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I was totally happy about EEAAO winning all the awards.

JLC deserved it. Her role in the movie could have been a throwaway, but she did a lot with it.
 
Also...I ordered my ticket for Scream 6 the other day - for a 1:30 matinee later today.

I've avoided all spoilers - so just need to make it 9 more hours.
 
Also, Wakanda Forever may get praise because it acknowledges the friend of losing Boseman/T’Challa but that all felt like a prologue that eventually got shifted into the background of another mcu flick.

Angela Bassett in all her resplendent glory elevates a role that is dull on the page. She’s that good. But the movie itself is a chore.

I’m done with the MCU. I barely have time to watch the things I actually want to watch these days.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
Also, Martin Starr's character in this film appears in three more films later for what it's worth

Martin Starr has a brief appearance in the film as the Computer Nerd. Nine years later, Starr appears as a teacher in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). One theory in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that Starr's character in this film is the younger version of his character in the latter film working on his degree. This was later confirmed by Kevin Feige who produced both films as well at the rest of the MCU.
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lol that's very low-stakes "canon" to "confirm." Sometimes the "person/object appeared in x movie, does that mean they're the same person/object as in y movie" school of Fan Theories worries about the state of our object permanence. :ROFLMAO:

David A. said:
Also, Wakanda Forever may get praise because it acknowledges the friend of losing Boseman/T’Challa but that all felt like a prologue that eventually got shifted into the background of another mcu flick.

Angela Bassett in all her resplendent glory elevates a role that is dull on the page. She’s that good. But the movie itself is a chore.

I’m done with the MCU. I barely have time to watch the things I actually want to watch these days.
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I felt this, deeply. I turned on Wakanda Forever the other week and didn't get much further than 20 minutes; more and more these movies feel increasingly chaotic and boring, rushed and formless. It's just not for me anymore.
 
Bull Shannon said:
I felt this, deeply. I turned on Wakanda Forever the other week and didn't get much further than 20 minutes; more and more these movies feel increasingly chaotic and boring, rushed and formless. It's just not for me anymore.
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Right? And knowing just how rough the vfx artists have it because movies are never locked until the last possible minute because of the need to bring in cameos and Easter eggs…

Unless they pull a Doctor Strange and reshoot the whole third act of a movie on the fly because there is no vision.

I know almost every superhero story is about teenage wish fulfillment. And that’s ok. At least lower the stakes, embrace non linear story telling, get weirder. Have a point of view.
 
Bull Shannon said:
I felt this, deeply. I turned on Wakanda Forever the other week and didn't get much further than 20 minutes; more and more these movies feel increasingly chaotic and boring, rushed and formless. It's just not for me anymore.
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Oofda. That opening sequence was incredible, but everything after was a disappointment, production-wise. And the crazy thing is I'm pretty sure I heard that the new Ant-Man suffered because they prioritized effects for Wakanda Forever. We haven't watched Quantumania yet, but if Wakanda Forever got priority and still ended up as messy as it is, that gets a worried yeesh from me. 🫠

Like, Marvel movies used to look convincingly like they weren't filmed on a soundstage. How have they let the illusion slide so badly?
 
Bull Shannon said:
The first 20 minutes or so of Spiderman Homecoming do this and they're great.
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And then we’re in an mcu movie.

You know why I liked Zack Snyder’s Justice League? It had time to breathe and not just be about its ridiculous plot.
EvanBenner said:
Oofda. That opening sequence was incredible, but everything after was a disappointment, production-wise. And the crazy thing is I'm pretty sure I heard that the new Ant-Man suffered because they prioritized effects for Wakanda Forever. We haven't watched Quantumania yet, but if Wakanda Forever got priority and still ended up as messy as it is, that gets a worried yeesh from me. 🫠

Like, Marvel movies used to look convincingly like they weren't filmed on a soundstage. How have they let the illusion slide so badly?
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thats what happens when you have to crank out a movie every quarter and every vfx house has to work 24 hours a day to make it to premiere dates.
 
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