Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Momo]

Saw JL, it's a 6/10 from me, enjoyable scene to scene but disjointed, ninja logic and all the stuff with Louis is fucking terrible.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

Its a comedy, a dark comedy. But Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri isn't dark because of the bad behavior its characters exhibit (although there is plenty of that), its dark because everybody is grappling with their own personal failures, grief, or some other human fraility or dissapointment. Its a hilarious movie, but also a surprisingly emotional one, and its never even a little bit cloying. Martin McDonagh's In Bruges pulled a similar, meloncholic trick. Its exceedingly well acted, pleasingly unpredictable, and pretty great. But firstly, its funny, it just happens to be serious about it.

[Great Rumbler]

Ah, that actually just expanded to more theaters, didn't it? I need to go see it now.

[Bebpo]

Bunch of movies on Amazon VoD I'm kinda interested in, anyone seen these in terms of priority I should be watching them in since I'll probably only get to a handful? They're all pretty much 80-95% on RT so hard to pick an order.

It Comes at Night
A Ghost Story
Brigsby Bear
Lady MacBeth
Ingrid Goes West
The Big Sick

Good Time is available for purchase only right now, so should be rental in a week or so. Definitely want to see that since I didn't catch it in the theater. Sorta tempted on Blade of the Immortal but I...don't like Miike.

I’ll endorse The Big Sick and Ingrid Goes West. Each comes with a caveat.

The Big Sick - He only produced it, but this is very Apatowy. That may be a good or bad thing for you. It’s also undeniably a rom-com, a genre which I normally hate. If you like Kumail, check it out though. It’s nice to see the man get his day.

Ingrid Goes West - Very entertaining. No real complaints, but I felt that the movie thought it was smarter or more clever than it actually is. This wasn’t a real issue, just a thought as I was leaving. Very fun movie.

Tried watching Ingrid Goes West tonight, but I found it reaaaaally disturbing and scarier than any horror film and turned it off. It's a bit too on the nose for modern horror. Will try to finish it, but way darker than I expected.

[TVC15]

Bunch of movies on Amazon VoD I'm kinda interested in, anyone seen these in terms of priority I should be watching them in since I'll probably only get to a handful? They're all pretty much 80-95% on RT so hard to pick an order.

It Comes at Night
A Ghost Story
Brigsby Bear
Lady MacBeth
Ingrid Goes West
The Big Sick

Good Time is available for purchase only right now, so should be rental in a week or so. Definitely want to see that since I didn't catch it in the theater. Sorta tempted on Blade of the Immortal but I...don't like Miike.

I’ll endorse The Big Sick and Ingrid Goes West. Each comes with a caveat.

The Big Sick - He only produced it, but this is very Apatowy. That may be a good or bad thing for you. It’s also undeniably a rom-com, a genre which I normally hate. If you like Kumail, check it out though. It’s nice to see the man get his day.

Ingrid Goes West - Very entertaining. No real complaints, but I felt that the movie thought it was smarter or more clever than it actually is. This wasn’t a real issue, just a thought as I was leaving. Very fun movie.

Tried watching Ingrid Goes West tonight, but I found it reaaaaally disturbing and scarier than any horror film and turned it off. It's a bit too on the nose for modern horror. Will try to finish it, but way darker than I expected.

The “bit too on the nose” thing is why l said the movie wasn’t as smart as it thought it was. It’s clearly trying to be social commentary, but it’s saying things most people have realized for years. But it does it in a good and entertaining way.

I suggest giving it another try.

[Nabbis]

I don't get how Marvel films keep getting these high praises. Just saw JL and i certainly enjoyed it more than the new Thor.

[kingv]

I think Thor Ragnarok is actually one of the best marvel films, but largely agree that he marvel comic book films are pretty mediocre.

They’re just very by the numbers. Like, I can’t think of a single one that I would want to own or rewatch. They are just sort of there. The best ones are actually the ones that deviate the most from the formula.

I am also in the minority that really liked BVS. I mostly think the action is better, and I liked the darker themes (even if “Martha” was a very dumb part).

I too liked JL better than most of the marvel films. It is also not an amazing film, but I would at least watch an extended cut. I think there is more in the dc films in general for comic fans.

