#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 20 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Also, I just fear that Avengers 4 will return to the lighter mould of Marvel and just undo this film's consequences all too easily, making the whole thing feel unearned Agreed, though for the moment I'm willing to dispel such fears and enjoy the fact that Marvel did an ending that was properly (PG13) dark. 9 minutes ago, Chen G. said: But ultimately Thanos was the one driving the plot, the others mostly reacting to it. The film should have been called Thanos: Infinity Wars, really. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,953 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, Stefancos said: The film should have been called Thanos: Infinity Wars, really. I hear that often, but to me titles of films have always been part of the marketing more than a true statement of a film’s actual narrative. But I digress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Chen will be wrong because that is what he does. Sure what Thanos did will be undone but there will be consequences and it wont be light fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I don't even like Infinity War very much, but I do get annoyed by the "but it's all going to be undone!" and "Marvel is being dishonest by acting like it won't be!" The ending is very real for the characters who survived, and when it is undone they will still have lived through that. That's what matters anyway. JoeinAR and Chen G. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Seriously behind-the-then times (2004) remake of John Frankenheimer's tense-yet-satirical piece of Cold War-anxiety. The one highlight is Meryl Streep's diabolic senator portrayal (taking over from as-chilly Angela Lansbury) and i almost wish she would have gotten a few spin-off's out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, publicist said: Seriously behind-the-then times (2004) remake of John Frankenheimer's tense-yet-satirical piece of Cold War-anxiety. The one highlight is Meryl Streep's diabolic senator portrayal (taking over from as-chilly Angela Lansbury) and i almost wish she would have gotten a few spin-off's out of this. It really was a bizarre choice to remake in a modern time setting given how specific the original was to the paranoia and suspicions of the height of the Cold War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I'll give them that the change from communists to corporation was an inspired one, what they present as The Big ConspiracyTM was sadly an old hat, even in 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 From the same time period, The Constant Gardener was a much better "corporations are evil" thriller. It's so much better executed in terms of style, characters, interesting plot turns, and overall believability. Fiennes and Weisz were just so good in that. And it's based on a novel from the master of Cold War paranoia no less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Le Carré's exquisite world-weariness doesn't come through in that, but Fiennes and Weisz (and Bill Nighy!) save the rather flat script. From working part of my time in scientific/pharmaceutical fields i can say that you don't have to travel to Africa to unveil corporate wrongdoing and morally repugnant behaviour from all players involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Black Panther So this is what half the world went nuts over? I guess I'm happy for them. I gotta give it to it, it's finally mostly not the Marvel formula (It still all looks mostly the same), and I did kinda like the culturebuilding aspect (except for the remaining barbaric things - he killed our leader? well then he's who must lead us now!). The main actor's pretty good, and he's finally not another joke machine. Martin Freeman forcing an American accent is disturbing. But at least he didn't go back to the CIA to bring the big bad white America to invade the great Black homeland like I expected it to end in the first hour, he just goes along with everything, it's thankfully bland. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I thought it was a super likable movie. Michael B. Jordan probably gave my favorite acting performance in any MCU movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Yeah, he had a few cool moments. Overall it's above 'meh' level for me, but joins all the other Marvel movies in the "don't really plan on watching it ever again" category. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Holko said: Martin Freeman forcing an American accent is disturbing. Was it as bad as Ray Winstone's American accent, in THE DEPARTED? Geez, that was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 No idea, but Freeman's accent and general speech patterns are so recognizeable that this seemed really unnatural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,348 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 19 hours ago, Holko said: Black Panther So this is what half the world went nuts over? Not me, I even stopped watching, because I didn't see anything that could mildly piqued my interest. I would even go as far as to say the direction was subpar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Ragnarok was the one I almost stopped multiple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,348 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 I didn't like that one either but at least there was a bit of humor in Ragnarok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 @Drax I put I Am the Pretty Little Thing That Lives in the House on. I lasted maybe 4 minutes before switching that insufferable shit off. And you got through the whole thing?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp One of the most markedly improved sequels I’ve seen in a while. Breezy fun action comedy. Funny jokes, sweet characters, and boy the action is so so much better this time. The climactic Frisco car Chase is genuinely great. A gentlemen’s B for this fine evening at the cinema. Lot less dumb ant shit too. If you don’t generally like MCU comedy, you will not enjoy this. Don’t see it. