Paul Rudd is just the best.
Paul Rudd is just the best.
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
You say that like it's a bad thing.Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
I don't know why this is so funny.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
happened where i saw it too, but of course i saw it in brooklynQuoting number8 (view post)
Loved this, really fun, surprisingly emotionally effective, etc.
But for the record Cap has zero chemistry with his ex-girlfriend's niece which is probably for the best, because what. Let's quietly drop that thread, okay?
...and the milk's in me.
I really liked things like their flirty hallway interaction in Winter Soldier, but yeah, something was definitely missing this time around.Quoting Mara (view post)
Their kiss did cause one of the funniest moments in the movie with its onlookers though.
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Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
Diva (Beineix, 1981)
Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)
Some of the best visual and verbal gags of the film was with those three huge men in that tiny little car.Quoting Henry Gale (view post)
Yeah, the chemistry was off for the love sub-sub-sub-plot. Tony had better chemistry with his own thinking-of-Pepper face than those two. It's like they tore through some dialogue and then realized simultaneously that the script said to kiss now, then thought "Well, okay, that's out of nowhere but dammit I'm a professional" and went for it.
...and the milk's in me.
The cutaway joke to Bucky and Falcon almost didn't work for me because of how awkward that kiss was. Still pretty funny, though.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
I liked how awkward it was. Showed that Cap is still kind of a dork.
I just got RIGHT NOW that Cap literally broke Tony's heart.
...and the milk's in me.
Glen Weldon from the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast made the hilarious comment in their latest ep that the kiss was so out of nowhere that you could feel the meeting where Hollywood execs are sweating bullets and going, "Hey, uh, there's a lot of really longing looks between Cap and Bucky in this movie. Can we, like, jam his face in some woman's face and just mush it in there somewhere?"
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Voted "yay" even though most of this movie is a huge clusterfuck.
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Lol at Daniel Bruhl as a total nobody.
Sure why not?
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Lol at pretty much all of it.Quoting Watashi (view post)
No worries irish. I'm with you. I had mostly the same issues. Number 8 sort of mimicked some of yours when he said that perhaps the movie would have been more focused if it had been captain vs iron man and no one else. Its spectacle is epic, but I honestly stopped caring about why this was happening in the first place.
Edit: but i do think winter soldier was the opposite and got its themes across just fine.
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I think I agree with most of this, but I don't know the characters well enough to be sure. I haven't even seen Ultron or Winter Soldier yet, because I really don't care that much and am not a fan of comic book movies. So in part it was interesting enough where I could follow the story and all the characters, but also it was a bit isolating trying to watch it as a stand-alone film (which, it isn't, neccessarily, but could at least pander a bit to that crowd). Better than the Batman v Superman mess, which says a lot, because I do enjoy the bat.Quoting Irish (view post)
What really cemented my belief that they're no longer adhering to a normal story structure that makes sense was seeing the emotional consequence of this particular plot point, the one that the movie should be all about, play out in an after credits scene.Quoting Irish (view post)
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Yeah. I agree with most of your criticisms Irish, while still enjoying the film. The only thing I disagree with is I thought T'Challa was well integrated into the film. Spider Man, however, had no place here.
Wait, why is this a fantasy? I thought we knew it was a realm of pure fantasy cuz we were watching a man in a flying metal suit shoot laser beams at another guy who grew 100 times his size. "Fuck the UN" is a pretty damn good reason, IMO.Quoting Irish (view post)
Why doesn't Disney trust Chris Evans? I very much doubt that. But yeah, this was more of a prologue to Infinity War than a standalone Cap movie.
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
Good point. It was really a ridiculous decision to relegate it to a place where half the theater didn't even see it.Quoting number8 (view post)
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This was fun but definitely enjoyed The Winter Soldiet more.
Very confused why Black Panther had to be CGI most of the time, even in non-action scenes.
Loved Spider-Man. Had some great lines. My favorite of which was his quip on Cap's shield - "that thing doesn't obey the laws of physics at all!"
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Wha...? He was not CGI even in the action scenes. Or is this referring to something specific?Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Weird. I thought he looked very CGI. I'll show Jen the pics too because we were both talking about how he seemed off.
Oh and I'm glad there's now a mini internet phenomenon about how Sebastoan Stan looks like ESB-era Mark Hamill. It's all I can see, and I thought I was the only one.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
They definitely enhanced Panther's costume and eyes in post for at least some of it. I even saw some BTS B-roll footage (possibly from the re-shoots) where he has CG reference markers and bands on his face, limbs and torso.
In the final film he definitely appears less bulky and more sleek than the set photos above. More details on the mask and less visible seams in the costume too.
Not the most perfect visual comparison but, the suit I think is practical:
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and the one that definitely looks CG-assisted:[]
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Last 11 things I really enjoyed:
Speed Racer (Wachowski/Wachowski, 2008)
Safe (Haynes, 1995)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
Diva (Beineix, 1981)
Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)
If they ever need flashbacks to a young Luke and they don't use Stan, it's pretty much an instant fail.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."