i was a bit agnostic on these films but then i decided to watch them since our kid expressed mild interest, and generally they're very well-done and the actors are good. who knows how long they'll go on for, it's just a really impressive feat though i don't necessarily mean a cinematic one for the most part.
― omar little, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
Actually I should be a little more sanguine as I’ve just seen that this is apparently the last one, phew
― mumsnet blvd (wins), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
lol no
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
lmao it is definitely not the last one. more like a season finale.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:08 (four years ago) link
though i don't necessarily mean a cinematic one for the most part.
it's like the world is being made into a shitty videogame that you can't even play, just watch mutely so that you are capable of making wikipedia edits if so called
― j., Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
lol I was joking I know the endgame isn’t real
― mumsnet blvd (wins), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
Okay, I am completely pro these movies, but this was beautiful.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
when world president Xi Jping has finally taken over this dying planet, all traces that this garbage ever existed will be burned and forgotten as the last pathetic wheezing death throes of a dying, degenerate empire that long since should have been nuked;)
― calzino, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
my god
It was you all along
you’re Thanos
― omar little, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:41 (four years ago) link
no , I'm desperate unfunny dan!
― calzino, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
https://www.checkhookboxing.com/data/avatars/l/23/23655.jpg?1460216075
― calzino, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
once again:lol wins
― mh, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 03:22 (four years ago) link
just saw endgame
if you’re at all invested in these movies i don’t think you’re gonna be at all disappointed
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 April 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
if you’re at all invested in these movies i don’t think you’re gonna be disappointed
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 April 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
Saw IW (for the first time) and Endgame last night as a double bill. Endgame def the better of the two movies but the two nicely contrasted in tone while still complementing each other.
Pleased that Nebula finally got a decent amount of screen time. No other spoilers from me yet but I do want to know which horse Old Lunch is backing for the Derby.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:38 (four years ago) link
I’ve been trying to watch Infinity War on Netflix for a few weeks but I can only get through a bit at a time because it keeps going to all animation and I realise three minutes later that I’m not watching anymoreAnd I can’t watch it after dark because the sound mix is so incredibly bad that I have to crank the TV up from its normal position of 30 to over 80 to hear any of the dialogue, but then all the fighty & music bits are so loud that I assume it’s annoying the neighbours and have to turn it off. Shit’s worse than 2010-2016 Doctor Who.
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
itt: home cinema troubleshooting
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
we have the technology
― mh, Thursday, 25 April 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
must b nice
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
weird... I watched it on Netflix a couple nights ago and it was fine. the comedy bits are really gold.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 25 April 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
If you're at all invested in these movies, that was a pretty impressive and excellent way to bring things to a close. The three hours absolutely flies by.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 25 April 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
yeahit def helps that the middle hour is like a really fun little mini-movie in its own rightcan we start doing spoilers itt now pls
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 April 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
yes but only so you can tell me if there's actually a Leftovers nod or if the Slant guy made that up
― Simon H., Friday, 26 April 2019 02:41 (four years ago) link
i haven’t seen the leftovers or read the slant piece In question but i’m gonna say yeah, sure, why not
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 April 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link
It's just like the avengers you'd like it
― Simon H., Friday, 26 April 2019 02:59 (four years ago) link
cool i’ll check it out thx for the rec
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 April 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link
Most of it feels like a quirky spy caper
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 April 2019 03:30 (four years ago) link
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 26 April 2019 05:37 (four years ago) link
give it til Sunday or open an Endgame spoiler thread
i dunno why any sane person who didn’t want spoilers would be itt post-release tbh but I guess i can wait to share my glittering insights a bit longer
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 April 2019 06:15 (four years ago) link
give it until Sunday because... people are going to look at the thread to speculate about what the movie is about or just chat box office receipts? seems silly, just talk about the movie or don’t click on the thread maybe
― mh, Friday, 26 April 2019 06:39 (four years ago) link
definite Leftovers vibe btw
this was fun and, as stated above, an actually p dece finish to this whole spectacle
liked the [MILD SPOILER] heist elements
― gbx, Friday, 26 April 2019 07:55 (four years ago) link
That was a whole lotta avengin’. Pretty great of course. Yes to Leftovers nod.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 April 2019 07:58 (four years ago) link
Nice (and non spoilery): Google 'Thanos' and click on the Infinity Gauntlet
― groovypanda, Friday, 26 April 2019 09:46 (four years ago) link
black widow dies, this movie kind of sucks, so you do if you get angry at this post
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Friday, 26 April 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
aren't people getting out of the movie screening at this moment
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 April 2019 11:50 (four years ago) link
wasn't expecting that Funky Flashman cameo
― mh, Friday, 26 April 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
Can't believe Captain Thor was defeated by Thanus
― Got your butt drank (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
And you call yourself a fan.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Friday, 26 April 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Good lord.
https://deadline.com/2019/04/avengers-endgame-opening-weekend-box-office-record-1202602445/
One exhibition source says that the amount of business that Avengers: Endgame is doing “is ridiculous”. Off of 9AM shows alone today, big venues like the AMC 25 Empire in NYC is making $175K, NYC Lincoln Square counts $161K, Regal E-Walk has $78K while the Edwards Irvine is seeing $145K. Industry estimates are seeing $130M-$140M for today including $60M. “I don’t see how the pic doesn’t get to $300M-plus,” said one rival distribution exec.
Looks like it may well hit that billion dollar opening.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 April 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
just got back from seeing…I very much liked that they took their time in the first hour, whereas I.W. hurtles from one plot point to the next…
― veronica moser, Friday, 26 April 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
Yeah would definitely agree -- I don't mind IW's nonstop pace but having this one start in a quiet aftermath and continue from there was sharp.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 April 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
look i can’t hold it in any longer so prepare to be spoiled if you haven’t seen it alreadythe end of cap’s arc was perfect and i loved every beat of it but jesus fuck couldn’t they have found a way to age up chris evans so he didn’t look like joe biden
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 April 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
B+ series finale, A+ fan service. I liked it!Still don't know what Scar Witch does. Where was William Hurt in this?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
apparently Jim starlin was in it? didn't see him. I had to chuckle during battle royale when Iron Gwynnie appears…
I suppose, given that this puts a temporary cap on the MCU decade, that I don't dig that they would use a character for their own, unsuitable purposes…Mantis was not conceived as a space naif, she was conceived as a (now NAGL) deadly Vietnamese sex worker. Drax was used inappropriately as well. They could have made up new characters for such purposes…
― veronica moser, Friday, 26 April 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
Starlin's in the group therapy scene Cap's in shortly after the 'five years later' jump. (One of the Russos is the guy doing most of the talking.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 April 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
Can I also add how satisfying it was to go into an event movie of this scale still somehow totally in the dark? I did a good job avoiding everything, including this thread, and it definitely helped and played well from that vantage.
Obv. plenty of Hawkeye in this, and didn't really want more, but for the sake of the story I still thought his character kinda got short shrift.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
speaking of short shrift, it was kinda weird that captain marvel’s role was basically superfluous after the buildup of infinity war and her own movie
― Campaign For Dean Gaffney To Be The New James Bond (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 26 April 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
was there a post-credits scene? i left
― gbx, Friday, 26 April 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link