Posted on 05/09/2016 11:22:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It was a great movie, the kids loved it, and there were too many zack whack BAM! fight scenes.
But everyone agreed that Tony got co-opted by the government guys and you don’t sell out your friends.
REALLY enjoyed it. This is the best Spider-man the franchise has had so far.
The best line in the conversation about the accords was Cap telling Stark, “You chose.” It is a personal responsibility / government control argument they are having. And this movie is not the end of the conflict, it is the beginning.
You won’t miss him on screen at the airport... trust me. They did some marvelous cinematography to make the major fight seem simultaneous and still allow you to follow the action.
Thanks for the little mini-review.
Did I miss a good or bad movie want I missed Avengers: Age of Ultron. I heard it wasn’t very good so I didn’t go.
I left Winter Soldier thinking it was anti-Obama. Hydra was using Facebook and social media to invade people’s privacy, and preemptively kill anyone who would resist big brother. Seemed like destroying American exceptionalism.
I've heard that this film reveals something about Ant Man that is straight from the comic books; Giant Man.
Apparently his suit is multi-purpose. I haven't seen the film so I can't verify.
Who isn't in Hollywood -- and I don't want a list of the few conservatives that are there. The vast majority of actors/actresses are left. It should be no surprise.
Hubby and I saw this yesterday. My (only)problem with the movie was that scene when they are blamed for the damage; but, not one of them tries to defend themselves.
Ultron wanted world domination, no humans (unless they accepted their metal bot overlords). If they hadn't destroyed Ultron, and stood on the sidelines, how many more people would have died at the hands of Ultron? Should Loki have been allowed to rule over Earth?
I just thought someone should have brought up the counter argument of how much death and collateral damage would have happened had the Avengers not shown up.
Yes, the scene where Tony finds the rest of the team in a horrible prison, was very good. His weak answer of "I didn't think it would be like this", is exactly how a lot of people think about things. Okay, let's do (whatever), stuff hits the fan, doesn't turn out well, start hearing, "I didn't think it would be like this."
Going to see it tomorrow, but remember there IS another “Avengers” movie coming in two years and this is just the setup.
WTF post of the week. You “gots” my vote, Cookie!
I thought “Age of Ultron” was awesome, and the final battle scene was one of the best ever.
Course, I thought “Guardians of the Galaxy” should have gotten an Academy Award, and I didn’t particularly like “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” So take it for what it’s worth.
Indeed, Cap could have said if collateral damage was an issue in WWII, the Allies would have lost the war.
In fairness Tony and a reluctant Banner did create Ultron.
the movie was a big hit in China last weekend.
Wonder if they figured out the message...
The general thinking is Tony is an engineer, he sees problems as an engineer sees problems, as something that can be solved with stuff. He made Ultron because they couldn’t be everywhere. Ultron tried to destroy the world and he sees the problem as superheroes get to do whatever they want (including create Ultron) with no supervision. The rather obvious answer there is supervision. Even when confronted with the question what happens if the supervisors are on the wrong side or are too slow for a developing situation he still comes up with an engineer answer: “we’ll fix the accord”.
It’s a good core concept for a story, these guys make a lot of collateral damage, and sometimes even create their own enemies, but they’re trying to do good things. So are they good or bad? All depends on what side of the falling building you’re on.
That’s a pretty standard thought in comic-land. Superheroes spawn super villains because bad guys up their game, it’s the Batman Rogues Gallery rule. Really I think it’s rooted in he history of the industry. Superheroes started fighting regular bad guys, then the writers got tired of pitting people with super powers against muggers and bank robbers, so they created super villains. But that does create the “development chart”, in all the significant superhero worlds the heroes come first on the timeline.
Of course Tony made Ultron so they really don’t have much of a defense on that front. Sure they stopped him from destroying the world, BUT if they aren’t around neither is he. Even Loki is kind of their own fault, if SHIELD (which would be basically the same thing as superheroes for most civilians) isn’t screwing around with infinity stones... They’re really not in a good spot to try to defend themselves on the PR front.
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