Rolling Marvel Cinematic Universe thread (+ a poll: Classic or Dud?)

xp are tickets on sale for that yet?

cheap tickets get you into the theater, expensive ones get you into the city

It will be cool in 10-15 years to see the Avengers holograms reboot everyone sitting in an amphitheater while costumed superheroes duke it out on the stage like flickering flames of mythology past.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/a-marathon-of-all-11-marvel-movies-to-be-screened-at-amc-and-regal-theaters/

On April 29th, the two chains will screen all 11 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in sequential order, beginning with Iron Man and finishing with Avengers: Age of Ultron. That’s 27 hours straight of live action comic book madness, though based on runtimes and the marathon’s schedule, audiences can at least expect a bathroom break between movies.

Cinemark will also join AMC and Regal in holding an Avengers double feature for the less dedicated, with The Avengers running right into Avengers: Age of Ultron. Tickets for all the viewing events at select theaters can be found at the AMC, Regal, and Cinemark websites. Here’s the schedule for AMC’s Ultimate Marvel Marathon:

6:00 p.m. - Iron Man
8:25 p.m. – The Incredible Hulk
10:35 p.m. – Iron Man 2
1:00 a.m. – Thor
3:10 a.m. – Captain America: The First Avenger
5:30 a.m. – The Avengers
8:48 a.m. – Iron Man 3
11:15 a.m. – Thor: The Dark World
1:45 p.m. – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
4:20 p.m. – Guardians of the Galaxy
7:00 p.m. – Avengers: Age of Ultron (RealD® 3D)

that looks like hell on earth

Oh, absolutely. That said, I'll be there with a pillow and a trucker's mate.

I was kinda hoping that some theater chain or another would be doing this, but I was also kinda hoping they'd approach it in a reasonable way for people who have jobs and enjoy sleep.

Well, the latter sort of takes care of itself.

If that's the way people are going to see the new film, I wonder how many people will be in a good enough mood to properly enjoy the last film. Sounds like the perfect way to spoil your appetite.

I hear that the optimal way to watch the movie is through tears of delirium.

Also reminds me of South Park in the World Of Warcraft episode. Bring your parents so you can shit into a big plate they hold out for you.

Delirium rumored villain for Avengers 3.

Fun fact: it took the James Bond series 44 years to churn out as many films as the MCU will have done in 11 (i.e. through 2019).

If that's the way people are going to see the new film, I wonder how many people will be in a good enough mood to properly enjoy the last film. Sounds like the perfect way to spoil your appetite.

I saw Star Trek 5 at the end of a marathon screening of all five movies when I was a teenager but I don't think it was exhaustion that made that movie such a bummer

I want somebody somewhere to offer up a counter-program marathon of Lav Diaz' filmography on the same day.

xp lol that is so sad to go through all that and end with V

I once watched 7 movies in a row at the local movie festival, and I can tell you that shit is hella grueling, both physically and mentally. And the last movie just happened to be a Japanese flick that the festival catalogue promised to be a thrilling actioner, but it was more like tedious psychological torture porn, I almost wanted to cry at that point.

only time I've done this was for a 24-hr filmfest thing in college where the local rep house was doing it as a special event. I sat through Raiders of the Lost Ark, Singing in the Rain, and Casablanca and I think after that I fell asleep

As loud as movie theaters are now I'd have a splitting headache halfway through the second movie.

FF teaser looks like car commercial + christopher nolan

Why do people watch movie marathons? Can't think of any way that makes any of them any better, unless they are maybe all literally parts of the same movie (like the three Lord of the Rings movies, maybe). And even then. Take a fucking break. That's why there are three movies and not one 12 hour movie. Would anyone just sit right down and read an 800 page novel without stopping?

People.... do things differently?

In high school a friend and I planned to watch every Friday the 13th movie over a weekend and review them for the teen page of the local paper. We gave up on day 2 halfway into Jason takes manhattan, but we still talk about it as a fun memory.

So my guess is, the people doing this are younger than us.

part of me loves the idea of that Marvel marathon...but the other part of me enjoys sleeping & there's no way I'd make it through all of them

but i did a mini marathon of the Cap movies & Avengers ...and I have watched all three lotr movies in one sitting

i just like to binge sometimes :D

It's popular enough that London's biggest second run cineme is doing it a lot (also sing/quotealongs).

Goddammit

in high school once some friends were doing uninterrupted-lotr, and i had a lot to do that day so could not consistently attend, but in between driving around doing whatever cool important-feeling stuff it was i had to do with another friend we stopped two or three separate times at the lotr house to check in for 20-30 minutes and say things like "holy shit how are they only at lothlorien". this isn't a story i realize but it's a halcyon memory cuz it was the perfect combination of feeling cool and watching lotr. on the other hand: later in college i would do this marathon myself, with a different set of friends, and, i think, somewhere in rohan, i think, a couple girls came over and did a bunch of coke by themselves.

