Tag: Jeremy Renner

The surviving Superheroes go after Thanos.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

Hopefully, everyone who is going to see “Avengers: Endgame,” has seen it by now. Doesn’t look like it is going to overtake “Avatar”.

So now, we can actually talk about it, without anyone having to plug their ears.

The question I had at the end of the film was: “What happened to the gems?”

The gems represent money and Thanos (Josh Brolin) is power. This is all about the era of might and money make right.

But, things happen, it really wasn’t clear to me, that Captain America (Chris Evans) actually put the gems back where they belong.

All I know is that he showed up as an old man holding his shield. Do you believe his story about the girl?

If it is true, he is the only one in the entire story, who actually gets to live an ideal life.

Just like Thanos does not get to decide who lives and who dies, neither does Captain America.

The new era should be about people stepping out of their egos. They start to care about others, about everyone.

This is a new world with no secrets, but it appears Captain America has some huge secrets to explain. What did he do with the gems?

Who doesn’t have an ego in this film? Every single superhero, is a great big wad of ego issues.

No one is capable or worthy of controlling the power of the gems.

As I was walking out of the theater with some other movie goers, we concluded that everything could be fixed with just one more time travel trip.

But, who should make the trip?

I would send the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton). She was the only one, who was able to give up the gem in her possession.

She has enough discipline and wisdom to actually not be tempted to misuse the gems. She may even think the problem through, before snapping her fingers.

Another point about this film that disturbed me was the bullying issue.

Everyone gangs up on Thanos. He is just one person. How many people does it take?

And, even Thanos cannot control the gems. His intentions may have been good, but no one is better off, not even him.

Why does Thanos feel that he had to eliminate half of humanity? Could it be an over population issue? Could it be that humanity is destroying its own environment?

Why not create a dimension of unlimited resources, instead of deleting half of the human resources?

On the positive side, I have never had three hours wiz by so fast. There was no room for boredom or sleepiness at all.

Pay attention, there just may be another follow-up on this action packed thriller.

What happened to the gems?

Thanos (Josh Brolin) takes off his armor.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame

Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark /Iron Man):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Robert_Downey_Jr.

Chris Hemsworth (Thor):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth

Rene Russo (Frigga):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Russo

Chris Evans (Captain America):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Evans_(actor)

Paul Rudd (Scott Lang / Ant-Man):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rudd

Brie Larson (Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brie_Larson

Gwyneth Paltrow (Virginia “Pepper” Potts):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow

Josh Brolin (Thanos) :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Brolin

Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/ Hulk):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ruffalo

Scarlett Johansson (Natasha romanoff/Black Widow):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson

Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton / Hawkeye):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Renner

5/14/2019 # Avengers:Endgame

Rookie FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) enlists the help of game tracker, Cory (Jeremy Renner).

WIND RIVER

Film Review by Marlene Ardoin

Taylor Sheridan, writer/director of last year’s “Hell or High Water,” appears to champion women in “Wind River.”

Sheridan points out how young, American Indian women get raped and disappear regularly, with no records to verify the crimes.

In the film, we discover that there are at least three young women, who have met this fate. There appears to be a serious cockroach infestation in the area.

So, who do the FBI send? A female FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) from Las Vegas, or is it Florida, is sent to Wyoming.

Jeremy Renner plays Cory Lambert, an effective and sharp-shooting U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tracker. It appears that wild animals, who prey on livestock, are kept better track of than rapists and murderers on the reservation.

Rookie FBI special agent Jane Banner (Olsen) needs lessons on how to survive in the brutal Wyoming winter weather, and Cory (Renner) helps her out, so she enlists his help in her investigation.

The investigation leads us to an oil rig community, who are raping the reservation lands in yet another way.

The brother of the raped girl, Chip (Martin Sensmeier), is an addict, living in a trailer on the reservation. The impotence of the American Indians appears to be generational. Wyoming lands are a brutal and a hopeless place for the offspring.

In the script, Cory (Renner) chastises Chip for not doing more with his life. He tells him that he could have gone into the services or to college.

His sister, Natalie (Kelsey Chow) , seemed to have a happy high school life, according to the pictures of her.

But, as soon as she leaves school, at 18, she is released from any adult instruction or direction. I guess this is what happened to her brother, Chip, as well.

Back to our female FBI agent, she proves that she has as much grit as she has humility in her situation.

The one thing that rubbed me the wrong way, was the graphicness of the rape scene as it unfolded. The situation was believable and just a little bit too pornographic for my taste, which seems to be a Sheridan signature move.

Is Sheridan suggesting that the American Indians are to blame? Or, is there something wrong with how the US government deals with the American Indian population?

Either way, the American Indians are portrayed as victims. Why can’t they be the heroes in this story? And why does the director choose non-American Indians to play their roles?

By hero, I do not mean running six miles barefoot in the snow.

If there is one thing the American Indians do not need, it is another tale of how badly they have become victims.

Bio of writer/director Taylor Sheridan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Sheridan

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9/12/2017 # Wind River