Off Topic => General Off Topic => Topic started by: Xant on April 26, 2019, 10:08:35 am
Title: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on April 26, 2019, 10:08:35 am
So have people here seen this? Personally I've never understood why people love superhero movies so much, and I've no idea why the last Avengers movie was the highest grossing movie ever. All these movies follow the same tired clichés, have the same kind of out-of-place shitty predictable jokes, have ridiculously childish and dumb plotlines (and characters and worldbuilding) with zero internal consistency, and awful fight scenes which resemble 80's action movies but just with REALLY powerful dudes and dudettes. In a sentence, they're live-action Disney cartoons. I would've enjoyed them greatly as a ten year old, just like I enjoyed Disney cartoons, but I see all these grown men acting like it's Christmas because a new superhero movie came out. Baffles the mind.
And now people have been insanely excited and hyped about Endgame. Apparently they're crying and laughing and being rendered speechless in the audience.
My question, then, dear readers, is twofold: was Endgame good, and why do you like watching movies like it?
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: njames89 on April 26, 2019, 01:03:23 pm
Haven't seen it or the last 5 or 6 of those movies. They pumped out too many of them IMO. The last superhero movie I recall seeing and enjoying was one of the wolverine ones.
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Post by: Vibe on April 26, 2019, 01:12:51 pm
Superhero movies are meh I agree, I just pirate them when I don't have anything else to watch.
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Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 26, 2019, 01:30:08 pm
I do not watch them either, not at all interested in super heroes. However marvel are good at making movies, they are solid flicks, character, pacing, story seems to always be at a good standard. Avengers was the first one i heard that was exceptionally good, for having so many characters it still handled it well which is very hard to do without making it feel cluttered.
They are pretty much just good popcorn movies, some fanboys get horny over them but most people just casually watch and can be immersed. Consider that we are getting so much garbage in cinema, having something thats consistent and a "universe" so it all kind of blends together, makes it very easy to digest.
Guardians of the Galaxy is one that i did watch and found to be completely watcheable. I didnt watch the second one but it also holds up supposedly. Deadpool was alright too, but not too memorable and a bit cringy.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: njames89 on April 26, 2019, 01:46:23 pm
Yeah I enjoyed guardians of the galaxy as well actually.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on April 26, 2019, 02:20:12 pm
The first Guardians of the Galaxy is probably my favorite superhero movie, as well. It was a pretty fun watch. But even it wasn't anything I'd call amazing, or worth fanboying over. Just a solid 7.5/10 turn-off-your-brain movie. Deadpools were also pretty good, though the humor was a little too first grade at times.
Also the Wolverine taking place in Japan was pretty good, but... it suffered from the same issue as all the superhero movies do, there's never any real challenge, these movies are mostly power fantasies and the characters aren't relatable at all because of it. And the fan service gets cringy at times in scenes that are clearly made to get the target audience* whooping out loud and laughing in giddy excitement about how bad ass the superhero is.
*this guy making noises is a perfect example: https://youtu.be/l0dhPm3vbyE?t=399 (also the mandalorian could be really good, sounds like a very interesting premise etc., just not super optimistic that disney will actually do the concept justice)
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Vibe on April 26, 2019, 03:31:17 pm
The people fanboying over superhero movies are the actual stereotype nerds from 90s: overweight, neckbeard, lives w/ mom and showers you in saliva when talking about his favourite alternate universe marvel comic.
And yes, shame for Star Wars franchise because it has a cool ass setting, yet the movies are created just as another superhero movie. They're cool to watch for the visuals, but anything beyond that is eh. Imagine if it had a more adult and complex story..
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 26, 2019, 04:24:29 pm
Star Wars is alright, i never felt too invested in the expanded universe stuff. The originals are just simple fantasy adventure movies, with great characters. Kids movies essentially. Fun alien creatures, weird magic and cool unique looking planets. If youre going to make stuff more mature, you might as well just go for something that is already built on a mature setting. If anything is going to be made, make another adventure movie. Nice visuals, simple relateable characters, evil bad men vs good guys and some straight forward goal. It doesnt have to be so adult, the original trilogy is still the best because its far from adult.
