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Daily Discussion Thread: Sun 12 Nov 2023 (aussie.zone)

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[–] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Made a stupid decision and looked at the other sites discussions about The Marvels, and some reviews.

I saw it yesterday and honestly it was excellent. Just a really fun, wholesome time, with some great thematic meaning and really great acting. Some of the storytelling was a tad gnaff, but Mario had no plot and Avatar 2 was the same plot repeated four times for three hours. These things are okay, yet The Marvels is being torn apart for no discernible reason.

That's enough Internet for me for one day. Some days I worry about the Internet as a whole; it's so angry at everything and completely opposed to things being just...decent? Everything either has to be "the very best ever" or it's the worst thing ever and needs to die.

Back to finishing my degree I guess

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

I hate to betray my one time brethren/cousins like this, being an ex weeb, but some fandoms have taken the cultural acceptance/mainstreaming of their medium over the last 10 years as a licence to be 40 year old jerks controlling the narrative

[–] baconmash@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think some parts of the internet are just angry at any Marvel movies now. I like this one precisely because I'm just there to turn my brain off, have fun, and awwww at the kitties. Felt like Barbie but without the moralizing. It's a breath of fresh air from the THE WORLD IS ENDING marvel after Endgame because the world is not going to end any harder than half the population dead.

[–] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Hard agree. Honestly that was precisely what I went into the film for. Velhani was fucking great, the flerken were adorable (so. Many. KITTENS!) and honestly the whole cast were clearly having a great time on set. As you say, not every Marvel movie needs to be "zomg the world is ending!1!1!!!!!1"

In short, I just want to watch fun movies and have fun watching them, without then being blasted with "this is an awful film, how dare they do this to us". I didn't like Mario, but that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to exist.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I actually feel they should have stopped at Endgame because of what you say, what else is going to compare...? But then I watched Loki which was completely out of left field for me.

[–] baconmash@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

ohhh thanks for the recommendation. I'll get Disney+ later on to watch Ms Marvel. I'll watch Loki too then.