DealWithIt

It was decent, nothing more. Kate McKinnon had most of the best lines as most probably assumed she would. Way better than BvS though? Nah. Especially having now seen the Directors Cut of BvS.

And yet Marvel movies are littered with flaws. Still receive wall to wall positive reviews. Civil War getting the critical reception it did when it just wasn't on the level that Winter Soldier was is a travesty. That airport fight...please...stop...QUIPPING! A serious goddamn matter, NOPE sorry need jokes so the audience doesn't forget you don't really need to take this serious matter very seriously! I had no problem with Spidey being like that, that's who he is. But let up with the rest of the cast for once. I dread how badly things could go if they don't stick the landing with Thanos.

Bit of a late response here but I'd say the only thing that would slow down Star Wars at this point is younglings being slaughtered onscreen. I can imagine even kids going crazy during those final few minutes and then playing out THAT scene as they leave the theater. Hell, I'm an adult and it made me want to do that!

Audiences watched Tom Hanks talk to a volley ball for damn near two hours. Make it compelling and people will care.

Yup. It's asinine to try and say otherwise. I was seeing crowds in January, up to a month out after release that other movies would've loved to have had on opening weekend. That box office run was incredible and a ton of fun to follow.

Seeing people living in LA freak out about rain is fascinating. It's like a peek into a different world each time. Meanwhile, here in the Midwest we have had zero degrees with wind chills at -20 or worse within the last week and people put a layer or two on and go about their day.

Jennifer Lawrence starred in a movie as the inventor of the Miracle Mop and the movie ended up grossing just over $100 million dollars despite middling reviews that still praised her performance. No star power though.

Lawrence absolutely does. Pratt is still new but his performance in Guardians alone made him a star, despite someone with a straight face saying Kellan Lutz of Twilight fame (I hate myself for knowing he was in those movies) would have helped the movie make the same amount of money. I mean, we all remember that Gladiator movie or whatever it was that Lutz starred in, right? Big money maker!

This movie wasn't remotely risky for her. She's a well established star and the movie just ended up not too good. It happens to every actor at some point.

Some people just can't handle that a woman could be powerful like Luke was shown to be before his training began. We go from Luke whining about not being able to get some power converters to him hitting the impossible shot and blowing up the Death Star (with the guidance of Obi Wan's voice) in a two hour span. His training in A New Hope consisted of five minutes of deflecting blaster shots from what's essentially a training dummy. Oh but wait, he DID miss one and it got him in the side. I guess that counts as struggling. Rey firing off desperate blaster shots as Kylo effortlessly deflects them and keeps getting closer, then freezes her and reads her mind before knocking her out and taking her back to their base is more of a physical struggle then anything Luke went through in ANH.

Pandora - The World of Avatar is supposed to be opening this upcoming summer. That'll no doubt help get talk going again.

Well, the movie is seven years old now. Star Wars has now had eight movies on the big screen, a few TV shows that have been pretty popular, numerous video games and toys and collectibles, etc. if Avatar would've been up to a trilogy of movies by now, I'd imagine it would be in conversations far more and have much more of a presence than it does. It was a phenomenon at and for awhile after release but with just one movie, there's only so much you can talk about before you are circling back to the same things you already discussed. Once the sequel(s) finally get here, talk about the first one and what's to come will no doubt ramp up. Cameron created one heck of a world, the stories to be told within it are really limitless.

TFA should've renewed your hope we will see good to great Star Wars movies again. It's a masterclass on how to make a crowd pleasing, ridiculously fun blockbuster. After the dreck that were episodes 1-3, having faith restored in seeing an actual good SW movie again was badly needed. Had TFA had a mediocre reception from critics and general audiences worldwide, the rebirth of SW on the big screen could've been in jeopardy in its infancy.

The man made a movie you didn't like. Get over it, move on with your life. I'd hate to see the kind of grudge you'd hold with someone you actually know that did something that's actually bad.

Well you see, it's Oscar baity, therefore it should do bad. Please understand.

Your schtick ran its course. Come up with new material.

Indeed. POI is one of the top 5 shows of all time for me. Right there with the best that HBO has given us. And speaking of HBO, Nolans Westworld had a fantastic first season as well.

It was a behemoth we won't see again probably until episode 9 comes out. Such a fun run to follow last year.

If only the majority of those scenes and lines weren't quoted and memed for all the reasons the movie clearly didn't mean them to be. The sudden talk in the last year of "yeah, well, Lucas did something ORIGINAL with the prequels!" is utterly laughable. So much originality that crushing disappointment was and still is the resounding impact the prequels have left on the general public when they think about 1-3. Going through the motions filmmaking, stiff and at times downright terrible acting, a second movie that is woefully boring and it gave us those oh so wonderful sand memes. All of that is definitely the kind of reception Star Wars deserves when done well, no doubt about it. That is, if you liked Star Wars being the punchline of the joke. Thankfully in just two short years, the reception has done a complete turnaround.

All you have to do to end this discussion is bring up farm boy Luke and his destruction of the Death Star with his eyes closed and the voice of Obi Wan guiding him, two hours after we meet him. TFA has actual flaws people can talk about, albeit very, very few, this one is the easiest to dismantle.

Reception of TFA is still glowing. Just the usual extremely small amount of people on the internet going around telling anyone who stops laughing at them long enough to listen, that it "wasn't actually good". Incorrect just like with every other mega blockbuster loved by critics and fans worldwide.

Always one of my favorite parts of impressions. Someone doesn't like the movie, says their audience of course didn't like it either. Tries to use this as evidence that WOM won't be good. I mean, just reading on this site, people saying they loved it and their audience loved it. I'm seeing it on other boards as well. Just like TFA last year, though probably not as batshit crazy insanely good WOM but still very good, Rogue One will have great legs. The Star Wars revival on the big screen continues unabated.

Monster Trucks seems like a perfectly fine kids movie that would have a modest budget and end up doing ok. Then you see what they've apparently sunk into making it and realize at some point they were hoping for this to be a big money maker. Someone is losing their job over this big misfire.

So happy with those Arrival numbers. A fantastic, beautiful movie with a great message especially after this shitshow of a week.

Yeah general audiences haven't seen this side of Marvel until now. Well, I guess they got a little taste of it with the tiny bit that Thanos was in GotG, seeing Scarlet Witch with her powers, but still nothing on this level. alone getting a little screen time will likely have some viewers going WTF. I was glad they actually showed him after mentioning him a few times earlier in the movie, so audiences who have no clue who he is now at least have an inkling of an idea when he shows up down the road.