LoathedVermin72 wrote:It was okay. Mildly fun, but plagued by a lot of the same problems as the other Marvel films: too much comic book plotting, too much flashy CGI, way too busy visually, not enough time to become acclimated to the atmosphere of the universe, etc.
I want to see a movie devoted entirely to Del Toro's character. He fucking killed it.
Part of why the Marvel series has been so successful, I think, is that it is arriving at a time when "movie as experience" is the major going trend. It fits perfectly into a moment where theaters are trying to become bar/restaurant/living rooms, and when every studio and director is looking for a way to make their movie pop out as an event or collection of short immersive thrill rides.
Marvel's collection of characters seem like the perfect vehicle for that (if only it was limited to just their movies...), especially since they can so easily balance family friendly fun and adult appeal. Basically, they are able to use it well because of how thoroughly they can embrace it, where the Hobbit tries to incorporate some of its big brother's epicality and just ends up laying there like a turd. When they've done it right, it's been great. But when they slip too far in the direction of audiovisual flash or end up mistreating their story, half the time they get away with it because nobody wants to poop on the party. That, or people are so caught up in the fun of this massive ongoing thing that they don't always realize when it derails a little bit.
hey bad guy, You see that fleet of ships you control that can be on the surface in seconds? Get in one of those. Or failing that, why not just jump out of your ship? Or maybe just take a space taxi to the surface? Or...
I thought he was one of the better marvel villains to date.
Again, I thought it was quite good. But I went in really wanting it to be my favorite, and I thought Cap 2 and Avengers was better. But it's not like placing behind those two means you suck
stip wrote:I thought he was one of the better marvel villains to date.
Again, I thought it was quite good. But I went in really wanting it to be my favorite, and I thought Cap 2 and Avengers was better. But it's not like placing behind those two means you suck
I was not expecting much at all. All throughout the marketing campaign I thought "this looks dumb as hell" (especially after that scene at the end of Thor 2). But what I got was a surprisingly endearing swashbuckling aventure that took a really generic plot, mined it for comedic opportunities, and populated it with likeable characters. A genuinely good time at the movies, probably the most outright non-cerebral fun I've had in a movie theater since Avengers was released (it helped that the audience I was with was very lively, lots of cheering and laughing). I think that's why everybody seems to love it; it purports to be nothing but a silly movie about space cowboys. I dug it. I'd love to take my little siblings to see it.
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