Niners Fan in CT Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Here's the difference. Guardians of the Galaxy make jokes, like Spider-Man, it' never intended to be more than that. Ultron isn't a jokey villain and the avengers shouldn't be joking around while civilians are slaughtered. There's a time and a place and those movies couldn't figure that out. Black Panther and Winter Soldier didn't go down that road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Casey said: Go watch some Lou Thesz. That's the nicest mean thing anyone's said to me all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I just saw Ragnorak two days ago and it’s my favorite Marvel movie . It was wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: Here's the difference. Guardians of the Galaxy make jokes, like Spider-Man, it' never intended to be more than that. Ultron isn't a jokey villain and the avengers shouldn't be joking around while civilians are slaughtered. There's a time and a place and those movies couldn't figure that out. Black Panther and Winter Soldier didn't go down that road. Do you mean like how the Avengers were making funny little quips during their first movie while fighting those aliens at the end? Because that’s like a signature thing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 13 hours ago, Contentious C said: I like how Roland hated the Eric Bana Hulk movie (which I actually still kinda like) so much that he blocked out them making a second, arguably worse Hulk movie that is an official member of the MCU (and constantly fistfights in my head with The Dark World as to which one is the worst MCU entry). It's also not the worst from the post-Raimi Spider-Man "let's make all the comic books" era as a whole; Elektra or Ghost Rider would take that Razzie in a walk. People who say otherwise aren't paying attention. Having said that, I do see how a few of the criticisms of Ang Lee's movie at the time were on point, such as, "How do you take the guy from Chopper and make him less interesting?" See also: DCU, Nolan, Hardy, Bronson, Dark Knight Rises. Didn't forget, so much as I never watched it, and can't say I've really felt the want to make time for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 12 hours ago, Casey said: Do you mean like how the Avengers were making funny little quips during their first movie while fighting those aliens at the end? Because that’s like a signature thing for them. Signature doesn't make it good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathyBoy Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 21/02/2018 at 6:36 AM, Niners Fan in CT said: The New Avengers illuminati story based around incursions? That was some great reading.. Easily my favourite Avengers story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuntmanCrowley Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Didn't know where to put this, but thought it was pretty cool http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/feature/a825774/marvel-cinematic-universe-in-chronological-order/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathyBoy Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 24/02/2018 at 7:56 AM, Casey said: Do you mean like how the Avengers were making funny little quips during their first movie while fighting those aliens at the end? Because that’s like a signature thing for them. I prefer the tone of Hickman Avengers than the Whedon stuff. Hopefully IW has more of that. Like those films should feel like full on epics. But both were hamstrung by a guy who just can't write or direct in that style. Like how there's a crisis in a Shield base, but Fury is slowly walking and talking while alarms blare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Man. I caught Black Panther on Monday and bits of it are still sticking with me hard. I want to catch it again in theaters and it'll be a day one BR purchase for me. Last Marvel movie to really land like that for me was probably GotG and I honestly liked Black Panther better. Above all else it did an amazing job giving characters with very little screen time a ton of flourish and personality. M'Baku was on screen for what? 10-15 minutes out of 150? And yet I still came out of it thinking he was great, had a lot of depth, and wanting more. And the thing is, there's a ton of other characters I can say that for. The whole movie just popped in a way Marvel stuff hasn't been. The funny stuff was genuinely funny, but moreso because the movie knew when to knock off the jokes and get serious. And also, it raises complex moral and ethical questions then has an ending that reflects and builds those as opposed to the Age of Ultron/Civil War shit where they ask whether the heroes are in the right then just have them punch the bad guys until they fall down and never actually resolve the question. SUCH a great movie. Pretty easily my favourite Marvel film to date and the best at first watch. We'll see if that impression holds, but I can't imagine it won't. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 8 hours ago, StuntmanCrowley said: Didn't know where to put this, but thought it was pretty cool http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/feature/a825774/marvel-cinematic-universe-in-chronological-order/ That is neat. Didn't think they would include the shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Black Panther is estimated $108,000,000 this weekend. I believe it's the 2nd highest 2nd weekend of all time behind The Force Awakens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 My top five MCU movies: 1. Avengers Assemble. 2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier. 3. Captain America: Civil War. 4. Iron Man. 5. Thor: Ragnarok. May switch Ragnarok with Black Panther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 My bottom five MCU movies: 14. Avengers: Age of Ultron. 15. Iron Man 3. 16. Thor: The Dark World. 17. Iron Man 2. 18. The Incredible Hulk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Steve Rogers first fight in the Captain America trilogy, Captain America: The First Avenger. Steve Rogers last fight in the Captain America trilogy, Captain America: Civil War. Steve's line in both? I can do this all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER POOL EMERGENCY They just changed Infinity War's release date from May 4th to April 27th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 My body is ready. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Second watch of Black Panther, I actually liked it more than the first one. Something I really didn't appreciate enough first time was how well it built off both T'Challa's journey in Civil War, but also that Ross was after Klaw because of his part in Ultron getting Vibranium back in Age of Ultron. The movie built super organically out of what came before and managed to follow on multiple threads from other films deftly enough to still be totally functional as its own thing. Just really great stuff. Only real issues I have are that some bits run blurry for my shitty eyesight and the actual Eric/T'Challa battles are kinda underwhelming compared to what comes before and around them. Once I've seen T'Challa headlock takedown an armoured rhino, I just can't get super hyped about a CG punchfest, particularly since between the herb and the suit they're jacked as all hell and it could have gone much wilder. That said, these are pretty much just general MCU issues at this point and neither was especially standout bad when compared in that framework. It's still an instant classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Had a guy at work complain about what a racist movie BP was. Disclaimer: redneck white guy with giant beard. Feel free to extrapolate ffom there and you would probably not be far off in your assessment. I nodded and walked away. Didn't feel the need for discussion, especially my first day back at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 14 hours ago, S.K.o.S. said: SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER POOL EMERGENCY They just changed Infinity War's release date from May 4th to April 27th. Taken part every year. You'll get a shutout or close to it with people putting Avengers: Infinity War #1 for Box Office lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 2/23/2018 at 7:07 AM, Niners Fan in CT said: Dark World, Iron Man sequels, Age of Ultron.. nothing redeemable about those. I'm with, @Niners Fan in CT. All them made my bottom five MCU movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 There’s plenty redeemable about all of those but Iron Man 2, bit they’re probably still the bottom 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I actually prefer Dark World to Thor 1, but neither is what I'd call good. I like Iron Man 3 aside from the disappointment bait-and-switch with the Mandarin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Having watched Thor 2 for the first time last year, I thought it was pretty good. Better than I thought it would be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Iron Man 3 still has Marvel's best end credits sequence. It becomes even better when you realize you don't have to keep watching Iron Man 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxL1p99EVCQ Embedding not allowed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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