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Ant-Man and The Wasp - Lots of fun. It's a good "breather" film between Infinity War and Avengers 4. I laughed a lot (Michael Pena in particular was a riot). Also I was surprised by how good of an antagonist Ghost was. The action was really solid too. - 8 / 10 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 7 hours ago, Quintus said: @Drax I put I Am the Pretty Little Thing That Lives in the House on. I lasted maybe 4 minutes before switching that insufferable shit off. And you got through the whole thing?? LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Ant-Man and the Wasp One of the most markedly improved sequels I’ve seen in a while. Breezy fun action comedy. Funny jokes, sweet characters, and boy the action is so so much better this time. The climactic Frisco car Chase is genuinely great. A gentlemen’s B for this fine evening at the cinema. Lot less dumb ant shit too. If you don’t generally like MCU comedy, you will not enjoy this. Don’t see it. Anything to say on the score by that Christophe Beck fella? I didn't care for the theme for the last one (sounds like a slightly-arranged Mission Impossible riff), but I'm wondering if the Wasp theme is any interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,348 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Ant-Man and the Wasp Don’t see it. I won't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 9 hours ago, Quintus said: @Drax I put I Am the Pretty Little Thing That Lives in the House on. I lasted maybe 4 minutes before switching that insufferable shit off. And you got through the whole thing?? Yep. I must have special endurance powers. Mind you, I did look at my phone quite a bit while it was on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Another Marvel movie already? Are the gonna have 5 more this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Margo Channing said: Yep. I must have special endurance powers. Mind you, I did look at my phone quite a bit while it was on. The opening narration was bone chillingly... cringy. But I tapped out when the girl speaking eventually came into frame and proceeded to smile directly at the camera, like the smug winner of Crufts or something. Eject! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmm 91 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Ant Man and the Wasp. Boring. And I usually like MCU comedy (Guardians, Ragnarok). JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 My review of Ant-Man and The Wasp. https://dailyuv.com/feed/962980?location=norwich-vt JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Ant Man is a blast pure and simple. And the mid credit stinger is -wow. Fancyarcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,953 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 There's really no point in reviewing comedies, such as Ant Man and the Wasp: its the most subjective genre, by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Chen G. said: There's really no point in reviewing comedies, such as Ant Man and the Wasp: its the most subjective genre, by a mile. Wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Chen G. said: There's really no point in reviewing comedies, such as Ant Man and the Wasp: its the most subjective genre, by a mile. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/fef264ce-117d-4a25-8c95-11399a30d0e9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 10 hours ago, Chen G. said: There's really no point in reviewing comedies, such as Ant Man and the Wasp: its the most subjective genre, by a mile. Strange comment. Can you explain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,348 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I guess humor isn't a universal language after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Quintus said: Strange comment. Can you explain? Comedies, you either laugh or you dont. You know this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I mean, literally any genre or movie elicits a subjective response. Comedy isn't somehow exempt from that basic fact. It seems to me that Chen just made a new rule or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Hardly new, and hardly anything Chen thought up. A comedy works if it has made you laugh enough. It doesn't have to make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, Quintus said: I mean, literally any genre or movie elicits a subjective response. Comedy isn't somehow exempt from that basic fact. It seems to me that Chen just made a new rule or something. Comedy and horror are more subjective than others. I can agree with that. Karol Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Absolutely. You can see when they work, but it's hard to explain why. Why is Monty Python funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 27 minutes ago, crocodile said: Comedy and horror are more subjective than others. I can agree with that. Karol That doesn't make them unreviewable. Chen on the other hand doesn't review anything well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,348 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Absolutely. You can see when they work, but it's hard to explain why. Why is Monty Python funny? That's probably perfectly explainable, just like something scary is explainable. Billions of people like Marvel flicks because it's a combination of action and humor. Marvel is not that subjective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Explain why the parrot sketch is funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I actually find little of the Python TV series funny these days. I discovered this by trying to find some scenes on YouTube to show my kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I see that. Changing tastes etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Blasphemer! Every episode should be watched in full, the segways add a lot to the creative absurdity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 This is probably try in Pythons case. But still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 A lot of Python's humor is derived from the cultural image of white Englishmen as very buttoned up, lordly, superior, stiff upper lip and all that. Much British comedy over the years is about puncturing that image with silliness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: A lot of Python's humor is derived from the cultural image of white Englishmen as very buttoned up, lordly, superior, stiff upper lip and all that. Much British comedy over the years is about puncturing that image with silliness. Thank you Captain Obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 You're welcome Lieutenant Dickhead Wojo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 It's Commander Dickhead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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