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[Sibersk Esto]

Zemo seems to be split with some. He's either a) undercooked (bad) or b) a smaller presence.

 

[Lebron]

Marvel continues its win streak

 

[Cuburt]

Whoa

Screencrush:
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Interesting.

I've said WB should put Snyder as a Second Unit Director to film action, at least in films like these with lots of moving parts.

Let someone else steer the ship and he can man the guns.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Interesting.

I've said WB should put Snyder as a Second Unit Director to film action, at least in films like these with lots of moving parts.

Let someone else steer the ship and he can man the guns.

Don't know why they wouldn't just use Snyder's second unit guy then.

 

[Obliterator]

Zemo seems to be split with some. He's either a) undercooked (bad) or b) a smaller presence.

I could see him not being a major presence overall because didn't Marvel confirm he will appear in more than 1 film?

 

[Betty]

Interesting.

I've said WB should put Snyder as a Second Unit Director to film action, at least in films like these with lots of moving parts.

Let someone else steer the ship and he can man the guns.

Nah, let's let him direct Justice League, he can't possibly strike out a third time...

right?

 

[MadLaughter]

This thread needs more .gifs, damnit.

 

[Alienous]

I hope there's someone tweeting every new Civil War review to Zack Snyder so he can keep up.

 

[RaidenXZ]

So after some googling, turns out Toronto does have an early screening tomorrow and I just completely missed the boat on buying the tickets early. This wait is gonna be hard

 

[inky]

The Russos gonna deliver again, huh? Wow.

You know, I was ambivalent on Whedon leaving Avengers, I could see the flaws and how broken the man was getting, but I couldn't imagine too many people out there with the fondness and acute sense of what made these characters work. Infinity War seems to be in great hands.

He's a dude I really want to like because his production design is off the chain but when it comes to his films....nah I ain't with it

I can see that. I wish his scripts were better and his character directorial sense is hit and miss. Love him, but I can see every flaw and it hurts when his movies sit on the verge of resonating with people, but don't quite manage it.

 

[G-Fex]

Nah, let's let him direct Justice League, he can't possibly strike out a third time...

right?

Let's see how it goes now with WB execs pulling his strings tighter now.

 

[BumRush]

Russo bros are so fucking good

 

[Cipherr]

Thread is sort of comatose. Reviews are reading just like the early screenings, EXCELLENT.

Not much to talk about other than where you can get an early viewing/ticket lol.

 

[superdeluxe]

Wow that first review. One of the reviewers claimed that the airport scene was the best in any action movie ever, not just any comic book movie. Of course, this stuff is going to be subject to hyperbole, but even if it's among the best, this should be amazing.

John Campea, I usually align with the guys at Collider

 

[Mifune]

IGN gives Agents of SHIELD 8.5s and 9s every week. You're trying to tell me that Civil War isn't as good?

Different reviewer. Different medium. Pointless comparison.

 

[Future Foundation]

Nothing, people are idiots.

It's not 9 or above.

Nothing just crazy fanboys gonna fanboy.

Gotcha, so it was a "pretty damn good, not great" thing.

 

[-griffy-]

This thread needs more .gifs, damnit.

 

[Father_Brain]

Let's see how it goes now with WB execs pulling his strings tighter now.

I don't exactly trust that WB is competent enough to know who would hold the strings, let alone in what direction to pull them.

 

[Holundrian]

Thread is sort of comatose. Reviews are reading just like the early screenings, EXCELLENT.

Not much to talk about other than where you can get an early viewing/ticket lol.

It's like as if the people writing their reactions to the early screenings are the same people that actually write these reviews.

*mind blown*

 

[DoctorFling]

Zemo had better be some sort of set-up for Matsres of Evil/Thunderbolts/both

 

[ratcliffja]

Zemo seems to be split with some. He's either a) undercooked (bad) or b) a smaller presence.

I think the issue is that they want to establish persistent heroes more than one-off villains. As such, only villains that will last more than one movie and will be shared among franchises are developed (e.g. Loki and Thanos). With that said, hopefully they find more persistent villains to maintain.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Nah, let's let him direct Justice League, he can't possibly strike out a third time...

right?

I think people are severely discounting the significance of Marvel's "realistic" "house" style that helps audiences strongly identify with the characters and their world. Snyder keeps doubling down on what he thinks makes comics great, but what makes the MCU great is how they've found a way to translate the Marvel Universe's sense of "the world outside your window" into films by making them relatively sedate looking and let the superheroics really looks like superheroism in a regular world. (It's one of the problems with The Thor movies. Asgard doesn't gel well with this aesthetic in many instances.)

 

[PadWarrior]

This is good

 

[Altairre]

Gotcha, so it was a "pretty damn good, not great" thing.

7.8 to be exact but yes, pretty much.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

The red capes are coming!

