Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

[KittyDuran]

Here @ the local drive-in (packed house - even have the sheriff here to keep the order) awaiting The Avengers.

[Raisor]

Here @ the local drive-in (packed house - even have the sheriff here to keep the order) awaiting The Avengers.

I would bet the sheriff is there to ruin 17 year old boys' lives.

[KittyDuran]

I would bet the sheriff is there to ruin 17 year old boys' lives.

He can start with the kid already down in the seats w/his girl in the car to my left!

Edit: they just popped up-that was quick-must have lost a contact. Lots of giggling.

[Raisor]

He can start with the kid already down in the seats w/his girl in the car to my left!

Go knock on the window!

[kpresidente]

Avengers 2 Electric Bugaloo was fine, but it didn't knock my socks off.

Did you see it in IMAX 3D? I thought it was fantastic. A wild ride from beginning to end. Some cheesy plot turns is my only gripe, but you're not seeing it for that.

[marcshoe]

How was the pacing? My biggest gripe with Marvel movies is that they sometimes try to go full-throttle all the way instead of giving viewers time to catch their breath. Iron Man III was, I think, a good example of this. The movie was paced so that characters identities and motivations never quite gelled.

Of course Avengers II is Joss Whedon, and he's a bit better at this.

[cumberlandreds]

Just watched No No: A Dockumentary on Netflix. It's about Dock Ellis. There's some great stuff about the Reds in there.

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to check it out.

[Raisor]

I watched it a second time last night and loved every minute of it.

Maybe I was in a bad mood Friday

[_Sir_Charles_]

I thoroughly enjoyed The Avengers. I thought they did Vision perfectly (although they strayed a bit from the comics with his forehead jewel being an infinity gem). Very entertaining.

I liked that they gave Hawkeye more personality than previously. I also thought it was a nice touch to use Paul Bettany as Vision when he did the voice of JARVIS from the beginning...just makes sense.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for superhero flicks.

[kpresidente]

How was the pacing? My biggest gripe with Marvel movies is that they sometimes try to go full-throttle all the way instead of giving viewers time to catch their breath. Iron Man III was, I think, a good example of this. The movie was paced so that characters identities and motivations never quite gelled.

Of course Avengers II is Joss Whedon, and he's a bit better at this.

It's pretty much all-out all the time. I had trouble driving home due to sensory overload! But I know what you mean, sometimes there's so much seemingly random action you disconnect, but that didn't happen with this one. Can't say why. Maybe because there's more characters, and they jump from storyline to storyline so you're not getting bogged down.

[*BaseClogger*]

Ok......Walk me back there.....good but not as good as you hoped?

It's great! Beautifully shot and acted, totally unique, with a tense, unpredictable ending...

[kpresidente]

It's great! Beautifully shot and acted, totally unique, with a tense, unpredictable ending...

Yep, normally with this AI theme they always do the same thing, associate "consciousness" with emotion, ie, if it feels, it's conscious. Ho, hum. This one did a little more digging into the question "what exactly IS consciousness?" Feelings can be programmed, too, you know.

"Man is something that must be overcome." That's what I left thinking about.

[*BaseClogger*]

Yep, normally with this AI theme they always do the same thing, associate "consciousness" with emotion, ie, if it feels, it's conscious. Ho, hum. This one did a little more digging into the question "what exactly IS consciousness?" Feelings can be programmed, too, you know.

"Man is something that must be overcome." That's what I left thinking about.

I spent a lot of time discussing the flick after it ended. This was interesting and related to your comment (spoilers):

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/ex-ma...ternate-ending

[Raisor]

I wish Whedon would have used Amy Acker as (spoiler's) wife

[cumberlandreds]

Just watched No No: A Dockumentary on Netflix. It's about Dock Ellis. There's some great stuff about the Reds in there.

I watched this last night since the Reds were off. It was very good. Ellis was crazy which was caused by drug and alcohol. He was also very smart. In the end he did get halp and turned himself around. He apparently helped many others overcome their addictions. I remember listening to that game in which he hit the first three or four Reds to start a game. That was pretty wild as I recall. I had also forgotten that he pitched for that 76 Yankee team that got swept by the Reds. That was his last good season. I had even forgotten that he had died a few years ago. Also good to see all of those old Pirates and some others from that time period. Even though they were big rivals of the Reds I always kinda liked those Pirate teams.