By Bold 2 in One Go To PostThanos' internal logic is flawed, they don't call him the mad tiran because of his unshakeable reasoning.But it's blatantly questionable logic. If your goal is to ultimately prevent suffering, and you have the power to literally re-write reality as you see fit, why would you choose the path that causes the most suffering? Why wouldn't you just change the rules of reality so overpopulation wouldn't be a problem? It genuinely seems like this version Thanos actually gives a shit about the fate of the universe and genuinely views his actions as absolutely necessary. At first I thought the movie would hint that Titan's overpopulation may have attracted the Many-Angled Ones or some other multi-universal threat and Thanos is trying to prevent the fate of Titan from happening to the rest of the universe.
By MonadL Go To PostBut it's blatantly questionable logic. If your goal is to ultimately prevent suffering, and you have the power to literally re-write reality as you see fit, why would you choose the path that causes the most suffering? Why wouldn't you just change the rules of reality so overpopulation wouldn't be a problem? It genuinely seems like this version Thanos actually gives a shit about the fate of the universe and genuinely views his actions as absolutely necessary. At first I thought the movie would hint that Titan's overpopulation may have attracted the Many-Angled Ones or some other multi-universal threat and Thanos is trying to prevent the fate of Titan from happening to the rest of the universe.But part of him deep down just wants to prove that he was right on Titan's situation and that they should've listened to him. He's not altruistic he just wants to prove a point.
By Xpike Go To PostBut part of him deep down just wants to prove that he was right on Titan's situation and that they should've listened to him. He's not altruistic he just wants to prove a point.That's fair. You have a good point.
By Smokey Go To Post$60 night by the time it's all said and done with drinks etc
granted it is seeing it in Dolby Cinema, but still ffs
i paid $40 for a single imax ticket. i thought they were joking.
expected a huge mess but got a movie that entertained me very well from start to finish.
at times it was even excellent, don't think i hated a single scene.
at times it was even excellent, don't think i hated a single scene.
i got roped into watching this, i'm not a marvel fan so I didn't know a bunch of characters but you know what... this was actually kinda good
By Mariosalic Go To Posti paid $40 for a single imax ticket. i thought they were joking.did you get to take the seat home?
By Mariosalic Go To Posti paid $40 for a single imax ticket. i thought they were joking.did you get a code for the blu ray for free with that
By DerZuhälter Go To PostYet thinking about upgrading to 70" oled. You disgust me smokey 😂
OLED in combination with UHD Blus put out a spectacular picture. $60 is two of those movies which I can watch over and over.
But I'm still hyped to see this in Dolby Cinema
By Kidjr Go To PostAvengers on track to break the weekend.If by break the weekend you mean to have the second best OW, then sure.
By Xpike Go To Postdid you get a code for the blu ray for free with that
By Bold 2 in One Go To Postdid you get to take the seat home?
nah but i got the priviledge to buy a $10 coke.
Never been to an Imax before. Changing that for DP2. Tickets are $18 + $2 online processing fee in downtown Sacramento.
By Mariosalic Go To Postnah but i got the priviledge to buy a $10 coke.
Wtf where do you live?
By Apollo Go To PostWtf where do you live?Switzerland.
By Smokey Go To PostIt really is appalling in comparison. I'm not big into comics, but aren't the DC heroes more popular than Marvel? Or used to be at least.
I mean they have Batman and Superman ffs
im late af to this but i always thought it was like...
Spiderman > Batman > Xmen > the rest of DC/Marvel shit
at least that's how it felt growing up
By domino Go To Postim late af to this but i always thought it was like…
Spiderman > Batman > Xmen > the rest of DC/Marvel shit
at least that's how it felt growing up
In terms of comic merchandise, TV, and comic sales?
Batman and Spidey>Superman>BatFam>everyone else
DC toys are always popular because there’s always a DC cartoon aimed at kids on TV. Right now it’s Teen Titans Go! I’m not sure if DC is making more Justice League Action cartoons.
Batman is the best selling ongoing solo superhero comic every month. I think Spidey has beaten him maybe ten times in 10 years and only for a month at a time.