[nudemacusers]

DC produces somber, sometimes interesting, failures

Marvel produces entertaining, cheerful and often superficial pap

Choose your poison, but most would rather pick the latter if they’re going to devote 2+ hours to what is basically roided humans in tights rolling around in CG, and save their intellectual/emotional film investments for actual well-considered and artistically meritorious contributions to the film landscape.

Haven’t seen Wonder Woman but I’ll assume the success of the film means it’s moreof #2 than #1.

[chronovore]

Jack Reacher 2: Reach Arounder

A perfectly competent action movie that would be totes kewl to see on cable or HBO while you have friends or family over and talk through most of it.

Yeah, I felt the same way about the first movie, too. I enjoyed both jack reacher movies, but have no real desire to ever see either of them again. They did make me want to read the books though, as light airport bookstore fiction.

[nudemacusers]

Good Time is great... not much else to say; it’s a moment to moment endless chain of fuckery

[BlueTsunami]

Yeah I enjoyed Good Time too. Something highly entertaining about seeing the lengths a person, when cornered, will go. Bleak as hell too, even with the description I just gave.

[Bebpo]

Bunch of movies on Amazon VoD I'm kinda interested in, anyone seen these in terms of priority I should be watching them in since I'll probably only get to a handful? They're all pretty much 80-95% on RT so hard to pick an order.

It Comes at Night
A Ghost Story
Brigsby Bear
Lady MacBeth
Ingrid Goes West
The Big Sick

Good Time is available for purchase only right now, so should be rental in a week or so. Definitely want to see that since I didn't catch it in the theater. Sorta tempted on Blade of the Immortal but I...don't like Miike.

I’ll endorse The Big Sick and Ingrid Goes West. Each comes with a caveat.

The Big Sick - He only produced it, but this is very Apatowy. That may be a good or bad thing for you. It’s also undeniably a rom-com, a genre which I normally hate. If you like Kumail, check it out though. It’s nice to see the man get his day.

Ingrid Goes West - Very entertaining. No real complaints, but I felt that the movie thought it was smarter or more clever than it actually is. This wasn’t a real issue, just a thought as I was leaving. Very fun movie.

Tried watching Ingrid Goes West tonight, but I found it reaaaaally disturbing and scarier than any horror film and turned it off. It's a bit too on the nose for modern horror. Will try to finish it, but way darker than I expected.

The “bit too on the nose” thing is why l said the movie wasn’t as smart as it thought it was. It’s clearly trying to be social commentary, but it’s saying things most people have realized for years. But it does it in a good and entertaining way.

I suggest giving it another try.

Yeah, I tried watching some more but the movie is like super cringe ughhhhhh. The main character is so creepy/crazy that it really disturbs me and makes it uncomfortable to watch. Idk, I think I'm scared of crazy people :\ Like I'd be equally as uncomfortable watching a dark comedy about a creepy guy stalking a teenage girl told from the creepy guy's point of view as the main character.

[Mr. Gundam]

Took my daughter to see Coco the other day. She liked it but I think my wife and I appreciated it way more than she did. Visually stunning, too.

The Frozen short before it managed to cram SIX songs into a fifteen minute runtime.

Saw Ladybird last night. Really solid film with good female characterizations.

[BlueTsunami]

Lady Bird is an honest to goodness good coming of age flick. The comedy lands, the drama feels real, and I love some of those below sunset lighting shots. Gave a nice sense of warm fuzziness you get from thinking back on those years in your life.

What I liked most about the dramatic was the choice to acknowledge a moment and move from it. A lot of films like these feel the need to draw things out but, not unlike Boyhood, shit happens and you move from it. You dont really realize until you look back how important of a moment it is. I think this film portrays that exceedingly well and is well worth the watch despite how tired the concept of "coming of age" films can be.

[TVC15]

Its a comedy, a dark comedy. But Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri isn't dark because of the bad behavior its characters exhibit (although there is plenty of that), its dark because everybody is grappling with their own personal failures, grief, or some other human fraility or dissapointment. Its a hilarious movie, but also a surprisingly emotional one, and its never even a little bit cloying. Martin McDonagh's In Bruges pulled a similar, meloncholic trick. Its exceedingly well acted, pleasingly unpredictable, and pretty great. But firstly, its funny, it just happens to be serious about it.

