Damn, Reggie Fils-Aime is going off on Kevin Smith. Hilarious!
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Captain America: Civil War Review Thread
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Damn, Reggie Fils-Aime is going off on Kevin Smith. Hilarious!
BronsonLee
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Whatever shut up Nibel *throws water bottles*
It's too late to apologize Kevin Smith... you hipocrate.
piratepwnsninja
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But like, two other people in this thread didn't like it.
I just can't wait to finally see it next week. It'll be good to get the whole family out to the theater.
LumpOfCole
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Damn, that is some salt.
There's too many subtle clues that make me think dude is just self aware and trolling.
Like the fucking music video on the back
Ha, ha, him again?
i haven't heard anyone talk about the sound so far so i want to say a few things:
the soundtrack is really quite forgettable
BUT
the sound effects/design for the action is soooo good
in an early action scene i noticed just how punchy and fucking great each hit sounds - the action scenes are in general some of the best in the MCU but you also feel each blow so much more. it all just sounds so right, there's like an audible crunch to everything
the soundtrack is really quite forgettable
BUT
the sound effects/design for the action is soooo good
in an early action scene i noticed just how punchy and fucking great each hit sounds - the action scenes are in general some of the best in the MCU but you also feel each blow so much more. it all just sounds so right, there's like an audible crunch to everything
ViewtifulJC
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imagine a MCU movie having a memorable score
Messofanego
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Spiderman and Black Panther were the best parts of the movie, they stole the show. They really add new different dimensions (good visual comedy and thinking ahead of just fighting). When they're not part of the movie, it feels like standard Avengers proceedings. It was the first time I saw two women heroes fight together, which was cool even if it was super short. The action scenes were brilliant, especially the airport. Lots of great superhero interplay. But then it just falls apart after that and goes into a finale with weak drama. The villain is possibly the worst in a Marvel movie, and that's saying something. Captain America, Iron Man, and Bucky all act really stupid at the end. Bucky and Cap's friendship was lacking some serious chemistry, it felt fake the whole time. Could be down to Sebastian Stan's uncharismatic acting. The Accord was a badly explained piece of conflict that just served as a distraction, but the comic was kind of bad too so I guess it's faithful to the source material. The score was nothing to write home about, and I guess that just adds to the drama aspects falling flat.
I wish these movies had something deeper under the surface. It's all just vengeance and solving problems with fists. No emotional lynchpin like even the Nolan Batman movies had with Bruce Wayne and Alfred's relationship. There are no relationships here to care about. I'm still waiting for a superhero movie to be like Kingdom Come. Like, really be a drama that takes superheroes seriously, and is about accountability. You can still have an action movie but have well-motivated conflicts, tragedies, revelations, meaningful relationships, and have a deeper meaning than a cartoon. The Nolan Batman movies were the closest to that, even when they failed in the action scenes. Maybe I have too high expectations for superhero movies. It's just disappointing when you can't have a great action movie and a great film, too.
I wish these movies had something deeper under the surface. It's all just vengeance and solving problems with fists. No emotional lynchpin like even the Nolan Batman movies had with Bruce Wayne and Alfred's relationship. There are no relationships here to care about. I'm still waiting for a superhero movie to be like Kingdom Come. Like, really be a drama that takes superheroes seriously, and is about accountability. You can still have an action movie but have well-motivated conflicts, tragedies, revelations, meaningful relationships, and have a deeper meaning than a cartoon. The Nolan Batman movies were the closest to that, even when they failed in the action scenes. Maybe I have too high expectations for superhero movies. It's just disappointing when you can't have a great action movie and a great film, too.
Like I want my info out there on the internet. Stalked by folks like Bronson
the first thor and first avengers film have pretty decent scores from what i remember tho
oh is ant-man's okay too? still haven't seen that. disagree with the post on the other page, he wasn't in the film a huge amount but he was really good and had some of the funniest delivery of lines
Ughh, this dude. Damn Slay gimme my click back.
Woah woah woah. How about we start with a consistent score across an invidividual hero's series of movies?
Guardians of the Galaxy
I KNOW THAT'S MORE OF A SOUNDTRACK
YES IT STILL COUNTS
FITE ME IRL
The weirds in kpop thread worship you and you already have a thread in OT dedicated to you. I think you're already being stalked probably.
And Bronson is the size of a baby, what do you have to fear from that?
HOLY CRAP, is that dude just Slayven?!
Quick, someone get him to make a video about Black Panther, that's the only way we'll know.
