Avengers assemble and Captain America showing he could use Mjolnir the first time in Infinity War was THE BEST.
I don't know how you could be a comic book fan and not have a giddy freakout at that.
I'm not even a comic book geek, and I absolutely love when they structure the action scenes to get an absolutely perfect framing that you either intuitively know or maybe saw some in the past, was an actual comic book cover.
I can think of dozens of examples, where you can tell there was just absolute attention to detail, in getting all of the characters framed just right in the middle of an action sequence.
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I'm not even a comic book geek, and I absolutely love when they structure the action scenes to get an absolutely perfect framing that you either intuitively know or maybe saw some in the past, was an actual comic book cover.
I can think of dozens of examples, where you can tell there was just absolute attention to detail, in getting all of the characters framed just right in the middle of an action sequence.
Cap vs. Tony in Civil War is the one that stands out to me:
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I just did a re-watch of Infinity War/Endgame, and cap smacking Thanos with Mjolnir is still just as awesome as the first time I saw it in the theater. That's why as good as IW is, Endgame is still my favorite Marvel movie to date, because the big moments are just so BIG
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Say what you will about Snyder but he's excellent at it as well. 300, Watchmen and a lot of the DC stuff have some great panel shots.
That is the problem with Snyder. He is excellent at mimicking present material, but everything else falls apart. He gets high level gigs because his trailers are downright awesome.
D&D from GOT tried to be Snyder, but failed, and I'm not sure if that put Snyder in a higher bracket, or D&D in a sand pail by the door.
It's definitely a breed of filmmaker that exists because of their ability to wow producers and studio heads.
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I just did a re-watch of Infinity War/Endgame, and cap smacking Thanos with Mjolnir is still just as awesome as the first time I saw it in the theater. That's why as good as IW is, Endgame is still my favorite Marvel movie to date, because the big moments are just so BIG
Damn you! Cap catching the spear at the train station with the accompanying music?
Only better part is when Thor shows up at the end with Groot and Rocket.
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Say what you will about Snyder but he's excellent at it as well. 300, Watchmen and a lot of the DC stuff have some great panel shots.
Well the context matters too. We as an audience have a connection to the characters of the MCU. Cap lifting the hammer only means something with back story knowledge of what is required to lift it and why Cap qualifies. Just throwing a comic panel of The Dark Knight Returns lightning silhouette into Batman v Superman just because doesn’t really do anything for anyone outside of some hardcore fans.
“After years of legal dispute and substantial sums of money, they continue to copy our characters,” Raymond Lai said in a statement to The Canadian Press. “It causes us significant damage and has an impact on our ability to make a living as artists. Clearly, this repeated behaviour cannot be accepted.”
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She said when Ben and Raymond Lai present their work to the public, people often think they copied Marvel.
Marvel should be suing them for ripping off 50 year old Marvel designs. I guess this is one way to get your crappy 20 year old comic in the news and get a few more sales.
How does Joss Whedon think he has the ability to ruin Gal Gadot's career? Who's he going after next, George Clooney?
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Jupiter's Legacy wasn't bad, the origin story being interleaved with present day was pretty cool and I may have liked the origin part more than the present day story. It gets a little repetitive with it's navel gazing and angst over itself.
The super hero effects are funny to terrible.
A poor attempt to copy The Boys but still somewhat entertaining.
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I enjoyed it. I don't think they were copying The Boys at all since the source material is very different.
The effects weren't great compared to The Boys. I also enjoyed the past storylines more than the present. It might have worked a little better if they split the season into 4 episodes of each and kept things more linear.
That said, I hope they get another season or two. It's worth watching for 8 shortish episodes.
The problem I found with it flipping back and forth between origin and present day was that I found one story far, far more interesting than the other.
Another thing about the MCU I enjoyed was how the Avengers theme evolved. I remember hearing a few complaints after the first Avengers about how the theme music was forgettable, but by Endgame I don't know anyone who didn't get goosebumps when the main theme started pumping at the final battle
I'd put that theme up with the greats from Star Wars, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park
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