The guy cumming to the mandalorian trailer is so embarrasing, i'll be glad if its a decent movie, but im expecting more garbage.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Asheram on April 26, 2019, 05:33:28 pm
Logan was good.. Really liked gotg, antman and antman and the wasp, thor ragnorock and both deadpool movies too.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Panos_ on April 26, 2019, 07:20:30 pm
Why the fuck people clap inside the cinema? :mad:
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Post by: Thryn on April 26, 2019, 07:46:26 pm
lord of the rings forever
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on April 27, 2019, 09:45:02 pm
https://clyp.it/3e0b32m3
Murica
[–]linkchomp 86 points 5 hours ago Guy next to me was laughing at every third sentence, clapping every fifth, commenting every ten. Something slightly exciting happens? He start to jump up, pushing off armrests (which in turn meant shoving the one between us into me as it was loose so it could fold up) and shaking the row. Big excite scene? Shouting “fuck yes, lets go!” While clapping loudly. Any hero has any negative, a paper cut, “oh...oh no! Please no”
–]SishirChetri 69 points 6 hours ago There's a scene with Captain America in Endgame (you know which) where my theater went completely nuts to the point where I saw some people covering their ears. And it wasn't a momentary thing either, it was a sustained cheer, for a minute, maybe.
This entire thread..... Jesus Christ. Guess it really drives home what kind of people these shitty movies are made for.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 27, 2019, 10:29:39 pm
All i can say is, im glad sweden aint like that. So embarrasing
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Asheram on April 28, 2019, 12:16:47 am
Funny I went and yeah people were excited and having a good time but nothing obnoxious and there wasn't an empty seat in the house either. Hope you enjoy your jaded life on top of that high horse you ride.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Tristan_of_Erzoth on April 28, 2019, 01:10:14 am
Imagine being such a pathetic person that other people having fun bothers you. This thread is seriously 100% more cringe worthy than anyone excited to see a super hero movie is.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 28, 2019, 02:09:45 am
You can enjoy a movie without orgasming loudly. If im in a cinema i would prefer to enjoy it through immersion, not as a rollercoaster.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Asheram on April 28, 2019, 03:17:53 am
You can enjoy a movie without orgasming loudly. If im in a cinema i would prefer to enjoy it through immersion, not as a rollercoaster.
So you judge all based on the actions of a few? One guy in my showing laughed really loud at the trailer for Hobbs and Shaw but thats ablout it. But yeah probably best not to watch on opening weekends let the masses get it done with then go when less people in theater.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Thryn on April 28, 2019, 03:25:50 am
Imagine being such a pathetic person that other people having fun bothers you. This thread is seriously 100% more cringe worthy than anyone excited to see a super hero movie is.
found the marvel fan
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 28, 2019, 03:37:52 am
So you judge all based on the actions of a few? One guy in my showing laughed really loud at the trailer for Hobbs and Shaw but thats ablout it. But yeah probably best not to watch on opening weekends let the masses get it done with then go when less people in theater.
From the sound of it, some cinemas have a ton of people going bananas. Even if theres just a few, thats enough to ruin the experience. I had someone chew gum loudly next to me once, it only takes one.. cant remember the movie, but it wasnt particularly good so it was hard to stay focused either way :mrgreen:
I've heard RedLetterMedia complain about the movie going experiences too, and theyre movie buffs so they watch a ton of stuff. I can agree that it probably gets better after some weeks of showing, but it sounds like the movie going etiquette is definitely lacking imho.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: the real god emperor on April 28, 2019, 04:40:38 am
Girl next to me loudly cried the last 15 minutes
Was a fun movie but the first one was better tbh
And the unnecessary girlpower scene with all those noname characters were weird
They were succesful imho with the character development of captain america iron man etc but who the fuck is captain marvel or that valkyrie chick etc
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on April 28, 2019, 06:31:03 am
Imagine being such a pathetic person that other people having fun bothers you. This thread is seriously 100% more cringe worthy than anyone excited to see a super hero movie is.
Hey there's nobody here judging your neckbeard or you jerking off to Captain America. We're just having some fun here as well, surely other people having fun doesn't bother you, that'd make you pathetic, after all.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Asheram on April 28, 2019, 06:37:02 am
The only thing missing from Endgame was Dead Pool showing up with his time travel belt (comics and DP2 movie) and saying "I told you this wouldnt work" to Thanos We all know Dead Pool and Thanos have a history Lady Death is why Thanos wanted to kill half of all the universe to get her attention Thanos is jealous of Dead Pool bcause he has her attention
I agree about Captain Marvel kratos but actually I enjoyed Valkyrie in Thor Ragnarok, she might of had alot less screen time as Captain Marvel but she represented Asgarde who we know Thors sister destroyed and I actually felt more for her. The Captain Marvel movie was good but not good enough for me to care about the character, it seemed shoehorned.
