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I've found that people's comfort zones widely vary. I have deeply devout friends who will happily sit through Braveheart's graphic violence and nudity, but won't go near Harry Potter (and vice-versa).
Craig Armstrong, although it's essentially interchangable with any other Marvel score, sad to say.
I wish I could add to the discussion -- but the truth is I fell asleep watching that movie!AndyDursin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:34 pm Saw IRON MAN 2 with Lukas AND Paul -- I think we all thought it sucked (and Paul didn't see the first one so that didn't help!).
Plus, it was coming on the heels of the much-despised Ang Lee film, which while "interesting" was probably the last time any studio will allow an "auteur" free reign on such a big superhero project. It's telling that Incredible Hulk was filmed by sturdy but unremarkable action director Louis Leterrier, who has made some rock-solid action flicks but has no real thematic obsessions or recurring visual style. The only one of the early Marvel movies that really had a filmmaker with an established style was Kenneth Branagh on the first Thor, and that was mainly tilting the camera at a forty-five degree angle on every third shot.AndyDursin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:34 pm Not sure why but INCREDIBLE HULK only did "OK" and probably it was because they were just establishing the "connected universe" thing, which of course now is financially boosting every Marvel release while simultaneously handcuffing them creatively so they are all pretty much competent, yet unremarkable, formula assembly-line deals. If they release it now -- pepper it with supporting heroes and tie it in so it's mostly another AVENGERS sequel instead of a standalone Hulk film (like CIVIL WAR) -- it'd probably make two or three times as much.
Aside from Scarlett's ass packed into skintight leather, you didn't miss anything of any merit. It's a total drag. I vastly prefer the third movie which, for some reason, Marvel fans DESPISE to almsot the same baffling level as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 (which is certainly flawed but at least is suffused with Raimi's prankish comic touches and has many legitimately great sequences amidst the megabudget bloat). In fact, I retract my earlier statement and will say that Shane Black was allowed fairly free reign on Iron Man 3 to fill it with his usual fetishes (Christmas setting, smart-assed kid sidekick). But that was probably all due to Robert Downey Jr.'s clout.Paul MacLean wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:53 pm I wish I could add to the discussion -- but the truth is I fell asleep watching that movie!