Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[antidope]

Does Ant Man have a following? Like I'm lost as to why this is becoming a thing.

 

[Master Zik]

No. He doesn't. Don't let some of these ppl with bad taste tell you otherwise.

Right now ppl are just trying to hype themselves up about it since it's a Marvel movie and it's pretty much reality that the movie is coming out now. For the longest and still kinda now Marvel didn't tease or hype this movie at all so it was in the back of ppl's minds.

Ant-Man the hero aint all that important and the guy playing him isn't all that well known either but there's a chance Marvel still churns out a pretty good flick.

 

[lawdog1]

Are they going to make a movie about every single Marvel comic character ever created? That seems to be the way its headed.

 

[japanair21]

It's only had one trailer. Plus just because a film doesn't have hype behind it doesn't mean it can't be a good watch. I wasn't interested in the movie before but the trailer looked interesting.

Yeah but it went through development hell with tons of notable creative named dropping out. This WAS going to be an Edgar Wright film. And he didn't want to deal with it. I'm just not stoked about films that have so many issues before hitting the big screen. It's a formula for failure.

 

[Master Zik]

Are they going to make a movie about every single Marvel comic character ever created? That seems to be the way its headed.

Nah. Probably not but if you tell Disney they could make billions off of all of them I'm sure they'd urge marvel to do so

The only reason Ant-Man is getting a movie is way back when the first Iron Man came out Edgar Wright who was cool with Feige (dude who runs Marvel studios) got a favor in being able to do an Ant-Man movie. Back then it was sort of a why not lets see what happens cuz Marvel was throwing w/e at the wall to see if it works since things could've still flopped (Cap, Thor, etc.) since what they had wasn't all that popular. Then the Ant-Man movie went in to developmental hell and/or Feige kept pushing it back cuz the MCU started to work and make money. Then Avengers came out and everything changed. Marvel movies had to be a certain way to fit in that universe. Them being friends Feige still wanted to do the movie. Wright eventually showed the guys at Marvel his plans for the Ant-Man movie and they were like what the ****?!! Nah son, maybe you should do it like this *shows some mix between Black and Whedon* and Wright was like nah it gotta be like this *some weird mix of Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim and Hitchhiker's Guide...* and so Feige was like damn you know what this has been confirmed and simmering for years now so I'm not gonna cancel it. Peace Wright. Brings in new director and sneaks the movie in after Age of Ultron.

It's only had one trailer. Plus just because a film doesn't have hype behind it doesn't mean it can't be a good watch. I wasn't interested in the movie before but the trailer looked interesting.

Yeah but it went through development hell with tons of notable creative named dropping out. This WAS going to be an Edgar Wright film. And he didn't want to deal with it. I'm just not stoked about films that have so many issues before hitting the big screen. It's a formula for failure.

Eh, if you never paid attention to that stuff I think you'd come in to the movie with a lot less on your mind to be open to enjoying it or not.

I don't care about Ant-Man one way or the other but I'm not all that worried and don't have much doubt the movie won't be good. Probably be one and done anyway unless it ends up being a huge hit. In phase 2, I guess Ant-Man is being given the same chance Iron Man, Cap, and Thor were given.

 

[japanair21]

Something Marvel I am excited about is Daredevil.

They just announced that the Netflix show will premiere on April 10th. As with all Netflix shows, the entire season will be released at once.

Best believe I will be binge-watching that the weekend of.

I need to catch up on Agents of SHIELD too. I was kind of into it last year.

 

[CP1708]

They made Guardians work, they'll make Ant Man work.

 

[rck3sactown]

Marvel has yet to not deliver, and by not deliver, I mean a movie that both financially bombed and was unwatchable.... (although IM3 was pushing the latter).

Marvel is on Nolan level of God-status until further notice

 

[japanair21]

They made Guardians work, they'll make Ant Man work.

See man that's the thing.

James Gunn was directing that. James Gunn is as good as you can get for that kind of movie. The guy directing this? Anyone ever cared about any of the teeny bopper movies he's ever made?

Is there a Chris Pratt?

I'm just not enthusiastic. I just don't see it being nearly as successful.

People are painting a picture that just because Guardians was unknown to the public that Ant-Man will have the same success.

Just because something is under the Marvel banner doesn't mean that it's going to be as good as the last film. Look at Iron Man 2 and 3. Those were terrible.

 

[danger style]

bird is the word/8 

whew

 

[keko jones]

Marvel 3 was by far the worst Marvel movie. The plot was weak the heap of IM was ridiculous and the role Stark had was ugh ... Can't even describe it.