Does ACDC count? If not... then no, not at all.
I know I'm in the minority but I find most of the music in the MCU memorable. I've always been abnormally inclined to remember tunes and melodies though, at least compared to my friends and family.
Avengers, Thor and Guardians had pretty good scores. Iron Man 3 and Cap 1 were decent.
I sort of enjoyed the score a little more/little less than The Winter Soldier's though I'm in a minority that generally liked that movie's score. Winter Soldier's theme itself is one hell of a memorable, intimidating villain tune, probably a gem in what most people consider an overall weak score. I also like that emotional string refrain they used in the movie and re-used in this one. Reminds me a little bit of Danny Elfman's melancholy Spider-Man tune that was used across all three Raimi movies.
The only times the score actually stood out to me were those that were variations/somber/insidious versions of tunes that existed in The Winter Soldier already but that was mostly only by association.
Glass Rebel
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Nope not even close. I think the Iron Man films have the only scores I can recall. The first film has a few and the end of 3 in particular.
Just wait till Oliver Stone makes a film about you. I hope your webcam is already taped up.
I'm good at picking up a Marvelite accent.
E the Shaggy
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God I can't wait for DC Comics Zone to lose his shit when Civil War destroys BvS in ticket sales.
"Guardians of the Crapacy!"
"Guardians of the Crapacy!"
The original soundtrack by Tyler Bates for GotG is pretty good. It has my favorite theme in the MCU and I like how it's used as a motif in other tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4WLvj5ODE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ4WLvj5ODE
Pai Pai Master
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Winter Soldier and Ant-Man both had kickass scores. Marvel has stepped it up for sure.
ViewtifulJC
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lets not call anything from AoU memorable pls
E the Shaggy
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The Vision Ultron chat at the end was pretty great.
New Avenger is. They even started to quote it other movies:
One of the best scenes from all of the MCU, IMO. Ultron's fear and resignation was palpable, and even sad.
Discotheque
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Memorably a chore to sit through.
Pai Pai Master
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If you can't remember the Hulkbuster or that great party scene then there's something wrong with your brain, not the movie.
And yeah, the chat with Ultron at the end is one of the best villain moments in the MCU.
And yeah, the chat with Ultron at the end is one of the best villain moments in the MCU.
Inquisitive_Ghost
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I seriously don't understand the hate/dislike AoU gets. I watched Avengers 1 and 2 back-to-back like a week ago and they're a lot more similar than I remembered them being. I was with people saying AoU had every character being too quippy and stuff, but when you watch them together like that, it's just not true at all. Avengers 1 was a lot jokier than I remembered, and 2 still had a lot of smaller scenes without any real snark. There's like...10% more quips in AoU, and I think that estimate is high. The biggest difference, I thought, was that 1 has a more focused, tighter story, while 2 had to try to set up things for Civil War and Infinity War, which makes it work less well as a whole. I definitely still think 1 was better, but I also think the difference in quality is overblown.
Guardians was amazing, and nothing since has come close to it. It really has the perfect vibe I want in a comic book movie. Still sits alone at the top, and only Ant-man has impressed me of the recent movies. I'd put Cival War just above Ultron, was a disappointment for me. Spider-man and the
big airport fight scene
ratcliffja
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I think it coming on the heels of The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy didn't help, but I still think it was better than the first Avengers. I don't think it's a great movie by any means, but it was decently fun other than what happened to Quicksilver.
It doesn't fall apart. At all. If anything the finale is easily one of the most focused ones in a Marvel movie.
He's not. One of the better ones, actually. A bit clichéd motivations, but he's
exactly the kind of villain that isn't all about fist fights & tests of strength. You're contradicting yourself with the whole "why do all of these characters always just fight each other" complaint when not only does the villain not fight anyone head-on, but also one of other more prominent characters in the film decides to not fight.
Sure, Tony acts irrationally/emotionally, but how is that a bad thing considering the context?
It's not badly explained at all. It makes A LOT of sense in the grand scheme of things.
Ummm... Even if you don't like Bucky (& thus don't care about his & Steve's friendship), Tony & Steve's friendship is a pretty decent emotional "lynchpin" in the movie. And as far lack of chemistry between Cap & Bucky, you do know the dude has been under the mind fuckery influence of Hydra for decades, right?
It's pretty understandable that he isn't all happy happy joy joy & connecting with Cap on a deeper level. He's understandably fucked up in the head and thus a bit distant towards a friend he's last seen decades ago.
Gordon Shumway
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