My review: it has Mac’s mom from Always Sunny. Five stars.

[BlueTsunami]

Its a comedy, a dark comedy. But Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri isn't dark because of the bad behavior its characters exhibit (although there is plenty of that), its dark because everybody is grappling with their own personal failures, grief, or some other human fraility or dissapointment. Its a hilarious movie, but also a surprisingly emotional one, and its never even a little bit cloying. Martin McDonagh's In Bruges pulled a similar, meloncholic trick. Its exceedingly well acted, pleasingly unpredictable, and pretty great. But firstly, its funny, it just happens to be serious about it.

My review: it has Mac’s mom from Always Sunny. Five stars.

Sold.

[chronovore]

I watched Deadgirl, which deserves better than the 29% Rottentomatoes it sports, but is still problematic and a difficult film to watch. I'm curious about how it can be seen as feminist horror, or even misandrist. The core message is that #notallmen is wrong (duh) because even just standing by when wrong is done, we are complicit in the consequences due to our inaction. The film goes on to show that it is, in fact, a #yesallmen scenario, because we benefit from our inaction, just reaping the rewards of systematic oppression. Which is, honestly, a big social message that I had not expected to come from a teen drama centered on zombie raping. It was pretty difficult to watch, to be honest.

To follow up, I wanted more horror, but needed something lighter, and watched Tucker and Dale VS. Evil. It's well-written and well-acted and as self-aware as Scream was. It was as enjoyable as a horror movie that is also a comedy of errors can be.

[Stoney Mason]

Tucker and Dale VS. Evil. It's well-written and well-acted and as self-aware as Scream was. It was as enjoyable as a horror movie that is also a comedy of errors can be.

Yeah its a fun mock parody horror movie.

[Corporal]

Watched Wolf of Wallstreet for the first time in one sitting. Had been seeing chunks of it before, but never got around to sitting through the whole thing.

Damn fun movie. I had some really nasty Casino flashbacks though. I mean, it's basically the same story, set in a different time. Which makes things awkward, considering they're both loosely based on real life happenings. The more things change, the more they stay the same, isn't it.

Also, yay, movies with nekkid people, barely any explosions, and barely any guns. And yet it's not porn. Awesome.

[Joe Molotov]

Three Billboards was an incredible, hilariously dark movie. It's about terrible people in terrible situations making terrible choices with terrible outcomes and it's absolutely hysterical. Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, and Sam Rockwell should all get at least serious consideration at awards season.

[Tasty]

WoWS had a lot of great, fun scenes but it didn't feel like much of a complete movie. Casino was way better in that regard.

[TVC15]

Watched Wolf of Wallstreet for the first time in one sitting. Had been seeing chunks of it before, but never got around to sitting through the whole thing.

Damn fun movie. I had some really nasty Casino flashbacks though. I mean, it's basically the same story, set in a different time. Which makes things awkward, considering they're both loosely based on real life happenings. The more things change, the more they stay the same, isn't it.

Also, yay, movies with nekkid people, barely any explosions, and barely any guns. And yet it's not porn. Awesome.

Wolf of Wallstreet fucking sucked. Someone needs to tell Marty no, sometimes.

Wow, look! Stro hating on something fun!

[Corporal]

I really liked Casino. And I'm damn glad I am not bothered by the dummy in the slow-mo explosion during the opening. That seems to be a major issue for some people.

Overall I have to agree that Casino is a more coherent package. It also felt far shorter, despite Casino being the more somber and less humorous movie.

Still, I can't help but like Major Drug Addict And Professional Asshole DiCaprio over Really Minor Asshole Crony De Niro.  Leo is the main baddie, meaning you get to experience the rot from up close compared to the rather distanced and calm narration in Casino.

Doesn't nudge WoWS over Casino, but  it does make me appreciate it.

Dammit, now  I want to watch Casino again.

[TVC15]

I’d put Wolf over Casino, but it’s close enough that I could change my mind at any given moment. Casino felt like a good Goodfellas rehash. Wolf feels less serious and more fun. I like when Marty does fun.

[Tasty]

Wolf feels like more of a Goodfellas rehash to me, but it's been a while since I've seen Goodfellas/Casino.

[Joe Molotov]

December is hype af. The Shape of Water, Disaster Artist, I Tonya, and I guess some new bullshit Star Wars movie too.

