This sounds very similar to your review of Suicide Squad, which you felt was amazing but then just kept going. It’s probably telling for you that the part you are saying is “40 minutes” is actually probably only like 10-15 minutes.
I didn’t have this issue with the ending but I’m really happy to see my favorite runtime grumpus is back to writing great reviews! Agree that the organic space station was the most inspired part.
“ but there were definitely a few times I wondered whether this would’ve been too intense for him”
The duality of child is that as a kid i loved toys of the “xenomorphs” from the Alien movies, but even watching the edited Sci-Fi channel versions scared me to death
The novelty of these movies are long gone. What felt kinda tight in the beginning has expanded to what feels unmanageable. There were some really decent moments, but there was a lot of fluff that felt like it served the MCU instead of the actual story.
Now that we have a comment section again, I keep wanting to say “great work, Lance”. I can’t remember the origin of that or if it’s just from some fever dream I had years ago. Regardless, great work Lance.
GotG2 was like this in the ending, too. It had the extended Ravager salute funeral where Stallone and all those guys show up. It could have been 15-20 min shorter easy after killing Kurt Russell but they kept saying goodbye to Michael Rooker
"Where Endgame had an overlong ending sequence with all the actors signing their names on the screen (a deliberate attempt to blur the lines between moviegoing and souveniring?)"
Weird observation. Since it was closest thing there was to a curtain call and bid farewell, that was tastefully done. I loved it.
In contrast much of 'art' is tacky souveniring. After all what can you say about anyone who BUYS a work of art, because they need not only to look at it - but POSSESS it (????)
I didn't think the ending here was as egregious as Suicide Squad's - everything after "it's a freakin' kaiju!!" sort of un-did what was so good about the rest of that movie - but it did feel a lot like if the insanely long Tony Stark funeral scene was upbeat.
Most of the jokes not landing w/ my 10:30p Thursday night screening seemed like the bigger whiff, I was shocked the piggies weren't hooting and hollering more.
This sounds very similar to your review of Suicide Squad, which you felt was amazing but then just kept going. It’s probably telling for you that the part you are saying is “40 minutes” is actually probably only like 10-15 minutes.
I didn’t have this issue with the ending but I’m really happy to see my favorite runtime grumpus is back to writing great reviews! Agree that the organic space station was the most inspired part.
“ but there were definitely a few times I wondered whether this would’ve been too intense for him”
The duality of child is that as a kid i loved toys of the “xenomorphs” from the Alien movies, but even watching the edited Sci-Fi channel versions scared me to death
So it's good? Sort of? Dammit Mancini, tell me how to feel! I'm getting solid B+ vibes here.
The novelty of these movies are long gone. What felt kinda tight in the beginning has expanded to what feels unmanageable. There were some really decent moments, but there was a lot of fluff that felt like it served the MCU instead of the actual story.
Now that we have a comment section again, I keep wanting to say “great work, Lance”. I can’t remember the origin of that or if it’s just from some fever dream I had years ago. Regardless, great work Lance.
This one also had a few misses on the needle drops. Some felt out of place or forced.
God bless him for letting me hear Spacehog on an IMAX sound system though. (That song was in the trailer so I feel okay saying it).
I really dug the movie, except for when people were clapping like seals whenever something uplifting happened. But this review is all correct.
GotG2 was like this in the ending, too. It had the extended Ravager salute funeral where Stallone and all those guys show up. It could have been 15-20 min shorter easy after killing Kurt Russell but they kept saying goodbye to Michael Rooker
Chukwudi Iwuji was having a ball out there.
Everything post Endgame has been trash.
"Where Endgame had an overlong ending sequence with all the actors signing their names on the screen (a deliberate attempt to blur the lines between moviegoing and souveniring?)"
Weird observation. Since it was closest thing there was to a curtain call and bid farewell, that was tastefully done. I loved it.
In contrast much of 'art' is tacky souveniring. After all what can you say about anyone who BUYS a work of art, because they need not only to look at it - but POSSESS it (????)
I didn't think the ending here was as egregious as Suicide Squad's - everything after "it's a freakin' kaiju!!" sort of un-did what was so good about the rest of that movie - but it did feel a lot like if the insanely long Tony Stark funeral scene was upbeat.
Most of the jokes not landing w/ my 10:30p Thursday night screening seemed like the bigger whiff, I was shocked the piggies weren't hooting and hollering more.