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I really want to watch it again justrightnow. The more I think about it the more I realized how much I enjoyed it. There is just so much, it is jammed with everything and the kitchen sink.
It is a great 'end' point for all the movies up to this point. They did a bang-up job with the whole MCU up to this point.
It is a great 'end' point for all the movies up to this point. They did a bang-up job with the whole MCU up to this point.
I only don't mind it on opening night. If you're going to see a nerd movie on opening night I feel that's on you, you should know what you're getting into.
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I don't think so.. it's more of just expressing your emotions in a more overt way than a smile. Opening night is usually the biggest fans who can't wait a minute longer, and you're going to tend to be surrounded by like minded people.. after that.. yeah it can be annoying, but you gotta judge the room.. every audience is different.
Endgame is this decades Return of the King.. so much pent up energy and hype and it all cums at the same time.
Endgame is this decades Return of the King.. so much pent up energy and hype and it all cums at the same time.
Saw Endgame today. So good. So satisfying. The right players got the most screen time, and the best send offs. Near perfect closure. And... made it the whole way through with no potty break 
. Did get a little emotional at time though...
. Did get a little emotional at time though...
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Endgame is making crazy amounts of cash.. Disney is our all-powerful overlord at this point. I read something that they now own 12/13 top movie openings. Jurassic World being the only one they don't own.
I am seeing it again tomorrow night and want to see how I feel about it after a 2nd viewing, as right now it is in my mind as one of the best experiences I've ever had at the theater. I don't feel like it was a perfect movie, but the movie combined with the crazy-excited Thursday night audience was just something else. It elevated it to a serious EVENT compared to just a movie.. I don't know. The whole capstone on 11 years/22 movies is just something I've never seen/felt before.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!! (audio spoilers at least)
I am seeing it again tomorrow night and want to see how I feel about it after a 2nd viewing, as right now it is in my mind as one of the best experiences I've ever had at the theater. I don't feel like it was a perfect movie, but the movie combined with the crazy-excited Thursday night audience was just something else. It elevated it to a serious EVENT compared to just a movie.. I don't know. The whole capstone on 11 years/22 movies is just something I've never seen/felt before.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!! (audio spoilers at least)
I can not get this track out of my head.. the music.. the scene.. ahhhh fuck.
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I just think it's hilarious that Endgame shattered all records and they won't be broken for many years and yet as of Sunday night at 9:22pm, nobody is talking about it. GoT completely stole the Monday morning water cooler talk. Probably the best weekend of onscreen entertainment in my life.
And yes, the opening was the time to go because hearing everyone say it was the greatest thing ever for 2 days before I watched it left me scratching my head as I was walking out. Good yes. Great no.
And yes, the opening was the time to go because hearing everyone say it was the greatest thing ever for 2 days before I watched it left me scratching my head as I was walking out. Good yes. Great no.
All I am hearing about GOT is how dark it was and how people thought it was entertaining but not great. No one here at work is talking about GOT, they're all talking about Endgame.
As usual different strokes for different folks, but I agree with Justin (Slither) on Facebook that the GOT episode will not age well.
Endgame was 10x better to me personally.. I'm still thinking about it and cannot wait to see it again tomorrow night.
As usual different strokes for different folks, but I agree with Justin (Slither) on Facebook that the GOT episode will not age well.
Endgame was 10x better to me personally.. I'm still thinking about it and cannot wait to see it again tomorrow night.
That's funny. I wonder if it's a regional thing since all my wife's acquaintances are also stuck on GoT and she's left out since she doesn't watch it and wants to talk Endgame. It's basically the same audience for both shows, so it definitely has nothing to do with age groups and her friends are architects, structural engineers and artists to go with my techie nerd work peeps.
And who cares if the episode ages well? It was all about how it made you feel in the moment, honest to god fear it was over for the North in a terrifying fashion. It's a single episode in 8 seasons worth of an hour long show and even if it was a stand alone movie let's take Transformers '86 as an example. It damn near made me ball my eyes out in the theatre and shaped my view on heroes dying in movies for life, yet it's absolute garbage to watch now. Doesn't make my memories of it any less fond.
And who cares if the episode ages well? It was all about how it made you feel in the moment, honest to god fear it was over for the North in a terrifying fashion. It's a single episode in 8 seasons worth of an hour long show and even if it was a stand alone movie let's take Transformers '86 as an example. It damn near made me ball my eyes out in the theatre and shaped my view on heroes dying in movies for life, yet it's absolute garbage to watch now. Doesn't make my memories of it any less fond.