The current Batman run is selling out each issue and it’s a bi-weekly comic
http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2018.html
Look at the 2018 list. Metal is a Batman centered event. That Amazing Spidey comic is the return of Green Goblin and MJ. Lot of hype but we’re a few months from Batman 50 and
Yeah it’s going to push over 150k
Am I the only one that left with a little bit of disappointment? Something just felt so unsatisfying about it upon initial reaction. The movie itself was very well done and the interactions were great, although I feel like some characters were wasted as expected given the size of the cast.
By DY_nasty Go To Postthink we need a spoiler thread?
Wait til Monday breh
By DY_nasty Go To Postthink we need a spoiler thread?
Yes.
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostYes.http://slaent.com/thread/1446265/
By Smokey Go To PostGreat. Now somebody will post "in the wrong thread".better than the spoiler tags deciding not to work for certain people again
Thought it was good and entertaining as hell. Not sure if Thanos' actual motivation was any better than him being a simp, in the comics. Either way, Brolin gave him more "depth" than he deserved. There was some dumb shit, that felt at odds with his portrayal, but it never got in the way of my enjoyment of the movie.
It felt like they've learned about joke placement, but, there still were a couple of times where the comedy just left me feeling annoyed: not at the characters, but the writers.
MCU finally has something as dope as the Smallville sequence in "Man Of Steel". This movie was anime af, when it came to action and storyboarding. Should have been this way the entire damn time.
It felt like they've learned about joke placement, but, there still were a couple of times where the comedy just left me feeling annoyed: not at the characters, but the writers.
MCU finally has something as dope as the Smallville sequence in "Man Of Steel". This movie was anime af, when it came to action and storyboarding. Should have been this way the entire damn time.
Infinity War did broke all the opening weekend records after all.
250M US (beating TFA's 248M) and 630M WW (beating FF8's 532M, which is impressive since it hasn't even opened in China yet).
250M US (beating TFA's 248M) and 630M WW (beating FF8's 532M, which is impressive since it hasn't even opened in China yet).
By n8 dogg Go To PostIs it opening weekend when it released on Tuesday or some shitWednesday but yeah.
It’s not beating Avatar. Go look at the actual numbers. Avatar is at $2.7 billion. Number 2 is like $2.2 billion and that’s Titanic. Its also going up against a shit load of movies. I’m going with it hits $2 billion and barely gets by TFA.
Deadpool
Solo
Incredibles
JW
That’s just May and June
It won’t have the legs Avatar had.
Deadpool
Solo
Incredibles
JW
That’s just May and June
It won’t have the legs Avatar had.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostIf by break the weekend you mean to have the second best OW, then sure.
About that
Colour me relatively impressed on very many levels. To make a film as well paced and cohesive as that considering it wasn’t just carrying 2 and a half hours of plot but roughly 20 films worth is a tribute and testament to smart people working at Marvel. They hire the right actors, none of who were a step out of place here in roles big and small, they fix issues with directors, and they are slowly but surely becoming extremely confident with varying their films tangibly. I’m actually surprised with how much they committed to the tone here, with it even bleeding through to the final moments and the fuckin’ end credit fonts. Even if we take into account the neverending line of sequels, it’s ballsy in a way not many superhero movies - none I can think of outside of The Dark Knight - are in regards to how it wraps up (and I won’t be complaining that the way it does wrap up is pure sequel bait; it’s no different than the climactic sequence of a television episode, and we’ve long been conditioned by this series of films and others like LOTR/Star Wars to know this is the way it works).
Unfortunately for me, someone who thinks that the least important thing about a film is plot... this film is basically all plot. It is just things happening for two and a half hours. There is almost no character development whatsoever save for arguably Thanos, who doesn’t necessarily develop but instead just shows you a side of him you may not have known existed.
I’m always a tad mystified as to the prevalence of spoilerphobes online, especially concerning films like this; they’re largely adopted from comic storylines and if they are different, follow all the same structures regardless. I can only imagine the enduring qualities of Iron Man, Spiderman, Cap et al are because of their character, not their storylines. But when a film is all storyline, it lacks in other departments.
I was also disappointed in the action, which largely focused on either intangible objects bouncing off one another at close-quarters shaky cam or tangible ones bouncing off intangible ones at close-quarters shaky cam. As that made up another large portion of the film, I walk away from Infinity Wars being disappointed at promise squandered rather than disappointed at fears being confirmed.
