History Awesome / ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings

* Another one for Trevor: he does such a skillful job of [[PlayingPossum playing dead]] during the battle that he even fools Morris for a few moments: until he sticks his head up, tells Morris to do it too, and Morris promptly plops on his back and joins Trevor! The really awesome part here is how ''clever'' it is: Trevor has nothing resembling combat training, and is dead weight at best. This is actually his ''best'' tactic for staying alive. It also means that the Dweller won't get a power-up from his soul and even more importantly, it means that none of the actual fighters waste time, resources, or [[HeroicSacrifice even a life]], defending him.

** In a lot of ''[[ShonenDemographic Shonen]]'' anime, the hero will talk about reaching his rival or a wayward friend by "communicating with their fists". This is what two people ''falling in love'' with their fists looks like.

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* The fact that this is the very first East-Asian led superhero movie in Western history is both a crowning moment of awesome and heartwarming, especially for Asian fans of the MCU who have craved protagonist representation for decades.
* The movie received praise from legendary martial artist and Chinese actor Creator/DonnieYen. That’s right folks, IP MAN himself is just as hyped for Shang-Chi!
* The martial arts in this film. Adapting a martial arts hero means first-class martial arts, and this film brings the best kung-fu to the table. Shang-Chi facing off with Razor Fist in a bus, taking part in a ring match, and finally taking on his dad.
* The long-awaited proper debut of the Mandarin. From the moment he was announced as the BigBad, fans were rejoicing that the Mandarin was no longer a front from ''Film/IronMan3'' but -- as indicated by ''Film/AllHailTheKing'' -- an existing superhuman and DiabolicalMastermind. It's doubly satisfying that this movie's version of the Mandarin isn't the YellowPeril caricature of the early comics, but a complex and charismatic character whom the audience can empathize with like in the later comics, allowing for the presence of this iconic supervillain without falling into racial stereotypes. While it's still unfortunate that he never met Iron Man, it's still great to be able to see him at all.
* The two aforementioned points culminating in Creator/TonyLeungChiuWai, an icon of wuxia films, portraying Wenwu, the Mandarin, the leader and wielder of the titular Ten Rings. Leung had long wanted to star in a Hollywood production but spent the last few decades rejecting roles due to many of them perpetuating stereotypes or having major UnfortunateImplications. The fact that this is the film he finally agreed to join speaks volumes of its care in representing Asian culture.
* Cyberbullies bashed the movie and Simu Liu, hoping that it would fail because it was "woke". As it turns out, the movie was a huge hit and Liu got the last laugh. He even made a couple of posts poking fun of them, including using stock photos from his modeling days.
* The film was released on Labor Day weekend, typically one of the worst performing times of the year which studios actively avoid, with the previous record (pre-COVID, mind you) being $30 million with ''Film/{{Halloween 2007}}''. This movie ''obliterated'' that with $90 million domestically, which blew everyone away so much that studios actually started discussing if the weekend could become a prize spot from now on.

* The two aforementioned points culminating in Creator/TonyLeung, an icon of wuxia films, portraying Wenwu, the Mandarin, the leader and wielder of the titular Ten Rings. Leung had long wanted to star in a Hollywood production but spent the last few decades rejecting roles due to many of them perpetuating stereotypes or having major UnfortunateImplications. The fact that this is the film he finally agreed to join speaks volumes of its care in representing Asian culture.

* In contrast to the AwesomeButImpractical melee weapons and bows used by the Ten Rings and Ta-Lo, the Iron Gang members try to use [[BoringButPractical guns]] against Wenwu. If they had brought [[Franchise/NerfBrand NERF guns]] instead of real firearms they probably would have had similar results with the Ten Rings blocking their bullets and Wenwu effortlessly slaughtering them all.

* In contrast to the AwesomeButImpractical melee weapons and bows used by the Ten Rings and Ta-Lo, the Iron Gang members try to use [[BoringButPractical guns]] against Wenwu. If they had brought NERF guns instead of real firearms they probably would have had similar results with the Ten Rings blocking their bullets and Wenwu effortlessly slaughtering them all.

** The background music for the fight is almost as good as the choreography itself, an instrumental version of DJ Snake's Run It

* The reveal of the Dweller-in-Darkness, the MCU's first delve into the more ''demonic'' aspects of the Marvel catalogue, and it shows. The Dweller looks straight out of a [=DnD=] lorebook, and its spawn being unkillable outside of [[KryptoniteFactor dragonscales]] ups the stakes in what was previously just two armies fighting each other to 'world ending threat'. The sheer size of the beast means that Shang-Chi can't even properly damage it, even with the Ten Rings, forcing him to [[FeedItABomb force the rings inside of it and detonate a massive energy surge to kill it,]] instantly reducing it to chunky salsa and calamari!