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[IrishJedi]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

To its credit, Avengers did have some of the best post-converted 3D we've seen yet. I don't like the gimmick at all, but they actually did a good job with this one. Some of it even looked native.

And I suppose it's no surprise that I say no way is TDKR in the top 3 superhero films of all time. It's probably #3 within its own trilogy.

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

To its credit, Avengers did have some of the best post-converted 3D we've seen yet. I don't like the gimmick at all, but they actually did a good job with this one. Some of it even looked native.

And I suppose it's no surprise that I say no way is TDKR in the top 3 superhero films of all time. It's probably #3 within its own trilogy.

Yeah, I had to double check when I got home from seeing it the first time.

I agree. For ME I can't put TDKR in the top 3 when it doesn't even make #1 in its own series. Honestly, I wouldn't put any of the Nolan Batman films in my top 5 and only TDK would make my top 10.

 

[IrishJedi]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

I'd probably put Batman Begins and/or TDK in my Top 5. The Nolan films are solid (aside from the slight step down with TDKR) but they really don't embrace the genre enough. They only feel "superheroish" in fleeting moments. Overall, they're probably more at home in the Crime Drama genre. Which is fine, but just not the same as pure comic book super hero flicks.

 

[Buttmunch]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

I thought the 3D was meh at best. It didn't do anything for me frankly. I prefered the 2 2D showings I saw to the 1 3D showing. But TDKR is far better in IMAX than it is in standard. A lot of those cityscape shots are just beautiful on a ginormous screen. I'd love to see them use Imax cameras for Avengers 2 but I doubt they will since the reason they didn't use them in Iron Man 2 was because they felt the CGI wasn't good enough for such a Hi Res.

 

[IrishJedi]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Yeah, extremeley difficult to render a lot of cgi in such high resolution.

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

I'd probably put Batman Begins and/or TDK in my Top 5. The Nolan films are solid (aside from the slight step down with TDKR) but they really don't embrace the genre enough. They only feel "superheroish" in fleeting moments. Overall, they're probably more at home in the Crime Drama genre. Which is fine, but just not the same as pure comic book super hero flicks.

I agree the TDK is the class of the group and a film I do enjoy watching everytime. The job ledger did with the joker was until Hiddelston/Loki the best comic book villain I'd seen.

 

[thenammagazine]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Much better than mediocre

Avengers I agree with TDKR not even close. IMO not even the best of its own trilogy.

To its credit, Avengers did have some of the best post-converted 3D we've seen yet. I don't like the gimmick at all, but they actually did a good job with this one. Some of it even looked native.

And I suppose it's no surprise that I say no way is TDKR in the top 3 superhero films of all time. It's probably #3 within its own trilogy.

I'd replace TDKR with BB. But it's too late for BB's chance at the Academy.

 

[Khev]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

I thought the 3D was meh at best. It didn't do anything for me frankly. I prefered the 2 2D showings I saw to the 1 3D showing.

Thanks, that actually does make me feel quite a bit better.

I won't discuss TDKR any further in this thread though I do think if one superhero movie is going to get a token best picture nod it absolutely will be TDKR over The Avengers. Regardless of which is "better" Avengers is absolutely the movie that I am going to watch over and over and over and over....and then over again.

 

[hunnipot85]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

I thought the 3D was meh at best. It didn't do anything for me frankly. I prefered the 2 2D showings I saw to the 1 3D showing. But TDKR is far better in IMAX than it is in standard. A lot of those cityscape shots are just beautiful on a ginormous screen. I'd love to see them use Imax cameras for Avengers 2 but I doubt they will since the reason they didn't use them in Iron Man 2 was because they felt the CGI wasn't good enough for such a Hi Res.

I agree. The 3D never adds anything to a film not shot in 3D. (except a headache and annoyance from wearing those glasses)

 

[IrishJedi]

Oh, I'm not saying the 3D added anything to The Avengers (it didn't)... Just that the post-conversion was much better done than most, certainly better than the 3D in any of the other Marvel films. Hell, I thought it was better than the much-lauded Phantom Menace 3D.

