Age of Ultron
POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Saturday, April 28, 2018 03:51
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I saw it last night and will work on my review sometime later today. Got too many errands to run first. All I'll say now is that I'm glad Joss is done with Marvel and can move on to another project I expect I'll like more. It's not a bad movie, in fact it's exactly what you'd expect from a Marvel film, but I'm just about burnt out on those.
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Quote:Are you tired of robots?
Originally posted by ecgordon:
I saw it last night and will work on my review sometime later today. Got too many errands to run first. All I'll say now is that I'm glad Joss is done with Marvel and can move on to another project I expect I'll like more. It's not a bad movie, in fact it's exactly what you'd expect from a Marvel film, but I'm just about burnt out on those.
Joss's next project should be a crossover movie with Ultron versus Optimus. Tag team wrestling between Joss's Ultron and his fighting robots against Michael Bay's Optimus Prime Transformer and his fighting robots. It would be the biggest movie of all times, making the kind of money that is only possible by combining two gigantic genre franchises. Both Bay and Whedon are 50 years old. They will love to play together. If Michael Bay won't play nice, then maybe a match between Joss's Ultrons and James Cameron's Terminators.
And Joss's robots will speak dialogue like Shakespeare wrote. Perfect movie for the masses and artistic elite.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Saw it last night. It's fine. I enjoyed it for what it was. It's basically just an action movie. Pretty light on plot. Frankly some of the plot that was in the movie should have hit the cutting room floor. I'm sure I'll watch it a few more times in the future, but ultimately it will be a forgettable movie.
I wonder what about this movie drained Joss of so much energy. It seemed fairly straight forward and formulaic to me. Sadly even the humor could have used a script doctor for a lot of it IMO.
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
As I remember Tony Stark in the comics, he was like Elon Musk, boy genius, and Kevin Kline. Smooth, suave, debonair and a decent fellow (despite being a stoopid rich tycoon), think Batman but without the brooding Dark Knight vibe going on.
He seemed like the type of guy that we would hang out with, if he was a working glass dude. His best friend was his driver and his secretary, er, excuse me, administrative assistant. Downey has almost totally transformed him into a super-rich version of himself (that seems redundant), I did kind of liked him in the original film, but he has turned him into a wisecracking, scotch drinking version of, well, himself. Only thing that is somewhat saving him is the wonderful script that Joss & Co. wrote for the Avengers, and Joss's sense of humor.
I find it kind of boring to have Iron Man wisecracking throughout the film and not really take on the gravitas of Tony Stark's situation. Can you tell I was an Iron Man fan from way back; also Thor. I'm good with Hemsworth as Thor, he gets it. But Downey, well sometimes you could almost catch him looking in the mirror at himself with that smirk on his face saying "Damn, I'm good." The director, I would imagine, has to reign him in at times.
SGG
Now you are getting it. Stark could be likeable as played by other actors, but downey can't act and it is starting to show to even you - I tired of it long ago. Rerun channel is showing much of his "work" lately - everything looks the same, Air America was like Stark without money. He acting ability seems as lowly as Fresh Prince.
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Quote:Stark is NOT likable in the comics being published. And have you seen Downey in 2008's Tropical Thunder? A storm of acting:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Stark could be likeable as played by other actors, but downey can't act and it is starting to show to even you - I tired of it long ago.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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In Tropical Thunder Downey was HI-larious, he was almost unrecognizable, but I'm a big fan of the "Less is More" style of acting. Sometimes though, exaggeration, especially in comedy, More is definitely better.
I remember Spiderman as being a wise-ass and cracking with rather droll quips while fighting a supervillian. Tony Stark and Ironman was more stoic and deliberate, his appeal was that his condition made him human, but his intellect (and money) made him Ironman. This whole changeover to the New Marvel Universe is a ploy to fill the seats in theaters. Again, I think of how Hemsworth has totally captured the essence of Thor (and, for that matter Hopkins as Odin and Levy as Fandral, Jaime Alexander as Lady Sif). Mostly I fault Disney and Marvel for trying to sensationalize the comic book genre, a seemingly natural for action movies, when, in fact, it isn't needed. When I first heard that Thor was being made, I immediately thought of Hopkins as Odin - that was a no-brainer. And he delivered as I had pictured it in my head while reading Thor comics. Perfect casting, smart move on Disney's part.
Not so much with Ironman 2 & 3. Weak scripts and that Marvel over-the-top syndrome spoiled it for me. I no longer trust Disney or marvel with that series. Captain America, Thor, X-Men....thumbs up. Ironman, Daredevil, and Spiderman.....not so much.
As for the Avengers, I'm pretty sure that both Disney and Marvel had binders-full of exec notes for Joss to "consider." And that, for me, is a mix-mosh of too many cooks.
SGG
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Stark is NOT likable in the comics being published. And have you seen Downey in 2008's Tropical Thunder? A storm of acting:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Stark could be likeable as played by other actors, but downey can't act and it is starting to show to even you - I tired of it long ago.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Elizabeth Olsen got my talent in her little pinky than both her sisters combined.
SGG
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Joss Whedon & Elizabeth Olsen Interview
Originally posted by Wishimay:
PS What is the deal with Elisabeth Olsen? Why do you like her?
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Short, but not so sweet. The majority will love Ultron. When have I ever been in the majority?
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
In Tropical Thunder Downey was HI-larious, he was almost unrecognizable, but I'm a big fan of the "Less is More" style of acting. Sometimes though, exaggeration, especially in comedy, More is definitely better.
I remember Spiderman as being a wise-ass and cracking with rather droll quips while fighting a supervillian. Tony Stark and Ironman was more stoic and deliberate, his appeal was that his condition made him human, but his intellect (and money) made him Ironman. This whole changeover to the New Marvel Universe is a ploy to fill the seats in theaters. Again, I think of how Hemsworth has totally captured the essence of Thor (and, for that matter Hopkins as Odin and Levy as Fandral, Jaime Alexander as Lady Sif). Mostly I fault Disney and Marvel for trying to sensationalize the comic book genre, a seemingly natural for action movies, when, in fact, it isn't needed. When I first heard that Thor was being made, I immediately thought of Hopkins as Odin - that was a no-brainer. And he delivered as I had pictured it in my head while reading Thor comics. Perfect casting, smart move on Disney's part.
Not so much with Ironman 2 & 3. Weak scripts and that Marvel over-the-top syndrome spoiled it for me. I no longer trust Disney or marvel with that series. Captain America, Thor, X-Men....thumbs up. Ironman, Daredevil, and Spiderman.....not so much.
As for the Avengers, I'm pretty sure that both Disney and Marvel had binders-full of exec notes for Joss to "consider." And that, for me, is a mix-mosh of too many cooks.
SGGQuote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:Stark is NOT likable in the comics being published. And have you seen Downey in 2008's Tropical Thunder? A storm of acting:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Stark could be likeable as played by other actors, but downey can't act and it is starting to show to even you - I tired of it long ago.
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