Watching the flaming swords charge into the darkness from up on the cliff to them slowly extinguishing from ground level off in the distance set the tone and it never relented. The only fault would be it went from 200mph to hitting a brick wall named Arya and yet every one of us knew beforehand that killing the Night King would result in that exact event and we still feel letdown by it.
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Also crazy, my friend from college had her film premier over the weekend.. it's nuts to see where people go in the world.
(The director/my friend is the one in the middle, not Simon Pegg unfortunately)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6971173/Juno-Temple-dazzles-midnight-blue-gown-attends-Lost-Transmissions-premiere.html
(The director/my friend is the one in the middle, not Simon Pegg unfortunately)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6971173/Juno-Temple-dazzles-midnight-blue-gown-attends-Lost-Transmissions-premiere.html
I watched Mandy. Woo-wee! That was an interesting film. Super artsy and beautiful to look at. Very 80's colorful, like Guardians of the Galaxy. It starts of really slow, kind of like an 80's film (when it takes place) but picks up to insanity. There's a chainsaw scene that is unintentionally hilarious. The story? Sweet, loving couple➡cult kidnapping/torture➡revenge...bloody, bloody revenge.
I'm starting to notice something in films more and more that I'm pretty sure has always been there, I just didn't see it. They are trying to tie Christianity and satanic practices together. Not separate entities battling each other, but Christians as the wackos practicing sick, demented ritualistic torture. The people in H-Wood are projecting hard to turn people/viewers away from Christianity.
I'm starting to notice something in films more and more that I'm pretty sure has always been there, I just didn't see it. They are trying to tie Christianity and satanic practices together. Not separate entities battling each other, but Christians as the wackos practicing sick, demented ritualistic torture. The people in H-Wood are projecting hard to turn people/viewers away from Christianity.
2nd Endgame viewing last night. This time.. no pee breaks! I was also a lot more sober than the first time.
I did miss the opening night crowd though, this crowd was dead silent through the whole thing.. which is fine, but the opening night intensity was through the roof.
It still didn't feel like 3 hours, maybe a little longer than the first time as I knew what was coming, but still seemed to speed through things at a good pace.
LOVED all the little call backs and Easter Eggs, a lot I didn't pick up on the first time.
The last act is perfection, so much fun, great capstone on the MCU thus-far. I will probably see it 1 or 2 more times in theaters I'd guess. It's that good.
I did miss the opening night crowd though, this crowd was dead silent through the whole thing.. which is fine, but the opening night intensity was through the roof.
It still didn't feel like 3 hours, maybe a little longer than the first time as I knew what was coming, but still seemed to speed through things at a good pace.
LOVED all the little call backs and Easter Eggs, a lot I didn't pick up on the first time.
The last act is perfection, so much fun, great capstone on the MCU thus-far. I will probably see it 1 or 2 more times in theaters I'd guess. It's that good.
*14,000,605
And yes, it all comes full circle.
Taking the older boy to see it (3rd time!) on Saturday.
And yes, it all comes full circle.
Taking the older boy to see it (3rd time!) on Saturday.
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FINALLY got around to watching Triple Frontier on Netflix.. you were right pcsguy88 it is basically a Ghost Recon movie.. for the first 1/2 or 2/3rds.
The ending gets kind of.. I dunno. I won't spoil it, but it seemed like the typical movie trope where smart people suddenly do dumb things because plot.
I do hope they make a sequel though, could be fun. All in all not a bad movie at all.
The ending gets kind of.. I dunno. I won't spoil it, but it seemed like the typical movie trope where smart people suddenly do dumb things because plot.
I do hope they make a sequel though, could be fun. All in all not a bad movie at all.
I think usually in the writers mind.. the characters are making a plausible action/decision/choice, but because the writer is (obviously) inhabiting the character, they can only see from that perspective, and not a rational outside perspective like ours where it's like.. uhhh no, that's completely stupid.
I guess in real life people make stupid decisions all the time, so there is that. It just feels like a weird choice/deicsion here because prior to that, the characters are all very self aware and smart-ish.
Some of the scenery reminded me exactly of Wildlands though, very cool looking. Makes me want to jump back in country and kill some narcos.
I guess in real life people make stupid decisions all the time, so there is that. It just feels like a weird choice/deicsion here because prior to that, the characters are all very self aware and smart-ish.
Some of the scenery reminded me exactly of Wildlands though, very cool looking. Makes me want to jump back in country and kill some narcos.