Quote from: Ushan on April 10, 2017, 10:33:51 PM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on April 10, 2017, 08:44:02 PM

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Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on April 10, 2017, 07:59:20 PM

Quote from: Ian on April 10, 2017, 04:18:43 PM

Yes because it's what normies like Charlie want: casual flicks with not even a puddle of depth in it.

Quote from: Anglosaxophone on April 10, 2017, 03:30:34 PM

are they going to take the redditors of the galaxy approach with all their movies now

It's a movie based on a comic book. You're expecting a great movie? Watch indie movies

"stop expecting something other than the same run-of-the-mill garbage we've been getting spoonfed for the past decade now"

You know it's entirely possible to have a comic book movie with depth that doesn't follow the standardised business formula, right? See: V for Vendetta, Dredd, Sin City, Road to Perdition, History of Violence etc.

With the exception of Dredd, those are all graphic novels.

What makes a comic book different from a gaphic novel?

Comic books are serialized whereas graphic novels are actual stories. Most of the movies listed are based on standalone novels whereas the MCU movies are coming from this:

Spoiler

Not really comparable.

Okay, fair enough, that's the first sensible distinction between the two I've actually heard.

>his shitty current comics look

The Unworthy Thor is great fam

Movie's going to be shit, though. Bet we'll get a Beta Ray Bill cameo at best.

Hasn't Marvel already used this song in a trailer before

oddly, no.

Unfortunately it's Golden Corral at this point, the food was once tolerable but it's slowly been going downhill. Age of Ultron was trash because it had all of the nonsense that made the lowest common denominator movie, and revved up to 11. But it sold like hot pancakes so Disney took that as a cue as to what makes a good movie and now here we are.

It's like Godzilla 2014 vs. Shin Godzilla (2016). Shin is superior, not because it's a Japanese made movie and because it had more of actual Godzilla. It's superior because it had underlying message of disaster and a nation coming together under a seemingly unstoppable force; whereas 2014 was just mindless action and military recruitment overtones.

Those are few and far between. The MCU can't show that level of maturity. Marvel/Disney has mastered the fine art of delivering the highest quality of the lowest common denominator. They are the intellectual equivalent of a good all you can eat buffet. Is it the best food? Fuck no. But it's good enough that hundreds go back for seconds. Yup.

Unfortunately it's Golden Corral at this point, the food was once tolerable but it's slowly been going downhill. Age of Ultron was trash because it had all of the nonsense that made the lowest common denominator movie, and revved up to 11. But it sold like hot pancakes so Disney took that as a cue as to what makes a good movie and now here we are.

It's like Godzilla 2014 vs. Shin Godzilla (2016). Shin is superior, not because it's a Japanese made movie and because it had more of actual Godzilla. It's superior because it had underlying message of disaster and a nation coming together under a seemingly unstoppable force; whereas 2014 was just mindless action and military recruitment overtones.

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on April 10, 2017, 11:37:33 PM

Those are few and far between. The MCU can't show that level of maturity. Marvel/Disney has mastered the fine art of delivering the highest quality of the lowest common denominator. They are the intellectual equivalent of a good all you can eat buffet. Is it the best food? Fuck no. But it's good enough that hundreds go back for seconds. Yup.

They have their high points. The Captain America movies turned out ok. Guardians rocked (even if that was an accident)

I think of it as the dinner buffet at a good Vegas hotel. Sure, several of the dishes will put you on the toilet for hours. But the ham and lamb are pretty good. Not as good as the chop house right off the blackjack tables, but pretty good. They only need to land a few of the movies for people to realize that we can't predict what will be the fun one. After First Avenger, who thought that the next two would be good?

I think we should just all universally praise and get massively hyped for every Star Wars and Marvel movie that comes out. Who cares if they don't actually look that good or interesting, the fact that it's a Marvel or Star Wars film means we have to just love it.

Or, you know, you could just ignore them.

Just saying