[team filler]

only care about shape of water and starwar

[fistfulofmetal]

Gonna see Three Billboards and Shape of Water this week at the Alamo Drafthouse.

[Momo]

I just read a detail I didnt expect about Shape of Water

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Elisa and the Asset make love for the first time.

[close]

No longer interested, fuck off 

[TVC15]

<schluuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrp>

[Stoney Mason]

Rewatched Fellowship of The Ring over the weekend extended edition.

Still good.

[Tasty]

Fellowship is still my favorite of the three.

[chronovore]

Fellowship gets its characters built and ends on a semi downer. And at three hours, Fellowship is long enough to be both Star Wars and Empire, neatly filling both roles.

[TVC15]

Best movie ever The Craft is on Logo right now. I’d seriously go trans if I could get a guarantee I’d look like Fairuza Balk in this.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Watched Wolf of Wallstreet for the first time in one sitting. Had been seeing chunks of it before, but never got around to sitting through the whole thing.

Damn fun movie. I had some really nasty Casino flashbacks though. I mean, it's basically the same story, set in a different time. Which makes things awkward, considering they're both loosely based on real life happenings. The more things change, the more they stay the same, isn't it.

Also, yay, movies with nekkid people, barely any explosions, and barely any guns. And yet it's not porn. Awesome.

Wolf of Wallstreet fucking sucked. Someone needs to tell Marty no, sometimes.

Wow, look! Stro hating on something fun!

I also fucking hate Goodfellas, and WoWS is basically Goodfellas but on Wall Street. Casino is in my top 10 all time, though.


Also, suck my hog.

Y'know, I can actually understand hating WoWS, and even Goodfellas, but I can't fathom hating Goodfellas and loving Casino. Next you're gonna say "Taxi Driver blows, Bringing Out The Dead is a classic though"

[I'm a Puppy!]

It was so bad that I had to watch it again

[TVC15]

I watched Taxi Driver daily for like 4 years. Evil Dead 2 for probably about 2 years.

[chronovore]

DC produces somber, sometimes interesting, failures

Marvel produces entertaining, cheerful and often superficial pap

Choose your poison, but most would rather pick the latter if they’re going to devote 2+ hours to what is basically roided humans in tights rolling around in CG, and save their intellectual/emotional film investments for actual well-considered and artistically meritorious contributions to the film landscape.

Haven’t seen Wonder Woman but I’ll assume the success of the film means it’s moreof #2 than #1.

This is true for the theater stuff but, surprisingly, Marvel's NETFLIX offerings are generally somber and interesting stories, but minus the gratuitous and overblown CG.

[nudemacusers]

They’re very hit/miss imo but the length of tv allows for easier, audience absorbable execution of somber, ethically murky characterization whereas the short runtime of a film requires a strong writing POV and paradoxically a lot of constraint... Two things dc movies struggle with which is why, even tho still kinda broken, the hyperlong directors cuts are much more well received. They’re miniseries length.

[benjipwns]

but there's only one directors cut of a DC film and it only added half an hour to a movie with a last half hour that could have been dumped

Suicide Squad was done by the studio and only added in bits and pieces of scenes and stuff that was in the trailers, neither version is the directors' cut as Ayer never intended it to be like the trailers (except arguably the comic-con "teaser")

BvS, like The Dark Knight Returns and The Dark Knight, is a film about superheroes trapped in conventions of the superhero action genre as we've known it for 40 years...BvS Ultimate Cut collapses when Luthor's plot is revealed and Batman and Superman have to finally fight before joining forces after discovering their mothers have the same name. TDKR collapses when Bane defeats Batman and dumps him in a foreign prison. TDK collapses when Batman has to finally actually fight The Joker and the dumb "masterplan" with the ships occurs...and the best part is not only do they "crescendo" once, but then drag on to do it again...BvS amazingly does it a third time at which point the movie's run out of time so Supes death is drained of all emotional impact (especially in the theater cut since all of Clark's plot is eliminated from it) let alone feel like an appropriate finish to anything that occurred in the previous two and a half hours

Justice League basically continues this trend, and Man of Steel matched it pretty darn well too. Wonder Woman has a pretty unnecessary final act too. Man of Steel's Smallville fight, along with Batman's warehouse fight and most of Batman and Superman's fight in BvS are the only times these things have lasted longer than a couple minutes and haven't descended into mindless sound and fury. And I'd accept that description for the warehouse scene except it's the only time we've ever seen Batman actually fight people as in the comics in a movie. (This is partially why I like the Smallville fight too.)

