through the lense of shang-chi/simu's acting and i thought it was really beautiful and i agree that it could've been a really great flashback scene, but i actually prefer it this way because the delivery was flawless and perfect in my opinion

shang chi and katy redefined the concept of platonic affection carrying as much weight as romantic affection and i hope more mainstream screenwriters release they don’t need to include a romance arc for a relationship between two people to be emotional, committed and worthy of hype.