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I'm going with Joker, because it's less overhyped than Endgame, and there wasn't really anything in Joker that I had a problem with.
Joker gets too much credit for doing the type of thing the source martial has not been shy about for decades. Then you're supposed to kiss its ass extra special because it's doing the Nightcrawler,Taxi Driver, King of Comedy thing. It can't be just be seen as good. It's extra special super awesome because it's got a version of The Joker as the main character which gave it the opportunity to make a ton of money if it was good.
Good for it.
Endgame is a very good blockbuster and my favorite movie with Avengers in the title. Civil War is the best big crossover though.
I like knocking Joker down a peg so Endgame gets the vote.
Still like both films though..
It's not the film so much as the general perception of it. It's still good in my opinion.Wow. I didn't really go for Joker, but that's some harsh criticism. I have to give Phoenix credit for the performance and the weight loss - for me it's just not a take on the character that I liked.
I realise this has been done to death but I vastly preferred Nolan's approach, that we didn't need to know his backstory and he was more of a force of chaos than a person - plus, he was cruel in a less overt and flamboyant way than the comics, where the Joker does nasty stuff to people on purpose and cackles about it - in TDK he made some very cruel moves, deliberately misleading Batman, so he would save Dent, not Rachel, disguising the hostages as henchmen, so the cop snipers would kill them - but without the usual fanfare and cackling.
IMHO We don't need to know his backstory or his raison d'etre. The failed comedian thing is straight out of Killing Joke, so not original.
Anyway, I can understand why others revere the film, but it wasn't for me.
I can see why this might be someone’s perspective, but I find Shazam to be a whole lot more than just a popcorn flick. The whole foster and adoption subtext cannot be discounted. One of my sons, who has experienced abandonment and is adopted, was deeply impacted by Shazam and was brought to tears. I’d say that although it was at times a silly movie, it had a lot to say.i don't see why people always have to complain yet a pass is given to popcorn flicks like Shazam
Lol. I know. Everyone loves Civil War except for me. I’m the odd one.Dude, I must respectfully disagree on Civil War - to me possibly the best MCU film. But fortunately this forum is big enough for both of our points of view.
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I can see why this might be someone’s perspective, but I find Shazam to be a whole lot more than just a popcorn flick. The whole foster and adoption subtext cannot be discounted. One of my sons, who has experienced abandonment and is adopted, was deeply impacted by Shazam and was brought to tears. I’d say that although it was at times a silly movie, it had a lot to say.
Lol. I know. Everyone loves Civil War except for me. I’m the odd one.
I just have a thing where I get extremely irritated with movies where I perceive the characters are making a string of dumb decisions. Civil War falls in that category with the lack of communication between the characters. It was almost as bad as the dumb decisions made during Infinity War.