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The Film Thread

Pepe LeFrits

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Pepe LeFrits wrote:
As regards future films... [spoiler]Thor / Guardians of the Galaxy cross-over movie? Take my money, Marvel.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Although Guardians 1 was good, it's a shame this means Waititi won't direct Thor again. Buy yes, take my money as long as they call it Asguardians of the Galaxy.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]What makes you say that? I'd say there'll be a Thor 4, as well as the already scheduled GOTG3.[/spoiler]

QuincyAbeyie

Pepe LeFrits wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:
[spoiler]Although Guardians 1 was good, it's a shame this means Waititi won't direct Thor again. Buy yes, take my money as long as they call it Asguardians of the Galaxy.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]What makes you say that? I'd say there'll be a Thor 4, as well as the already scheduled GOTG3.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]To be honest I just figured the ending meant he'd do that instead of Thor 4, but after reading some interviews it seems that, like you said, he's open to both.[/spoiler]

Claudius

Kel Varnsen wrote:
Watched endgame tonight. Just an overall disappointing movie. Not terrible, just mediocre.

Middle of the range for the whole series at best. They’ve had some real gems. This one had some real head scratcher moments in it and my least favorite thing, confusing battle scenes. Some good work setting up the stakes, but after that execution was uneven. It’s one of those movies where you find yourself scratching your head because the science at the core of the story doesn’t add up, but you eventually accept it because it’s no worse than believing in a talking rabbit and a wizard who opens portals.

Gazza M

It's not a great film, but being essentially a series finale for 21 movies it achieves what it sets out to do and provides some iconic moments in the process

Infinity war is definitely the tighter movie. I probably enjoyed that one a bit more

Kel Varnsen

Gazza M wrote:
It's not a great film, but being essentially a series finale for 21 movies it achieves what it sets out to do and provides some iconic moments in the process

Infinity war is definitely the tighter movie. I probably enjoyed that one a bit more

Infinity war was much better. Really disliked how they handled a lot of the characters (in particular Thanos) in Endgame.

QuincyAbeyie

Gazza M wrote:
It's not a great film, but being essentially a series finale for 21 movies it achieves what it sets out to do and provides some iconic moments in the process

Infinity war is definitely the tighter movie. I probably enjoyed that one a bit more

Tighter is a good word. It felt like a more flowing movie, while Endgame was essentially three very different arcs.

[spoiler]Having seen everything MCU, I have to say that I enjoyed everything, but I can get why the things I enjoyed don't resonate with everyone. Things like seeing Jarvis, a main character in the series Agent Carter, for a few seconds, the kid from Iron Man 3 in Tony's funeral, "On your left", "I can do this all day". I love all of those callbacks. Even Mark Kermode who doesn't care about the universe said that he got teary twice watching the movie. I also enjoyed Cap/Thor/Iron Man vs Thanos more than the fight against Thanos on Titan, while the final battle sequence in Endgame was better than the one in Wakanda.[/spoiler]

Pepe LeFrits

Endgame is the best film in the MCU for me. It's slower paced than Infinity War alright but it delivers more for the main characters (up to this point). Has more heart.

Mirth

Endgame is great if you have an affection for the series/characters.

As a movie I thought it was pretty weak with a few moments of frisson.

goon

Yeah, the thing is, I don’t remember the little minute details from the all the other MCU films so I didn’t really get anything out of all that and I think it came at the cost of having a better plot/story.

Endgame was ok, definitely one of the more memorable so far thanks to some great moments, but Infinity War was much, much better. As Kel said, I disliked how they dealt with Thanos.

Asterix

Saw Endgame last night. I enjoyed it. I thought it wrapped up the series really well. I haven't figured out how to use the spoiler function yet so I won't say much, but I loved the little bits of humour - refences to Lebowski for instance.

Claudius

I'm watching A New Hope for the first time in years. This looks like juvenile cosplay opera. Other than having a well-evolved new fantasy universe, not really sure much else holds up well here.

QuincyAbeyie

Asterix wrote:
Saw Endgame last night. I enjoyed it. I thought it wrapped up the series really well. I haven't figured out how to use the spoiler function yet so I won't say much, but I loved the little bits of humour - refences to Lebowski for instance.

Asterix

thanks Quincy

[spoiler] you're a good man [/spoiler]

banduan

Endgame had multiple consistency issues within its own plot and the series'. It gets away with them because it cheated by delivering an emotional punch that could only have been generated by a movie which had the span of 21 other movies in the making. It also had some of the best acting of the MCU. Scarlett Johanson probably has the meatiest scene she'd done with the character.

Burnwinter

It's had a beating from the critics but the Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) version of Suspiria is actually pretty enthralling.

Asterix

Re-watched Batman Begins, Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises recently with my 13 year old. They are excellent movies. Michael Caine is so good in them, and I can watch Christian Bale in anything.

QuincyAbeyie

Speaking of Bale in anything, watched Vice a few days ago. Although Bale is good in it I feel like casting him as Cheney is just a gimmick or a reason for him to method act. Don't know how accurate the movie is since I don't know much about Dick Cheney (sorry, I don't follow politics that much outside my own country, seems like an awful person), but I do think McKay has found a nice niche in making these "biography, but kind of comedy" movies. He's making one about Elizabeth Holmes next.

Just watched Us as well. Really creepy movie and I had to watch the second half alone. Not as good as Get Out, but the cinematography is really great and the acting as well. Like Burnwinter I think there was potential for more bodysnatcher stuff.

Coombs

Rewatching The Last Jedi.

Fucking love what Rian Johnson did with it. It's like he's speaking to me directly. It really is for all of us, not just the hereditary hegemony. God my heart aches for all the misplaced idolatry, all the people that had to die, the useless, saccharin garbage that is the hero's journey.

Teacher's gotta teach. Maybe more importantly, students have to learn to learn. How do we do it? Sometimes, I'm just overflowing with hope. Mostly, just drowning in unfulfilled possibility.

I genuinely can't figure out where to direct my energy, what little of it there is.

Qwiss

Yeah the Last Jedi is great. I think in a few years when all the internet outrage has died away it'll remembered as one of the best Star Wars movies.

QuincyAbeyie

John Wick 3 was great. Not many new Hollywood action movies can hold their own compared to some foreign films, but this is one of those few franchises.

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