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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2019 20:57:55 GMT -5
I'll probably rewatch Infinity War later, maybe the first Iron Man, but I have no intention of trying to watch all of these things first. There's not enough time left to do it anyway, and there's a mix of ones I have no desire to see and ones I could live without ever seeing again.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 24, 2019 21:16:01 GMT -5
Can you imagine what would happen if/when we get a POC female protagonist? I think the internet would explode in flames. I would watch, cook smores in those flames. Gal Gadot. Whether she is a person of colour is the subject of fierce debate, even amongst the Jewish community. The most common argument is "Well she's a Jewish Israeli so she can't be white", but Natalie Portman is also a Jewish Israeli, and nobody claims her to be a prominent woman of colour. Given that Diana as portrayed in the movie is white - her mother is white, the actress portraying her as a child is white, and all the other Amazons are white - it's hard to argue that Wonder Woman breaks down barriers for for women of colour. Plus, before her movie came out Gadot received a ton of abuse for being "too skinny" to play Wonder Woman, amongst other things, so let's not pretend the same types of people who had an issue with Black Panther and Captain Marvel were silent about Wonder Woman.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Apr 24, 2019 21:46:17 GMT -5
Whether she is a person of colour is the subject of fierce debate, even amongst the Jewish community. The most common argument is "Well she's a Jewish Israeli so she can't be white", but Natalie Portman is also a Jewish Israeli, and nobody claims her to be a prominent woman of colour. Given that Diana as portrayed in the movie is white - her mother is white, the actress portraying her as a child is white, and all the other Amazons are white - it's hard to argue that Wonder Woman breaks down barriers for for women of colour. Plus, before her movie came out Gadot received a ton of abuse for being "too skinny" to play Wonder Woman, amongst other things, so let's not pretend the same types of people who had an issue with Black Panther and Captain Marvel were silent about Wonder Woman. Oh, duh. You said protagonist as in the character being potrayed. For some reason I interpreted that as referring to the real life actress.
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Post by mattperiolat on Apr 24, 2019 23:36:06 GMT -5
I'll probably rewatch Infinity War later, maybe the first Iron Man, but I have no intention of trying to watch all of these things first. There's not enough time left to do it anyway, and there's a mix of ones I have no desire to see and ones I could live without ever seeing again. Iron Man, Captain America, Avengers, Winter Soldier, Ultron, Civil War and Infinity War are the must watches I’d say. I’d advocate for Guardians and Captain Marvel too, but YMMY.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2019 23:42:08 GMT -5
I'll probably rewatch Infinity War later, maybe the first Iron Man, but I have no intention of trying to watch all of these things first. There's not enough time left to do it anyway, and there's a mix of ones I have no desire to see and ones I could live without ever seeing again. Iron Man, Captain America, Avengers, Winter Soldier, Ultron, Civil War and Infinity War are the must watches I’d say. I’d advocate for Guardians and Captain Marvel too, but YMMY. Honestly I can't see myself ever sitting through Winter Soldier or Age of Ultron again because I found both dreadfully boring.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2019 23:53:41 GMT -5
I can’t believe I’m about 16 hours away from seeing this. I’ve never seen a movie on opening night, but I couldn’t wait on this one.
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Post by Squirlzilla on Apr 24, 2019 23:53:50 GMT -5
Bought my ticket to a VIP theatre on Friday! All I've seen/heard is that this movie is "epic". Heard other things, but that's the most common term I've read so far.
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Post by mattperiolat on Apr 24, 2019 23:56:49 GMT -5
Iron Man, Captain America, Avengers, Winter Soldier, Ultron, Civil War and Infinity War are the must watches I’d say. I’d advocate for Guardians and Captain Marvel too, but YMMY. Honestly I can't see myself ever sitting through Winter Soldier or Age of Ultron again because I found both dreadfully boring. Different strokes. Ultron I admit is not for all tastes, but just rewatched it a bit today and I think it’s pretty good. We will have to agree to disagree on Winter Soldier as, aside from Iron Man, it’s top of the charts for me. I’m a sucker for a political thriller and it’s a great one. Introduced Falcon, made Black Widow a decent character finally, gave Cap depth, got the Winter Soldier undercurrent going and topped it all of with just a great story. My opinion, but respect you if you didn’t care for it. That’s the beauty of Marvel - everyone will find their movie, their character, their touchstone in the universe if they really want to.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 25, 2019 1:47:33 GMT -5
It's now expected to exceed $300 million for its opening weekend in China, making a billion-dollar worldwide debut ever more likely.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Apr 25, 2019 3:07:10 GMT -5
There’s one thing I want more than anything, and will be legit heartbroken if it doesn’t happen.
