Captain Craig
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Finally sat down and watched the trailer yesterday. As a big Marvel fan I'm used to taking a wait and see approach.
I thought when they announced GotG that they were overreaching too early.
As much as comic reader me likes Ant-Man, I thought that might be too tough a sell.
Then came the Eternals announcement. Comic reader me has a deficit with these characters. So how they fit into things or could be made to is one I leave up to Kevin Feige.
When the first trailers for GotG and Ant-Man were released I got those "this is going to work vibe".
This is the first time I'm not getting that vibe on a Marvel films initial trailer. I got it in spades with Shang-Chi a few weeks back. Waiting on Black Widow has been torture. While the imagery and tone gave off some beautiful concepts it also felt flat, empty and void of real direction. I await a second and third trailer to impress me now.
Could this film, number 25 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a decade and 1/2 of industry dominance, finally be the one the MCU haters have been hoping for?
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On 5/22/2021 at 12:11 PM, Macleod said:
Indeed, I think everyone is putting the cart ahead of the horse in terms of worrying about said possible plot point. It would be nice if there weren't a "nuke the fridge" moment here...but we'll see.
Comments like this are proof to me that being selective in ones "unbelievable" moments within the series are why KotCS is just fine. Fridge scene and all.
Outracing a giant boulder whose weight & density would mean it moves fast enough to overtake you, but doesn't. Totally fine.
Falling out of a plane and safely landing in an inflatable raft. Totally fine.
Mine carts jumping and landing back on track. Totally fine.
Granted I don't want Indy in space either, concerning the rumor, but come one...stop with the "nuke the fridge" moment being some line in the sand for this franchise.
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Onward was a very fun film. Saw this on D+ not long after it debuted. My wife and I decided not to show it to our not quite 4yr old cause death is just not a topic she has had to deal with nor is she wholly ready to process the ramifications. Soul is also on the long list for films she will get to see.
Grade: A-
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Late to the game. Finally saw the first Sonic via STARZ over the Holidays and really enjoyed it. Felt like it could've been too silly but it managed to stay grounded and be fantasy without being satire.
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Finally saw this on STARZ, thanks to Amazon Prime having a $.99 subscription offer.
I was worried when it came out. Initial feedback before Covid shut down the world seemed audiences were loving it.
Conclusion: Worth the hype!
Grade: A-
Now...Bad Boys 4???
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My enthusiasm for this series is waning. I didn't hate the trailer, just found myself going 'meh'. Lots of seen this, seen that showing up. Which this late in a series is something of a sideways compliment.
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Ready for the sequel. A great TV series that had a solid first film. Can't wait to see where they go with this!
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On 4/26/2021 at 2:46 AM, Darth Lehnsherr said:
Harrison Ford will be fine if they actually plan filming this soon. Interviews and media presence has never been his strong suit.
Out of his famous characters he's always been the most open to revisiting Indy.
Exactly. Anyone that has followed Ford's career know that interviews and being extemporaneous is just not his strong suit.
I'm a sad that this film has been delayed 3-4yrs from when it was initially announced. Still excited and just hoping for another great Indy film!
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a fun film that became one of those "cool to hate on films" .... fight me.
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Grade: A
I saw this on HBOMax and loved it, LOVED IT! This was the Avengers to this mini-cinematic Monsterverse for sure!
Not sure where they go from here but these 4 films were amazing fun!
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I've been absent from the boards awhile. No movies to attend in person I just drifted away. Movies, in the theater, are coming back and last weekend so did I.
I'm not remotely a Gamer. Haven't owned a console in 20yrs, but I did grow up in the age of Mortal Kombat so when a friend asked if the wife would let me go I wasn't letting the movie selection stop me if the wife wasn't.
Grade: B
I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Solid action scenes which is what I expected at the very least. A coherent and competent enough plot made for things to come together well.
My next for certain film in the theater will be Black Widow. Not sure about till then but I've got that film locked down.
As an aside I think the Covid rule of 3 empty seats between parties should stick around! Hahaha!!
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Now that Covid has forced studios to find alternatives, such as VOD, for film releases is this the beginning of a downward slide for theaters? Not that they go away mind you but people have for years been saying, "Let me just watch it at home". Too many rude people, phones, crying babies and talking children in films they shouldn't be at have irritated folks with the cinema experience for years, years now.
Sure this has been discussed but not sure where. I've been off the boards for awhile do to theater experience down.
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I did get to Bloodshot Saturday of Opening weekend amid the expanding Covid19 scare. It was showing in a 400 seater. By my guess there were about 25 or so of us +/-
I give the film a soft grade of: B
The overall origin of Ray/Bloodshot is fairly on point to the comic so points there. PRS(Project Rising Spirit) as the bad guy also works and follows true to form as it relates to Bloodshot. I would've preferred that the soldier goons they had be comic adapted characters from H.A.R.D. Corps but that doesn't make this choice poor. Just a preference.
The one big flaw from a visual standpoint is the lacking of true Bloodshot visuals. The pale skin and shirtless red dot chest appearance.
