23 hours ago, bearpants said:

Thanks for the info... sounds like just watching them in order 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 is the best way to go about it...

Actually, I would recommend the "Machete Mash-up".

Watch in this order:

IV: A New Hope

V: Empire Strikes Back

II: Attack of the clones

III: Revenge of the Sith

VI: Return of The Jedi

 

Skip I: The Phantom Menace all together.

 

It helps preserve the surprise factor in many instances and sets up nicely Luke's struggle. Huge bonus... Jar Jar Binks gets less than a dozen lines.

 

Interesting tidbit to make II much less painful to watch: There is a rumour that Obi Wan and Padme might have had some fling early on, or something but are downplaying it. 

 

 

Edit: But really, you don't even need to bother with I, II or II. Its more there for back story more than anything really. 

 

As long as you watch IV, V and VI- that's integral.

Edited January 12, 20169 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

I guess ol ben kenobi coulda hit up padme while anakin was still a little kid. She never looks like she ages and portman/McGregor are probably more compatible in phantom menace age wise.  Padmes lack of aging with the story timeline always bothered me a little

17 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

I guess ol ben kenobi coulda hit up padme while anakin was still a little kid. She never looks like she ages and portman/McGregor are probably more compatible in phantom menace age wise.  Padmes lack of aging with the story timeline always bothered me a little

Well Portman ages nicely so there is that. She was as tall as she was gonna get in SW1 despite being what 16 character wise?

 

Just looking at the upcoming movies for 2016 should be a good year, star wars rogue one, xmen apocalypse,  batman v superman, captain ameria civil war, deadpool, ghostbusters, suicide squad, assassins creed, doctor strange, 

 

Does anyone know anything about this gods of egypt? 

 

 

Also wonder when rogue one starts getting hyped, I guess with ep 7 still a month in they wanna pump those tires long and hard

Edited January 13, 20169 yr by Taynted_Fayth

actually nvm about gods of egypt, found this

 

 

 

 

 

wasnt a fan really of either captain america movies, but this one could be decent

Edited January 13, 20169 yr by Taynted_Fayth

Excellent year for movies, agreed.

I don't think they're hyping Rogue one yet because it only comes out in December.  Probably won't see a trailer for it until Civil War.

9 hours ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

 

 

wasnt a fan really of either captain america movies, but this one could be decent

????  They're the two best Marvel movies!!!

31 minutes ago, Noeller said:

????  They're the two best Marvel movies!!!

Well Winter Soldier is the best Marvel movie, the first Captain America while good isn't 2nd best. 

Civil War though has the potential to be right up there though. Big fan of everything about Winter Soldier and the fact that it's the same directors I have high hopes for that movie. 

9 hours ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

actually nvm about gods of egypt, found this

 

 

 

With Jaime Lannister in a big role it's gotta be good right? And Gerard Butler with the thich Scottish accent coming through, the only way this movie isn't worth a watch is if they take themselves seriously.

the first Cap 'Murica is just about tied with first Avengers for 2nd best Marvel movie......for me......

10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

the first Cap 'Murica is just about tied with first Avengers for 2nd best Marvel movie......for me......

I don't believe the first Avengers is 2nd best either.... I got the first Iron Man right up there though....

Well, the first Iron Man isn't even the best Iron Man................................

Well Iron Man 2 gets a bad rap but it's not nearly as good as the original.............

I dunno, I've always been told the Iron Man movies get better as they go.....

4 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I dunno, I've always been told the Iron Man movies get better as they go.....

Not true.  The last one was horrendous.

Some dude on youtube did a "non cheese" version of the Star Wars prequels.  Actually not bad.  Removes nearly all the crappy romance and Jar Jar stuff.  Definitely easier to watch.

