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I love that they just went "fuck it" with the logic of the spell, it's supposed to have brought over people who know Peter Parker is Spider-Man, but they also make it extremely clear Eddie Brock has no idea who is
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I'll start off with what I liked. The movie starts to pop big time once the other 2 Spider-Men show up. The scene with the 3 of them casually shooting the shit about Spider-Man life was an absolute joy, I can't deny that, and overall it was fun seeing the 3 of them together. Andrew Garfield was definitely the best Spider-Man in the movie, which was a bit of a surprise. I always knew he was a good actor, but I barely remember TASM1 and didn't bother with the second one.
The problem is the entire story was a ridiculous excuse to make this team up happen that I didn't buy at all. The whole multiverse happening because of a botched wizard spell? That's fine. The wizard's spell being cast because Peter's friends didn't get into college? What?! Even though they have Dr. Strange comment on this, it's still a coffee filter-flimsy premise. The entire crux of the movie being "Inject the bad guys with good guy juice and send them back to their universe?" This is the best they could come up with? I'm sorry, that is not good writing.
Also the "comedy" has regressed big time. I didn't say anything at the time the trailer dropped because I didn't want to pile on about the "Scooby Doo" and "Seriously what's your real name" jokes, but they annoyed me at the time, and the film is full of those attempts at humor which just... aren't funny. A lot of those attempts come from Happy and Ned, and for the first time Ned started to annoy me. Really the only comic relief that worked was from the Spider-Men trio and Jamie Foxx (the brief scene with the school teachers was funny but that lasts like 8 seconds)
Finally, the action is just SO lifeless. The action in all of these MCU Spider-Man movies has never been a high point, but I was hoping they'd step it up for this one, but nope. Every setpiece is still set in a drab, boring location and feels completely functional, even compared to like an Avengers movie, there's just no excitement to any of the action. They even managed to drain the life out of the Dr. Strange sequence. That's how I feel about Jon Watts' direction in general, serviceable and that's it. Honestly FFH might be the best out of the MCU Spideys
Tldr overhyped, gets gud when Tobey and Andrew show up.
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42 minutes ago, Menor said:
"Those 40 minutes were the most different of any MCU movie yet. Really ambitious, lots to unpack here."
"Has a cameo that will CHANGE THE MCU FOREVER"
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This movie should have all the hype that other POSER Spider-Man movie is getting
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21 hours ago, Ozymandias said:
Ah yes, American Disney+
I might renew that when Mandalorian and Boba Fett come back on. There is like literally nothing else on there to watch unless you're a Marvel or Star Wars addict.
Simpsons
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Here's my list. I'll be honest, I watched 20 minutes of The Age of Innocence tonight and really wasn't feeling it. Some other time.
1. Goodfellas
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. The Irishman
4. The Departed
5. Taxi Driver
6. Raging Bull
7. The King of Comedy
8. Mean Streets
9. Hugo
10. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
11. Cape Fear
12. Shutter Island
13. Gangs of New York
14. Casino
15. Italianamerican
16. The Last Temptation of Christ
17. Bringing Out the Dead
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Finally watched the King of Comedy, I didn't realize just how much Joker took from this movie, honestly more than it took from Taxi Driver. Rupert Pupkin is a fantastic character.
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On 11/7/2021 at 12:13 AM, Webslinger said:
Though I will admit that this film is my least favorite of his work since The Darjeeling Limited
Agree with this. I enjoyed this like I've enjoyed all his films thus far. If you're a fan of his work you'll probably like this, if you don't like his style of filmmaking there's really no reason to watch this, it's not going to win you over. Honestly I mainly enjoyed the movie on a visual level. The film just throws so many characters at you, and LOTS of information about all those characters, I was just trying to keep up with what was going on (I seriously don't know what the hell Christoph Waltz is doing in the movie. He plays an uninvited dinner guest who upsets Frances McDormand for some reason and has like 3 lines. Why?). Seems like ever since Grand Budapest his movies are becoming these increasingly intricate puzzles that take more than one viewing to figure out (I didn't connect emotionally with Isle of Dogs at all until my second watch, now I love that one).
The standouts in the cast were Jeffrey Wright and Tilda Swinton. Wright brought a real gravitas and melancholy to his role, he's just a damn good actor, and you can tell Swinton has a blast playing these kind of batty weirdos. I also quite enjoyed Owen Wilson's brief segment, his cadence is just perfect for Anderson's dialogue. Adrien Brody's explanation of modern art was also very funny.
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Last season of Narcos: Mexico was a big letdown. It's been such a consistent show up until now, but this season just felt drag-ass and anti-climactic. Too many slow, uninteresting storylines that didn't have anything to do with the main story. I guess there was a new showrunner this year so that's probably why. Lame.
The French Dispatch was fun, not my favorite Wes Anderson movie though. Mostly enjoyed it on a visual level, which honestly is usually the case the first time I watch one of his movies.
Other than that been binging It's Always Sunny (I swear this show ages like a fine wine, old episodes still make me laugh my ass off and there's so many to choose from) and watching NBA.
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This still just looks like an inferior Into the Spider-Verse. If this thing gets negative reviews hooo-doggy look out because the meltdowns are going to be unprecedented.
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I love how everyone is pretending like her character wasn't a big hit when the first movie came out.
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Watching this movie on edibles at the IMAX was one of the most insane moviegoing experiences I've ever had. Kind of obsessed with this movie now. I was a little underwhelmed at first and now I can't stop thinking about it.
