#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Captain America: The First Avenger. Surprisingly unengaging film, which despite an excellent cast, solid director and excellent production values doesn't feel all that interesting. Its an important film in that it has Cap's origin story and contain several elements the MCU will continue to draw from. The Tesseract and Peggy Carter being the two most vital parts. The main issue is that after Steve is given the serum, there's not a whole lot of plot left. The second half of the film mostly has Cap kicking ass in WWII Europe, untill he finally has to sacrifice himself. Steve Rogers isn't yet an man out of time here, nor is he dealing with any kind of moral quandary like in later films. I guess the point of this film was to always have him end up in the present day. So everything Cap does in the 1940's battle field is a bit.... inconsequential. Cap's Howling Commando's for example aren't all that interesting. Tommy Lee Jones is fine, but its the kinda role we have seen in 100 other war films. Good points. Chris Evans is just right in the role, as is Haley Atwell as Peggy Carter actually, who would become the most enduring character from this film after its lead. And their arc together thoughout 3 phases of MCU is great. Alan Silvestri composes the first truly successful MCU score and sets a template for his 3 subsequent scores. Overall, the film is fine. **1/2 out of **** Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 When I first saw it in 2011, I had no idea it was part of some bigger universe they were building until the post credits trailer for The Avengers. And I'd already seen Thor a few months prior and still had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Is Thor that old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Thor is very old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,443 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I remember one of the movies saying he was over 1000 years old and... Wait, you're talking about the character or the movie? Because if it is the latter, then that's from May 2011. Now, if you're talking about our JWFan colleague, then I can't help you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 He wears flasses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Even more, The VVitch will be haunting in your head longer than the average 'one of a dozen' Hollywood horror flick. It’s The Witch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 19 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Can’t imagine what he’d call 1-4! 5/10 is garbage 4/10 is cinematic rape 3/10 is a Hans Zimmer 2/10 is some swear word that a man on fire would shout 1/10 is a combination of Holocaust and Tschernobyl Fabulin and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I suppose 10/10 is eating a partially bitten Eclair from the bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 46 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: 5/10 is garbage 4/10 is cinematic rape 3/10 is a Hans Zimmer 2/10 is some swear word that a man on fire would shout 1/10 is a combination of Holocaust and Tschernobyl Where's Balfe on the scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Sub-level 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 15 hours ago, Koray Savas said: It’s The Witch! Tintin! Edit: LOL wtf I keep trying to write Tin - Tin with a space between and the board changes it back to Tintin. Is anyone else having this problem? Did Jay do something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Tin Tin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Tintin That's hilarious! Tintin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 It's a JWFan easter egg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Poor @Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 I feel censored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 v Gee, that was awful. A by-committee script that somehow checkboxes all the recent and not so recent hot-button topics (black slavery, poverty, women's lib) to embarrassing effect by placing a young Han Solo in an Oliver-Twist like setting, which he has to escape to enter a dreaded 'origin' story that - again - checkboxes later Star Wars lore and tries to fit all this comfortably in two hour rollercoaster action ride. It's really depressing and a great showcase how NOT to approach a movie. The best thing about it, Powell's score is - by necessity - often too loud and garish - though he has a few very successful quieter, more reflective moments and golden 'movie' moments like the Falcon reveal where he really shines - but it's next to JW the only recent blockbuster example how a musical narrative can actually help to sell a product as empty as this, though sadly it is buried by sound effects most of the time. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 I thought those social issues were important items that the film needed to discuss in order to be relevant in our changing world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Maybe if it weren't third-hand references by rich Hollywood guys - engineered to not annoy anyone by being as broadly applied as possible and to fit in comfortably with mindless spectacle sequences. Maybe i'm just too rusty in regards to recent blockbusters - i have seen no Marvel movie since 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and also not the one million of sequels and prequels, save for Di$neys dreadful 'Beauty and the Beast' and the tolerable 'Jungle Book'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 I'll probably never see Solo. Ron Howard is such a boring director. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 I didn't mind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Yeah it’s quite a fun movie. I liked it more than the dour Rogue One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Han was too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Noticeably! