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Captain America: Civil War Review Thread
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What else? Smear himself in his own shit.
PhoncipleBone
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People give the MCU stuff shit for all looking and feeling the same, but Cap 1 was a Joe Johnston film through and through. Before it opened I was hyped just because of him. He would be bringing the Rocketeer vibes with him and presenting my second favorite super hero ever.
I am just glad that others are coming around to its charms after all these years.
My only real complaint with the film is they didn't make Red Skull full on crazy Nazi, but I understand why they just made him Hydra.
AquaWateria
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This was posted in the other thread.
T'Challa getting ready tonight for the Jimmy Kimmel show.
T'Challa getting ready tonight for the Jimmy Kimmel show.
Mangoverboard
Banned
Well that was fucking amazing. God damn. God damn that fucking film was brilliant.
I completely agree with all of that, though I thought Red Skull was pretty crazy
My biggest gripe with Cap 1 is the train hijack. It looks really bad with painfully obvious green screen and boring camera angles. That's where the film loses a lot of its momentum for me. The montage right before it isn't spectacular but I've actually come around to it with time. It serves its purpose, though I get the complaints around it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Oh, Red Skull was still crazy, and Weaving nailed it in the role. But I was wanting more Super Nazi. Like, Hitler wasn't extreme enough in his goals.I completely agree with all of that, though I thought Red Skull was pretty crazy
My biggest gripe with Cap 1 is the train hijack. It looks really bad with painfully obvious green screen and boring camera angles. That's where the film loses a lot of its momentum for me. The montage right before it isn't spectacular but I've actually come around to it with time. It serves its purpose, though I get the complaints around it.
We had that somewhat, but more the thirst for power, and not in the ideals.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Amazing Disney can even bankroll the mixed opinion people to boost their IMDB ratings
their pockets roll deep
edit: the first half of Captain America 1 is good. Then its just another MCU movie nobody remembers.
Ah, I see. You're right, he was light on the whole master race talk now that I think about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxRKwKJI_uI
One of my favorite moments of the MCU. Not joking at all. I love so much of this.
One of my favorite moments of the MCU. Not joking at all. I love so much of this.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
This is, still, the greatest sequence in MCU history.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I think Cap 1 would've benefited from having a time skip instead of a montage. You can still reference all the awesome shit he's done with the Howling Commandos but instead of wasting time on a montage, you can have a nicely paced and well executed action scene that shows the strong bond and camaraderie. This action scene would then end with Bucky's "death" and the rest of the film would continue. Not sure if the rest of the film should stay the same, though. That needs tweaking too.
call_kotaku
Member
Cap 1 probably had the best first half of any MCU movie, it just kind of rambled a bit after the rescue from the Hydra base.
It managed to really sell the idea of Cap as a character, it just didn't execute a finale or an action scene worthy of that buildup.
It managed to really sell the idea of Cap as a character, it just didn't execute a finale or an action scene worthy of that buildup.
ReplacementPelican
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Just got back from a showing of the whole trilogy. Hype is very well deserved.
Without saying much, the action and choreography is the best of any Marvel movie and the ingenuity and the thought of how these characters can use their powers blew me away. I've casually read comics for years and I was sitting there like 'holy shit, I never imagined doing that with that power'.
Been in this thread since day one lurking and now it's time to jump to the spoiler thread.
Without saying much, the action and choreography is the best of any Marvel movie and the ingenuity and the thought of how these characters can use their powers blew me away. I've casually read comics for years and I was sitting there like 'holy shit, I never imagined doing that with that power'.
Been in this thread since day one lurking and now it's time to jump to the spoiler thread.
WaterAstro
Member
I guess WB shilled 3 critics. amirite?
illmatic22
Banned
Star Spangled Man is great. The End.
Same here. One of the best moments in the MCU.
Yells "Marveltards" to the wall over and over.
Is that a Spider-Man sticker?
Piku_Ringo
Banned
Still waiting on that dude's review
Yeezus H. Christ
Banned
I guess BvS was a gamechanger in that no one has ever fucked up a movie with two of the largest fictional characters ever to such an extent, but hey, what do I know.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Alan Menken wrote the lyrics to it. Of course it was great.
Fixed the number for you.
BronsonLee
Member
Ok I don't like Cap 1 but 'I've knocked out Adolf Hitler over 200 times' is still funny as hell
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The long road to recovery begins now!
More than 3x as good as BvS!
I think my favorite part might be Cap and Howard Stark looking scared as shit after Peggy "tests" the shield. They are both terrified and in awe of her at that moment, and know NEVER to cross her.
Is that guy on GAF? Because based on the view counts of his videos, 90% of them are coming from people in this thread.
Yeezus H. Christ
Banned
The long road to recovery begins now!
I'm actually surprised the average rating is still that high given the double negative reviews.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
i think the first one really wasn't that bad
haven't checked out these ones yet
BronsonLee
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Yeah his username is spelled S L A Y V E N
Daily Review was 2.5/5
Averages aren't going to plummet with one review at this stage though.
clay_ghost
Member
Marvel forget to pay 3 critics.
Watching them is a guilty pleasure. He's like 40 something and not acting. Cant look away
Yeezus H. Christ
Banned
After seeing CW sink to irrecoverable depths, I finally understand the anger and rage Jack felt.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
All this cat DOES is look away. Why the fuck does he never look at the camera? Why is there always something loud blasting in the background? Why? WHY??
Yeezus H. Christ
Banned
All this cat DOES is look away. Why the fuck does he never look at the camera? Why is there always something loud blasting in the background? Why? WHY??
90% of the time it's a BvS soundtrack.
I love him. If this is all high-level satire, dude deserves an award of some sort.
Not true. My inside source tells me that Marvel paid all the critics, but 3 of them felt it wasn't enough.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
41 actually..
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I couldn't make it halfway through it.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Yeah. It's getting harder to power through them..
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I think I watched ten seconds or so of one when he first started getting posted on here, but I finally gave him another go. Yeah, just let him fade into obscurity.
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