I haven't been posting much in general cause it's been a bit of a crazy few weeks, but I did see it opening day.
I really loved this movie. It wasn't perfect. Yes, the Riri/Ross/Elaine stuff could've easily been cut, but it didn't detract from the movie and it didn't impact my enjoyment.
I thought Namor was a great character and I love the changes they made to him and his people from the comics. So I'm very excited to see more fo him over time.
I thought all of the characters brought their A games, and I think the writing was very well done, as was the directing. So I'd rank this pretty high in the MCU. Not top 5, but possibly top 10, but if not, it's just because of how many amazing movies they have, not because this one wasn't good.
So yea, big big fan of this one, and excited to watch it again when it hits blu ray or Disney +.
As far as why there's little discussion.....it could be because people didn't like the movie much. Or because the rest of Phase 4 kind of quelled the enthusiasm, or because we're being so overloaded with MCU content, that it's hard to feel any of it is very special any more.
If you give me an amazing movie 2 times a year, I get excited. When I get 5 movies, 4 tv shows and all are of varying quality, then it's hard to muster up the same level of excitement.
I know Marvel has no plans of slowing down, but it would probably be in their best interest to slow down.