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Very disappointing. It starts off pretty well - okay, it's very heavy on the exposition, but then it calms down a bit, it's pretty charming, and the fight scenes are actually well choreographed and directed! But then the usual Marvel problems show up. CG immediately starts creeping in, sucking the weight and peril out of everything. The movie continues to do exposition and set-up for the first 90 minutes, not taking a moment to breathe as it crams in all of the designated Feige Masterplan elements. It takes about five minutes to try to give the lead a personality, dish out a couple of character arcs, and train everyone up to the required skill levels, then moves into the climactic battle which feels like a Bay Transformers movie - human characters getting flung around a scene as big CG things hit each other. Nothing is earned, not the victories or the reconciliations or the noble sacrifices or the character developments.
One of those movies you fan-edit in your head as you go - this should have started with Shang-Chi's regular life, had the surprise bus fight, done a very streamlined version of alllll the flashbacks, then moved forward into a lean Big Trouble In Little China style romp with Awkwafina, Terry Slattery and a lead character with a personality making their way through weird locales.