Phil.
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Post by Larryhausen on Apr 25, 2019 3:13:31 GMT -5
One thing I would like to say:
For any of us going to see the movie this weekend in a full service theater(bar, actual food, you get my drift), please be kind and respectful(and generous if you live in the States) to your server and/or bartender.
For places like that, this is shaping up to be Black Friday and Saint Patrick's Day had a baby on New Years Eve right as your local sports team won their world championship.
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Post by mattperiolat on Apr 25, 2019 6:09:14 GMT -5
There’s one thing I want more than anything, and will be legit heartbroken if it doesn’t happen. Phil. See and raise one thing, that I kind of expect, but both hope and dread since I know I’ll cry. Peggy.
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Post by mattperiolat on Apr 25, 2019 7:51:43 GMT -5
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Post by Killah Ray on Apr 25, 2019 8:10:12 GMT -5
Not sure if a person was being serious or not, but a friend of mine posted on Facebook a potential spoiler...if it's true its hands on sight when I see them...and I'm not sure if I'm joking right now...
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Post by mrtuesday on Apr 25, 2019 8:25:16 GMT -5
The entire MCU, from Iron Man 1 through Captain Marvel, all summed up in 40 minutes.
The perfect refresher before Endgame.
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Post by domrep on Apr 25, 2019 8:46:04 GMT -5
Honestly I can't see myself ever sitting through Winter Soldier or Age of Ultron again because I found both dreadfully boring. Different strokes. Ultron I admit is not for all tastes, but just rewatched it a bit today and I think it’s pretty good. We will have to agree to disagree on Winter Soldier as, aside from Iron Man, it’s top of the charts for me. I’m a sucker for a political thriller and it’s a great one. Introduced Falcon, made Black Widow a decent character finally, gave Cap depth, got the Winter Soldier undercurrent going and topped it all of with just a great story. My opinion, but respect you if you didn’t care for it. That’s the beauty of Marvel - everyone will find their movie, their character, their touchstone in the universe if they really want to. I disliked Ultron on the first and second view. I watched it again this past week, and you know what, it's not a bad movie. It doesn't make my top 10 Marvel movies, there are a couple of things that needed to be tightened up but I enjoyed it.
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Post by Rican on Apr 25, 2019 8:54:46 GMT -5
To get ready, I've rewatched:
Avengers 1 Ultron Guardians Vol. 1 Cap Civil War Ragnarok
Gonna try to squeeze in Ant Man & The Wasp and of course Infinity War before I see Endgame Saturday. I'm just trying to get in the most essential movies that I think would play the biggest parts. I rewatched Black Panther and Guardians 2 in the past few months so feel pretty up to date on those.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Apr 25, 2019 9:25:35 GMT -5
Different strokes. Ultron I admit is not for all tastes, but just rewatched it a bit today and I think it’s pretty good. We will have to agree to disagree on Winter Soldier as, aside from Iron Man, it’s top of the charts for me. I’m a sucker for a political thriller and it’s a great one. Introduced Falcon, made Black Widow a decent character finally, gave Cap depth, got the Winter Soldier undercurrent going and topped it all of with just a great story. My opinion, but respect you if you didn’t care for it. That’s the beauty of Marvel - everyone will find their movie, their character, their touchstone in the universe if they really want to. I disliked Ultron on the first and second view. I watched it again this past week, and you know what, it's not a bad movie. It doesn't make my top 10 Marvel movies, there are a couple of things that needed to be tightened up but I enjoyed it. I finally got around to seeing Ultron(still haven’t seen Hulk or Homecoming yet), and after all the years of people saying, “You’re lucky” when I say I haven’t seen Age of Ultron, it’s actually a pretty good movie? I had fun. Yeah some of it was pretty rushed in spots and there were some moments where I wanted to strangle certain characters, but overall I liked it.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Apr 25, 2019 9:28:38 GMT -5
Ahead of Endgame, I felt like ranking my favorite MCU movie heroes. This is only including the core heroes and not side characters like Yondu, Pepper, etc.
Captain America Spider-Man Thor Iron Man Rocket Raccoon Black Widow Doctor Strange Drax Ant-Man Hawkeye Groot Captain Marvel Black Panther Bucky Barnes The Wasp Gamora Mantis Star Lord Hulk Falcon Scarlet Witch War Machine Vision
I think that covers them.
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Post by chrom on Apr 25, 2019 9:30:34 GMT -5
It's now expected to exceed $300 million for its opening weekend in China, making a billion-dollar worldwide debut ever more likely. 300 from China, about 290 from America, and add all the other countries and yeah I see it happening.
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