slothian
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Spice World: The Movie vs Superman III
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Yes, you can help influence not only the film Pandy & I use as the joint review, but the homework we assign each other to plot the range of their career. As announced in Episode 76, our subject will be Michael Keaton.
Pandy & I will take an executive decision on what makes the joint review by Friday 28 August so get your ideas in before then!
NB) We will not be covering Batman, Batman Returns, Jackie Brown or Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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The First Avenger has a proper villain, a wartime aesthetic and that ditty.
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30 minutes ago, You Know Who said:
Yup, all one of their films.
That's basically my point!
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3 hours ago, You Know Who said:
Herbie the Love Bug. It ran five episodes.
Clearly David Tomlinson carried that franchise.
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It goes:
Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: First Avenger
Thor: Ragnarok
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I need to stay true to my Flickchart. It's Winter Soldier.
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It's between Black Panther and Winter Soldier for me. Will ponder further.
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On 8/8/2020 at 3:41 PM, slothian said:
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15 hours ago, S-T said:
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Given what you said in the podcast review, that comes as a surprise. Do you still dislike Batman 89?
Looking back, it probably was a needed respite from the "grim & gritty" 1990's.
He probably still dislikes it.
The real question is "Would you concuss yourself again over Batman 89? Especially bearing in mind you're now in your 40s?"
Ahh, I love throwbacks!
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42 minutes ago, batguy10 said:
'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' without a doubt. I didn't mind 'Ant-Man and The Wasp', but it just doesn't compare for me.
What he said.
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It's Iron Man. And I *will* judge anyone who votes otherwise.
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Guardians. New IP, executed almost flawlessly. Refreshing, visually sumptuous and gave people a new appreciation of the likes of Chris Pratt, Batista and Karen Gillan, never mind the conceptualisation of both Rocket and Groot. Not hamstrung by MCU continuity in any way and seamlessly found a way to incorporate its soundtrack into the fabric of the film.
Infinity War is almost the opposite. Defined by MCU continuity, splintered into about 6 different focuses and disjointed as a result. Not a bad film, but a means to an end (Endgame).
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2 hours ago, Dread said:
I'm with him. I think 2 is the best one, and it's not very good. Haha!
To the contrary, I like the Avengers sub-franchise and Age of Ultron is the worst of them! If I didn't have independent thought, then yes, I'd be swayed a drunken Canadian and a bookstore stacker*. I don't need a comics reading background, just an inherent belief that I am right, such is my national background which forges our ongoing political future/decemation!
*I seriously hope that it isn't an inadvertently racist euphemism....
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3 hours ago, Donomark said:
A better match-up would be The First Avenger vs one of the good Spider-Man movies.
Yeah, but to you that's a movie starring Jamie Foxx's Electro!
....I went there....
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33 minutes ago, The Master said:
Far from Home takes way too long to get going. Once it does, I'm a smiling happy boy. But I can't pretend the first half isn't to my tastes.
Captain America: The First Avenger takes a campy piece of World War II propaganda, looks it dead in the eyes and says, "Let's do this." Joe Johnston never shies away from the source material, and actually has fun with it. In these times (RE: 2003 onward), Captain America should not work as a character or movie. Yet here we are.
Yeah, pretty much this.
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Black Panther has a better narrative throughline and establishes a new featured character and his universe to a tee. I think the original Avengers movie is legitimately the best of that sub-franchise, but that doesn't beat an excellent singular-focused CBM - bear in mind Mystery Men or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen achieved exactly the same thing without needing movies leading into them. I'm not saying either film is better than The Avengers, but I think the latter relies on the characterisation heavy-lifting of the individual members' films, which MM/LXG cannot and therefore doesn't.
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The lesser Guardians film against a film that'll be over-praised for concluding the franchise-long arc (with time travel.......grrrrrrrrrr)
I'm voting Endgame here, but can easily vote against it.
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I like Far From Home more than most, but The First Avenger comfortably beats it by my watch.
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Reading this thread back from when I attended in 2011, I am suddenly furious to find out that one of the fabled reunions of The Middleman happened here and I was completely oblivious! Granted, it'd be about 3 years until @Mr Mockery introduced me to The Middleman, but if ever there was a Sliding Doors moment......
Even more jarring, @dc20willsave was purportedly there!
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I don't think you can lay any of the story beats specifically at Waititi's feet as he was solely the director and has no official hand in the screenplay. That's not to say he doesn't have input, but I think you have to divorce the man from the critical reading of this movie.
Ugh, the "critical reading of Thor: Ragnarok" - tragic occurences does not equal depth. God, I can't wait to vote against this garbage....
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12 hours ago, Donomark said:
An interesting match-up would be Ragnarok against either of the Guardians movies, since they're made from the same think-street of irreverent wise-assery.
Except the Guardians movies do tone better. And humour. And soundtrack usage. And direction. And pacing.
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I will say, even though I voted Ant-Man, I have to think Edgar Wright's version could have been potentially off the charts. But Feige, man....
The All-Purpose Flickchart thread
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Just rewatched the movie this afternoon, and if it's what I think it was (involving the sister), then yeah, that bit's fucked up.