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I liked Ant Man and Deadpool a lot. Both were funny, though the latter is too graphic (no pun intended) for some people, and really not for kids. But I loved the “4th wall” approach where the action stops while the character talks to the camera, and having the character played by Ryan Reynolds mocking Ryan Reynolds acting ability was hilarious.

I was always more of a Marvel fan than DC, but Dark Knight was a great movie.


34 posted on 02/25/2017 3:02:41 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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Deadpool was great but I thought Ant-Man was marred by that stupid toy train scene.

B v S was pretty bad. DC hasn’t made a decent comic book movie since The Dark Knight...and that was only great because of Heath Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker. Their heroes in movies have so far been uninspiring and unremarkable. Marvel, on the other hand, is cleaning up at the box office. I don’t see their cinema dominance changing soon.


35 posted on 02/25/2017 3:10:02 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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Okay, I did get through those movies, but mostly for the comedy -- from actors with some comedic experience.

Seems like most of the other movies are four or five heroes. You have the brash, cocky young guy, the sarcastic chick, the older, wiser leader, and the slow thinking muscleman, trading insults that aren't very funny and fighting villains who are equally stereotyped.

The earlier films were smart in focusing on one hero -- Superman or Batman or Spiderman. You could get to know the main character pretty well. But all these recent ones that pit a variety of poorly developed characters against each other aren't my thing.

Just my opinion.

38 posted on 02/26/2017 12:14:09 PM PST by x
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