Wow, this hasn't aged well
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mh-newressistance — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 04:10 PM)
I thought this movie have aged poorly once I re-watched it after it was available in HD. It kind of worked for me the first time, but it didn't for the second time. The poor script and lack of depth clearly hurts the experience for me. Granted, this movie wasn't made for me, so I understand that. Civil War is still the best Avengers movie in my opinion.
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Oubliette-Midas — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 10:03 AM)
I just noticed that The Avengers looks a lot like TV-movie. Bland, boring, nothing visually interesting.
This is how I know the Avengers IS a good movie (and still holds up). After all of these years, the best attempts at tearing it down still revolve around the way it "looks" or nitpicking.
The Avengers is by no means a perfect film but it did/does do one thing incredibly well. It makes you root for the heroes to come together as a team and WIN. It's just that fvcking simple.
You can drone on about your green screen and why this one didn't do that at this particular time but, love for the Avengers isn't built on world class CGI (even though it had that) or every single, minuscule plot detail singing in perfect harmony. Love for the Avengers the movie (and subsequently the team) is built on something that is less obviously conscious. Dare I say the SATISFACTION it brought to audiences is damn near primal. It's the pleasure of siting around the camp fire and being regaled by a story that you invest in because of its familiarity and warmth - not to mention all of the weird and disparate elements that come together to somehow provide deep enjoyment and gratification. Yeah,
"I'm bringing the party to you"
.
You can't discuss this film in an honest or credible way if you won't acknowledge any of these facts.
We all know that the upcoming Justice League film will have a better technical IQ than the Avengers. They may even manage to get the story and characterizations mostly right. We might even smile once or twice. Still - Zack Snyder and co. will be damn lucky if that film is half as rewarding as the Avengers.
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Socialman — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 03:41 PM)
I could write complete essays on how and why this movie is so great, but this video explains it a lot better than I ever could. It's 40 minutes of pure insight, really worth the watch.
Fabricati Diem, Pvnc !
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mh-newressistance — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 04:25 PM)
I could write complete essays on how and why this movie is so great, but this video explains it a lot better than I ever could. It's 40 minutes of pure insight, really worth the watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSAp-QCHj_A&t=1s&list=FL81xLWsvOalPdmPC8QBL7Cg&index=23
If I was you, I'd never use MovieBob as any kind of source of definitive truth. Since, if you agree with him so much, then you must agree with him that veterans from the Iraq war were mindless fascists.
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Socialman — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 04:02 PM)
Since, if you agree with him so much, then you must agree with him that veterans from the Iraq war were mindless fascists.
That's a pretty big leap in logic you're making there. I've butted heads with people on this very board about political issues but whom I agree with on movie issues. Just because I agree with the guy about this movie (and his BvS review) doesn't mean we agree on everything. And since I've never heard
him
speak of Iraq war veterans, the only one I see calling them mindless fascists is
you
. But I guess you can provide me with a link to said statement.
Also, MovieBob supports Anita Sarkisian.
That's nice, I don't know who that is. But according to you I need to google her, since I obviously support her too.
EDIT: I actually googled her real quick, and after two minutes of reading a summary on Wikipedia about her and the equality causes she stands for, I now support her too.
But this leads to an interesting point, apparently you
don't
support her. May I ask why you have a problem with equality for women ?
Fabricati Diem, Pvnc !
RIP Terry Pratchett -
Socialman — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 04:43 PM)
What's satirical about calling out an uninspired film for what it is?
Pretty much your choice of words on the matter and the fact that you called it uninspired in the first place.
It's a brilliant satire of a troll post. You see, in posts by
actual
trolls, those exact words are always an indication that the troll didn't understand what people have called a "childrens movie" (despite scenes of eye-gauging and impalement, but that's a separate issue), the irony of which you've captured perfectly.
Stating that a movie which is mainly a character study built completely around interpersonal conflict has
"no conflict between the characters"
was a nice touch. But adding that it doesn't have a story, when every single character's story arc could be a movie in itself, now that's a satirical stroke of genius.
I salute you, sir.
Fabricati Diem, Pvnc !
RIP Terry Pratchett