Ostrich Technique

Pretty wild that we've already been at this for one year! We couldn't skip posting today, and are bringing you a discussion on, arguably one of the best MCU films period, Captain America: The Winter Solider. Truly, a level-up for the MCU in terms of tone and genre story-telling that fires on all cylinders and fists pumping.

Certainly, it's one of our favorite MCU films coming into this rewatch, and we hope you join us for this exciting discussion on this fantastic movie!

And to anyone and everyone who has listened to and supported our podcast over the past year, thank you so much! We appreciate that you decided to join us for this ride and join our conversation about a movie series we genuinely enjoy discussing! Here's to another great year ahead!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts;

(00:02:30) - Act 1;

(00:18:09) - Trivia Round;

(00:26:28 ) - Act 2;

(00:43:05 ) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking;

(00:45:15) - Act 3;

(00:53:19) - Rating and Closing Thoughts

Hope you're ready for the sequel to end all sequels, truly one of the movies of all time, Thor: The Dark World, with Chris Hemsworth back as the titular Thor as he takes on Malekith the dark elf. Truly an iconic movie within the MCU filmography and Phase 2 overall. Ok, enough sarcasm, but seriously we do think this one is an interesting discussion where we dive into everything Thor 2, good and bad, for a movie that does play some role in the larger MCU.

We hope on this blessed Thors-day, you join us for another episode!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts;

(00:06:45) - Act 1;

(00:27:23) - Trivia Round;

(00:34:12 ) - Act 2;

(00:40:29) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking;

(00:42:16) - Act 3;

(00:55:02) - Rating and Closing Thoughts

Happy March! In celebration of Robert Downey Jr.'s recent Oscar win for Oppenheimer (congrats to him!), it seems fitting to discuss his last solo outing as Iron Man in one of the unique entries in the Infinity Saga, Iron Man 3. Definitely a movie we haven't seen or thought about in a long time but certainly a worthy three-quel in Tony Stark's character arc. And yes, of course we discuss THAT major twist.

We hope you join us for another interesting discussion!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts;

(00:04:55) - Act 1;

(00:32:12) - Trivia Round;

(00:41:50 ) - Act 2;

(00:56:56) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking;

(00:59:46) - Act 3;

(01:23:45) - Rating and Closing Thoughts

A super-sized episode to wrap up Phase 1, we finally dive into The Avengers! Directed by Joss Whedon, this movie definitely changed the game for the superhero genre and it was worthy of a giant episode to cover everything in it fully. We were definitely looking forward to rewatching this movie and we hope you join us for this last discussion for phase 1!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts

(00:07:02) - Act 1

(00:38:48) - Trivia Round

(00:55:04 ) - Act 2

(01:24:28 ) - Rapid Fire Round - Name the Villains

(01:26:51) - Act 3

(01:37:51) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking

(01:39:40) - Phase 1 Retrospective

(01:40:53) - Rating the Avengers and Closing Thoughts

Surprise! A bit of an overdue reaction episode, but we wanted to share our quick thoughts on the latest MCU movie, The Marvels, and why it seems to indicate the current state of the MCU, as we break down and diagnose some of the core issues that are affecting the franchise right now.

This episode is slightly different from our usual approach and we hope you enjoy this more analytic discussion!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Reaction to The Marvels; (00:08:08) - Current State of the MCU; (00:24:30) - Reasons to be Hopeful about the MCU's Future

As the new MCU movie, The Marvels comes out today, we would like to take a look back in this episode and "marvel" at Chris Evans first outing as Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger. Definitely a movie we feel gets better with each viewing and is our last phase 1 movie before the whole team comes together in The Avengers.

We hope you join us to meet our last core Avenger and join our discussion!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts; (00:03:08) - Act 1; (00:26:29) - Trivia Round; (00:36:00 ) - Act 2; (00:52:00 ) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking ; (00:54:20) - Act 3 and Final Thoughts

Happy Thors-day (Thursday) and Happy Loki S2 Premiere day! Keeping the Thor love going by diving into the next movie in the MCU and looking back at his first outing, the eponymous "Thor", directed by Kenneth Branagh. Certainly a very different tone for all these characters where they started off and nostalgic to see these characters in such a different place than they've ended up now! Join us as we embark on the MCU's first journey to Asgard and the mythical New Mexican desert!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts; (00:07:45) - Act 1; (00:28:21) - Trivia Round; (00:37:42) - Act 2; (00:50:26) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking ; (00:52:29) - Act 3 and Final Thoughts

And we march along to the third movie released by the MCU, Iron Man 2! Helmed by Jon Faverau again, this one is certainly more of a mixed bag, but not without its fair share of highs as well. Join us for our next discussion as we dive into this movie and discuss the good and the bad!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts; (00:03:23) - Act 1; (00:24:51) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking; (00:26:32) - Act 2; (00:39:41) - Trivia; (00:46:26) - Act 3 and Final Thoughts

After a couple of mini-episodes, we are back to our regular series as we review MCU movie #2, The Incredible Hulk. We missed the 15 anniversary by a couple of months but we hope you still join our discussion as we walk through Hulk's only solo outing in the MCU (and hopefully not the last)!

Chapters:

(00:00:00) - Intro and Overall Thoughts; (00:05:44) - Act 1; (00:23:33) - Stan Lee Cameo Ranking; (00:24:16) - Act 2; (00:44:11) - Trivia; (00:52:41) - Act 3 and Final Thoughts

So another major Marvel movie came out this past weekend and yet again, we are overflowing with thoughts and opinions coming out of this absolutely bonkers movie. We decided to take the leap of faith and dive into a brief spoiler discussion of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse