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Inkspot posted:If Mordo's return isn't set to Veteran of the Psychic Wars, don't bother bringing him back. This. Plus the lack of ANY Hawkwind in the Guardians movies? 
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Rosalind posted:Yeah that would have made little sense. Surely the best time for Hela to kill Odin then would have been when Loki abandoned him on Earth and not when his two powerful sons are with him. The idea that Odin was the only thing keeping her imprisoned makes sense. She did do great, as did Goldblum, which is why I wish they were both in more of it, or were both given their own movies instead of having to split villain duties here.
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May 22, 2018 16:35
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Thor Ragnarok treated the previous installments with a lot of disrespect and I fault it for that. However, it is the best of the Thor movies otherwise.
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May 22, 2018 16:37
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Crows Turn Off posted:Thor Ragnarok treated the previous installments with a lot of disrespect and I fault it for that. However, it is the best of the Thor movies otherwise. Whereas, having seen the previous installments, I can't blame it for that at all.
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May 22, 2018 16:42
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thrawn527 posted:Also, what's up with everyone openly admitting they're Gods now? I thought Thor 1 & 2 had them pretty clearly not doing that, with Odin even saying they weren't Gods, and were born, lived, and died just like humans. They were just an alien race with super advanced tech that looked like magic. In Ragnarok, they make it very clear they're Gods. Many, many, many times. All that fame from earth got to thier heads so now they do think they are actually gods.
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When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes.
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May 22, 2018 17:12
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I must be the only person here who didn't think that Thor: Ragnarok nor Spiderman: Homecoming were all that great. They didn't suck, but they didn't live up to the hype for me.
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May 22, 2018 17:28
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You’re on CineD so no, you are not the only one here who did not like an MCU movie
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May 22, 2018 17:33
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We only like good movies around here 
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Blood Boils posted:We only like good movies around here False, I also love trashy movies like Raiders of Atlantis.
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What's really shocking would be someone actually saying what makes those movies good, and not offer some banal variation of "likable characters" or claim that they're funny. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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May 22, 2018 17:45
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BiggerBoat posted:I must be the only person here who didn't think that Thor: Ragnarok nor Spiderman: Homecoming were all that great. They didn't suck, but they didn't live up to the hype for me. How high were your hype levels for these movies though? None of the current crop of superhero movies are "all that great" in the same way that a legitimately great movie is, it's all relative.
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May 22, 2018 17:46
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Ragnarok was very entertaining, put a smile on my face, made my kids happy, and left me with pleasant memories of watching it. Thus, good poo poo.
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May 22, 2018 17:47
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MonsieurChoc posted:False, I also love trashy movies like Raiders of Atlantis. Are you trying to say that Raiders of Atlantis is not good? How dare
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I've started enjoying movies a whole lot more since I started ignoring all pre release hype, trailers and reviews.
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May 22, 2018 17:48
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eyebeem posted:Ragnarok was very entertaining, put a smile on my face, made my kids happy, and left me with pleasant memories of watching it. This kind of praise makes it clear that the movie itself is disposable. It's the half-remembered experience of watching it that matters. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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MonsieurChoc posted:False, I also love trashy movies like Raiders of Atlantis. Double false, trashy movies are good!
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:This kind of praise makes it clear that the movie itself is disposable. It's the half-remembered experience of watching it that matters. much like your posting
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May 22, 2018 17:51
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:This kind of praise makes it clear that the movie itself is disposable. It's the half-remembered experience of watching it that matters. It’s literally a piece of entertainment designed to be experienced over the course of a couple of hours. The half remembered experience of watching it is second only to the experience of watching it itself.
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eyebeem posted:It’s literally a piece of entertainment designed to be experienced over the course of a couple of hours. They can't just be for "entertainment," that's for rubes.
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Blood Boils posted:Double false, trashy movies are good! They're better than that.
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CelticPredator posted:You’re on CineD so no, you are not the only one here who did not like an MCU movie You seem to be complaining an awful lot about what the mean folk at CineD think
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TetsuoTW posted:much like your posting Lamps' posting is definitely memorable at the least, otherwise he/she wouldn't cause half as much outrage. Crows Turn Off posted:Every movie needs to have an immediate and lasting impact that changes the course of your life. All movies (or any art really) should be approached with that goal, even if only a few accomplish it.
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May 22, 2018 18:15
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Blood Boils posted:All movies (or any art really) should be approached with that goal, even if only a few accomplish it. Boy am I glad this isn’t the case.
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Burkion posted:Are you trying to say that Raiders of Atlantis is not good? Blood Boils posted:Double false, trashy movies are good! Finally, peace in our times.
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Blood Boils posted:Lamps' posting is definitely memorable at the least, otherwise he/she wouldn't cause half as much outrage. The Holocaust, Tommy Wiseau's The Room, and Donald Trump are all memorable but only one of them is good.