 

[superdeluxe]

I was wondering if they just put out the positive reviews first for every movie, so I checked the BvS rottentomatoes thread.

Looks like that one started 1 fresh 10 rotten. Yikes. Looking good for Civil War so far.

Usually the positives come out first and negatives filter out

 

[Ashhong]

It's going to be so weird for me to see The Wasp appear on the big screen after having watched her get fucking rammed by Lex Steele.

Wait...what?

 

[superdeluxe]

It's going to be so weird for me to see The Wasp appear on the big screen after having watched her get fucking rammed by Lex Steele.

Details?

 

[jmood88]

I do not envy the first person to post a negative review, I hope they're prepared for the rabid fanboys.

Jim Vejvoda has been getting hate from the moment he tweeted last week about some of the problems he had.

 

[Primethius]

Thread's way too slow.

We need the first rotten review to spice things up a bit. Hurry up!

 

[CazTGG]

Huh.

I'm sure the overall score will drop as more reviews come in but wow, pretty high ratings.

 

[Holundrian]

Thread's way too slow.

We need the first rotten review to spice things up a bit. Hurry up!

 

[The Silver]

Gotta give the Russo bros credit for juggling the massive amount of characters and still mananging to keep it a distinctly Captain America movie

 

[Garlador]

Thread is sort of comatose. Reviews are reading just like the early screenings, EXCELLENT.

Not much to talk about other than where you can get an early viewing/ticket lol.

We could always take more jabs at Batman v Superman if you like?

... Seriously happy Civil War is doing well. So many pieces and characters to juggle, pulling it off and making it work always concerned me. I'm thrilled to hear so many critics think they made it work.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

You're not gonna get a repeat of the BvS thread.

It's not going to happen.

Even if this movie wasn't good, it wouldn't have happened.

 

[VanWinkle]

Awesome! Can't wait to watch.

 

[Blade30]

Thread's way too slow.

We need the first rotten review to spice things up a bit. Hurry up!

Someone fast forward

 

[Fandangox]

All I've got is a Wii U so sure.

Excuse me, I said video games

Spoiler

I already have one

 

[Firemind]

One of those things that's enjoyable on its own but more powerful if you're fully invested.

Ah, that's good to know. Thanks.

People who haven't even had a whiff of Marvel movies likely aren't who they're expecting to go see this, anyways.

This seems weird though. I mean, I have watched a number of Marvel films, but I can barely remember the character interactions because of how long ago they were when I watched them (Iron Man was released in 2008!) The Lord of the Rings trilogy was in a span of two years, which I feel is a reasonably good pace before you simply forget about pivotal character moments.

I'm gonna watch The Winter Soldier for the first time soon, but I don't think I'm going to watch more to be honest before I go see CW.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

You're not gonna get a repeat of the BvS thread.

It's not going to happen.

Even if this movie wasn't good, it wouldn't have happened.

Not sure how one would even expect it..

 

[Betty]

You're not gonna get a repeat of the BvS thread.

It's not going to happen.

Even if this movie wasn't good, it wouldn't have happened.

The movie would need to be BvS levels of bad.

 

[Timu]

Thread's way too slow.

We need the first rotten review to spice things up a bit. Hurry up!

It'll come soon, don't worry.

 

[Primethius]

You're not gonna get a repeat of the BvS thread.

It's not going to happen.

Even if this movie wasn't good, it wouldn't have happened.

You need to have faith Bobby.

Or hope. Whatever.

 

[Lebron]

It's going to be so weird for me to see The Wasp appear on the big screen after having watched her get fucking rammed by Lex Steele.

Why have we not got a followup to this?

 

[icespide]

we could always just post tumblr gifs to liven up the thread

 

[Discotheque]

Not sure how one would even expect it..

Batman hype (or dehype in this case) threads are always the best

I remember Nolan Batman threads being really fun. Discussion veers off into everything. Basically becomes a community thread

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

It's going to be so weird for me to see The Wasp appear on the big screen after having watched her get fucking rammed by Lex Steele.

I need details here

 

[Rooster12]

I think people are severely discounting the significance of Marvel's "realistic" "house" style that helps audiences strongly identify with the characters and their world. Snyder keeps doubling down on what he thinks makes comics great, but what makes the MCU great is how they've found a way to translate the Marvel Universe's sense of "the world outside your window" into films by making them relatively sedate looking and let the superheroics really looks like superheroism in a regular world. (It's one of the problems with The Thor movies. Asgard doesn't gel well with this aesthetic in many instances.)

If that's the case then DC should just quit now. Most of their heroes doesn't even operate in real cities, let alone "outside your window".

 

[-griffy-]

we could always just post tumblr gifs to liven up the thread

You better believe I already have a tab open with an amazing spread.

 

[Neoxon]

Give her time, she'll get to everyone.

In that case, I'll start packing for the drive home, tonight.