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Captain America

I'm not sure what everyone's problem is, I freaking loved this movie. I'm putting it up there with Iron Man in the Marvel Universe pantheon. Something about having a hero that was actually heroic, a villain who did villainous things, and actors who took it seriously made it pretty awesome. I liked how it made Cap real, everyone knew who he was and everyone looked up to him. I admit, a lot of the relationships were rushed (I'm pretty sure I read that the writers rushed through a lot of the war so whoever makes a Cap 2 has the option of putting it in the 1940's or in the 2010's), but the point was gotten across that Cap was everyone's friend and just a nice guy. A welcome change from the "tortured, emo, ass" department we've been getting recently.

I think its great that even though each of these movies was written by different people and different companies, they all tie into one another and almost have to be watched in the order they came out to truly understand them. Usually when you have a villain who says that a particular artifact was from "the storehouse of Odin himself", you'd think, "this guy is off his rocker". However, we've SEEN this storehouse, he may be smarter than we give him credit for.

5 Avengers out of 6 Avengers

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Time Collectors: Return of the Giants

Some of my teenaged friends saw this locally made movie and knew I had to see it, so they came over Sunday night to show it to me. Wow, its really bad. It's a "Faith Friendly" direct-to-DVD movie, so you can't expect too much from it, but it could have been a lot better. I'm not sure what the worst part was, the bad acting, the bad cinematography, the bad science, the bad theology, the bad effects...

I tried to explain the plot, but it boils down to this: old archaeologist dies, grandson finds that he discovered bones of Biblical giants, which could disprove evolution, old men drive by his house, then try to steal said bones. I think that gives it too much credit though.

It's really bad, I wish it was streaming somewhere so you all could experience it.

0 giants returned out of 40

doubleofive said:

Captain America

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I tried to explain the plot, but it boils down to this: old archaeologist dies, grandson finds that he discovered bones of Biblical giants, which could disprove evolution, old men drive by his house, then try to steal said bones. I think that gives it too much credit though.

It's really bad, I wish it was streaming somewhere so you all could experience it.

0 giants returned out of 40

This is how I read this post. I was like, "what."

Tyrphanax said:

doubleofive said:

Captain America

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I tried to explain the plot, but it boils down to this: old archaeologist dies, grandson finds that he discovered bones of Biblical giants, which could disprove evolution, old men drive by his house, then try to steal said bones. I think that gives it too much credit though.

It's really bad, I wish it was streaming somewhere so you all could experience it.

0 giants returned out of 40

This is how I read this post. I was like, "what."

doubleofive said:

Captain America

[...]but the point was gotten across that Cap was everyone's friend and just a nice guy.

SNORE!

I'm not sure what everyone's problem is, I freaking loved this movie. I'm putting it up there with Iron Man in the Marvel Universe pantheon. Something about having a hero that was actually heroic, a villain who did villainous things, and actors who took it seriously made it pretty awesome.

Boooo!  You say that seeing this "nice guy" boyscout superhero is a breath of fresh air from the recent brooding hero's we've seen, but that's exactly what Iron Man was, only Favreau and Downy Jr. did it well.  I'm sorry, but this movie was boring as shit. 

And hell, maybe it isn't fully the movies fault.  I've got nothing against Joe Johnston, and Chris Evans proved in Sunshine that he's not completely useless.  But I'm sure there's a reason they never made a Cap movie before now (that wasn't straight to video) - he's just not a very interesting character.  There isn't any real dynamic, nothing's at stake.  We know right from the beginning of the film that he's going to win, kill Red Skull (who looked stupid IMHO), and somehow get frozen for 70 years!!

Of course, there's also the fact that this movie was forced out and most likely rushed to theaters before the Avengers movie comes out next spring.  Again, not the movies fault, but it's kind of obvious.  It was the same case for Thor a couple months ago - the movies just don't have any reason to be there, they're completely unnecessary additions to the Marvel Universe pantheon.  But at least Thor was amazing to look at, and had some intriguing storylines.  The First Avenger was just, plain boring.

