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Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:33 pm
by DrinksBeer
What WastesTime said +1,000. Run, do not walk, to the nearest theater. IMHO the best MCU movie yet. I haven't left a movie with that big a smile on my face since 1977. I may even go back for seconds this weekend, and I haven't done that since '77 either.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:32 am
by Wolfie
I'll second, third, fourth, fifth, etc the previous sentiments. Awesome movie and infinitely quotable.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:59 am
by errantcoyote
Guardians is the first movie I've wanted to remain in the theater and watch again IMMEDIATELY. Just fantastic, and I hope James Gunn directs ALL the future Guardians' movies. They don't even need to go to Earth to have lots of amazing adventures. In fact, I would prefer that they stay away from Earth-- I don't want their story watered down by mixing with the Avengers! ;)

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:02 am
by SamWiser
Everybody's story is watered down a little bit when they are in the Avengers, but let's be honest. The story is not why everybody went to see the Avengers movie. We'll get one movie full of action with everybody else, then back to what we see here.

I thought that Guardians was the funniest Marvel movie yet, and also one of the darkest. The stakes were the highest (well, except for in Thor 2, but it's hard to compete with a villain whose plan is to destroy everything).

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 12:27 pm
by DrinksBeer
I found this linked on io9 earlier today, and it's exactly what I was thinking after watching GotG (spoilers warning of course):



Yup...and that's just about every group I've ever gamed with.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 5:33 pm
by Quarg
The question now is...

Should I go see TMNT or

watch grass grow?

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:59 am
by WastesTime
Quarg wrote:The question now is...

Should I go see TMNT or

watch grass grow?
Grass it is. At least grass has some amazing acting skills compared to Megan Fox.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:31 am
by Quarg
WastesTime wrote:
Grass it is. At least grass has some amazing acting skills compared to Megan Fox.
I always thought Rachel Taylor was hotter anyway...

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:20 am
by errantcoyote
Quarg wrote:
WastesTime wrote:
Grass it is. At least grass has some amazing acting skills compared to Megan Fox.
I always thought Rachel Taylor was hotter anyway...

Just saw TMNT. That's quite enough, Michael Bay. Get thee to a nunnery and NEVER MAKE FILMS AGAIN.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:07 am
by Wolfie
errantcoyote wrote:
Quarg wrote:
WastesTime wrote:
Grass it is. At least grass has some amazing acting skills compared to Megan Fox.
I always thought Rachel Taylor was hotter anyway...

Just saw TMNT. That's quite enough, Michael Bay. Get thee to a nunnery and NEVER MAKE FILMS AGAIN.
This. This is the reason I didn't go see the movie in theaters, despite my friends telling me "it wasn't bad." They wouldn't, however, answer my query on whether they thought it wasn't bad due to walking in expecting it to Suck to the nth degree or because it actually wasn't "bad."

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:58 pm
by thesilence
Both the X-Men and Spider-Man franchises have decreased significantly in their appeal since our first viewing of them. We believe our enjoyment was largely due to their novelty. Conversely, while Green Lantern is not remotely a good movie per se, we find that it remains consistent in its quality upon repeated viewings. For true quality, we have not seen the equal of Batman Begins or Iron Man; Thor and Incredible Hulk were quite decent as well. Much of the rest is overpriced pabulum, and we have largely not regretted our failure to keep up.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:45 pm
by Synch
Just leaving this here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ27iS1mkuo

Its relevant.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 4:56 am
by Wolfie
I went to see the Avengers: Age of Ultron last night.

Go see it! You have to. You will laugh. You will want to cry. You will cheer. Our theater erupted with cheers and applause a few times. It was awesome. We're going again this weekend. :D
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Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 11:08 am
by thesilence
We are cautiously optomistic about the upcoming Fantastic Four movie.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 3:35 pm
by Synch
Everyone should watch the new Daredevil series, its ridiculously awesome! And so much better/darker/entertaining than the Ben Affleck Daredevil movie.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 4:27 pm
by thesilence
Synch wrote:Everyone should watch the new Daredevil series, its ridiculously awesome! And so much better/darker/entertaining than the Ben Affleck Daredevil movie.
We did not think anything was terribly bad about that movie, and do not understand why it is so deeply hated, beyond the fact that it contains Ben Affleck. (On the other hand, we fully admit that the Elektra movie spun off from it was atrocious.)

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 1:28 am
by Synch
I.. actually really enjoyed the Daredevil film. I own it on DVD, in fact. I just often pretend it was average because I usually get beaten into submission whenever I stick my head up to say it was good!

That being said, this new Daredevil series is so dark and violent. I have no idea how Marvel signed off on it!

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Thu May 21, 2015 3:34 pm
by thesilence
We are vaguely looking forward to the Civil War movie, hoping it will give us movieverse appearances of a wide variety of C-list heroes, who (like Wonder Woman) are never going to have a movie of their own.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:31 am
by ZigiZagi
I can't wait for Deadpool Movie. Oh, I know Deadpool is ani-hero not a hero, but... still I can't wait for it!

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 4:20 pm
by RocketScientist
Eh, he's got a costume. Close enough. I just don't like Ryan Reynolds. At all. And they keep putting him in these movies, like they're trying to force me to like him. Not happening. Didn't like him in Blade, either. Dude must have something on someone.
Synch wrote:I.. actually really enjoyed the Daredevil film. I own it on DVD, in fact. I just often pretend it was average because I usually get beaten into submission whenever I stick my head up to say it was good!

That being said, this new Daredevil series is so dark and violent. I have no idea how Marvel signed off on it!
I also liked the Affleck Daredevil. Other than the anger/violence factor, I didn't see a huge difference between the series and the movie. I guess I liked TV show Foggy better. Movie had better music, though.

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:19 am
by thesilence
RocketScientist wrote:Eh, he's got a costume. Close enough. I just don't like Ryan Reynolds. At all. And they keep putting him in these movies, like they're trying to force me to like him. Not happening. Didn't like him in Blade, either. Dude must have something on someone.
Synch wrote:I.. actually really enjoyed the Daredevil film. I own it on DVD, in fact. I just often pretend it was average because I usually get beaten into submission whenever I stick my head up to say it was good!

That being said, this new Daredevil series is so dark and violent. I have no idea how Marvel signed off on it!
I also liked the Affleck Daredevil. Other than the anger/violence factor, I didn't see a huge difference between the series and the movie. I guess I liked TV show Foggy better. Movie had better music, though.
Agreed on both counts. Affleck is far less offensive than Reynolds. The only Reynolds movie we've ever heard of which even MIGHT be any good is the one where he plays a reluctant madman, constantly hearing voices telling him to go on a killing spree; based on the trailer for this flick (whose name we forget), he actually seemed to be turning in a convincing performance. But he is unquestionably not superhero material (unless it was an intentionally annoying superhero like Speedball, or a male version of Dazzler or Jubilee).

Re: Superhero Movies

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:22 pm
by crow76308
Affleck Daredevil had issues, but it was okay, and pretty damned enjoyable, with Bullseye being the best part of it. Colin Farrell chewed so much scenery and had so much fun in the role, it was awesome! As far as the series, I find it superior to the film, and it set the bar and introduced the rest of the Netflix series, which keep getting better (Iron Fist not withstanding, which is still pretty good, just not as good as the rest).

Reynolds is better than most people give him credit for, but not as good as he thinks he is. That said, he was amazing as Deadpool.