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Visually it is breathtaking, but story-wise it is slow and - like the original film - I'm not really sure what it was all about!
Cool music though.
Concept 10/10
End result 5/10
Siberia on Netflix, Odd, slow, nearly turned it off, but persevered to the end scene which caught us by surprise.....not Keanus best film by a long shot......
Escaped inmates take over an asylum for the criminally insane. Written by S Craig Zahler, who went on to direct Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete. There are hints of what was to come in those films, it's worth a watch.
I’ve also got Kubrick’s Paths of Glory recorded, I’ve never seen it but a couple of mates reckon it’s his best film.
It’s hard to think of another director with that many films as great, let alone so diverse.
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As someone who has seen every MCU movie except Thor 2 and most of them twice, it was excellent. A genuinely super-impressive feat just to have it not be a bloated mess, but to have so many strands work together, and leave a genuine emotional impact in most people in the cinema (ranging from cheers and laughs to tears) it's really really impressive/
For anyone who doesn't care about MCU stuff, don't bother just because it's an "event" type movie - it won't make much sense unless you know the characters and all the backstory.
I loved it times 3000.
I'm a little bit more encouraged now after your review though.
Also, I'm not usually a mid-movie-pee-breaker, but I had to go around the 2-hour mark. I missed about a minute of the movie, and had MrsF there to tell me what I'd missed, which wasn't much, but would have made for confusion later had I been alone.
There is a good when-to-pee guide here. There are very minor spoilers, but nothing major and better to have these tiny bits in your head but not miss anything critical if you think you'll need to go, imo: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/avengers-endgame-pee-breaks-heres-when-its-safe-to/1100-6466426/
From the director of The Greasy Strangler... the style is certainly similar but it's a lot more, er, family friendly. And it's got Aubrey Plaza, Jemaine Clement and Matt Berry in it. I think it's my new favourite romcom (although that wasn't a long list).
Helpful Spoiler Alert; there is no post-credits scene - so, if you're bursting for a wee, feel free to skip off to the loo at the end.
A film set in that period that did work for me was Journey’s End; they caught the grim boredom of the trenches and the separation of officers and enlisted men very well. I hadn’t realised that the movie Aces High was a direct steal of the plot of Journey’s End until I watched this version.
My shout for an entertaining movie is Ant Man. I’m not a fan of superhero movies, they seem like America writ large and i’m sick of the USA atm but recently i’ve seen two that have been a great watch - Dr Strange and Ant Man. Both have incredible visual invention and sharp, witty scripts.
After Captain Marvel you watch Avengers Endgame
You can miss out The Incredible Hulk (Ed Norton), and Thor 2. Mainly because they don't really assist the development.
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Iron Man
Captain America: the first Avenger
Avengers (called Avengers Assemble in the UK iirc)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Avengers: Age of Ultron (not critical, but gives backstory to some of the characters)
Captain America Civil War
Guardians of the Galaxy (GOTG2 not essential but it’ll help you understand why Nebula is their friend now)
Spiderman Homecoming
Ant Man 2 (again not critical, but explains how ant man gets to where he is at the beginning of Endgame)
Avengers Infinity War
Thor Ragnarok and Captain Marvel are also nice-to-haves but not critical. All you need to know is that Thor has a sense of humour now and Captain Marvel is a massive near-invincible badass.
If that’s still too many (which it probably is!) then assuming you know basically who Iron Man and Captain America are you’d get away with just Avengers, Captain America Civil War, GOTG and Spider-Man Homecoming, then Infinity War.
Coincidentally they’re also pretty much the best of the series, so it’s no hardship. Ideally add in Winter Solider too because it’s badass.