To be fair, a lot of the Marvel movies have the same problem with their final acts. Every time Thor has appeared in a Marvel film to date, it's had this problem, including the latest one. Iron Man remains one of the top, if not the top, well paced of the Marvel films along with the first GOTG (because it's arguably doing a different genre) and Winter Soldier.

Civil War's airport scene is basically about the only large scale fight that's worked in any of these and that's more because it's setup as a series of individual engagements and they deliberately separate everyone into different locations or "face-offs" after starting the fight. And you can still make an argument that Iron Man's fight with Cap and Bucky is the better one despite its stupid reason. Or any of the earlier fights. That movie had a heck of a lot of fights now that I think about it. No wonder it felt pasted together like Ultron.

This isn't unique to comicbook films, they've just proliferated so much that they're the best examples within single franchises. Star Wars has just restarted recently so only has two films to date, and Star Trek didn't get as many chances to throw out films. But those are two other blockbuster licensed series who have suffered from similar issues. I've seen Into Darkness described as a film that consists of nothing but failed climaxes and it's pretty accurate. Almost literally nothing happens in that movie except for the fact that it's needed for the next action setpiece. It's also another film where the final act "ends" but the movie then keeps going for more action scenes that serve absolutely no point. (Beyond just barely avoids doing this plot wise but still feels like it's racing its run time rather than the plot. Rogue One arguably only pulls it off because it ends where another film starts so Vader's part is more of a coda.)

[benjipwns]

[Momo]

[fistfulofmetal]

also those are the Lost numbers

[zomgee]

Pretty ok

[nachobro]

Thanos looking good

[Dickie Dee]

I think Thor Ragnarok is actually one of the best marvel films, but largely agree that he marvel comic book films are pretty mediocre.

They’re just very by the numbers. Like, I can’t think of a single one that I would want to own or rewatch. They are just sort of there. The best ones are actually the ones that deviate the most from the formula.

I am also in the minority that really liked BVS. I mostly think the action is better, and I liked the darker themes (even if “Martha” was a very dumb part).

I too liked JL better than most of the marvel films. It is also not an amazing film, but I would at least watch an extended cut. I think there is more in the dc films in general for comic fans.

Winter Soldier was pretty straight-forward and is IMO one of the best comic movies of all time.

[Dickie Dee]

I really liked Wonder Woman and think it deserved it's success, but if it had been a Marvel movie internet people would be falling over themselves talking about how mediocre and by-the-numbers it was.

[benjipwns]

obviously isn't finished but Brolin Thanos and the Gauntlet looked better in the credit scenes imo

therefore i declare this to be a flop and a bad movie and Marvel is finished forever

spoiler (click to show/hide)

looks like this is where he's collecting the gems and hopefully will end with him murdering half the galaxy and part 2 being the real fight with a god

this one still has my interest more than anything else these comic films have been doing because they've obviously been leading up to this for so long, and yet... Infinity Gauntlet isn't a story you can tell easily in the MCU's format. The story and everything are so tied in with Cosmic Marvel, which the MCU has avoided best it could until the last year.

i've had similar interest in how Snyder intended and now how DC in general intends to handle Darkseid as he's Thanos one step up, and often the comics don't know how to handle these guys, and the films have never been as good as the comics in dealing with normal stuff, what are they going to do with gods? and then what are they going to do after?

[close]

[agrajag]

[Rahxephon91]

Getting tired of superhero movies, but that felt like an event.

[zomgee]

obviously isn't finished but Brolin Thanos and the Gauntlet looked better in the credit scenes imo

therefore i declare this to be a flop and a bad movie and Marvel is finished forever

spoiler (click to show/hide)

looks like this is where he's collecting the gems and hopefully will end with him murdering half the galaxy and part 2 being the real fight with a god

this one still has my interest more than anything else these comic films have been doing because they've obviously been leading up to this for so long, and yet... Infinity Gauntlet isn't a story you can tell easily in the MCU's format. The story and everything are so tied in with Cosmic Marvel, which the MCU has avoided best it could until the last year.

i've had similar interest in how Snyder intended and now how DC in general intends to handle Darkseid as he's Thanos one step up, and often the comics don't know how to handle these guys, and the films have never been as good as the comics in dealing with normal stuff, what are they going to do with gods? and then what are they going to do after?