The music was so fucking loud. The scene where this played nearly gave me a heart attack holy lord
This scene right here. This is where the movie starts getting GOOOD. These big setpieces played so much more intensely on the IMAX screen (and on drugs). Even the thopter crash, which I barely remember the first time I watched it, was incredibly intense.
Also I want one of those pea coat things that Oscar Isaac and Timothee Chalamet wear on Caladan in the graveyard.
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Dune is a way better movie than Pacific Rim...
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26 minutes ago, TMP said:
Not in the time span he achieved it, especially since he's over 40
Guess "diet and exercise" also explain the gigantic head and jaw growth as well. To be clear I'm not "shaming" anyone, just making the obvious observation that he's on HGH.
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4 minutes ago, Porthos said:
I was wondering if someone would bring up the q-word (quips).
And, you know what? Fair. But quippy (again, a fairly ill-defined term in my opinion) romps is a pretty wide brush, IMO.
Is the complaint then that Eternals is just too po-faced for its own good? Does the quip quotient not rise high enough? Not really sure that's it, IMO.
Reading between the lines of critics who liked the film and those who didn't, it seems to me that the real dividing line is: Some folks found the characters (and their struggles) compelling and others didn't. Sure, folks can point to (allegedly) "too many characters, not enough time to develop them/care about them", but when it comes right down to it, isn't that just buy-in?
I'm not saying that Eternals is being judged unfairly or anything like that. Just that perhaps the diagnosis (strays too far from the so-called Marvel Formula) really doesn't seem to fit the complaints of "Just didn't care".
Let me try to bring up a compare/contrast with a film that is dear to my heart, Rogue One (which also had the unenviable task of introducing loads of characters in a short amount of time). While many people point to the killer third act, a common complaint is that the the characters in the first half of the film are cookie cutter and/or uninteresting. I personally find this bizarre, as they hooked me from the moment they showed up.
But buy-in is a hard to define thing. What works and is compelling for one person (say me) isn't for others. That part I don't find bizarre.
(this isn't an invitation to discuss R1, either. Just bringing up a movie where there is something of a disagreement about one of its central pieces)
So to bring this back to Eternals, maybe that's just the problem here. For whatever reasons, too many reviewers just aren't buying what is being sold. But for folks who do buy into the characters, it seems to work.
That's the dividing line I find more interesting rather than straying from a so-called Marvel Formula.
I mean I haven't seen Eternals yet I can't speak on any of that lol. But uhhh I stand by what I said
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15 minutes ago, Porthos said:
Just what is the "Marvel Formula" anyway? Coz while I see a lot of comments about it, I don't see nearly as many definitions as to what it actually is.
(I realize this is inviting a 10 page thread derailment, but just about anything is better than the current obsession with RT)
The MCU formula to me, is at their core these movies are fun, quippy, light-hearted romps. And they usually do that very well, better than most. Occasionally (Infinity War, Endgame), they successfully rise above that and feel like genuinely exciting action adventure movies. But that's the formula and they rarely stray from it, which is fine. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can single out more specific stuff like cinematography, lighting, etc. as part of the MCU formula, but more than anything it's the tone of the movies.
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Should've just gotten Patrick Warburton. I still don't know who was asking for this movie
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26 minutes ago, Last Man Standing said:
Funny cause they're actually good friends IRL apparently. The obvious answer to that question is that he's his lord's son, and you want to be in the good graces of the noble family.
That makes sense on paper (and again this isn't a big deal) but just the way they were playing these two characters I didn't buy them as genuine best friends. Like when Paul starts whining about his dream Duncan should have rolled his eyes and said been like "ALRIGHT TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOUR DREAM CAUSE I'M JUST DYING TO KNOW"
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Rewatched it again last night and enjoyed it even more, just a fantastic movie. Probably the best example of big budget world building since Fury Road. However I still think the last half-hour or so feels a little anti-climactic.
Also not a huge complaint by any means but I still don't buy Timothy Charmander and Jason Mimosa being best bros at all. That first scene they share together, both times I watched it I was just thinking "Why are you friends with this little weenie?" Like at least with Luke Skywalker and Han Solo you get to see them bond.
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This slaps and if you disagree you're wrong
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yall got anymore of them fanboy meltdowns?
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This... felt like half of a really cool movie. I haven't read the book and am not familiar with the story at all, and as of now without a second half it's hard to even recommend this movie to anyone in the same boat, it just feels incomplete and underwhelming.
Also I went to the bathroom twice, did they explain what happened to Josh Brolin's character or was that left ambiguous? Also I don't get exactly HOW "spice" is the key to their society, and I was waiting for that explanation the entire movie. Wtf do they do with it? Smoke it? Snort it? What the hell is it?
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I really need to watch the King of Comedy, been meaning to forever. Also Italianamerican is on youtube
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48 minutes ago, cookieleeann said:
Film Twitter's hate for Joker made me root for the film even more. I never understood the weird hate towards that film.
Honestly I think a big part of it was just resentment towards Todd Phillips making a "serious" movie and wanting it to fail. It was so funny watching people try desperately to drum up ANY real sort of controversy over that movie and failing completely.
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It's pretty clear they had the idea for a big multiverse team-up, but not much of an actual story to hinge that on. Which is funny because ITSV had the same basic concept and managed to tell an interesting, cool story at the same time, so it's not like it's impossible to have it both ways. Anyways I get why people are digging it.