beanman101283 wrote:So the consensus I’m getting from this conversation is that Agatha All Along is above average for a Marvel show, but nothing particularly notable otherwise. Does that sound right?
Well, the consensus is either it's an absolutely great show or it's just middling, which is, you know, not much of a consensus.
It's also important to bear in mind who is advancing what opinion. There are people here who I wouldn't trust to tell me if the sun is shining.
For me it's mostly that Patti LuPone is so so incredibly good that everyone else seems a little cheesey or wooden by comparison.
Agatha All Along is very good and the sun is shining.
For me it's mostly that Patti LuPone is so so incredibly good that everyone else seems a little cheesey or wooden by comparison.
Mixolyde wrote:For me it's mostly that Patti LuPone is so so incredibly good that everyone else seems a little cheesey or wooden by comparison.
Love it. She's a bad-ass.
I quite enjoyed Agatha. But my favorite marvel shows have been the odd ones. Moon knight, werewolf, Wandavision and now Agatha.
I like it when they do new or different ideas
Just stick the DD into my veins!!
I didn't know WM was coming. That looks good and more of our boy T.
Agatha All Along is very good and the sun is shining.
You know what? The sun is shining and Agatha All Along is very good indeed.
Loved all of it, and, unlike so many shows, really feel like they nailed the ending. Even shows I really enjoyed like WandaVision and Hawkeye felt like they had these huge, largely pointless battles just to check the box off, but what passed for the big battle in this one was much smaller and more personal. Also really liked how they kind of ended the show, and then had a bit of a prologue/epilogue following up later.
Just finished Agatha - it was about the best of the marvel TV shows but that only puts it in "B" territory for me.
Finished Agatha and absolutely loved it. No quibbles or criticisms come to mind, I just thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it.
Thoughts: Brave New World looks pleasingly Winter Soldier-esque, but more obvious explosions rather than a tight, small spy thriller. I'm very much looking forward to that one.
Thunderbolts looks like a lot of fun, and is going to tank utterly. The number of movies and TV shows you will need to have watched to have the vaguest idea who the hell these people are . . . it just seems like the last gasp of the current phase trying to shove everything together and failing. I really like the vibe and the snarky conversations at each other, but with all the backstory plus a villain as utterly confusing as The Sentry, well, I'd be shocked if it's a success at the box office.
I finally got around to Deadpool and Wolverine last night, and damn.
I went in with low expectations, but still a bit hopeful, and I came out disappointed. It was bad enough that it's made me reconsider my (moderate) enjoyment of the first two movies.
It just tried far too hard from the first scene.
The violence was gratuitous to the point of numbness, the jokes felt like an inexperienced shock comic trying out material at an open mic. It had a bunch of interesting idea that weren't given room to breathe.
It just felt,... sweaty and desperate.
I finally got around to Deadpool and Wolverine last night, and damn.
I went in with low expectations, but still a bit hopeful, and I came out disappointed. It was bad enough that it's made me reconsider my (moderate) enjoyment of the first two movies.
It just tried far too hard from the first scene.
The violence was gratuitous to the point of numbness, the jokes felt like an inexperienced shock comic trying out material at an open mic. It had a bunch of interesting idea that weren't given room to breathe.
It just felt,... sweaty and desperate.
I mean, I like Deadpool as a character, but he's always given off that vibe.
Yeah, but the movies always kept just on the right side of too much for me, this did not.
It just felt,... sweaty and desperate.
I've come around to genuinely hating DP&W.
D&W is out on D+ finally so I watched it. It is entertaining enough, but far, far less of an actual movie than the first two. The plot is just so poorly thrown together that there didn't seem to be any actual interest in having one at all beyond needing a loose framework for them to figure out where to stick all the cameos, references, and 80/90s songs playing over violence so excessively overdone that it entered an uncanny valley. I didn't hate it, and the cameos were fun enough, but it's by far the worst of the Deadpool movies.
"Haphazard" is the word I'd use to describe it.
I feel like you all watched a different movie than I did 
I haven't seen the first two in years though, so I'm mostly comparing it to my ill-defined positive memories, and had a good time throughout.
Me too. It was the third best Deadpool film by miles, but I still had a pretty good time. Jokes which don't land have negative humour value for the viewer though.
I still enjoyed it and laughed a lot, it just wasn't a good movie. One of the reviews I looked up afterwards called it the longest episode of Family Guy they'd ever seen and I can't think of a more accurate description.
Honestly the plot is just a vehicle for the humor and action scenes. It is disposable.
Deadpool 4 will involve Deadpool re-assembling the original roster of the Avengers but instead he abducts the actors who played them.
Deadpool 4 will involve Deadpool re-assembling the original roster of the Avengers but instead he abducts the actors who played them.
And ends up getting them flayed.
I still enjoyed it and laughed a lot, it just wasn't a good movie.
I expected to leave with this feeling and it missed that low mark for me. I laughed maybe 5 times max.
And I'm honestly glad other people enjoyed it for what it was.
The Chris Evans section was a lot of fun though.
Deadpool 4 will involve Deadpool re-assembling the original roster of the Avengers but instead he abducts the actors who played them.
When I watched, there was a lot of cringe I did not laugh at BUT I really enjoyed how they put all that other stuff into a fun story.
I think I need to rewatch 2, because in my hazy memory, this one is at least a little better than that. Gave me pretty much everything I was expecting with an even better soundtrack (f*ck yeah, Eric Carmen, make me lose control!)
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