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marcicat*In my opinion, the least fun Marvel movie I have ever watched. It's SO lacking in fun that I may actually watch the second half, like a sort of curiosity factor. It can't ALL be unpleasant, right? (It's TWO HOURS and FORTY MINUTES long! It has to be some sort of statistical improbability for me to dislike all of it!)
*Okay, so I have TWO main issues with the movie. The first is plot-related, in the sense that I don't like it. I don't feel the MCU has made very interesting choices about integrating comic-book-type people and situations into the world. Virtually none of the aspects of the plot I've seen so far make any sense.
*My second issue is presentation-related, in the sense that I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN IT'S SO DARK ALL THE TIME and also I CAN'T HEAR THE DIALOGUE BECAUSE IT'S SO QUIET. I assume the CGI and graphics are impressive, but I don't know for sure because I can't see them. Is it a whale? A submarine? A dark blob? I CAN'T TELL!!! It felt like I spent the whole time squinting at the screen.
(There was a PARTICULARLY unlit scene in which I was taken completely by surprise when the subtitles told me elephants were trumpeting. I COULDN'T SEE ANY ELEPHANTS! The characters were looking in alarm at SOMETHING and I was like 'there's nothing there! just a dark screen!')
(The subtitles are somewhat the star of the movie, actually, because they describe the emotional tone of the music in each scene. ~suspenseful music playing~ or ~uplifting music playing~ or ~eerie music playing~ It's fascinating to me that the movie appears to depend on these subtitles to do 100% of the emotional labor.)
*In conclusion: there are hints of a much more interesting and well-lit movie hiding in this movie! Enough to maybe motivate me to watch the second half.
*Okay, so I have TWO main issues with the movie. The first is plot-related, in the sense that I don't like it. I don't feel the MCU has made very interesting choices about integrating comic-book-type people and situations into the world. Virtually none of the aspects of the plot I've seen so far make any sense.
*My second issue is presentation-related, in the sense that I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN IT'S SO DARK ALL THE TIME and also I CAN'T HEAR THE DIALOGUE BECAUSE IT'S SO QUIET. I assume the CGI and graphics are impressive, but I don't know for sure because I can't see them. Is it a whale? A submarine? A dark blob? I CAN'T TELL!!! It felt like I spent the whole time squinting at the screen.
(There was a PARTICULARLY unlit scene in which I was taken completely by surprise when the subtitles told me elephants were trumpeting. I COULDN'T SEE ANY ELEPHANTS! The characters were looking in alarm at SOMETHING and I was like 'there's nothing there! just a dark screen!')
(The subtitles are somewhat the star of the movie, actually, because they describe the emotional tone of the music in each scene. ~suspenseful music playing~ or ~uplifting music playing~ or ~eerie music playing~ It's fascinating to me that the movie appears to depend on these subtitles to do 100% of the emotional labor.)
*In conclusion: there are hints of a much more interesting and well-lit movie hiding in this movie! Enough to maybe motivate me to watch the second half.