[close]

I'll say this... they have done nothing at all to really give any real indication as to why Thanos should be feared and why he'd be after all the gems at the same time and all that. Not directly. At least with the comics there could be plenty of time for backstory and motivation, but as overloaded with personalities as Infinity War is going to be, it's going to be tricky. "Thanos is bad and he wants to do bad things let's go stop him" might not be quite enough.

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Also Tony Stark gonna die.

[close]

[Rahxephon91]

It was a mistake to not have Thanos in GoTG2. He was somewhat imposing in 1, but honestly that feels like forever ago and he had what? One small end credit thing in I honestly forget which movie.

[Joe Molotov]

So if I want to see Coco, I should just show up about 20 minutes late, right?

[toku]

obviously isn't finished but Brolin Thanos and the Gauntlet looked better in the credit scenes imo

therefore i declare this to be a flop and a bad movie and Marvel is finished forever

spoiler (click to show/hide)

looks like this is where he's collecting the gems and hopefully will end with him murdering half the galaxy and part 2 being the real fight with a god

this one still has my interest more than anything else these comic films have been doing because they've obviously been leading up to this for so long, and yet... Infinity Gauntlet isn't a story you can tell easily in the MCU's format. The story and everything are so tied in with Cosmic Marvel, which the MCU has avoided best it could until the last year.

i've had similar interest in how Snyder intended and now how DC in general intends to handle Darkseid as he's Thanos one step up, and often the comics don't know how to handle these guys, and the films have never been as good as the comics in dealing with normal stuff, what are they going to do with gods? and then what are they going to do after?

[close]

I'll say this... they have done nothing at all to really give any real indication as to why Thanos should be feared and why he'd be after all the gems at the same time and all that. Not directly. At least with the comics there could be plenty of time for backstory and motivation, but as overloaded with personalities as Infinity War is going to be, it's going to be tricky. "Thanos is bad and he wants to do bad things let's go stop him" might not be quite enough.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also Tony Stark gonna die.

[close]

its a modern cape movie, the bad guy doesn't need to be anything but super powerful and want to do bad things have you not been watching these? 

[Momo]

Meh, trailer looked generic

[Rahxephon91]

obviously isn't finished but Brolin Thanos and the Gauntlet looked better in the credit scenes imo

therefore i declare this to be a flop and a bad movie and Marvel is finished forever

spoiler (click to show/hide)

looks like this is where he's collecting the gems and hopefully will end with him murdering half the galaxy and part 2 being the real fight with a god

this one still has my interest more than anything else these comic films have been doing because they've obviously been leading up to this for so long, and yet... Infinity Gauntlet isn't a story you can tell easily in the MCU's format. The story and everything are so tied in with Cosmic Marvel, which the MCU has avoided best it could until the last year.

i've had similar interest in how Snyder intended and now how DC in general intends to handle Darkseid as he's Thanos one step up, and often the comics don't know how to handle these guys, and the films have never been as good as the comics in dealing with normal stuff, what are they going to do with gods? and then what are they going to do after?

[close]

I'll say this... they have done nothing at all to really give any real indication as to why Thanos should be feared and why he'd be after all the gems at the same time and all that. Not directly. At least with the comics there could be plenty of time for backstory and motivation, but as overloaded with personalities as Infinity War is going to be, it's going to be tricky. "Thanos is bad and he wants to do bad things let's go stop him" might not be quite enough.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also Tony Stark gonna die.

[close]

its a modern cape movie, the bad guy doesn't need to be anything but super powerful and want to do bad things have you not been watching these?

I mean clearly not. Justice League has gotten shit for its villain. Wonder Woman even got some critique for its third act.

