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Post by kleinreturns on Apr 22, 2019 7:59:32 GMT
Yes, that scene probably should have been played with a little less humor depending on the situation, but one of the main points of these crossover movies in the MCU is to have these colorful characters bring in their respective personalities and to have them interact and play off each other in ways that are entertaining to the audience. All doom and gloom doesn't do these movies any favors when it comes to entertainment value. Yes, Drax should have been more invested in the plan in that scene instead of yawning, but that's just his personality and Mantis has always been portrayed as innocent and somewhat naive. In the end, it's just another example of you not properly setting your expectations with these films. You should know what you're going to get by now. If not, you only have yourself to blame and you should just stop watching them. Theres a time and place for it, too bad Disney doesnt know how to integrate humour very well. That drax example is a classic. Bonehead fans will laugh at that scene not knowing how disrespectful it is to comic book drax. Hes yawning seeming uninterested even though from the first gotg movie weve seen how badly he wants to avenge his dead loved ones. Classic Disney spin that people fall for. More excuses from bud afraid to call out bad content. This is where mcu xmen will become a joke undercutting serious moments with lame comedy Still nowhere as bad as Havok's death in Ivan Ooze followed immediately with a stupid Quicksilver twinkie slo mo scene played for a joke/laughs.
Or Magneto's "Who the f are you" line to Ivan Ooze when he was about to kill the factory workers for the murder of his family.
Or Xavier's "You had some really bad acid" line after Wolverine's BS panic attack in DOFP.
Or Wolverine goofy comical acting and lines towards those goons when he first arrived in 1973 and the stupid "peaceful thoughts" line after he punctured the waterbed and killing them.
Or the stupid Nightcrawler eavesdropping scene in X2 when the X-Men and Mangeto were planning to deal with Stryker.
Or the stupid playing N'sync's "Bye, Bye, Bye" song after Stryker's assault on the X-Mansion and barely getting away in X2.
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Post by charzhino on Apr 22, 2019 10:37:46 GMT
Still nowhere as bad as Havok's death in Ivan Ooze followed immediately with a stupid Quicksilver twinkie slo mo scene played for a joke/laughs. Not as bad as Ultron trying to plead like a little bitch by saying, "with the benefit of hindsight" then getting Hulk smashed before he could finish his sentence. A natural reaction. When was the last time MCU used the f word? Good balanced comedy not overplayed. If that was in the MCU, all the characters in the room including the villain would have stopped and started doing sitcom meta level jokes like the Ultron omellete joke. Jokes about his time travel experience and the scene is meant to be funny because those guys pose no serious threat anyway. What about Ronans threat and Quills response to dancing What is your issue with this. Its a straightforward scene. You dont like people eavesdropping? Not as out of place or akward as Banner falling over into Black Widows boobs
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 22, 2019 12:11:58 GMT
Rewatched it Saturday night. Just a spectacular film from top to bottom. So many character moments, and the film is so creative in the action scenes regarding everyone's capabilities. Doctor Strange and Iron Man in particular are off the charts. They both hold their own alone for a brief time against Thanos wielding 4 Infinity Stones. War Machine really cuts loose against the outriders.
The dialog is incredibly well written. The personality these characters are given is what makes you root for them; why you care what happens to them amongst all that CGI. Without the superb writing, acting and directing you just have white noise on a green screen. Rocket in particular caught my attention this time, his facial expressions and snarky commentary were hilarious-- yet he still added heart to the scenes with Thor. That scene in particular with Thor talking about how much he's lost, Hemsworth really shows his range. (As an aside, I was surprised at how much swearing occurred in the film. Not so much as to be distracting but for a PG-13 flick I felt it really pushed the limits.)
It's truly amazing how well this film balances action, humor and drama. It's fun but still carries that sense of impending doom the whole time. I'm that much more hyped for Endgame now.
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Post by DSDSquared on Apr 23, 2019 19:49:34 GMT
Rewatched it Saturday night. Just a spectacular film from top to bottom. So many character moments, and the film is so creative in the action scenes regarding everyone's capabilities. Doctor Strange and Iron Man in particular are off the charts. They both hold their own alone for a brief time against Thanos wielding 4 Infinity Stones. War Machine really cuts loose against the outriders. The dialog is incredibly well written. The personality these characters are given is what makes you root for them; why you care what happens to them amongst all that CGI. Without the superb writing, acting and directing you just have white noise on a green screen. Rocket in particular caught my attention this time, his facial expressions and snarky commentary were hilarious-- yet he still added heart to the scenes with Thor. That scene in particular with Thor talking about how much he's lost, Hemsworth really shows his range. (As an aside, I was surprised at how much swearing occurred in the film. Not so much as to be distracting but for a PG-13 flick I felt it really pushed the limits.) It's truly amazing how well this film balances action, humor and drama. It's fun but still carries that sense of impending doom the whole time. I'm that much more hyped for Endgame now. I agree with everything you said. It is also amazing to me that they were able to balance all of the characters. With so many characters in one movie, it could have been a mess.
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