I love bingewatching at festivals. But it's not really 'marathoning' when I'm taking halfhour breaks inbetween, or something.

meals tho, i mean i'd want that marathon fking catered bcz i aint eating 12 hrs worth of diarrhea hot dogs & popcorn

Fantastic 4 looks kinda rad idk

later in college i would do this marathon myself, with a different set of friends, and, i think, somewhere in rohan, i think, a couple girls came over and did a bunch of coke by themselves.

lol

Idly considering the similarities between westerns as a genre and the current superhero genre - feel like in 50 years we'll be looking back and thinking jesus christ why were so many of these made? (which is how I feel about westerns for the most part)

both draw on pulp/YA fiction origins for material and ready-made mythos, uniquely American, etc.

There aren't so many of these made, are there? At least compared to Westerns. So far there have been roughly 2 Marvel movies and 1 DC movie per year, right? Whereas in the heyday of Westerns there were like several of those coming out each month. Though of course there's a difference in that Westerns could be made fairly cheaply, but so far there hasn't exactly been a deluge of mid-budget or low-budget superhero movies. Also, it's pretty interesting that pretty much all the successful straight superhero movies have been based on Marvel and DC properties. Non-Marvel/DC superhero movies have mostly been parodies or deconstructions, like The Incredibles, Megamind, Kick-Ass, Toxic Avenger, The Mask, Chronicle, etc.

But I'm sure there are some interesting sociological theories to why these type of movies have become so popular in this era, especially considering that many of the comics they're based on are decades old... I guess you could argue that in times of recession, war on terror and other political and economic insecurities, people crave the sort of comfort straightforward hero stories can offer. Certainly some of the movies have addressed these issues directly; for example, there's that scene in the first Spider-Man movie where random New Yorkers start protecting Spidey from the Green Goblin, and The Winter Soldier of course is totally in the post-NSA, post-Wikileaks vibe, with Cap (literally) representing old-fashioned values like liberty in contrast to the shadier politics of SHIELD.

roughly 2 Marvel movies and 1 DC movie per year, right?

Depends on how you count, especially when you factor in TV. Plus it's about to get a lot more hectic.

Honestly I think the current ubiquity of the superhero movie simply has a lot to do with special effects catching up with the kind of crazy shit a comic book artist can portray.

Kick-Ass is a Marvel property fwiw.

The Winter Soldier (as you point out a dozen words later) is not a decades old story, nor a straightforward hero one.

Kick-Ass is a Marvel property fwiw.

nope, it's owned by Millar and JRjr - the sequel even premiered in Millar's own newstand magazine, not an Icon comic.

the similarities between westerns as a genre and the current superhero genre

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Has there been ONE comic-book film that will stand decades later as a 'classic' adult work of art like the best westerns of Ford, Hawks, Boetticher, Mann, Leone etc?

I daresay there's an argument to made for the Batman Returns-Dark Knight trilogy

Even if there hasn't been, that doesn't mean there are no similarities between the genres.

Sure: American Splendor, Persepolis, Ghost World, Corto Maltese, A History of Violence, Oldboy, etc.

But if you're talking about superhero movies alone, I'm not sure what point of comparing them to "classic adult" Westerns, because they're not aiming to be "adult" works in that sense. That doesn't mean the best superhero movies can't be as satisfying and successful at what they do, though. There's not just one measuring stick for good movies.

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yes Tuomas, we were talking about the Marvel-type films, which are closer to being $250 million iPhones.

have you actually seen any of the marvel movies, Morbs?

Well, you only said "comic-book film", and it's a pet peeve hate of mine that people equate "comic books" with "superhero comics", when superhero comics are a small minority among the comics produced around the world.

But I still don't get your point... Do you think action movies in general are a lesser genre? Because most recent superhero films are basically action movies with some sci-fi/fantasy dressing, and the best of them work really well as such. Judging them by the standards of some other genre makes little sense to me.

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stevie: yes

see what i did there

I don't know much about westerns but were they generally aimed at adults or did that only come in the 50s and onward?
I don't know how much kids playing cowboys vs indians has to do with movies but surely a lot of kids were seeing the older westerns?

I'm really curious why martial arts films have dried up so much. It doesn't make sense to me. I've heard that a lot of the new stuff is on Hong Kong tv that doesn't get imported. Most of the martial arts films that do get imported look like boring prestige epics (the comedy seems to have disappeared).
But regardless of the new stuff, it seemed like videogame, comic and science fiction fans watched waaaaay more martial arts films (from 70s to present) in 90s-early 00s than now. Why isn't our martial arts thread more busy?

lack of cultivation of auteur choreographers, directors, stars in the industry? but that still leads to more questions.