tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post4413716227845898764..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Spider-Man: Homecoming (a movie review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-70519258229376354282017-07-17T06:04:32.512-07:002017-07-17T06:04:32.512-07:00TAS: I liked the first Guardians better. And I thi...TAS: I liked the first Guardians better. And I think the Captain America movies might be my favorites? It's so hard to choose with the Marvel stuff.<br />But, yes, with DC, none of the others even come close to Wonder Woman.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-43600444303019875642017-07-16T18:23:46.208-07:002017-07-16T18:23:46.208-07:00I'd still say Doctor Strange is my favorite so...I'd still say Doctor Strange is my favorite so far, though GotG2 was awfully strong. WW was far and away the best for DC in this current run.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-55802069981897353502017-07-16T16:19:23.415-07:002017-07-16T16:19:23.415-07:00Briane: I didn't hate Suicide Squad, not the w...Briane: I didn't hate Suicide Squad, not the way I hated Green Lantern and Man of Steel, but I can't say that I liked it, either. They did that thing where they spend the first 40 minutes of the movie giving you snap shot introductions to the characters which I hate. It's a waste of time and doesn't provide any connection from the audience to the character (unless they carry one in with them from the source material, but that isn't about the movie and can make things worse). Plus the whole conflict was just stupid. Stuff just happened because it was cool to have it happen without any real basis for it happening. It was a sloppy and lazy movie that was mildly entertaining.<br />But it should have been more than that.<br />ALL of the DC movies should have been more than they ended up being because Warner Brothers for some reason has refused to build their franchise the way Marvel has done and are now, finally, just throwing it all together. But Justice League is still going to do, like, three mini introductions to bring in the new characters, which, again, lazy and sloppy.<br /><br />At any rate, for me, it's not about not meeting some sort of expectation. I don't like the DC universe enough to have those sorts of preconceived expectations (Marvel has been the one to suffer from those from me, but they've actually met them pretty much each time (because of good story telling). The problem is that DC doesn't do good story telling on a world scale. They never have, not in their comics, not in their movies; so they are always lacking for me.<br /><br />And you know I love the Star Wars prequels.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-24396189582322915012017-07-16T16:06:16.798-07:002017-07-16T16:06:16.798-07:00TAS: My daughter loved both Guardians 2 (she liked...TAS: My daughter loved both Guardians 2 (she liked it even better than the first Guardians movie) and Wonder Woman, but this one topped both of those for her.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-58405120197904201072017-07-16T07:18:43.902-07:002017-07-16T07:18:43.902-07:00I wasn't planning on seeing this one because o...I wasn't planning on seeing this one because of the 'origin story' feel of it, and because it seemed a little young for me. Maybe you've changed my mind.<br /><br />Spidey was always one of my favorite heroes; he hit the sweet spot between too serious and too humorous, and was 'realistic' in a way that wasn't too depressing; I remember his apartment with the three hot girls living above him causing him trouble getting in and out, and then how it burned down, too.<br /><br />The Spider-Man movies haven't been my favorites. I watched all the Tobey Maguire movies and both Andrew Garfields. They're only okay. I think the problem is they don't have the same feel for me about Spider-Man, and while it's okay to go in a different direction, it can cause problems. (That's why I didn't originally like The Man Of Steel that much.)<br /><br />On Warner Bros movies: I've liked them all. None of them were as great as "The Avengers," but none were as boring as "Thor," and Thor was another one of my favorites. I even liked Suicide Squad. But I understand I'm in the minority; I liked the Star Wars prequels, too.<br /><br />I think one thing that holds people back from liking movies is a feeling that everything has to be as great as everything else. It's what I think of as "The Superbowl Effect." The Buffalo Bills lost four consecutive Superbowls and that team is thought of as one of the biggest 'losers' ever -- because falling just short of the greatest ever makes you a loser, right? <br /><br />So the Marvel movies are, for the most part, above average, and really well done. The DC movies didn't have the same feel (they're much darker) and weren't as good as Marvel, so people immediately relegate them to the dustbin. It's like things have to be supergreat or superterrible. We can't say "Yeah, that was okay." <br /><br />Then there's the letdown factor: if you were expecting DC to copy Marvel more, and they didn't, you hated them for letting down your expectations. (I'm not talking about 'you' per se; I'm using the royal you, as it were.) I felt especially bitter after M. Night Shymalan's "The Village" and "The Happening." He'd been SO great earlier that it felt like we were played. <br /><br />It'd be interesting to see what might have happened if DC had had lower expectations and had come first; people might then fault the Marvel movies for being too silly and lighthearted.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-18837341937009902212017-07-14T20:54:17.918-07:002017-07-14T20:54:17.918-07:00I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was appropriately anxio...I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was appropriately anxious throughout. I mean, it's not just any superhero. It's Spider-Man! Of course everything is going to work out for him. But I couldn't help worrying.<br /><br />My daughter was not as impressed. She liked it but it was just okay. Wonder Woman and Guardians 2 were big winners for her.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-44820854447175876952017-07-14T16:21:31.268-07:002017-07-14T16:21:31.268-07:00Heh, Keaton was playing a Bird Man again. Anyway, ...Heh, Keaton was playing a Bird Man again. Anyway, it looks like a great movie. I'm going to have to go see it sometime soon.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-65362613682223899852017-07-14T08:06:42.098-07:002017-07-14T08:06:42.098-07:00I've been hearing a consensus on the origin st...I've been hearing a consensus on the origin story thing. I know I'm sick to death of them.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-58108219380113629852017-07-14T05:01:37.822-07:002017-07-14T05:01:37.822-07:00I thought they handled it brilliantly. Thank God i...I thought they handled it brilliantly. Thank God it wasn't another origins story either. It didn't need to be anyway.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com