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IShall_Run_Amok 01/29/22 1:07:45 AM #1: |
One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying speed. There are so many Marvel universes, indeed, that some superheroes do not even exist in one another's worlds, preventing gridlock. The Avengers however do share the same time and space continuum, although in recent years, they've been treated in separate, single-superhero movies. One assumes the idle Avengers follow the exploits of the employed ones on the news. --- Everything you love was always woke, and its less woke than it used to be, and that's why its not as good anymore, because its less woke. Also you suck. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DD Divine 01/29/22 1:17:07 AM #2: |
i miss this guy. He would have lost his mind at Infinity War and Endgame. --- while driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and I instinctively swerved to miss it, thanks a lot Mario Kart. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CommunismFTW 01/29/22 1:18:00 AM #3: |
iirc he wasn't wild about super hero movies but the OG avengers was super forgettable. --- Since only from below can one better see the heights. http://i.imgur.com/OhZgm.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BLooD WoLf 01/29/22 1:18:33 AM #4: |
IShall_Run_Amok posted... When I see these six together, I can't help thinking of the champions at the Westminster Dog Show. You have breeds that seem completely different from one another (Labradors, poodles, boxers, Dalmatians), and yet they're all champions. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/9/9/AADZYBAAC3Lb.jpg --- http://i.imgur.com/W95Rp.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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WorsCaseOntario 01/29/22 1:18:34 AM #5: |
Scorsese was right about marvel movies --- Frankly my dear, I don't give a ham. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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g0ldie 01/29/22 1:20:10 AM #6: |
I liked Roger Ebert, and I looked forward to watching Siskel & Ebert and Ebert & Roeper when I was younger, but he had some interesting opinions. iirc, the dude apparently liked the Garfield movies, for example. --- https://imgur.com/mApEnf3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CoorsLight 01/29/22 1:23:07 AM #7: |
The critique doesn't read like a three star but I get what he's saying. It's not deep cinema but it's just a movie there to have fun. I appreciate that he can bash the absurdity of the genre without being elitist Also had no idea he was still alive when it came out tbh ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheChariot 01/29/22 1:35:52 AM #9: |
Ranlom posted... Batman is not a superhero confirmed He isn't, because he isn't a hero. Heroes don't let people like the Joker get away for the millionth time. --- The Others are out there! Conservatives do not think right! They are anti-vax, anti-mask, and anti-social distancing. The pandemic has killed 800,000 Americans! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Xethuminra 01/29/22 1:38:34 AM #10: |
Ebert being the voice Making sure we never lower our standards Instead of being a shill I love it. *Challenging Expectations* ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Shotgunnova 01/29/22 2:20:33 AM #11: |
IShall_Run_Amok posted... So you see this is sort of an educational film, teaching the Avengers to do what was so highly valued on my first-grade report card: the concept of Working Well With Others.RIP Ebert --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FortuneCookie 01/29/22 12:30:54 PM #12: |
It's weird that he got on Batman Returns for being too busy, then went on to praise Avengers for creating characters at dizzying speed. I guess one's expectations over pacing and the number of characters can change over decades. When it came out in the 1950s, The Searchers was said to have been too fast-paced and too action-packed. There are people today who would fall asleep while watching it. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tenlaar 01/29/22 12:33:01 PM #13: |
One of the most brilliant and richest people in the worldjust an ordinary guy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DeadBankerDream 01/29/22 12:33:35 PM #14: |
Legit Roger Ebert's is the celebrity death of my adult life that has made me the most upset. --- "That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Ryven 01/29/22 12:40:06 PM #17: |
I didn't always agree with Ebert (his review of not liking Die Hard because of the idiot police captain) but i always enjoyed listening to his reviews. His review of North in particular is legendary ('I hated hated hated hated hated hated this movie'). RIP. I also didnt realize he was still alive when Avengers came out; feels like forever ago that he left us. --- 'We're not gonna make it, are we? People i mean.' 'It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.' ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FortuneCookie 01/29/22 12:42:24 PM #18: |
Ryven posted... I didn't always agree with Ebert (his review of not liking Die Hard because of the idiot police captain) but i always enjoyed listening to his reviews. His review of North in particular is legendary ('I hated hated hated hated hated hated this movie'). Die Hard was the review that surprised me. "I'm calling it now. Ebert likes it. Siskel hates it." [clip opens to Siskel praising Die Hard] "Oh, so they both like it." [Ebert bashes Die Hard] "Gene... talk sense into Roger." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Doom_Art 01/29/22 12:42:45 PM #19: |
CommunismFTW posted... iirc he wasn't wild about super hero movies but the OG avengers was super forgettable.It was also (mostly) shot pretty terribly. It looks like a lazy TV movie in some scenes. --- Not removing this until Mega Man 64 is released on the Wii Virtual Console. Started on: 12/1/2009 http://i.imgur.com/mPvcy.png ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UnfairRepresent 01/29/22 12:43:51 PM #20: |
Claiming he's not elitist is pretty lol --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! http://i.imgur.com/yPw05Ob.png ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FortuneCookie 01/29/22 12:45:52 PM #21: |
Siskel was more of an elitist than Ebert. If Siskel didn't like a movie, it was objectively bad. If Ebert didn't like a movie, he recognized that fans of the genre might still like it and be entitled to do so. Ebert had a pet hatred for gratuitous or glamorized violence though. He hated nearly every action movie or horror movie. He gave Dawn of the Dead four stars though. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NecroFoul99 01/29/22 12:52:32 PM #22: |
Man, I loved that guy. Watching and reading him over the years was watching a transformation. Back when it was Siskel & Ebert, it was Gene who was more forgiving and saw the value in dumb fun. Ebert scored much more on technical prowess and high minded writing. After Gene died, Roger seemed to change and become a tad more forgiving, but still leaned heavily on the technical. Late life and even before his tragic illness, he became much more of a critic in what the films messaging is, whether he viewed it as harmful or not, and also how a film moved him emotionally. He was more forgiving, generous and kind to filmmakers and writers than ever before. His last few years, I read everything he wrote. His intelligence and thoughtfulness made me feel good. It made me believe in decency in others just a little bit more and his words often moved me and made me question my own views and sometimes they even changed because of his insight. To me, he will always be one of the beautiful people. I loved him and still miss him. --- If you have to lie to make your point, then you're just a liar who has no point. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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