And yeah Captain America got the best ending too which makes me happy. Dead Pool time travel belt again but got to be with his first love.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Hlin on April 28, 2019, 08:07:56 am
The only thing missing from Endgame was Dead Pool showing up with his time travel belt (comics and DP2 movie) and saying "I told you this wouldnt work" to Thanos We all know Dead Pool and Thanos have a history Lady Death is why Thanos wanted to kill half of all the universe to get her attention Thanos is jealous of Dead Pool bcause he has her attention
I agree about Captain Marvel kratos but actually I enjoyed Valkyrie in Thor Ragnarok, she might of had alot less screen time as Captain Marvel but she represented Asgarde who we know Thors sister destroyed and I actually felt more for her. The Captain Marvel movie was good but not good enough for me to care about the character, it seemed shoehorned.
And yeah Captain America got the best ending too which makes me happy. Dead Pool time travel belt again but got to be with his first love.
The entire cinematic Thanos plot is a joke. Killing half of the Universe is going to do what? Set it back 50 years? Earth would just be back to early 1970's population levels.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on April 28, 2019, 08:10:28 am
CAPTAIN MARVEL CAPTAIN AMERICA THANOS SUPER HERO SO COOL THEY PUNCH BAD GUY BEFORE HE SNAP FINGER
Hey there's nobody here judging your neckbeard or you jerking off to Captain America. We're just having some fun here as well, surely other people having fun doesn't bother you, that'd make you pathetic, after all.
Imagine actually thinking this was a good comeback. Hows the latest season of rick and morty?
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on April 28, 2019, 01:54:18 pm
Imagine actually thinking this was a good comeback. Hows the latest season of rick and morty?
Imagine actually thinking "lol hows rick and morty" is a good comeback, after whining about someone else's "comeback." But then you are a manchild who watches live-action Disney cartoons and thinks they're amazing.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Gravoth_iii on April 28, 2019, 04:36:23 pm
The only movie reviewers worth listening to.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Tristan_of_Erzoth on April 29, 2019, 01:05:22 am
Imagine actually thinking "lol hows rick and morty" is a good comeback, after whining about someone else's "comeback." But then you are a manchild who watches live-action Disney cartoons and thinks they're amazing.
Never said i liked marvel or that i watched the movie, just that you are cringe worthy for making an entire thread to rage about pe5opld liking a movie. What do you like so we can insult you for liking it?
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Thryn on April 29, 2019, 02:09:11 am
Never said i liked marvel or that i watched the movie, just that you are cringe worthy for making an entire thread to rage about pe5opld liking a movie. What do you like so we can insult you for liking it?
Yes, making a thread is totally raging about something. Must be hard to function with the amount of IQ you have.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Tristan_of_Erzoth on April 29, 2019, 07:25:59 pm
The people fanboying over superhero movies are the actual stereotype nerds from 90s: overweight, neckbeard, lives w/ mom and showers you in saliva when talking about his favourite alternate universe marvel comic.
And yes, shame for Star Wars franchise because it has a cool ass setting, yet the movies are created just as another superhero movie. They're cool to watch for the visuals, but anything beyond that is eh. Imagine if it had a more adult and complex story..
the last superhero movie i saw was either the first Iron Man (pretty dope) or that one maybe 2007 Hulk remake (pretty cool too), just never at all enjoyed comics, superheroes, et al. not even really as a kid. but i will say that much of my extended friendgroup is totally into whatever Marvel movie comes out and they were stoked as hell on Endgame. they clearly know that i don't give two fucks about it so we don't discuss it much but everything i catch via social media or conversation is that they're really deep into them.
and i'm a good bit closer to the neckbeard stereotype (habitually, not physically or in terms of life status) than ANY of them. it's seriously normie-food, my dude.
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Post by: Asheram on May 07, 2019, 01:32:51 am
the last superhero movie i saw was either the first Iron Man (pretty dope) or that one maybe 2007 Hulk remake (pretty cool too), just never at all enjoyed comics, superheroes, et al. not even really as a kid. but i will say that much of my extended friendgroup is totally into whatever Marvel movie comes out and they were stoked as hell on Endgame. they clearly know that i don't give two fucks about it so we don't discuss it much but everything i catch via social media or conversation is that they're really deep into them.
and i'm a good bit closer to the neckbeard stereotype (habitually, not physically or in terms of life status) than ANY of them. it's seriously normie-food, my dude.
