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Saw the newest installment this afternoon. A bit long, but very well done in my book. Really enjoyed all the humor about 3/4 into the movie. Seamlessly integrated a lot of the characters including Ant-Man, Spiderman and Black Panther. MUCH better than Superman vs. Batman. Grade: Solid A.
 
I liked both of them DC tends to be darker... No doubt. I look at them as different universes so I don't mind the lack of humor/camp with Bats and Man of Steel....with Civil War I loved the detail stuff that was now added which was present in the 70s comic versions like Redwing ( originally a live falcon) and Black Widow using the wrist weapons...Widow has incredible fight scenes ... Spider-Man was great captured the youth element was funny as hell, really looking forward to "Homecoming" next year... Parker's meeting with Stark was hilarious ...Black Panther was also great and as mentioned, well integrated and true to the original I thought.

I watched like 1/2 the theatre empty at the start of credits... The other half including myself knew no Marvel movie ends there and hung around for the teaser...
 
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Ok for my 9 year old son or should I wait for blue ray to self edit?

I don't think there's anything objectionable for a 9 year old except a few (like two or three max) instances of profanity. Spider-Man and Iron Man both say the s-word at different points in the movie but that's it.

I really only had three issues with the movie: first, to keep it from being a bloated 3 hour mess they dealt with Black Panther, Spider-Man, Ant-Man etc. joining Team Stark or Team Cap very quickly. I wish they'd given more time to introducing the new characters but they didn't do a bad job of it.

Second, there is zero reason for Hawkeye to be in this movie. Jeremy Renner mailed in his performance so hard.

Third, some of the quips, one-liners etc. fell flat to my ears, or they were delivered in too rapid a succession. I could have done with a little bit less wit being tossed back and forth during the big fight at the airport. All the jokes being made, the "are we still friends?" "Depends on how hard you hit me" etc. That drained the tension some, made it obvious that they weren't truly trying to take each other out. I think they realized it because then they had one of the superheroes get seriously injured at the end of the fight, bringing back the gravity. Of course by the end of the movie he's okay.

Not as good as the Winter Soldier but better than any other MCU movie, better than both Avengers, all 3 Iron Men movies, both Thors, etc. Loved the portrayals of Spider-Man and Ant-Man and the dialogue written for them in particular.
 
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Saw the newest installment this afternoon. A bit long, but very well done in my book. Really enjoyed all the humor about 3/4 into the movie. Seamlessly integrated a lot of the characters including Ant-Man, Spiderman and Black Panther. MUCH better than Superman vs. Batman. Grade: Solid A.
Just to let you know my board name has nothing to do with that character.It probably didn't even cross your mind but I thought I'd make it known none the less...
 
I so much see the relevance to football in this post, as well as its mature/adult subject matter.
 
Just to let you know my board name has nothing to do with that character.It probably didn't even cross your mind but I thought I'd make it known none the less...
Well - he is one cool dude. Love the character.
 
I don't think there's anything objectionable for a 9 year old except a few (like two or three max) instances of profanity. Spider-Man and Iron Man both say the s-word at different points in the movie but that's it.

I really only had three issues with the movie: first, to keep it from being a bloated 3 hour mess they dealt with Black Panther, Spider-Man, Ant-Man etc. joining Team Stark or Team Cap very quickly. I wish they'd given more time to introducing the new characters but they didn't do a bad job of it.

Second, there is zero reason for Hawkeye to be in this movie. Jeremy Renner mailed in his performance so hard.

Third, some of the quips, one-liners etc. fell flat to my ears, or they were delivered in too rapid a succession. I could have done with a little bit less wit being tossed back and forth during the big fight at the airport. All the jokes being made, the "are we still friends?" "Depends on how hard you hit me" etc. That drained the tension some, made it obvious that they weren't truly trying to take each other out. I think they realized it because then they had one of the superheroes get seriously injured at the end of the fight, bringing back the gravity. Of course by the end of the movie he's okay.

Not as good as the Winter Soldier but better than any other MCU movie, better than both Avengers, all 3 Iron Men movies, both Thors, etc. Loved the portrayals of Spider-Man and Ant-Man and the dialogue written for them in particular.
I kind of liked the humor (the VW bug was a nice touch) and I thought they were able to delicately walk the line of truly battling each other without becoming mortal enemies, which in a 2.5 hour movie is a subtle and hard thing to achieve. I especially liked the humor with Spiderman and also look forward to the new reboot. It appears like they have made a fabulous recast of Peter Parker. I may give it some thought in the next few days and rate all the Marvel movies from my perspective.
 
Ok for my 9 year old son or should I wait for blue ray to self edit?
I can't think of anything that would be inappropriate. I think he'd love the Spiderman character too. Lot of younger kids in our sold out showing yesterday (especially the one who kept kicking the back of my chair :rolleyes:).
 
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Saw the newest installment this afternoon. A bit long, but very well done in my book. Really enjoyed all the humor about 3/4 into the movie. Seamlessly integrated a lot of the characters including Ant-Man, Spiderman and Black Panther. MUCH better than Superman vs. Batman. Grade: Solid A.


Steve Rodgers pleased.:cool:
 
The one line that I thought fell flat was the Mark Furhman one..? I was like.. What?
 
The one line that I thought fell flat was the Mark Furhman one..? I was like.. What?
Agreed - my husband and I just turned to each like "Did you hear that???". Such a random and OLD reference.
 
Agreed - my husband and I just turned to each like "Did you hear that???". Such a random and OLD reference.
Agreed - my husband and I just turned to each like "Did you hear that???". Such a random and OLD reference.
Right....and while I think Furhman is a racist etc who basically gift wrapped OJs get out of jail free card it's a shame to use it as some goofy streetwise joke cause it implies Simpson got set up ... Which I completely never ever bought.
 
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