News Round Up 2018

[hertamaniac]

News

Infinity War cracks the top 5 grossing films all time!

http://variety.com/2018/film/box-of...th-highest-grossing-film-globally-1202805301/

Is it really that good? Iron Man pulled me into this genre, but I really lost interest afterwards. I guess I am asking, as a minor fan of super hero films, is it worth seeing in a theater vs. Red Box/other?

 

[rteetz]

Is it really that good? Iron Man pulled me into this genre, but I really lost interest afterwards. I guess I am asking, as a minor fan of super hero films, is it worth seeing in a theater vs. Red Box/other?

Its quite good. Its hard to really understand everything though unless you have seen the majority of the previous films.

 

[Ambehnke]

Its quite good. Its hard to really understand everything though unless you have seen the majority of the previous films.

What do you think you need to see to enjoy it?

 

[Keels]

Is it really that good? Iron Man pulled me into this genre, but I really lost interest afterwards. I guess I am asking, as a minor fan of super hero films, is it worth seeing in a theater vs. Red Box/other?

Its quite good. Its hard to really understand everything though unless you have seen the majority of the previous films.

I've seen the first Avengers movie and then most of the "backstory" movies - except for Hulk - and I pretty much knew what was going on, except for that Vision guy. But it's pretty surface-level plot, so it wasn't very hard to follow along.

I did find it incredibly depressing.

 

[hertamaniac]

I've seen the first Avengers movie and then most of the "backstory" movies - except for Hulk - and I pretty much knew what was going on, except for that Vision guy. But it's pretty surface-level plot, so it wasn't very hard to follow along.

I did find it incredibly depressing.

I did see Avengers 1 and 2, but started to drop off. I think the previous poster's question is quite good; what would you recommend is the minimum to understand/enjoy IW?

I still think Man of Steel is my favorite super hero movie.

 

[Keels]

I did see Avengers 1 and 2, but started to drop off. I think the previous poster's question is quite good; what would you recommend is the minimum to understand/enjoy IW?

I think if you just have a basic gist of who the characters are, you'll be fine. The only ones I've seen are Avengers 1, Iron Man 1, Thor 1, Captain America 1, Ant-Man, Black Panther and now Infinity War. I haven't watched any of the Guardians movies, Doctor Strange or the new Spiderman (though I'd seen the old Spidermans with Tobey Maguire).

Like I said - it's a pretty surface-level plot, so it's not real hard to follow along if you have a general idea of who the characters are and who they interact with in their respective realms.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Is it really that good? Iron Man pulled me into this genre, but I really lost interest afterwards. I guess I am asking, as a minor fan of super hero films, is it worth seeing in a theater vs. Red Box/other?

I haven't seen all that many of the MCU - especially in recent phases (haven't even seen Civil War) and I still quite enjoyed it. I think you need to understand the general concepts and have an idea of who is who, etc. but other than thus, just have fun with it.

They did a really good job of pacing and giving all/most of the main characters their chance to shine and stuff like that.

What helps this one (and was the same for Black Panther) is that the villain was given depth and motivation beyond power/take over/etc. - you can almost see his side of thing (which is a sign of the best villains)

 

[hertamaniac]

I haven't seen all that many of the MCU - especially in recent phases (haven't even seen Civil War) and I still quite enjoyed it. I think you need to understand the general concepts and have an idea of who is who, etc. but other than thus, just have fun with it.

They did a really good job of pacing and giving all/most of the main characters their chance to shine and stuff like that.

What helps this one (and was the same for Black Panther) is that the villain was given depth and motivation beyond power/take over/etc. - you can almost see his side of thing (which is a sign of the best villains)

Thanks. The villain character usually is demonized (metaphorically) and creates an antagonistic viewpoint. I enjoy character depth that leaves the viewpoint of agree vs. disagree in the viewers mindset. In my mind, it's not right or wrong, but the perspective adopted by that character that provides insight. I know the sign of an impressionable movie is when I can walk away and ponder a character's decision that is not "generally" accepted.

I am hoping to not belabor through an arsenal of splinter movies to appreciate and enjoy IW.

My "recent" super hero viewings:

• Iron Man 1,2,3 - because of my affinity for open-wheel racing, I give the nod to Iron Man 2 and the scene(s) at the Monaco Grand Prix
• Avenger 1,2
• Captain America 1,2
• Ant Man
• Deadpool (not sure if this is a qualifies)
• Wonder Woman
  
• Guardians 1,2
• Man of Steel (#1 in my book)
• Batman vs. Superman (# last in my book)
• Suicide Squad

 

[skier_pete]

I've seen all the movies - and you can probably follow along if you at least have an idea what the characters are.

