The Amazing Spider-Man

[YellerDog]

Definition of PEDANTIC

1
: of, relating to, or being a pedant(see pedant)

2
: narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned

3
: unimaginative, pedestrian

[Dolemite]

omg people like stuff and I'm gonna bitch about it like the whiny bitch I am

[MechDeus]

I don't think anyone's talking about likes or dislikes, just quality and length of needed narrative.

[Dolemite]

Who's to say what length the narrative needs to be? Did The Hobbit need to be split into three movies? Did we need three Iron Man flicks? Do we need after credit sequences? Maybe, maybe not, but all of these movies and their narrative elements, excessive or not, create a cohesive universe amongst their characters and events that many comic book fans dig.

These movies make shitloads of cash, so obviously people enjoy them. I'm not saying box office is always an indicator or overall quality, but the arguement against some of the Marvel movies "not being needed" to enjoy other ones is stupid. There are many, many people who do like them, so who cares if Marvel makes one film or a million? Ignore them if they twist your panties so hard.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

It's ok Mech, after all:

Dumb's gonna dumb.

And to address Dole's questions:
1)People who have seen the movies are to say.
2)No
3)No
4)No

And nobody is saying people don't enjoy them, only that they aren't very good. Lots of popular shit isn't good. It's ok.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Here's Dole's list of Top 50 Movies Ever.

Rank Title Worldwide gross Year Ref
1 Avatar $2,782,275,172 2009 [# 1]
2 Titanic $2,186,772,302 1997 [# 2]
3 Marvel's The Avengers $1,511,757,910 2012 [# 3]
4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,341,511,219 2011 [# 4]
5 Iron Man 3 $1,215,439,994 2013 [# 5]
6 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,746,996 2011 [# 6]
7 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $1,119,929,521 2003 [# 7]
8 Skyfall $1,108,561,013 2012 [# 8]
9 The Dark Knight Rises $1,084,439,099 2012 [# 9]
10 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,725 2006 [# 10]
11 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 2010 [# 11]
12 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,043,871,802 2011 [# 12]
13 Jurassic Park $1,029,153,882 1993 [# 13]
14 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace $1,027,044,677 1999 [# 14]
15 Alice in Wonderland $1,024,299,904 2010 [# 15]
16 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $1,017,003,568 2012 [# 16]
17 The Dark Knight $1,004,558,444 2008 [# 17]
18 The Lion King $987,483,777 1994 [# 18]
19 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone $974,755,371 2001 [# 19]
20 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End $963,420,425 2007 [# 20]
21 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $960,283,305 2010 [# 21]
22 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $939,885,929 2007 [# 22]
23 Finding Nemo $936,743,261 2003 [# 23]
24 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $934,416,487 2009 [# 24]
25 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $926,047,111 2002 [# 25]
26 Shrek 2 $919,838,758 2004 [# 26]
27 Despicable Me 2 film currently playing $918,317,803 2013 [# 27]
28 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $896,911,078 2005 [# 28]
29 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626 2007 [# 29]
30 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $886,686,817 2009 [# 30]
31 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $878,979,634 2002 [# 31]
32 Ice Age: Continental Drift $877,244,782 2012 [# 32]
33 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $871,530,324 2001 [# 33]
34 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith $848,754,768 2005 [# 34]
35 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $836,303,693 2009 [# 35]
36 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 $829,685,377 2012 [# 36]
37 Inception $825,532,764 2010 [# 37]
38 Spider-Man $821,708,551 2002 [# 38]
39 Independence Day $817,400,891 1996 [# 39]
40 Shrek the Third $798,958,162 2007 [# 40]
41 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban $796,688,549 2004 [# 41]
42 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial $792,910,554 1982 [# 42]
43 Fast & Furious 6 $788,679,850 2013 [# 43]
44 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull $786,636,033 2008 [# 44]
45 Spider-Man 2 $783,766,341 2004 [# 45]
46 Star Wars $775,398,007 1977 [# 46]
47 2012 $769,679,473 2009 [# 47]
48 The Da Vinci Code $758,239,851 2006 [# 48]
49 Shrek Forever After $752,600,867 2010 [# 49]
50 The Amazing Spider-Man $752,216,557 2012 [# 50]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...grossing_films

[Dolemite]

Some of those are good, yeah. But maybe you missed this:

I'm not saying box office is always an indicator or overall quality

But, like a wise man once said:

Dumb's gonna dumb.

BTW, did I hurt your feelings in the other thread with that quote you saw fit to import here hours later? Aww.

Ok, I'm waiting. Try and "own" me again. Make your night.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

It would be try "to" own you again.
But it's not like you're a professional writer, so no biggie.

And I did miss that part. Was it part of your edit?

[MechDeus]

Who's to say what length the narrative needs to be? Did The Hobbit need to be split into three movies? Did we need three Iron Man flicks? Do we need after credit sequences? Maybe, maybe not, but all of these movies and their narrative elements, excessive or not, create a cohesive universe amongst their characters and events that many comic book fans dig.

These movies make shitloads of cash, so obviously people enjoy them. I'm not saying box office is always an indicator or overall quality, but the arguement against some of the Marvel movies "not being needed" to enjoy other ones is stupid. There are many, many people who do like them, so who cares if Marvel makes one film or a million? Ignore them if they twist your panties so hard.

So because someone likes something no one should criticize it? Isn't critiquing movies what you do or did for a living? Why does this particular facet twist your panties so hard that you felt the need to suddenly stand up for it?

[Diff-chan]

Without Thor 1, Loki in Avengers is just a moustache-twizzling evil-for-its-own-sake Saturday morning cartoon villain. The context we get from a whole movie focused on him, his brother, their father and the relationships between them elevates him from that, to the best movie villain since Darth Vader.

and yet, Darth Vader was somehow the best movie villain without the Darth Vader setup movie.

In fact, we got the Darth Vader setup movie later and it, if anything, made everything worse.