I think what we can take from all this is that movies and tv do everything wrong, but only a small portion of the audience notices any of it.
Pretty much, yep!
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P.M. Marc - Aug 08, 2014 7:29:54 am PDT #27620 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 08, 2014 7:32:53 am PDT #27621 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I never notice any of the stuntspeople. I guess I am unobservant.
I think I was blinded for the whole movie by how blatantly bad the Luchkov stunt double was when Black Widow wrapped the chain around his neck and tossed him over the rail. I mean, it was an obvious-even-from-behind change in build and body language plus a frizzy Einstein fright wig that in no way resembled the actor's hair. The only character whose appearance changed more noticeably from shot to shot was gaining 800 lbs. of green muscle.
If CGI can make the Hulk's face recognizably resemble Mark Ruffalo's, why can't it make the dude doing back flips look like Scarlett Johansson?
Tom Scola - Aug 08, 2014 8:07:09 am PDT #27622 of 30000
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§ ita § - Aug 08, 2014 9:45:00 am PDT #27623 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The nuances of the character don't matter because she only got to do them because she's a girl?
No, but the importance of them do. Saying "Oh! Look at how lucky we were to get this!" seems silly to me when...they made a female superhero act like scads of females onscreen. We got it and you can like it or not, but it's no step forward and it's nothing I'd call out or defend--it's what I'd predict.
As for her fighting stance not being ScarJo's fault--this isn't me hating on ScarJo (although, ask Allyson how long it took me to teach her a fighting stance -- SMG will forever boggle me). It's that it's bad casting. They picked, IMO, a woman with no physical gravitas who either never watched a daily or can't pick up on those things.
Maria Hill looks perfectly physically competent. So did the woman from Revenge. And Gamora. And Nebula.
Will Marvel miscast again? Maybe. Will they undervalue the physicality of their female heroes again? Maybe. But I am willing to gamble that since they've already ruined one hero I'd rather see a movie of a different one. Makes fairly simple sense, IMO.
Oh, and have Justin Lin direct. He takes his shit seriously in a way I haven't seen Joss do.
Gris - Aug 09, 2014 3:11:10 am PDT #27624 of 30000
Hey. New board.
When I get really excited about a movie I have a tendency to obsess over box office for a while. It is with a heavy heart that I tell you the latest Michael Bay TMNT abomination is outperforming expectations for the weekend and will easily earn more money that GotG this weekend. I was hoping for a major flop so somebody would stop giving him access to properties of my childhood...
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2014 6:14:01 am PDT #27625 of 30000
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Was there much competition?
Kalshane - Aug 09, 2014 6:45:54 am PDT #27626 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
What will be interesting will be next week once people are viewing based on word of mouth. I would hope GotG can beat out TMNT then.
Gris - Aug 09, 2014 6:53:30 am PDT #27627 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Doesn't matter how well it does in future weeks: it is going to make 65 million this weekend which is simply not the flop it deserves to be (admittedly an opinion based on nothing but reviews and general Bay disdain)
Kalshane - Aug 09, 2014 9:59:33 am PDT #27628 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, the problem is, folks usually disregard reviews about "dumb action movies" because they just assume the reviewers are being elitist. It takes their friends saying "No, really, it sucked" to convince them to stay away.
Gris - Aug 09, 2014 10:16:33 am PDT #27629 of 30000
Hey. New board.
But surely if you're choosing between two "dumb action movies" and one is 20% fresh and the other is 92% fresh...