 

[wofford29]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Hiddelston/Loki the best comic book villain

Wait...huh? Of all the comic films out there he's the best you've seen?

 

[The Josh]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Oh, I'm not saying the 3D added anything to The Avengers (it didn't)... Just that the post-conversion was much better done than most, certainly better than the 3D in any of the other Marvel films. Hell, I thought it was better than the much-lauded Phantom Menace 3D.

Yeah, I thought that was really barely noticeable.

Wait...huh? Of all the comic films out there he's the best you've seen?

I think between how he was in Thor and The Avengers he's at the top of my PERSONAL list.

 

[Khev]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Hell, I thought it was better than the much-lauded Phantom Menace 3D.

Um, did anyone actually *laud* the 3D in TPM? I thought it was pretty much universally regarded as virtually non-existent.

The new Raiders IMAX release is pretty much trumping the TPM re-release in every conceivable way, right down to the new poster art.

 

[Buttmunch]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Oh, I'm not saying the 3D added anything to The Avengers (it didn't)... Just that the post-conversion was much better done than most, certainly better than the 3D in any of the other Marvel films. Hell, I thought it was better than the much-lauded Phantom Menace 3D.

If it doesn't add anything to the film, then why do it and why should anymoe pay more to see it that way? I think all the 3D (and its Imax for that matter) did was add to the Avengers' box office haul. And that is why they'll continue to do it I'm afraid.

Yeah, Phantom Menace wasn't great, but it was nice to see a Star Wars film on the big screen again. Plus is was nice to see the updated Yoda. I'd see the rest of them this way just to see them again in theaters. And I'll definatley be seeing Indy, but I don't think Imax will add much to it, but I'll be glad to be wrong.

 

[IrishJedi]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Um, did anyone actually *laud* the 3D in TPM? I thought it was pretty much universally regarded as virtually non-existent.

Well, let's just say that Fox/Lucasfilm/ILM spent a lot more time & money converting TPM to 3D than Marvel did on The Avengers, but from the results you'd think it was the other way around.

 

[IrishJedi]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Yeah, Phantom Menace wasn't great, but it was nice to see a Star Wars film on the big screen again. Plus is was nice to see the updated Yoda. I'd see the rest of them this way just to see them again in theaters. And I'll definatley be seeing Indy, but I don't think Imax will add much to it, but I'll be glad to be wrong.

I think IMAX will definitely add to the RAIDERS experience with the additional sound fidelity alone. The sound effects in that film are insane. If you haven't seen it on a huge screen with good sound then you haven't really seen it.

 

[Buttmunch]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

I think IMAX will definitely add to the RAIDERS experience with the additional sound fidelity alone. The sound effects in that film are insane. If you haven't seen it on a huge screen with good sound then you haven't really seen it.

Then I definatley haven't seen it then I hope to correct that soon though. But normally I'm not a fan of films being presented in a format they aren't shot in (ie Imax or 3D). I just feel like if they want to sell higher priced tickets for those formats then they need to go to the extra effort and shoot them that way to begin with. I hadn't seen a film in Imax since TDK. 4 years! Sheesh. And I've got like 4-5 Imaxs within 20 miles of me! Utah is really a film paradise in that regard but oddly gets snubbed by everyone as far as advanced screenings and other goodies like that, yet we constantly are the theaters setting the records for opening weekends At least we still have reserved seats and most other places in the country are so last-century making you line up for seats hours beforehand

 

[jye4ever]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

Stark falling from his high rise in 3D was awesome, as was most of the NYC battle, for a conversion, impressive.

Buying the 3D version for home.

Avatar was shot in 3 D and it looked great!

I'll never watch that crap again.

 

[CelticPredator]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)



So true. But didn't care for the 3D. It had it's moments, but otherwise it looked off.

 

[Viking Spawn]

Re: The Avengers 2 (May 1st, 2015)

For its genre, Avengers was better than just mediocre. It's certainly one of the best superhero movies yet.