Things like Thor and whatnot get by because at least the villain is played by an actor or actress who brings some personality even if they are generic, but I think people do want thier villains to have a bit more prescene. They loved the Nolan sequel movies because the villains were either fantastically written(Joker) or at least had some stage prescene(Bane). I think people were even fine with the villains of Civil War, MoS, Winter Soldier and so on because they at least had something going on. But if Ant Man 2's villain is super lame I don't think the movie will be as well received as the first time. Marvel's answer seems to be to get a well liked actor and have them basicly be on screen. Don't think that's going to work for much longer.

[zomgee]

obviously isn't finished but Brolin Thanos and the Gauntlet looked better in the credit scenes imo

therefore i declare this to be a flop and a bad movie and Marvel is finished forever

spoiler (click to show/hide)

looks like this is where he's collecting the gems and hopefully will end with him murdering half the galaxy and part 2 being the real fight with a god

this one still has my interest more than anything else these comic films have been doing because they've obviously been leading up to this for so long, and yet... Infinity Gauntlet isn't a story you can tell easily in the MCU's format. The story and everything are so tied in with Cosmic Marvel, which the MCU has avoided best it could until the last year.

i've had similar interest in how Snyder intended and now how DC in general intends to handle Darkseid as he's Thanos one step up, and often the comics don't know how to handle these guys, and the films have never been as good as the comics in dealing with normal stuff, what are they going to do with gods? and then what are they going to do after?

[close]

I'll say this... they have done nothing at all to really give any real indication as to why Thanos should be feared and why he'd be after all the gems at the same time and all that. Not directly. At least with the comics there could be plenty of time for backstory and motivation, but as overloaded with personalities as Infinity War is going to be, it's going to be tricky. "Thanos is bad and he wants to do bad things let's go stop him" might not be quite enough.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also Tony Stark gonna die.

[close]

its a modern cape movie, the bad guy doesn't need to be anything but super powerful and want to do bad things have you not been watching these?

 

Good point. Remember the villain from Thor 2?

Me neither!

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I thought the parallels, stylistic and otherwise, of The Wolf of Wall Street to Marty's earlier and more traditional crime movies were very much deliberate and effective. The dudes in Wolf are every bit the criminals that Henry Hill and his gang are. The similarities in between the films are obvious because they're meant to be. Its about de-glamourizing a certain sort of high-earning suit wearing type of people.

The Florida Project

This is a straight up American Honey style closeup on southern poverty but from the view point of a child. The film does well in contrasting the fantastical colors of these Magic Kingdom outskirts built on concrete and broken down condos. Those aesthetics running parallel with the innocense of the main child against the socioeconomic situation she's being brought up in.

I really liked the film. The portrayal of this life felt genuine from what I've experienced when I was younger. Kids get into things, whether theyre in the vast boonies of some woods or the endless sprawl of blacktop plazas and mini-malls.

The whole scenario with the mom was rough to watch. You hear the girl at one point talk of alligators in the swamps but, from my end, the most imminent danger to this little girl is a mother that couldn't find a way to cope with raising a child.

Yeah, I'm with Tsunami. I loved The Florida Project, its gonna make my 'Best Of' list for the year. It very much is about a bunch of boisterous, under supervised kids during the course of one summer. But its specificity of its setting, and the socio-economic context they're in pays off rich dividends in how things develop. But its also not a wallow in anybody's misery, its a warm, humane, bittersweet, hilarious, moving and compassionate film about people on the fringes of society making the best out of their circumstances.

And it deserves underlining, the film's sense of place and atmosphere is so well done. Its such a unique and still familiar setting (anybody who's traveled to any sort of major tourist destination would have seen something similar) for a film. That the denizens of the fantastical aspiring-flophouse manage to be every bit as interesting is quite an achievement.

[Madrun Badrun]

So hyped. 

[Bebpo]

Meh, trailer looked generic

Yep, after the last couple of cool Marvel flicks and Black Panther on its way, this trailer does nothing to excite besides "well, it'll be nice to see the latest hero entries interacting together"

Thanos can be alright as a villain (he's better as kind of a grey area or anti-hero character) but he looks even dumber than the comics here and there's nothing to indicate he's going to get Michael Keaton's Vulture-esque fleshed out. Big purple guy beats up people and steals stones zzzzzz

But, the Russo Bros are great and their Marvel films have been really well made, so maybe it'll be good. Needs a better trailer though for sure. Avengers 1&2 were both kinda weak.