While it's a good movie, I am not sure I would even put it in the top half of Marvel movies...The last 3 were all better IMO. (Spiderman, Thor Ragnorak, Black Panther) I mean don't get me wrong it was an impressive feat to wrangle all those characters into a coherent story that's for sure, but certain ones, in particular Winter Soldier and Civil War I think do the character beats so much better - this movie has so much to show that it doesn't really have much time for characters, allowing the other movies to do that heavy lifting. I think other than Thor, Gamora, and maybe Tony there's so little character development, I can't imagine if you are not a fan of the movies that watched many of them, that this movie would just seem really silly. It would be sort of like watching the last Harry Potter movie without watching any of the earlier one and just be like "who are these people?"

 

[rteetz]

I haven't seen all that many of the MCU - especially in recent phases (haven't even seen Civil War) and I still quite enjoyed it. I think you need to understand the general concepts and have an idea of who is who, etc. but other than thus, just have fun with it.

They did a really good job of pacing and giving all/most of the main characters their chance to shine and stuff like that.

What helps this one (and was the same for Black Panther) is that the villain was given depth and motivation beyond power/take over/etc. - you can almost see his side of thing (which is a sign of the best villains)

Definitely recommend Civil War!

 

[rteetz]

The only Marvel Cinematic Universe film I haven’t seen is Spider-Man.

 

[rteetz]

I've seen the first Avengers movie and then most of the "backstory" movies - except for Hulk - and I pretty much knew what was going on, except for that Vision guy. But it's pretty surface-level plot, so it wasn't very hard to follow along.

I did find it incredibly depressing.

Hulk isn’t exactly worth going after at this point.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Definitely recommend Civil War!

Oh, it's not like I have actively avoided it - just hard getting to movies with having 3 young kids ... most movies nowadays I catch while on flights for work (that is where I saw Ragnorak recently for example)

 

[pangyal]

How on earth have you managed to avoid that movie?!?

The only Marvel Cinematic Universe film I haven’t seen is Spider-Man.

 

[rteetz]

How on earth have you managed to avoid that movie?!?

Lol I never got to see it in theaters and haven’t had the opportunity to watch it since.

 

[pangyal]

Lol I never got to see it in theaters and haven’t had the opportunity to watch it since.

That needs to change, and soon . It’s hilarious and super good!

 

[rteetz]

Disneyland photo update thanks to @dina444444

 

[danikoski]

I've seen all the movies - and you can probably follow along if you at least have an idea what the characters are.

While it's a good movie, I am not sure I would even put it in the top half of Marvel movies...The last 3 were all better IMO. (Spiderman, Thor Ragnorak, Black Panther) I mean don't get me wrong it was an impressive feat to wrangle all those characters into a coherent story that's for sure, but certain ones, in particular Winter Soldier and Civil War I think do the character beats so much better - this movie has so much to show that it doesn't really have much time for characters, allowing the other movies to do that heavy lifting. I think other than Thor, Gamora, and maybe Tony there's so little character development, I can't imagine if you are not a fan of the movies that watched many of them, that this movie would just seem really silly. It would be sort of like watching the last Harry Potter movie without watching any of the earlier one and just be like "who are these people?"

I think they did an awesome job with the number of characters they had. Where seeing the other movies comes in handy is the interaction between the different groups of characters. I loved seeing that since I've been invested in these movies for about ten years. The only MCU movies I haven't seen are Hulk (is that even MCU?), Iron Man 2 & 3, and Black Panther (schedule just hasn't allowed it yet). If you are looking for the Cliffs Notes version I, personally, would recommend seeing Age of Ultron (although not the best MCU movie), GotG2, Thor Ragnarok (the best Thor movie and one of the better MCU movies), Civil War, and, I wish I would have seen Black Panther because it may have added to the film some. These are just my opinion. If you have more time, I'd maybe throw in Spiderman and Dr. Strange (see it with a couple adult beverages, it is pretty awesome).

 

[JaxDad]

Disneyland photo update thanks to @dina444444

Thanks @dina444444 for the non-Marvel interlude...

 

[MommaBerd]

@rteetz or @dina444444 - What is the 2nd picture?