The Marvel Thread (Spoilers, and language!)

Mosh said:
Part of it is also that the Avengers is Fury’s pet project. He probably believed (rightfully) that his team of heroes could do it without Marvel’s assistance.
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Maybe, but the fate of the planet is a big thing to risk for the sake of favouritism.
 
Well they’re flawed characters who have sometimes put the planet at risk due to their own actions, it makes them interesting.
 
War Machine is looking the most fuckin' badass he's ever looked and that shot of Cap, Iron Man and Thor confronting Thanos got me excited. :scared:
 
Took the family to see Avengers Endgame yesterday. Still reeling and trying to collect my thoughts. I purposely went into the film spoiler free; I had very little idea what might happen; best way to see the film!

The Avengers finding Thanos (& killing him!) that early in the film surprised me. I liked the scenes Captain Marvel was in but felt she should have had more screen time. I enjoyed Professor Hulk, but we needed to see that change happening; not have it explained to us in the past tense. I enjoyed seeing the epilogue from the Battle of New York where Robert Redford, Sitwell & Brumlo show up. Loki's reaction when the Tesseract just slides to his feet was priceless! I wish we could have seen more of the Vision; always felt him underutilized in the films. Would rather have seen Betty return from Incredible Hulk than Jane Foster, but I guess that would have made Bruce's reaction to Widow's death more complicated. Noticed we haven't seen Bruce & Secretary Ross speak since Hulk's return to Earth; would like to have seen that.

When Black Panther & family walked on to the battlefield, everyone got silent; but then when EVERYONE else started to return also, the audience started cheering & clapping! Obviously the battle that followed was amazing, but will require viewing again at home for closer inspection to catch everyone because I found it a little dark to tell clearly who was fighting who. When Steve went back at the end to return the stones, wish we could have seen him meeting the Red Skull! Also wish Tony had run into Bucky on the battlefield; perhaps when Tony snapped his fingers, then Bucky would have vanished also! I know in recent comics, The Falcon becomes the new Captain America, but I just don't see him carrying a film solo. Tony's death (obviously foreshadowed at the end of the Battle of NY) was not that surprising to me because one of my favorite comics from the 70s was What If#3 (What if the Avengers had never been) ended the same way and still is my favorite ending to a comic.

BTW, during Tony's funeral, back by the cabin is a tall boy standing alone; at the time I could not place his identity. Turns out he is the kid from Iron Man 3! So the next Guardians film looks like will also star Thor; interesting....

Overall a great way to wrap up all the movies up to this point
 
terrell39 said:
I enjoyed Professor Hulk, but we needed to see that change happening; not have it explained to us in the past tense.
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Not enough time.

terrell39 said:
I enjoyed seeing the epilogue from the Battle of New York where Robert Redford, Sitwell & Rumlow show up.
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FTFY

terrell39 said:
Would rather have seen Betty return from Incredible Hulk than Jane Foster, but I guess that would have made Bruce's reaction to Widow's death more complicated.
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Jane Foster's only scene was a deleted one from The Dark World; Natalie Portman is done with Marvel.

terrell39 said:
perhaps when Tony snapped his fingers, then Bucky would have vanished also
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That would've been cruel.
 
I have seen it now. It was good. I'll say more tomorrow when I'm at a computer. When can we discuss it spoiler free?

One thing I will say is.... Jesus Christ. The fucking product placement in this film. Fucking hell.
 
Infinity war was criticized by fans and critics alike. Just saw an article in my Facebook memories with the headline, "Infinity War is what happens when money writes movies." Endgame, however, has been very well received by everyone.
 
I really didn't think Marvel could do fairly sustained periods of non-action & slow dialogue. But they genuinely pulled it off in Endgame. Like, it was bordering a decent acting at times. The facial-effects stuff is out-the-park too. Ridiculously good.
 
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