Second viewing really helped mute down my "This movie is about to burst at the seams!" reaction from opening night. I'd imagine familiarity was more responsible for it making more sense than seeing the scene I'd missed in Round One, so it really is a film that improves with repeated watching.
I'm not evil again. Why does everyone think that?
Angel ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 04, 2015 4:50:49 pm PDT #28878 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
Connie Neil - May 04, 2015 4:55:03 pm PDT #28879 of 30000
brillig
"Canon isn't the boss of us!"
Testify!
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2015 5:53:15 pm PDT #28880 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The movie has been out for 5 days, and I'm already weary of people bitching about how much it sucked, and the people who loved it being all defensive and passive aggressive.
I was weary of this before the movie even came out.
"Well, maybe Charisma shouldn't have done so much blow she had to change her hairstyle every week and go to rehab and get written out of the show."
But dontcha know she was written out because she was knocked up? ::eyeroll::
WHICH IS THE REAL TRUTH. (No, really, the knocked-up narrative is the dominant one and proves Joss is a misogynist monster, and I haven't heard much about this rehab thing.)
Consuela - May 04, 2015 7:18:52 pm PDT #28881 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Finally saw the movie last night. Got to attend it with a bunch of local folks...
My opinion is ... mixed. Too much fighty-fighty for me. And apparently nobody shared a copy of the scripts for either IM3 or CA:TWS with Joss? Because from what I could tell, neither of those movies happened in the continuity of this one (aside from the veiled reference to Bucky).
I didn't buy Natasha and Bruce--especially since he was deflecting so hard I felt like Natasha wasn't respecting his boundaries.
I did like that we got to see a bunch of Natasha's backstory, which I thought was effectively conveyed.
I did NOT recognize Andy Serkis.
I dunno. I'm told it was funny, and there were a few quips, but it just didn't hold together as well for me as the first one: plot-wise, or thematically, or emotionally. Too much fighting, not enough character.
And the conversation about Pepper and Jane was the most damnably awkward lampshade I've ever seen.
I give it a B at best. But at least I don't care enough about any of the ships to feel PERSONALLY BETRAYED.
Connie Neil - May 04, 2015 7:23:42 pm PDT #28882 of 30000
brillig
And apparently nobody shared a copy of the scripts for either IM3 or CA:TWS with Joss?
Word. How did Tony get from blowing up all his suits for Pepper to having an arsenal of drones etc?
Polter-Cow - May 04, 2015 7:42:41 pm PDT #28883 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Got to attend it with a bunch of local folks, including a feminist activist whose name I won't supply but who recently showed up in both Time and on the Colbert Report (we have friends in common).
WHAAAAAAAT. How cool.
Consuela - May 04, 2015 8:03:07 pm PDT #28884 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
WHAAAAAAAT. How cool.
It was very weird being the one to tell the table who the Inhumans are, which I only know because of you all (and Metafilter).
DavidS - May 04, 2015 8:40:13 pm PDT #28885 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and I haven't heard much about this rehab thing.
As I recall, we always got that scuttlebutt from directly within the writer's room from our mole there (Scrappy is close friends with Jane E).
P.M. Marc - May 04, 2015 8:43:10 pm PDT #28886 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
I got it from a few places.
Tom Scola - May 05, 2015 2:58:22 am PDT #28887 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I did NOT recognize Andy Serkis.
Was he doing an Australian accent, or a South African one?