Edited January 13, 20169 yr by BrandonBlue&Gold

even though its getting old and watched a million times over, i still think spider man 2 was the best marvel movie, but growing up a huge marvel comics fan i have a lot of bias.  Spider man was my fav, and sharing the same name as captain america i was often called cap and i guess i expected big things with the movies, and Evans formerly the human torch kinda started it off on a wtf foot for me. I was also a Xmen fan more then the avengers, im glad they righted the xmen boat after terrible movies like 1, 2 and 3

22 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

even though its getting old and watched a million times over, i still think spider man 2 was the best marvel movie, but growing up a huge marvel comics fan i have a lot of bias.  Spider man was my fav, and sharing the same name as captain america i was often called cap and i guess i expected big things with the movies, and Evans formerly the human torch kinda started it off on a wtf foot for me. I was also a Xmen fan more then the avengers, im glad they righted the xmen boat after terrible movies like 1, 2 and 3

Marvel never did any of the spiderman movies though, they sold the rights to Sony before they started making movies themselves. X-Men too is not under the Marvel brand, it's owned by Fox. Think Fox has fantastic 4 as well which is a big reason why they can't make a movie about them worth a damn. That's kind of the beauty of what they've done, they've basically made all the money in the world just using their B listers. 

Well raimi/sony did a good job with spiderman 2, then **** the bed with 3. Im curious about how much influence or input ppl really have with movies, I was watching star wars episode 4 yesterday (watching 5 right now) and ppl have mentioned how much help or take over for lucas the originals had, but credits still said written and directed by george lucas. Exec. Producer george lucas. Then the cast. You would think for what a cash cow star wars became, ppl involved would want their name firmly added to it, if they had a huge role in its finished product

Edited January 13, 20169 yr by Taynted_Fayth

6 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

Well raimi/sony did a good job with spiderman 2, then **** the bed with 3. Im curious about how much influence or input ppl really have with movies, I was watching star wars episode 4 yesterday (watching 5 right now) and ppl have mentioned how much help or take over for lucas the originals had, but credits still said written and directed by george lucas. Exec. Producer george lucas. Then the cast. You would think for what a cash cow star wars became, ppl involved would want their name firmly added to it, if they had a huge role in its finished product

Yeah Spiderman 2 was great, the problem with Spiderman 3 is that Raimi wanted to use Sandman as the villian but Sony insisted that Venom be added because he was popular and Raimi didn't like the character and the result is what we got. 

Episode 4 was directed by Lucas but a lot of other people had input, Empire and return of the Jedi had different directors though, probably different writers too. I believe the story is that Lucas wife at the time did a lot of the editing that made the first Star Wars as good as it was. Based on his track record I think it is quite safe to say that George Lucas is a good idea man but putting the ideas together is not his strong suit. Nothing wrong with that, there is plenty of money and success in doing that. 

Yes Lucas was sole writer on A New Hope.  But he wasnt on Empire and Jedi which were arguably better and more interesting films and expanded on the themes and ideas from ANH.

Some say his wife was his secret weapon as she edited the films and some credit her with "saving" the films.

I also think that on those originals George was probably a lot more pragmatic when discussing creative decisions.  When you see behind the scenes video of him making the Prequels, it looks like he says things and everyone alternately nods and looks around the room all shifty-eyed as if to say "really?"

There's a great video, im not sure from where, showing him screening one of the Prequels (I think the first one).  Its him, his producer, editor etc.  And when the film is over, everyone sits in silence.  George then says "maybe I tried to do too much".  The producer just sits there, head down, looking rather depressed as everyone discusses how the film was written and filmed in such a way that editing wont save it.  I think everyone connected to the prequels knew they were going to suck except Lucas.

For me it's:

Winter Soldier, Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Ant-Man, Thor, Incredible Hulk, etc...

Spiderman 2 was great even though it was Sony's.  I loved the first Spidey as well.

Wow yeah looking at empires credits, other then exec. Producer lucas was only mentioned as story by, but the director, producer and screenplay were creditted to 4 diff. Ppl

24 minutes ago, Logan007 said:

For me it's:

Winter Soldier, Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Ant-Man, Thor, Incredible Hulk, etc...

Spiderman 2 was great even though it was Sony's.  I loved the first Spidey as well.

I could live with this list...