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 35 minutes ago, Quintus said: I'll probably never see Solo. Ron Howard is such a boring director. I agree, Lee; he's very much "white bread", but COCOON is still a lovely film. How much or the film did he direct? It's Star Wars' SUPERMAN II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Yes I actually really loved Cocoon in my youth. Even Parent Hood was a guilty pleasure. But these are sickly AF movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Apollo 13 is first rate, so is Parenthood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 PARENTHOOD I liked. The speech by the grandma about how life is either a rollercoaster, or a carousel, was effective. 'Fraid to say that I felt that APOLLO 13 was stylized, signposted, and ostentatious, beyond my ability to enjoy it. It wanted you to like it, but it tried too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Naïve Old Fart said: 'Fraid to say that I felt that APOLLO 13 was stylized, signposted, and ostentatious, beyond my ability to enjoy it. It wanted you to like it, but it tried too hard. Lol, typical pretentious twat response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Night Shift is pretty good, though Michael Keaton carries that one. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Stefancos said: Lol, typical pretentious twat response. Why, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Splash had Darryl Hannah and her lovely buttocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 What about a woman showing up naked, in New York? I'm all for it, of course! #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Splash was the last Howard that had a freshness to it, i don't mind his general whitebread-ishness but from 'Cocoon' onwards he often favoured the kind of engineered Hollywood slickness that can work you over once in a while but mostly it is just that (sometimes he did nastier stuff by accident, as in 'The Grinch'). Though 'Solo's problems have nothing to do with that. A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 If anything Howard did a fine job taking the footage taken by the previous directors and mixing it with his footage in a way that feels coherent. Joss Whedon fared far worse with Justice League Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 White bread has its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 I prefer a dark loaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 54 minutes ago, publicist said: (sometimes he did nastier stuff by accident, as in 'The Grinch'). Kids love it, which is the main thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,443 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 I like Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon and Rush. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Watched Sicario last night. Tried to watch it some months ago but got distracted with something else. Oddly, my opinion on the film has changed. It might be actually the only Villeneuve film that actually improves on second viewing (most of them either stay the same or get worse). I appreciate that so much of it is told visually. It's not a very "plotty" film but it feels like you get good understanding of what's happening and the implications. It's pretty difficult thing to achieve, especially in a film set in circumstances as morally ambiguous. I am really impressed by Emily Blunt's acting because most of it happens in her eyes. She's a very passive character, mostly an observer, and it's quite a strange thing she has absolutely no impact on the events. But it does make sense from a thematic perspective. Oh and I also watched Midsommar twice last week. Once on 4K Blu-ray and once on extended director's cut. The shorter version is better. The 3-hour version, while fine, doesn't really make much of a difference and I would argue some of the additions ruin the nice ambiguous anxious feeling. The relationship between Dani and Christian is so awkward because they don'tvcommunicate properly. So having an extra argument scene in the middle of the film where they actually spell things out a bit redundant. You already get it. It feels a bit like the extended US cut of The Shining. It's OK but unnecessary. Having said that, I liked some of the extra ritual bits in there. One other thing I'd like to add is that the 4K version of this film is drop dead gorgeous. The Blu-ray looked fine but this is on a completely different level. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Et tu, Karol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 2 hours ago, publicist said: Splash was the last Howard that had a freshness to it, i don't mind his general whitebread-ishness but from 'Cocoon' onwards he often favoured the kind of engineered Hollywood slickness that can work you over once in a while but mostly it is just that (sometimes he did nastier stuff by accident, as in 'The Grinch'). Though 'Solo's problems have nothing to do with that. A Ron Howard movie lack character. It's like he always wants to do good by everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Skyward was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 There's nothing wrong with just doing a good job! Auteur directors are overrated, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 All they do is block the scene anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, Stefancos said: There's nothing wrong with just doing a good job! Believe it or not, but nobody tries to do a bad job, Steef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 But few do it as consistently as Richie Cunningham! Fine director in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Maybe you are fine with just nice but nothing more. So have you seen Rush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Just now, Alexcremers said: Maybe you are fine with just nice but nothing more. Arent you? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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