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May 22, 2018 18:41
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McCloud posted:You seem to be complaining an awful lot about what the mean folk at CineD think You know what, I guess I do. Oh well.
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on topic of BOC/Hawkwind poo poo for Dr. Strange: definitely put someone weird a la Ragnarok in charge of future Dr. Strange movies. The character and his whole universe are ripe for incredibly batshit productions, get somebody like Luc Besson in on this. Sometimes I wonder about "what if you put hardcore directors in charge of MCU poo poo" even if there's 0% chance of it. Wingard's Captain America (which technically already exists). Gaspar Noe's Dr. Strange. George Miller's Hulk.
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I also only just got round to watching Ragnarok (still haven't watched Homecoming). It was pretty good, but I was surprised given the particular hype about it that it wasn't really a comedy. There were a few solid jokes and a few real clunkers, but mostly it was a little light-hearted with not much snark about it, which was refreshing compared to the last few Marvel movies I watched. Things like the Valkyrie being drunk in her introduction were fine characterisation but not laugh-out-loud funny in the way it felt like they were trying to be. What We Do In The Shadows is exactly that funny, so it felt like someone's sticky fingers had got in the edit. The action, too, I found it hard to shake that thing from a few pages ago about action scenes in Hollywood films effectively being directed by VFX studios, especially in the opening scenes with Surtur. I did like it though, just for being earnest in its characterisation, occasionally charming if not outright funny, and not having any sequences of dull garbage once Dr Strange wasn't in it anymore. Making Loki look like Tommy Wiseau is excellent character design.
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Also Workshop of the Telescope for the Sanctum Santorum.
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When friends ask me why I like Zack Snyder, I say that he's the closest thing to Jodorowsky directing a megabudget summer blockbuster. And, in conclusion, Tarsem Singh should have been tapped for a Justice League movie.
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Halloween Jack posted:When friends ask me why I like Zack Snyder, I say that he's the closest thing to Jodorowsky directing a megabudget summer blockbuster. so what you're saying is you have a lot of ex-friends
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Nah, my friends and I are, like, adult humans.
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WE COULD'VE HAD A GEORGE MILLER JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE. I'll never let that go.
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That's ok, now he has all the time in the world to make more Mad Max movies  George Miller and Zack Snyder, now THAT would have been a power duo for directing, not...what Whedon did
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Aces High posted:That's ok, now he has all the time in the world to make more Mad Max movies No need to tack Snyder onto that
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One thing I really liked about Infinity War was the great amount of care and light touches that went into the editing and directing to make it feel like a cohesive part of an actual world. I was never a Whedon fan, but I never really hated him either. I'm probably in the 1% of people who have only seen Whedon's work in Cabin in the Woods and Avengers. But, compared to the job the Russo Brothers did, it really highlights how much directing and editing make a difference. Whedon's was serviceable and workmanlike. It never really distracted you from the movie, but it never elevated the movie either. It was just there. The Russos' on the other hand did an incredible job. I really liked the motiff they did where every scene had a style/cue that looked like it was lifted from one of the original movies and whenever two characters who had never interacted before were on-screen, there was a remixed/mashup of their audio cues and themes. Plus, lots of nice little scenes and moments showing that time has passed since the other movies and that these characters aren't frozen in stasis between each movie. Some examples off the top of my head: - All of the solo Guardians scenes opening with a title card, but not when they were with other people. - When Thor is at the forge with Peter Dinklage, they play a modified version of the Infinity War theme with electronic music from Ragnarok. - Dutch angles in scenes where Thor is struggling/in pain. - In the NYC fight with Strange and Iron Man, there are music cues when Iron Man enters the scenes that modify the background music to make the noise his ARC reactors make. When Strange is on screen, those same cues become chimes. - Gamora, who didn't see the point in singing in Guardians 1 and 2, mouthing along to the music in her intro scene. - The Wakanda theme that kicks in about 2 seconds after Cap's "I know a place." line, but before the cut to actually show Wakanda. When Cap gets off the Jet, there is a trumpet added to the background of the Wakanda theme that sounds like it's from Cap's theme. - The music when Hulk lands in NYC is a remix of the music from a scene when Hulk flies through a building in NYC in Avengers 1. - One of the music cues when Thanos gets the Soul Stone is just Thano's theme slowed way down and played out of order with different instruments to sound sadder and disorienting. - The different Gems in the Infinity Gauntlet blink when Thanos is using specific powers (including combos, where Space + Power light up when he's lifting huge objects) and he uses the Soul gem to find the real Doctor Strange after Strange summons a hundred illusions of himself. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 20:40 on May 22, 2018 |
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I adore Fury Road, but George Miller started making storyboards for it in 1997. Nobody was going to come onto Justice League to rewrite and reshoot an effects-heavy blockbuster into a different story and tone starting six months before a hard release date and have it be good.
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