By reilo Go To PostThe most surprising bit about how good Winter Soldier was is how absolutely terrible the first Captain America movie was. The moment they go into the montage scene, the movie becomes incredibly bad.Yep.
I get the need to tell an origin story, but the most interesting thing about Cap is that he's an anachronism. He's a lot more fun when he's acting as an idealized representation of the "greatest generation" in modern times.
Yeah I loved Captain Murica 2, even the action was ace!
By KingGondo Go To PostAgreed. His mouth was distracting. It was far too naturalistic. Every syllable was articulated.EXACTYLY ! I was telling my friend next me "Ok, they cant be serious about the mouth?"
That first Captain America really sucks. But it's also not the worst Marvel thing, which is quite obviously Thor 2.
Honestly, the reverence I see for the whole "Marvel Cinematic Universe" is gag inducing. (Especially when I see like MCU written out. Vomit.) You're hitching your wagon to movies that I think are kind of destructive. I think it says a lot of bad things and sets a lot of bad precedents when these generic ass movies are so wildly popular and a movie that's actually trying something new like Mad Max probably bombs.
Honestly, the reverence I see for the whole "Marvel Cinematic Universe" is gag inducing. (Especially when I see like MCU written out. Vomit.) You're hitching your wagon to movies that I think are kind of destructive. I think it says a lot of bad things and sets a lot of bad precedents when these generic ass movies are so wildly popular and a movie that's actually trying something new like Mad Max probably bombs.
By rodeoclown Go To PostThat first Captain America really sucks. But it's also not the worst Marvel thing, which is quite obviously Thor 2.Yeah. Thor 2 was bad, especially considering how much I liked the first one (and wanted to like the second).
Honestly, the reverence I see for the whole "Marvel Cinematic Universe" is gag inducing. (Especially when I see like MCU written out. Vomit.) You're hitching your wagon to movies that I think are kind of destructive. I think it says a lot of bad things and sets a lot of bad precedents when these generic ass movies are so wildly popular and a movie that's actually trying something new like Mad Max probably bombs.
MCU fanboyism is annoying. The movies' hype cycles have become so big and all-encompassing that you can't escape them. Every week brings a new casting announcement, movie announcement, or set of leaked on-set photos... I get why Disney does it, but I find it exhausting as someone who likes a variety of moviegoing experiences.
I still don't know where Guardians of the Galaxy fits into this universe. I like how standalone that movie was and I didn't get the sense that it had much if any ties to the rest of the MCU. Then again, I know nothing about the comics.
By reilo Go To PostI still don't know where Guardians of the Galaxy fits into this universe. I like how standalone that movie was and I didn't get the sense that it had much if any ties to the rest of the MCU. Then again, I know nothing about the comics.I don't read comics, but I try not to think about the specifics of Civil War and Infinity War because I think it's bleak.
They already have a hard time coping with the current roster of Avengers, and now they're adding like a half dozen more to Civil War, including Spider-Man who would seem to be a big player. Oh my god. The logistics of this sound like a nightmare. How is this possibly coherent?
By reilo Go To PostThe most surprising bit about how good Winter Soldier was is how absolutely terrible the first Captain America movie was. The moment they go into the montage scene, the movie becomes incredibly bad.
I thought Captain America and Thor were mediocre...then I saw Green Lantern.
Re-watching the former two, they're actually good for American films. I'm more of a fan of Thor's dialogue than his fighting, and of course, Loki is the most interesting villain that I think we'll ever see in marvel comics.
By KingGondo Go To PostYou're telling me they weren't trying to make him scary or menacing... Really? It was pretty obvious they were trying, and it just didn't work for me.
I don't get what his perspective as a character has to do with whether the character design succeeded or failed.
Sentient artificial construction of enlightened intelligence with a penchant for temper tantrums (Klaw scene) is no more menacing than Skynet or VIKI.
Dude was trying to actually become more human, which is why Vision exists. Ultron and Vision are practically Professor X and Magneto set literally (films) and figuratively (distribution/ownership/property rights of film studios) in different continuities. I never thought of Magneto as menacing. Even though he wants to destroy us homo-inferiors.
By Zero Tolerance Go To PostSentient artificial construction of enlightened intelligence with a penchant for temper tantrums (Klaw scene) is no more menacing than Skynet or VIKI.This doesn't make any sense to me either. If Ultron wants to destroy humanity, why would he become *more* human, or even want to? It was never explained satisfactorily in the movie.
Dude was trying to actually become more human, which is why Vision exists.
By KingGondo Go To PostThis doesn't make any sense to me either. If Ultron wants to destroy humanity, why would he become *more* human, or even want to? It was never explained satisfactorily in the movie.during his birth process he probably saw plenty of footage of Lebron twisting his knee and then getting up like nothing happened, and was like OK fuck robots I want to be THAT
Age of Ultron was a terrible movie. Generic in every way. I don't know why they even bother to tackle on stuff such as romance and family if they're going to do such a half-assed effort at it. Just bad writing.
By Dark PhaZe Go To Posti dont understand how you could possibly think Avengers 1 was a better filmYou'd recommend reading fan fiction, but not an actual comic book? LOL
this has the best action of pretty much every marvel movie ever...if you want better story and intricate dialogue there is always fanfic
action was good as fuck
I enjoyed this. The first one was "better" if only because the novelty of seeing them team up for the first time after their own respective movies. So there were more WOW moments because of that. This still serves the main purpose I want out of my superhero media....seeing superheros do cool ass shit. That was done. I don't need some deep intricate plotlines
I'm just going to point out this "movie" gets points taken off for not having any of the main characters dance to Rickie Lee Jones's Lucky Guy in a subway like in Luc Besson's classic film SUBWAY.
All films get points off for not having anything that cool in them.
AoU is more of an extended big budget TV show than a movie just like all the MCU movies.
All films get points off for not having anything that cool in them.
AoU is more of an extended big budget TV show than a movie just like all the MCU movies.
By KingGondo Go To PostThis doesn't make any sense to me either. If Ultron wants to destroy humanity, why would he become *more* human, or even want to? It was never explained satisfactorily in the movie.
I agree that it was not fully explained. Actually, he says it in one line. Something about "the strongest will survive."
He was planning a genocide, but not a complete extermination. Basically, he wanted to create a post-apoc scenario like Fallout. Hyper accelerated Natural selection, with heavily inferred undertones of social Darwinism. Note that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are not mutants, but "enhanced humans." Captain America points to this, and of course, you know he's fighting Hydra, the fictional Nazis.
By reilo Go To PostThey're called "enhanced humans" because they can't use the term "mutants" because FOX owns X-Men.yeah, fucking jokes 😂😂
By reilo Go To PostThey're called "enhanced humans" because they can't use the term "mutants" because FOX owns X-Men.
Sure, but you can't copyright usage of the word "mutant."
Legalisms aside, either term does not negate the purpose of Ultron's plan.