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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Nov 17, 2018 21:26:39 GMT
They’ve completely eliminated and/or toned down the use of strobing for the Blu-Ray release. Without so much as giving us an option to decide which version we prefer to watch. Shame, as I thought it gave the film an added edge. It’s loss was really felt for me in Elastigirl’s cage match with Screenslaver, my favorite set-piece in the film.
Dont get me wrong, I’m glad that people who couldn’t watch the film before finally have that chance, but it’s kinda piss that they’re just going to pretend it didn’t happen. No one would begrudge Disney for offering us that choice.
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Post by Martin Stett on May 18, 2019 3:06:33 GMT
It was... fine. Perfectly fine. 1. I have to open with the complaint that splitting the A-plot (Elastigirl vs. Screenslaver) and B-plot (Bob vs. the Kids) didn't do the movie any favors. Both plots are actually pretty decent, but they have no thematic or narrative link to each other, and although I enjoyed each of them, it always brought the other plot to a standstill. 2. Let's cover that A-plot for a moment. I think that Screenslaver is a great idea, but he needs WAY more development. The movie is too intent on keeping his motivations secret and scary (unfortunately failing at that), and not enough time actually delving into his mind. And that's sad, as he's a very interesting character, and I loved loved loved the interaction between him and Elastigirl every time they spoke. It's frustrating that the most interesting character (on paper) gets shafted for... the B plot. 3. And I kinda like the B plot. The Jack Jack stuff was mostly fun. It didn't make me laugh, but I smiled a lot. The Violet stuff was... uuuugh. It reverses her character development from the first film, and by LITERALLY ERASING TONY'S MEMORY they're even repeating the same damn arc. Would have been a lot better if Tony and Violent actually began dating and her parents had to learn how to deal with that. 4. Speaking of which, Bob and Helen's role as parents was much more strongly felt in the first film. And as spouses. Here, the plot-splitting makes it impossible for them to develop as people; Bob is limited to "Mom" duty, and Helen is limited to "Dad" duty, and the movie thinks that this is commentary enough. But the arguments and interactions between the two, the things that made it special, are missing. The movie thinks that showing Bob learning his job and receiving validation from his daughter in a very forced scene is development enough, and it isn't. Not quite. 5. Not to say I dislike the movie or anything! The fight scenes are cool! The family scenes are fun! It succeeds on a surface level of being entertaining enough to kill a couple of hours! 6. Stray thoughts: I agree with Tommen that the actors (especially Craig T. Nelson) sound so old now. The movie can't get much energy going when just listening to Bob is an enervating experience. And I agree with Stephen that the other heroes are underused (Void's powers are awesome and she needs a supercar run by GlaDos is all I'm saying) when they could have made the fight scenes even cooler and more impressive.
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