As one reviewer from the Village Voice puts it, the movie is a "hokey, hacky, two-hour-plus exercise in franchise transition/price gouging, complete with utterly unnecessary post-converted 3-D"

Agree to disagree then.

I guess I'm an old man now, and not hip with it.

Frink, what's that like? ;-)

doubleofive said:

Agree to disagree then.

I guess I'm an old man now, and not hip with it.

Frink, what's that like? ;-)

005: I'm with you too! <wrong pic of Luke>

I would probably give it 7.5 balls out of 10, 8 if I had to round up.  I really enjoyed it and found it to be quite moving in places.

I think you have to post here whether you liked it and what country you're from, because I'm curious if the feared correlation actually exists, or if it's just a figment of the producers imagination:

xhonzi: 7.5/10 USA
005: 8.33 USA
Red5: 5.5/10 ?
FanFiltration: 5/10 ?

But I agree with some of the statements- the first half was stronger than the last half.  Some of the "jokes" were a little too corny (fondue) and didn't play very well.

But I found the 3D to be subtle and enjoyable.  And I found the CG to be at worst "good enough" and at best "how did they make skinny Rogers so skinny?"

If you doubt that Captain America can be a very compelling character, then you really need to read the first many issues (I've read through 50 or so) of this:

http://www.comicvine.com/captain-america/49-11499/?page=4

It might even make you a believer out of Bucky.  Though the movie version of Bucky wasn't too shabby.

Kind of amusing for those that have seen Captain America:

Agent Peggy Carter once had a (much) younger sister named Sharon who hooks up with Cap when he comes out of the ice 20 years later.

Currently in Marvel Comics:  Peggy Carter has a niece who hooks up with Cap when he's taken off ice 35 years later.

Now that Cap has been in the ice 70 years... who is Sharon Carter to Peggy?

Granddaughter.  Any True Blood fans here?  LOL

I'm from the states, by the way - a good old midwesterner from Ohio.  And I thought it was bullocks.  But like 005 said, to each their own!

RedFive said:

I'm ... from Ohio.  And I thought it was bullocks. 

 Hmm... that's kind of suspicious. 

You might be one of those English Illegals Warbler is always warning us about.

I'm just a big fan...

Mefink you a limey.

Rabbit Hole - 10/10

A few of my friends (who's opinions on movies I trust) said they loved Captain America too, so maybe it was just me.  Eh..

Anyway, I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 recently, and as an outsider I really enjoyed it.  This is the first Potter movie I've seen since the first one way back when, so I had no idea who was who or anything like that, but I figured it out as I went.

The battle at Hogwarts was freakin awesome to watch, especially the scene where they were flying through it all.  Some really great effects.  Plus, I was pleasantly surprised by the work of David Yates, who really put his own mark on the movie, which I didn't expect for part 7 of a 7 part series. 

Overall, I'd give it a solid 7/10.  Maybe it'd be higher if I had some context, but I doubt I'll ever read the books (or, for that matter, see the other movies).

RedFive said:

Plus, I was pleasantly surprised by the work of David Yates, who really put his own mark on the movie, which I didn't expect for part 7 of a 7 part series. 

Actually, each Potter film is pretty different in style and look.

'The Rocketeer'

10 pieces of gum out of 10 rocket packs...

^Thanks for that, I'll wait for the blu-ray now...

And now that I think of it, I saw Harry Potter #6 in theaters because a girl I was seeing wanted to see it, and I absolutely loathed it.  It was so boring.

RedFive said:

^Thanks for that, I'll wait for the blu-ray now...

And now that I think of it, I saw Harry Potter #6 in theaters because a girl I was seeing wanted to see it, and I absolutely loathed it.  It was so boring.

I liked parts of it, but feel it was bogged down with too much of the love element. Of course it was the same in the book, so the movie was just being faithful.