Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 (Movie Lineup Through 2019)

[Kete]

I don't think there are any bad MCU movies. I think they are all at least decent to good.  Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 had a lot of good laughs.

[Cyrusso]

Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 had a lot of good laughs.

If there were I sure don't remember them. Generally speaking, if I have absolutely no desire to see a movie in theaters more than once I personally consider it not good.

[Edward J Grug III]

I don't think there are any bad MCU movies. I think they are all at least decent to good.  Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 had a lot of good laughs.

Completely agree.

[Kete]

Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 had a lot of good laughs.

If there were I sure don't remember them. Generally speaking, if I have absolutely no desire to see a movie in theaters more than once I personally consider it not good.

Yeah. Schindler's List sucked. 

[Cyrusso]

Anyway the premiere of Endgame is Monday night so for those of you who really want to avoid spoilers you might want to stay off the likes of FB and Twitter until you see it.

[stansimpson]

Anyway the premiere of Endgame is Monday night so for those of you who really want to avoid spoilers you might want to stay off the likes of FB and Twitter until you see it.

There were leaks from a screening about 4 days ago, so be careful out there (especially Twitter).

[Cyrusso]

I accidentally came across some spoilers this morning... or they might not be. It's hard to know for sure. I do know one thing, and please do not take this as me supporting the idea that spoilers don't ruin a movie. There have been many instances in the past where a secret about a movie has been blown ahead of time, and it didn't hurt the film at all. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the prime example I can think of. My point is this: if it's a great movie, then in theory spoilers aren't going to hurt your experience of the film at all, minimal at most.

[Pak-Man]

Read an article somewhere a while back about a study that shows that spoilers actually seem to improve enjoyment of a movie, but I'm sure that varies from person to person and depends on the nature of the spoiler. There's definitely something robbed from the experience if you go into a mystery movie already knowing whodunit. And when I find out Vader is Luke's Father, I wanna hear it from Vader at exactly the same time Luke does.

[Darth Geek]

I don't want things spoiled for me, I haven't even seen any of the trailers since the first one.
I am wondering what else the Russo Brothers will do to subvert our expectations this time. They did such a good job of that in the first one. The unexpected characters dying, the ones you thought would die didn't, and Hulk being defeated right away, and Red Skull looking like Death in his introduction. I think they're definitely going to do something with Captain Marvel. Similar to Hulk, we think she's going to be their ace in the hole, so maybe have her lose near the beginning.
And even knowing the comics doesn't help much because the plotline (and even Thanos' motivation) are so different so far than the Infinity Gauntlet comic. There's only one thing I think they've left open that the comics did they could do as well, and would fit.

[Pak-Man]

There's only one thing I think they've left open that the comics did they could do as well, and would fit.

[Cyrusso]

So... as of right now, 7:05pm on April 23rd, 2019, the Rotten Tomatoes score for Avengers: Endgame is... 98% with 85 reviews. Of course keep in mind this could change from moment to moment. I spoiler tagged this just in case Darth doesn't want to know the RT score.

[Kete]

Spoiler

[Edward J Grug III]

Read an article somewhere a while back about a study that shows that spoilers actually seem to improve enjoyment of a movie, but I'm sure that varies from person to person and depends on the nature of the spoiler. There's definitely something robbed from the experience if you go into a mystery movie already knowing whodunit. And when I find out Vader is Luke's Father, I wanna hear it from Vader at exactly the same time Luke does.

*SOME* research does, but some shows the opposite:

https://www.livescience.com/53126-spoilers-can-ruin-movie-enjoyment.html?fbclid=IwAR0Pvd3uyMS8Fg541QR_D7ci2G5KBJU3qsyEFgW4wdodPp5EZCPio0m21sU

[LucasM]

Read an article somewhere a while back about a study that shows that spoilers actually seem to improve enjoyment of a movie, but I'm sure that varies from person to person and depends on the nature of the spoiler. There's definitely something robbed from the experience if you go into a mystery movie already knowing whodunit. And when I find out Vader is Luke's Father, I wanna hear it from Vader at exactly the same time Luke does.

*SOME* research does, but some shows the opposite:

https://www.livescience.com/53126-spoilers-can-ruin-movie-enjoyment.html?fbclid=IwAR0Pvd3uyMS8Fg541QR_D7ci2G5KBJU3qsyEFgW4wdodPp5EZCPio0m21sU

And there are likely psychological reasons for both.  These are the most obvious ones that came to mind (partly coming to mind because of the clients I saw), but there are likely MANY other reasons that could contribute to either liking or avoiding spoilers.

For people who grew up in a family where there was ANY kind of threat (e.g. abuse of any kind, alcoholism, etc.) then 'not knowing what is coming' is - itself - anxiety provoking.  So knowing spoilers ahead of time would keep the anticipatory dread that goes with 'not knowing' at bay to a large degree.  With this, the person could enjoy what was 'around' the spoiler more easily.

Those who feel safe in their life, or feel that life is an 'adventure', or those who are not uncomfortable with ambiguity, likely find spoilers adversely affecting their enjoyment of fiction.  Because, as Pak said, "there's definitely something robbed from the experience if you go into a mystery movie already knowing whodunit".  And, in effect, for people who avoid spoilers, EVERY bit of fiction is a "whodunit" - and a "what'd'theydo" - and a "whatthefukhappenednext" - and a "whatreactionsdidotherpeopleinthestoryhavetowhateveritwas".  EVERY aspect of a story can, knowing it in advance, potentially ruin it for SOMEone.

So I don't watch trailers for any film I know I plan to see.  I avoid reading anything that could potentially contain un-announced spoilers.  Shit still gets through (like the fucking tee of the Infinity Gauntlet with the caption "I survived the snap" that came out within a week or two of the film's release, when my brain limitations make it so that I can't go to a theater to see a film), but I've enjoyed a LOT more films a LOT more since trying to avoid every spoiler I possibly could.

[Pak-Man]

Yeah, when The Force Awakens came out, my wife was having MAJOR back issues and could not sit through a movie in a theater seat, so out of solidarity, I didn't see it either until her back was better, about a month after it came out. Finding out about Han Solo's fate was unavoidable. The moment still resonated, and I still enjoyed the movie, but I can't help but wonder how the experience would have hit me if it caught me off-guard.