Coraline is really the only thing I've seen in recent years that made the 3D worth the extra cost and the eyestrain. I suppose if Laika or Aardman Animations make anything else in 3D I'll see it that way, but I opt for 2D versions whenever possible.

Haywire, a Jason Statham-type action flick with a woman MMA fighter in the lead role. Plus Ewan MacGregor and Michael Douglas and Channing Tatum.

I think that's Soderbergh, isn't it? He saw the MMA fighter in something and decided he had to make an action movie for her. Which explains the hefty cast. It does make me wonder if he really will ever retire, though.

Just checked IMDB and yep, that's the one. Antonio Banderas and Bill Paxton too? Huh. [link]

Joss had re-worked the script a bit

Ahaha, I bet if I watched it again I could pick out a number of his contributions. Like, how much you wanna bet he was responsible for the kid thrown in the water who said, "I can swim! Go get him!!" ?

I'm so sure.

Plus many of Col. Phillips' first lines, and Steve's response when Dr. Erskine asks if he can hear him.

Totally. No wonder so much of the humor felt familiar! And no wonder Peggy kicked so much ass! I wonder how much of that was Joss, too. StW felt that the first half of the movie was much tighter and better crafted than the second. I still haven't quite parsed out whether I agree, but I think he has a point.

StW felt that the first half of the movie was much tighter and better crafted than the second. I still haven't quite parsed out whether I agree, but I think he has a point.

I agree, with the caveat that a couple things were set up in the first half and not resolved in the second, so that affected both halves for me. As in, just cut the scene of Cap standing up the Senator at the medal ceremony. It was unbelievable and didn't do anything to move the story. Also, what ever came of the good guys getting a sample of Cosmic Cube Juice? I was all prepared to get crabby when they gave the "How do you feel?" line to Peggy - oh, nice, give the woman the emotional caregiver line - but then her character pretty much went right to ass-kicking.

Also, while I think (not sure this is a spoiler) that a racially-integrated military was a cop-out, the fact that the black guy didn't die, didn't sing or dance, wasn't the Magical Negro, and had skills beyond the athletic was nice. And made it better than XM:FC.

Raq, while the real US military didn't integrate until '48, as I recall, the Marvelverse US military integrated earlier, so they could use it for storylines.

The character in question is Gabriel Jones, a Marvelverse character of long standing.

Ah, so it's actually canon, and the movie being true to the Marvelverse. That's cool. I thought it was a way to keep Spike Lee from complaining about the lack of black soldiers.

I feel like I should see the movie again when I'm not stupid tired. I don't remember half of what you guys are talking about. I may like it better when I'm fully conscious.

One thing I liked about Captain America was the realistic nature of some of the German secret weapons. Germany did a lot of experimenting with flying-wing aircraft, as a way of getting the range needed for bombers to fly to America and back, and to improve performance of the era's relatively crude jet and rocket engines.

Then there's this thing:

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I don't think a prototype of that ever flew.