I could go for another installment. Guess we shall see how this all shakes out. I noticed that the film has just managed to cross $10m US domestic amid all the theater closings. Double Digits, yeah!
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On 3/9/2020 at 10:32 PM, lilmac said:
This is XXX / Pitch Black Vin Diesel in his element.
Great! I like both series.
The trailer did give off Vin in Toretto mode for Bloodshot though. Xander Cage is heavy on Toretto vibes also, but not Riddick.
I'm going Saturday night with my date Ms.Purell
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1 hour ago, BeastByTheBay said:
Bummer, I'm just hearing of this. I'm still eager for more Ford as Indy but w/o Spielberg it'll be a more shallow reunion...at least at the moment. If the film is great from script to screen then this will have been tears shed for no reason.
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On 2/21/2020 at 4:55 PM, dudalb said:
Optimistic as to quality or box office?
Both, why not. Just decent B.O. for it's budget will suffice imo.
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I'm sure I'm among the minority who are eager to see this with cautiously optimistic hopes.
VALIANT is my 3rd favorite interconnected super hero universe(yes there is more of those than just Marvel&DC to the uninitiated).
This will be the first in theater film I've seen since SWep9.
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4 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:
Why wouldn’t there by another trailer?
Figured there would be but sometimes WB surprises me.
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Will there be one more trailer for this?
I so want to see this but not sure I'll be able to with a new baby due this summer around its release date.
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Salvation was highly enjoyable vs Genysis. I'll see this DF soon enough but I don't wholly like what I hear.
Salvation falls into that camp of IJ:KotCS and SW:LJ where the haters clearly saw a different movie than I did. A few script or directorial choices aside none of these deserve the hate they get.
No, if you wanted Future War films Terminator fans you should've seen Salvation. Shit, Bale as John Connor finally being THE promised Resistance Leader the saga has foretold for the next film after proving himself here but no, you threw all that away "fans".
Not to mention Anton Yeltin...oh, what could've been.
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I just started Stranger Things(yes, I know I'm behind) and due to Black Widow I took an extra interest in David Harbor with that first episode.
Looking forward to seeing him more as I get into the show and gauge how, beyond the trailers, he may be in Black Widow.
Can't wait for May to get here to see this! It may be one of few movies I see before my second daughter is born in June.
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Someone asked and I'm still no closer to knowing what you kids are talking about with this new made up term: filmtwitter
It has the word twitter in it, and that place is a hive mind of deplorable trash from all walks.
From time to time I lift the cans lid to check out the situation and 2020 is going to be a shit show on that site.
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8 minutes ago, dudalb said:
Sorry,but if a film looks bad I will not go see it to
"Suppport a genre".Supporting bad movies just guarantees more bad movies will be made.
And don't get me started on what they did with Jonah Hex.....
I get that. However at the time, late 90s early 00s, it felt a bit more important to support them in hopes there would be more Raimi Spider-man and Singer X-Men type adaptions.
Now I don't think supporting a comic film I see as potentially bad is necessary.
Hence Birds of Prey is not one I'm going to make time for, it looks laughably bad.
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As someone who has been reading comics since the mid-80s I can't relate to the fanwars that seem to enthrall so many.
I just enjoy good product and a variety of publishers at any given time will have their products output flux.
I try to get to most comic book movies and TV shows. At one time that was very attainable. The last 5yrs the boom has made that nearly impossible, especially on the TV side.
I'd go and see films that looked questionable and likely to be bad just to see characters/situations brought to life. Show some support for the action sub-genre of 'comic book movies'. I saw Catwoman, Steel, Elektra, Jonah Hex and Tank Girl. I was bummed the recent Hellboy was lackluster if entertaining. I like how Kingman has found a niche.
I am a huge VALIANT comics fan and hope Bloodshot can have success. If it could be the Iron Man for VALIANT I'd be super pumped. Seeing X-O Manowar on the big screen done right would be epic. Ninjak has so much potential.
The most discerning thing in the comic book movie threads is that if you have reservations or feel based on what you're seeing that the film looks spotty the labeling that happens. Too many try to dismiss you as a "________ zombie fan" whose biased. I'm aware there are some that is a legit label for but it gets tossed out when it shouldn't or there isn't basis for the tag. Worse if its a female led film you'll just get called a sexist cause you dared to have an opposite opinion.
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Glad to see this do well! I saw a $73/74m 4-day number at one point, waiting on actuals.
Sony will for sure try to keep the gang together for BB4.
Hoping this bodes well for other properties coming back such as Indiana Jones 5, Coming to America 2, Bill&Ted 3 along with Ghostbusters Afterlife.
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THE SUICIDE SQUAD | August 6 2021 | James Gunn writing and directing
in Box Office Discussion
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Will Smith was the best part of the film. His character had the most emotional core. I'm not a Deadshot fan but would've gone to a solo Deadshot film, in large part due to Smith.
I'm not a big fan of the first SS and this one looks worse.