 

[noskey]

Borgman is an interesting film. Anyone else seen it? It's up on Amazon Prime, and I remember seeing someone post the trailer in here a while ago, so I thought I'd check it out.

It was a really well done film, and had a really uneasy feeling throughout which I think overpowered the comedic aspects of the movie. That and the mystery in it all. I wasn't sure how to feel at the end; and I'm still not sure how much I liked it, but the director (who had an excellent turn in the film as well) did his job by making the film so entrancing. My girlfriend fell asleep a little bit before halfway though, before the plot became fleshed out and everything came together, so I'll watch it again tonight. Some of the symbolism was easy to understand, but (as this is a Dutch film) more had me lost. Maybe I'll have a better feeling for the movie now that I know what's going on and having read up on IMDB and possible theories behind the film.

Borgman gets a... 6/8? Might be higher after repeated viewings.

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RE: Ant Man.

I cant help but feel like this movie will do fine. Not great but not bad, wont break records, wont be talked about in 2 years or have a sequel... but it'll be a typical fun ride summer movie, make back the budget and give Paul Rudd a new group of fans (the teen crowd). Ant Man might even make a cameo in a future Marvel movie.

And as bad as the Iron Man sequels were, they made money. Lots of it. Which was of course due in part to the first ones success, but also because of the Marvel banner. Marvel has a reputation for being THAT superhero company now, deserved or not.

Just checked the IMDB page, this movie has some big names behind the writing. Adam McKay, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish. All those guys are great, I'm a little bit excited now.

 

[servechilled81]

I really hope Jenny Slate sneaks up on an Oscar nom for Obvious Child

 

[japanair21]

Wright, 40, is an irreverent British filmmaker, and sources say Marvel had been unhappy with his take on Ant-Man for weeks. Originally set to begin shooting June 2, the production had been put on hiatus while Feige ordered revisions of the script that was co-written by Wright and Joe Cornish. According to sources, Wright had been willing to make revisions earlier in the process. But the new rewrites took place without Wright's input, and when he received Marvel's new version early during the week of May 19, he walked, prompting a joint statement announcing his exit "due to differences in their visions of the film."

"Kevin Feige [and his top lieutenants] run Marvel with a singularity of vision, but when you take a true auteur and throw him into the mix, this is what you get," says a source. "They don't want you to speak up too much or have too much vision. People who have never worked there don't understand how they operate, but if you trust them, they have an amazing track record."

Then Adam McKay dropped out as the director because it wouldn't fit in his schedule. Because this wouldn't be the highest grossing film he's ever done even if it isn't up to par.

Believe me, it's not that I doubt that the film will be decent. It probably will okay-ish. But the writing has been on the wall for a while. This has been in limbo for quite a while and we're just now getting a trailer, a few months before release?

There are names attached to it, yes. Rudd, Douglas, Pena, etc., but those are not RJD's, Chris Hemsworth, or even now Chris Pratt in terms of blockbuster names.

 

[noskey]

Welp,

 

[CP1708]

Hemsworth and Pratt weren't names til AFTER their movies dropped. You can't use them as examples.

 

[rck3sactown]

Chris Evans wasn't really thought of too highly either before Captain America came out....

 

or who the hell really heard of Tom Hiddleston before Thor?

 

[japanair21]

Hemsworth and Pratt weren't names til AFTER their movies dropped. You can't use them as examples.

And they're in their 30s.

And they weren't in other big movies as stars before their films.

And they're charming and good looking to the general public (if you're going to rebuttal with RJD).

Maybe I'm just an Edgar Wright apologist and I'm a bit bitter that he isn't attached to this now.

 

[lawdog1]

^^^ Watch it, J.A. I will not abide by Paul Rudd slander. He's a superstar to me. Been in tons of classics. Clueless, Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, etc. And, as I'm sure you'll remember, Halloween: the Curse of Michael Myers.

 

[japanair21]

The Curse of Michael Myers is the second best movie he's ever been in,

 

[sea manup]

^^^ Watch it, J.A. I will not abide by Paul Rudd slander. He's a superstar to me. Been in tons of classics. Clueless, Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, etc. And, as I'm sure you'll remember, Halloween: the Curse of Michael Myers.

mike from friends 

 

[rck3sactown]

Bobby Newport from Parks and Rec 

 

[shogun]

Zoe Kravitz is looking gorgeous in the trailer for Good Kill. I though it was a Hispanic actress until they showed her name.

 

[IATT]

The Curse of Michael Myers is the second best movie he's ever been in,

Did this dude really just do this

 

[sea manup]

watched imitation game today

benny c was oscar worthy 

7.2/8