I did have the caveat that my reaction to Endgame would affect where that placed - and having just seen Endgame, I’m thinking I enjoyed their combined effect enough that I’d bump them up a little bit

it’s a brilliant, self-indulgent, hilarious, sometimes painfully stupid movie. it’s an absolute mess but there’s no other way this saga could have ended, and the moments of beauty in the chaos are more than enough for me

going out on a limb and suggesting you maybe didn’t understand my critiques or that I phrased them in a way that implies I still like a lot of the movie.

thanks, I appreciate the comment. not that I have a problem with storytelling through visuals but this felt like a character who did have lines that just got cut and her remaining presence is just really awkward

it’s ridiculous that they cut this from the movie when it addresses so many issues that are in the final cut

the Mandarin bait-and-switch is one of my all-time favourite “movie throwing everything you know out the fucking window” moves. I don’t know if it would have landed had a) the script not been so strong and b) Ben Kingsley not been an absolute, utter delight in both roles he plays

yeah, when he nearly kills Shuri. it just jibes so poorly with his big sad death scene that it really feels like Marvel and Coogler were at complete odds with how to handle him as a villain

I got into it a bit elsewhere in this thread, but expanding my thoughts here

I just want a stronger script - get rid of stuff like Killmonger’s random accomplice/lover, who doesn’t speak once and gets shot before he kills Klaue contributing nothing to the movie. or Denzel’s weird clunky exposition scenes. or Killmonger’s really poorly thought out “just send these secret and…

if I could inflict my opinion on the comments section here:

the general placements of the movies are right even if I would swap some around in their specific areas (like Dark World being the worst, Ragnarok being even lower, maybe Black Panther being knocked down a few places [don’t kill me for that one])

seriously. has the writer here ever heard of gospel-rap? you know, even though Kanye sidelined himself for like half these songs and just let the choir do their thing, he introduced some religious overtones so obviously his intention was that we all worship him. of course.

weird hill to die on but ok

maybe it does, but I don’t think the movie plays the final scene that way at all. it isn’t interested in the complexities of Quill and Yondu’s relationship, it just wants to be a big sad funeral scene for a character who’s been redeemed. I know I’m nitpicking here but

it’s one of the best songs Gunn has featured in either film, but its placement in this particular scene kind of bothers me. the scene is clearly meant to eulogise Yondu and establish him as being Peter’s real father figure, but the song’s lyrics are about a father and son with a bad relationship who don’t get along.…

yeah it’s absolutely Fear Her. there have been many bad episodes of that show but Fear Her holds the dubious honour of being a) boring as all fuck, b) dealing with issues far too serious for its tone or context and c) making no sense whatsoever

I always thought it could easily have justified being two films. there’s just too damn much happening with a) tying up Winter Soldier’s loose end with Rumlow, b) introducing Black Panther and the idea of Wakanda, c) introducing Peter Parker, Aunt May and Spider-Man, d) all the personal stuff Steve and Tony have to go…

that was probably Lynch’s idea honestly, he loves his lo-fi/deliberately terrible special effects

I very seriously doubt the new adaptation can recapture the aesthetic of the original show, its use of colour and framing was outright some of the best I’ve ever seen

yeah, Hiro’s direction and the music were generally enjoyable enough that you don’t think too much about how the script is more of a first draft