Kevin's Watch

finn wrote:Hashi, Hawkeye was given a subtle nod courtesy of Natasha's choker which is a small silver arrow.

I missed that despite trying to keep an eye on things like TV screens or newspaper headlines for similar Easter eggs. That is an excellent gift for him to have given--it is thoughtful and personal without having the extra baggage a ring would have caused.

Captain America 3 has already been given the green light by the studio and there is already a release date in early May 2016; that is a fast turn-around for a big-budget movie but they don't need quite as much CG as they would for an Iron Man or a Hulk. A $96M opening weekend is the kind of numbers studios like to see.

Plus they've already got the start of the story for a sequel set up: Cap and Falcon tracking down Bucky. I figure they intended to do a sequel but waited for box office to greenlight it.

Hey, anybody else ever see the Cap issue where he and Batroc take out Hyde? Great stuff. John Byrne art explains a lot.

Fist and Faith wrote:Hey, anybody else ever see the Cap issue where he and Batroc take out Hyde? Great stuff. John Byrne art explains a lot.

That's one of my favorites!

I was overjoyed to find Batroc in the film. (check out my Pinterest)

my second favorite Marvel film after the first Captain America film.

I am a comic geek and have been for the past 40 years. Julie likes a few comics, but mostly knows TV shows and movie comic book stuff.

we both enjoyed the two Caps tremendously. they tell a good story without bogging down. and the include many Easter Eggs to keep me happy.

and Julie actually enjoys seeing me get excited when I realize Batroc or Arnim Zola are about to make an entrance. and I also caught that the Widow was wearing an arrow around her neck. and Julie likes having someone who can point out those small details. (like the Human Torch and Union Jack making cameos in the first movie.)

Mockingbird would be great for the Shield tv show btw.

Finally got out to see CAWS today and was very pleased. Very entertaining film even if it weren't a superhero movie.

Saw this on Sunday, with SD and Dam-sel. None of us have seen CA:TFA yet, but found CA:TWS enjoyable. It definitely has helped with our understanding of what is happening on AoS since the mid-season episodes started.

Now, who wants to tell me about Falcon? That's a character which has piqued my interest...

Thanks!

This movie was flat out awesome. I'm amazed at the quality of modern superhero movies.

I'm Murrin wrote:"Where was Hawkeye during all this SHIELD stuff?"

they need to release that on a dvd...

They never filmed it, alas. Schedule conflict is what's speculated there.

Saw this pretty back to back with The Amazing Spiderman 2 and thought this was the way superior of the two. Spiderman seemed old and re-used, this had a good feel and the potential to go further IMO.

Spider-Man seems to want to do an origin story every few movies.

Seems a shame because I understand that there are some really strong story lines in the later comics that we never get to see. The last two 'Spidey' series have essentially been re-hashes of the same story. {The upside-down kiss with KD in a wet T-shirt will ever be my feavorite scene - ever!}.

it ties into the movie studios believing that most film goers are idiots and need to be reminded every few movies of who they are watching. I can't recall ever having a James Bond origin, and he has how many movies and how many actors playing Bond?

hated the first Spider Man film because of the awful Green Goblin costume. why go metallic when the original Goblin costume was such a thing of beauty?

sgt.null wrote:I can't recall ever having a James Bond origin, and he has how many movies and how many actors playing Bond?

This is because Bond was introduced in Fleming's first novel after having already been in the military then British Intelligence and receiving his double-0 status (two confirmed kills). The current actor, Daniel Craig, has done a good job with the reboot so far and despite many people disliking Quantum (a rebooted Spectre based loosely on the Bilderbergers) the stories have been pretty good.

There have been six actors to portray Bond on film over the decades: Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, and Craig.

I will disagree with you about the Goblin's get-up from the first Raimi Spiderman movie. The Goblin's traditional costume would have looked like a cheesy and poorly-done Halloween costume on film. Things look differently on paper than they do on film, as you know. It wasn't the costume that sold that version of the Goblin, though, but Mr. Dafoe's performance--he nailed it.

Finally got Winter Soldier on DVD and watched it again over the weekend. I had to laugh--in the rooftop scene where Falcon, Cap, and Widow are interrogating Sitwell he mentions specific targets for Insight and one of the names is Stephen Strange. Yeah, right--good luck killing him with a gun. Unenchanted weapons won't stand a chance getting through all the shields he has placed on his house on Bleecker Street (or whatever street it is; I used to know).

Put me down as a fan of Craig as Bond. The guy is flat out owning the role. I think you even have to consider whether his portrayal is the best yet, Connery included.