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Post by MagdaFR on Apr 26, 2019 13:03:04 GMT
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Post by mllemass on Apr 26, 2019 14:54:56 GMT
The movie is officially out today, so there’s no longer a need to keep the plot secret. But I’ve always thought it was wrong to give away the plot of a movie to someone who hasn’t seen it, even if the movie has been around for decades. It’s possible to describe movies (or books) without spoiling them for others.
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Post by MagdaFR on Apr 26, 2019 15:09:09 GMT
I like spoilers specially in this case because I don't care about it and I'm not going to watch it. But, as there is something rather shocking and unexpected like Black Widw's death I think nobody should spoil it. Not everybody goes to see movies the day they officially release them and there are people in other countries who may have another date.
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Post by mllemass on Apr 27, 2019 0:56:00 GMT
I just got back from seeing it, and I’m exhausted! They certainly packed a lot in three hours! I liked having assigned seating. We could relax and not be stressed out about where we would sit. It was pretty full, but not sold out. The 3D and IMAX screenings later tonight are sold out, as were the shows last night. Our local paper had a story about people selling their tickets for $200! After reading that, I’ve decided that travelling an hour to Toronto to stand in a crowd, hoping to see Benedict, doesn’t seem so wacko after all!
I couldn’t even begin to spoil the plot because I doubt that I could describe it if I wanted to. There were just too many characters that I didn’t know, doing things that I didn’t know. But I have to give them credit for keeping me entertained anyway!
I’m sure it won’t come as a surprise that it was a very LOUD movie - I left the theatre with a bad headache. I felt better after my friend and I went out for dinner afterwards. I continue to be shocked by the number of young children that I see at these movies. There were two adorable 3-or-4 year-olds sitting in front of us, with their dads. One little girl was wearing a t-shirt with baby Groot on it - I think that’s the name of the little tree guy! Her dad was wearing a Captain America jacket. Ok, they were cute, but I just don’t think kids that young should be watching 3 hours of explosions and fighting, and listening to the swear words sprinkled throughout the movie.
Speaking of children, I’m pretty sure that today was not a school holiday, and yet probably 1/3 of the audience of our 2 pm show was school-age kids. And the younger ones were there with their parents. - how did they all get time off work to take their kids to the movies? And if they don’t have jobs, how could they afford an expensive movie, popcorn, drinks for the family? I have so many questions about this!
At one point in the movie, people in the audience suddenly hooted and yelled “Yeah!” and clapped and cheered - and my friend and I had no idea why! We just looked at each other -? - and shrugged. Ha! There was one time when I wanted to shout out, but I would have been the only one, so I didn’t. But in my head, I was jumping up and down, clapping. Before the movie started, I told my friend that I had read that people cried several times while watching it, so she should count how many times she cried. Over dinner later, she said she no idea which scenes would have made anyone cry. Ha! I have to agree.
I also want to mention that I have a pet peeve about certain grammatical mistakes. Early in the movie, Scarlett Johansson says “Between you and I . . .”, and I wanted to scream “Between you and me! It’s ‘Between you and me’ not I!” Whenever I hear that, I try to think about how those words ended up in a movie. Did Scarlett read them in her script and point out the error to the writers? If so, did the writers tell her that her character would use poor grammar, so they were leaving it in? Or did it all go unnoticed (which makes me a bit sad)? (By the way, there’s a similar error in Scandal in Belgravia. After the initial meeting with Irene Adler at her house, we see John and Sherlock at home, blaming Mycroft for almost getting them killed by sending “John and I” to her. Sherlock would surely have said “John and me”, so that has always bugged me.)
That’s my very unhelpful spoiler-free review, so if you’re trying to decide whether to see it - I have no idea!
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Post by onebluestocking on Apr 27, 2019 2:46:20 GMT
I'm with you. I continue to be the wet blanket mom who won't allow my 7 YO to go. I'm sure half of his classmates will, though. One mom I know took her kids out of school today for it. She's a big Loki fan. This is a huge pet peeve for me, because superheroes are for little kids! They are the ones wearing Hulk shoes and carrying Iron Man backpacks! We were so excited when we saw a really early trailer for Shazam, and it was rated PG, and I thought Matthew could finally go to a comic book film. Then when it really came out, it was PG-13 again, like every other one. Her character is supposed to be originally from Russia with English as a second language, so maybe they thought her grammar didn't need to be perfect. Or more likely, they didn't notice or thought nobody else would.
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Post by MagdaFR on Apr 27, 2019 3:01:39 GMT
I don't know about the movie, mllemass, but your review is very entertaining. Very funny.
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Post by mllemass on Apr 27, 2019 6:14:03 GMT
Yes! I was going to mention that, too. The one little boy I saw there with his mother was wearing what looked like his Spider-Man pyjama top. I thought of him when Spider-Man finally appeared, late in the movie, to lots of cheers and applause. Finally someone for the little kids in the audience!
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Post by ellie on Apr 27, 2019 8:38:06 GMT
I think superhero movies now seem to be for grown men and women who take it all way too seriously and like to dress in costumes and go to conventions. The appeal of it all is lost on me I’m afraid but one of my favourite films of all time is “Galaxy Quest” which is a massive p*ss take of the whole comic/sci fi fandom scene. 😀
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Post by queenzod on Apr 27, 2019 8:58:01 GMT
Omg Galaxy Quest. Certainly one of the top 10 Sci-Fi movies of all time! That was the first time I became aware of Sam Rockwell. He was so funny! I mean, they were all funny, but he was pretty explosive. Such great writing and characterizations, plus a bit of heart. And it proves the exception to the rule “all Tim Allen movies suck.” 😆
My bestie was over once, and she saw my copy of GQ and insisted it was hers. I said no, it’s mine. And she’s all “no it isn’t, it’s mine.” So she took it home with her anyway. I couldn’t convince her she was stealing my movie. About six months later I was over at her house and I’m like “why do you have two copies of GQ?” And she’s like “I don’t know!” And I say “BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS MINE, you nitwit!” We had a good laugh and it comes up frequently between us as a private joke when she’s about to take something of mine (again).
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Post by ellie on Apr 27, 2019 9:43:32 GMT
Rockwell was good but Rickman was better. Nothing can compete with the sheer revulsion and despair he exuded whenever he had to say his catchphrase “By Gabathar’s hammer, you shall be avenged.” RIP Alan Rickman. Total legend not to mention v sexy 😍.
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