You should watch LOGAN its not a superhero movie.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Leshma on May 11, 2019, 06:11:13 pm
Marvel movies are great fun, seen them all six months ago, I enjoyed most of them, paid zero dollars. Much better than DC movies, which are mostly garbage. But I ain't paying that cinema ticket, although I spend great deal of money on those Marvel figures for my nephew. Thing is, figures can always be sold when nephew goes out of that phase, sometimes for a profit, while cinema is one time service. So I'll rather 'steal' a movie, while I'm not too fussed when paying for physical item. Spoilers are unfortunate since people like to make other persons life a misery for fun, but I am not too bothered by spoilers in general.
When I was young, Superman, Spiderman and Batman were only superheroes I knew of and Superman was my favorite (there were only Superman and Batman popular movies, Spidey had animated shows). Things are different these days, just because Disney pumped cash into Marvel franchise. With money you can turn anything into anything, just look at Huawei cellphones.
People think Watchmen is best superhero movie, I seen it (for free, mind you) shortly after it came out and it was utter crap. Dunno what people see in that. Stupid characters, especially Nite Owl, homosexual blue dude (obvious Hulk wannabe) teleporting from Mars, to Sun, back to Earth, some asshole who calls himself smartest dude, midget psycho with a mask, basic bitch in a catsuit and one cool fella with a cigar. Story itself makes no fucking sense which is expected since it was written by some Britmy old friend hippie. Same goes for that other comic book storyteller from Britain who also wrote some dumb ass comic stories and people think that was clever.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on May 11, 2019, 06:28:21 pm
It wasn't really clear from your post, did you see these superhero movies you speak of for free? Did you pay zero dollars? You didn't mention it enough times for it to stick in my short term memory, and this seems like an important fact one ought to remember and, yes, bring up multiple times in a post.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Asheram on May 11, 2019, 06:39:46 pm
I liked Aquaman. Marvel is going to use Namor the Submariner (antihero) possibly starting with Black Panther 2, it would be cool if Jason Mamoa played him as well.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Kadeth on May 12, 2019, 02:44:29 am
It wasn't really clear from your post, did you see these superhero movies you speak of for free? Did you pay zero dollars? You didn't mention it enough times for it to stick in my short term memory, and this seems like an important fact one ought to remember and, yes, bring up multiple times in a post.
Specifically mentioning that part multiple times because you spent money on it.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Leshma on May 12, 2019, 02:40:00 pm
I liked Aquaman. Marvel is going to use Namor the Submariner (antihero) possibly starting with Black Panther 2, it would be cool if Jason Mamoa played him as well.
That probably won't happen because Namor alongside Hulk is not Disney/Marvel Studios intellectual property, they have no rights to make movies based on those characters. They could put Namor in some Avengers movie or something like that but are not allowed to make Namor the Movie or another Hulk the Movie. Believe Universal bought those rights before Marvel was sold to Disney, before MCU started.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on May 12, 2019, 05:20:05 pm
That probably won't happen because Namor alongside Hulk is not Disney/Marvel Studios intellectual property, they have no rights to make movies based on those characters. They could put Namor in some Avengers movie or something like that but are not allowed to make Namor the Movie or another Hulk the Movie. Believe Universal bought those rights before Marvel was sold to Disney, before MCU started.
But they can still use The Hulk as a supporting role, and thats what is being specualted with Namor being used in a similar capacity as a supporting role in either Black Panther 2 or Doctor Strange 2. They just cant make solo movies with them. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/doctor-strange-scott-derrickson-namor-mcu-sequel-1202050965/
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Post by: Oberyn on May 14, 2019, 03:46:41 pm
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Post by: Osiris on May 14, 2019, 07:23:57 pm
I too masturbate over the ability to pirate films leshma
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Leshma on May 15, 2019, 03:33:29 am
I wouldnt do that if I were you. Ability to pirate media content is one of the very few perks of living outside developed world. When I cross the border and enter civilization, torrenting movies is out of the question because of possible high fines.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Xant on May 15, 2019, 07:44:40 am
I wouldnt do that if I were you. Ability to pirate media content is one of the very few perks of living outside developed world. When I cross the border and enter civilization, torrenting movies is out of the question because of possible high fines.
Or you could pay two dollars a month for a VPN. But that does require more computer knowledge than you have, I suppose.
Title: Re: Avengers Endgayme
Post by: Kadeth on May 15, 2019, 11:25:06 am