This film gets a lot right. An awful lot. It also has to carry the burden of ten years of plot and does that by relying on the backbones of that ten years doing all the heavy lifting in regards to character development, which is probably the thing that has kept the MCU most enduring. They struck gold with RDJ and have used all three Iron Mans and both Avengers prior to this to explore his character. Here, he’s just one moving part out of tons. Same for Cap, who gets nothing of consequence to do whatsoever and doesn’t develop in any way.
I liked it. It was certainly better than Civil War, an inconsequential borefest which mistook pouty toy wrestling for stakes. It was just too reliant on everything that came before it. And instead of using the myriad of stories to take these characters to richer places, it just used them as avenues to explore spectacle. Which is fine, I expected nothing less. But the potential was there to be more than that.
If anyone can guess what score I’d give it out of 10 they get a cookie.
Unfortunately for me, someone who thinks that the least important thing about a film is plot... this film is basically all plot. It is just things happening for two and a half hours. There is almost no character development whatsoever save for arguably Thanos, who doesn’t necessarily develop but instead just shows you a side of him you may not have known existed.
I’m always a tad mystified as to the prevalence of spoilerphobes online, especially concerning films like this; they’re largely adopted from comic storylines and if they are different, follow all the same structures regardless. I can only imagine the enduring qualities of Iron Man, Spiderman, Cap et al are because of their character, not their storylines. But when a film is all storyline, it lacks in other departments.
I was also disappointed in the action, which largely focused on either intangible objects bouncing off one another at close-quarters shaky cam or tangible ones bouncing off intangible ones at close-quarters shaky cam. As that made up another large portion of the film, I walk away from Infinity Wars being disappointed at promise squandered rather than disappointed at fears being confirmed.
This film gets a lot right. An awful lot. It also has to carry the burden of ten years of plot and does that by relying on the backbones of that ten years doing all the heavy lifting in regards to character development, which is probably the thing that has kept the MCU most enduring. They struck gold with RDJ and have used all three Iron Mans and both Avengers prior to this to explore his character. Here, he’s just one moving part out of tons. Same for Cap, who gets nothing of consequence to do whatsoever and doesn’t develop in any way.
I liked it. It was certainly better than Civil War, an inconsequential borefest which mistook pouty toy wrestling for stakes. It was just too reliant on everything that came before it. And instead of using the myriad of stories to take these characters to richer places, it just used them as avenues to explore spectacle. Which is fine, I expected nothing less. But the potential was there to be more than that.
If anyone can guess what score I’d give it out of 10 they get a cookie.
6 fam. Pls see the below list for reference
Iron Man 3
The Avengers
Black Panther
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Thor Ragnarok
Doctor Strange
Captain America: Civil War
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 3
The Avengers
Black Panther
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Thor Ragnarok
Doctor Strange
Captain America: Civil War
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
n8 is wrong about Civil War as usual ;P
It wasn't all an excuse to only explore spectacle, if anything, the fight in the middle was just a distraction. The real meat of the movie is the incredibly emotional ending, and bringing Stark to his lowest point yet. It even works as T'Challa character development. You can say it's much more of an Iron Man movie in that sense, and sure, it doesn't do good on all of its characters, but the rift between the two main pillars of the MCU worked for me. I also don't agree that it's inconsequential. The Avengers movie brought the team together, and Ultron makes a point of showing them work with one another efficiently. When Thanos arrives in IW they are not prepared, they are scattered and suffer greatly due to this fact. They don't even get to "lose" together.
It wasn't all an excuse to only explore spectacle, if anything, the fight in the middle was just a distraction. The real meat of the movie is the incredibly emotional ending, and bringing Stark to his lowest point yet. It even works as T'Challa character development. You can say it's much more of an Iron Man movie in that sense, and sure, it doesn't do good on all of its characters, but the rift between the two main pillars of the MCU worked for me. I also don't agree that it's inconsequential. The Avengers movie brought the team together, and Ultron makes a point of showing them work with one another efficiently. When Thanos arrives in IW they are not prepared, they are scattered and suffer greatly due to this fact. They don't even get to "lose" together.
