I was so looking forward to G3. Bought the 4k disk and boy was I disappointed. I run an RS 4100 in a 7.2.4 Atmos setup and am turned off by the aspect shifting. (They should sell the 4k discs without shifting aspect ratios.) But the video and audio presentation was very good. I loved G2 but this movie was frankly trite and to some degree boring. The personal interactions in G2 were missing. But I think at 70 I must not appreciate some of the new movies.Like Oppenheimer. My dad was on Mc Arthur's command staff planning the invasion of Japan. Since Truman didn't trust McArthur he and his staff had very limited knowledge of the bomb. After some of my dad"s clearance restriction rules ended, he told me a lot about the Manhattan program after the fact. And challenged me to read a lot about it. After doing so, I found not only some interesting problems with what was presented in the film. But I could get ok with that. I thought it was boring and as I am not a prude by any measure, I found some of the scenes really stupid. Like the one with his "friend" in the staff meeting with his wife. Bottom line-I really can't recommend either film.
This is the best so far of the Phase Four Marvel films, but that’s a low bar. I couldn't have said it better myself. I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would, but it really didn't break any new ground. It's time for Marvel to take a break and let the audience "want" to watch the next film instead of it being forced upon them.Great review Scott.
I wrote a review dfor us at: https://discuss.avscience.com/index.php?topic=3725.0 I agree here. I zsaid that it was a good movie, not an excedptional one. And it was only for Marvel Movie fans.Since, I guess, Avengers Ed]ndgame, I have not been a big fan of The Eternals, Black Widow, Black Panther, Ant Man III, Thor Locve and Thunder and Dr.Strange II. I did like Spider-Man No Way Home, but not the streaming series.You right, this is movie making by the numbers. And they often don't have real endings.
Very interesting tidbits regarding Oppenheimer. I take virtually everything out of Hollywood with a grain of salt and do my own research on "fact versus fiction." If anything, the "fiction" films make me do reading on "factual" events, so at least it's pushing me in the right direction to not be so lazy and keep learning new things
I enjoyed your earlier theatrical review, Barry, and really appreciated your recap of the original Marvel history of the characters.Wouldn't it be great if we could see some Lee and Kirby inspired Fantastic Four stories and visuals in the upcoming film? It would require a fresh start, but how fun would it be to Annihilus in the Negative Zone with today's graphics? This Man This Monster on the big screen! That's not enough of a story to fill a two hour movie but could be incorporated into a bigger story.OK, geek rant over.Scott
Scott, you are so right! And FF 51, is really my favourite FF comic!. It came in between the Galactus trilogy and the introduction of the Blac Panther! An issue with no super-villain but a story about characters. That’s lacking in their later movies.
I locked the movie at 2.40:1 with my Lumagen - no aspect ratio changes at all!
Finally had a chance to watch this tonight with my wife. We both liked it. I'd give it a " B ", and the 2nd one an A+. The first GOTG I'd probably give a B+. Great picture and sound as expected.