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Well, that's fine I guess, but I don't think he's right about it. I understand that might be his intent, but...no.
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Haven't seen Drive yet but from what I've gathered it's closer an action movie or noir then a super-hero film. Then again, this is the guy who is obsessed with casting Christina Hendricks for Wonder Woman on nothing more than she's Christina Hendricks.
real human being
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There is frankly a lot of stuff in there. I would object to naming it any of those things.
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While I disagree with the overall statement of quality(and especially putting FC above it. Its a fine picture but just as flawed) that is a problem with the movie. I would have dug an extra half hour of movie to increase the personal rivalry between Steve and the Skull.
On the other hand the most likely plot lines would have been "Steve becomes arrogant and an asshole after getting his powers, learns humility" or "Steve's friend becomes jealousy of Steves success: which would be terrible.
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Up until the end on the plane, Red Skull was almost more, "Hello Captain, I'm awesome and you're not and I have better things to do right now excuse me."
Well The Skull had that whole "How stupid you wear a flag the two of use has outgrown" thing. It was cool but came out of no where.
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I agree. A longer rivalry between Red Skull and Cap is a good idea. That said, I don't think it hurts the film too much without it.
They were coming close to treading on Bucky getting jealous with Cap when Peggy ignored him IMO. I'm glad they dropped that and power corrupting him, too.
Actually I really liked that moment because Bucky ends up backing him completely. He's no longer the top dog in there relationship but Steve is his friend so he's happy for him. Steve ability doesn't diminish him.
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These are all ways of saying the same thing, something people pick up on when they complain that the hero and the villain have no personal enmity beyond "you work for this side, and I work for that side": up until this point in the film it is a story about a guy, and after that point in the film it is a video game about abstractions. They might as well be fighting over the high score.
Captain America doesn't become a movie again until he's forced to sacrifice his life and any possibility of losing his virginity--an interesting and dramatic decision that is made by a character, not an action-figure. Not because he's no longer winning, but because he once again remembers that he has a goal, something he has a personal stake in. A character without drive is not a character, and a movie without a character is boring as fuck.
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yeah the "one fuck" rule is just getting more ridiculous every day.
I didn't like that the movie just kind of assumes you will like CA just because he was a little weenie with a heart of gold. We all knew he was going to get steroids and get huge, and that's really what everyone was waiting for. It would be interesting to see what a more unconventional (though it's the norm now) narrative would've looked like, where we got to see things through flashback. Not saying it's better, but it could be.
I'm also genuinely surprised that people in this thread know the names of the other characters in this movie. Were they in the comics or something?
I thought Captain America was absolutely dreadful, far worse than Thor. Cap had
Period drama gone wrong,
Every WW2 cliche unrelentingly shoved in,
Creepy CG at the beginning, lazy use of CG later (windows, a tank, simple stuff),
Bad pacing,
and near the end it looked like all the members of Hydra were playing with GI Joe and Halo weapons.
Would've been cooler to see some buildup on Red Skull, but, then again, this is a movie about Captain America.
I would've rather them just be Nazis, honestly.
Still liked the film though.
They originally were Nazis. When Red Skull got the
True, I think I just would've preferred it to be more concrete or something. I think instead of the montage we should've gotten a couple scenes of Hydra starting to do Hydray things. Or both, cause I liked the montage and the song.
That's a good criticism. The movie would have been better had they focussed on the inner workings of Hydra to contrast it with the SSR. Except for Red Skull and Zola Hydra being only faceless, nameless thugs was a misstep IMO.
I didn't notice these timejumps at all!
Edit: The person who uploaded the video points out: "...everything [is] green. The clothes, walls, olive's poop, olive's name." I didn't notice that either!
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The general consensus on Captain America was that it was great for comic book fans, mediocre/boring for everyone else. Thor got a much better reaction/reception from what I saw and experienced.
The Internet community represents such a small percentage when it comes to the average moviegoer.
But John Carter ISN'T new. He's based on a book.
There's a third thing that I've heard a lot of people complain about: Adaptations of existing IP.
There's a third thing that I've heard a lot of people complain about: Adaptations of existing IP.
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I don't know if I can blame the press that much when its own studio doesn't know what the hell to do with it, but I dig his annoyance.
It's not that simple. Disney has done nothing to set up the brand for the public to latch on to before the film is released. They should have spent years having a tv show based on the books on the air, live action or cartoon, to educate people on its premise and build up its fanbase. They have the resources to do this. It's also an obscure property very few people know or cared about. It doesn't have any A-listers, either.
Well, maybe it'll become this beloved thing fifteen years from now and enjoy some kind of renaissance.
Eh, who am I kidding. Nobody makes discoveries anymore.
So you can't just release a new property for film?
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But with John Carter, even though he is pre-existing IP, they aren't treating him like one - not a hint of "Remember John Carter? HE'S BACK! ON THE BIG SCREEN!" Heck they won't even call him "John Carter of Mars" in the title. Essentially they're forfeiting any of the boost they could get from JC being an existing IP, but they're also not giving it the marketing promotion that they would give a fully-fledged original IP.
You can, but if you're risking a huge budget like they have it's better to lower the chances of it failing in any way they can. Marvel figured this out by having a cartoon released years before the film is released, not just tying it into the other films.
Hopefully not in the same crappy packaging that Back to the Future came in.
It's certainly better than Pirates 8, Still Don't Let Me In, Transformers: Red Side of Mars, or Girl with the Draconic Skin Art. I'm mostly just objecting to him claiming it's something NEW.
That said, I agree that the way they're marketing it now makes it seems like it's just an Avatar rip-off. If I hadn't previously heard of John Carter of Mars, I'd think that too.
Ugh, I think I complain about that packaging every chance I get. My packaging design class my junior year went on a trip to target and the professor had us find examples of good packaging and bad packaging. the back to the future box set was the first thing I thought of as bad.
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