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    As the plot of Frozen 1 was about Elsa & Anna...

    As the plot of Frozen 1 was about Elsa & Anna getting over their childhood traumas, it would be quite difficult to come up with a new story based upon same ideas. Clearly the way forward is exploring...
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    Au contraire, characters are what can keep a...

    Au contraire, characters are what can keep a franchise going as long as the principal actors can draw breath. Look at Pirates of the Caribbean - it was obvious by 3rd movie that the series had ran...
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    Well, I can only say that the majority of the...

    Well, I can only say that the majority of the critics and moviegoers seem to think that while not a classic, the sequel was not terrible either. This, perhaps not coincidentally, aligns with my own...
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    Score drop of 0.6 is hardly terrible. Not every...

    Score drop of 0.6 is hardly terrible.
    Not every story needs a villain, Moana did not have real villain, in fact neither did F1. Hans was antagonistic character, but not really a 'villain' in the...
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    Yes some features of Hans early seem to conflict...

    Yes some features of Hans early seem to conflict with later twist, undoubtedly because of the revisions made along the way, up until the last minute. But on the same vein, bringing him back as...
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    Hopefully not, Hans is among the weakest and...

    Hopefully not, Hans is among the weakest and least charimastic Disney villains and the character is not a believable antagonist for Elsa, or even Anna.

    They will be expanding the mythology of the...
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    For me, it was the ending which really took it...

    For me, it was the ending which really took it down. It was boring, predictable and uninteresting, visually and thematically. After the 'Memories' sequence, the movie really fell flat on its face, up...
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    Hmmm...two cartoons which really made me think...

    Hmmm...two cartoons which really made me think "This is really much better than it has right to be" were Alfred J. Kwak:
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    I didn't really watch through all of it when it came out, because...
  9. "MCU style" in itself is of course heavily...

    "MCU style" in itself is of course heavily derivative and only a minor variation of your typical early-2000s action/adventure movie style. That said, this movie did feel very MCU, down to colour...
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    Cool, I always thought it was based on someones...

    Cool, I always thought it was based on someones experience on playing a difficult video game :p But maybe the novel is about that...?



    True, and same goes for many other 'agent' genre...
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    Bond novels, and other British agent literature...

    Bond novels, and other British agent literature of the '50s/60s was sort of literary reaction to Britain's waning influence on world politics. "Maybe we're not so relevant in real world anymore, so...
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    My take: first half of the movie felt like maybe...

    My take: first half of the movie felt like maybe the worst Thor movie. The God Butcher was set up clumsily and did not feel scary enough. Way too much Thor comedy in the first half, most of which...
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    'James Bond is a codename' doesn't really work as...

    'James Bond is a codename' doesn't really work as the character already has a codename (007). And it would be pointless, as either the character would be similar to the Bond, thus nullifying the need...
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    While Vesper was one of the classic Bond girls, I...

    While Vesper was one of the classic Bond girls, I always thought Madeline was quite useless and poorly defined: a great disappointment since I love the actress. After much hype of 'female 007', Nomi...
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    'Progress' with the Bond series usually has meant...

    'Progress' with the Bond series usually has meant one of two different things:
    1. Have him engage some current themed bad guys, which leaves the film feeling like a generic contemporary action film...
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    Very current commentary! :p Any way, the film...

    Very current commentary! :p

    Any way, the film was a mild disappointment. It sort of fell into grey zone of being too convoluted for kids, but not interesting enough for adults. It wasn't bad, but...
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    They already did that with Brosnan Bonds, 30...

    They already did that with Brosnan Bonds, 30 years ago, so it is hardly fresh...
    Whole point of Bond is that he is a dinosaur, but a suave and necessary dinosaur, that the world still needs a...
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    It was bad allright. I can appreciate the effort...

    It was bad allright. I can appreciate the effort to bring back the whole old cast for final hurrah and trying to tie the plots together so they might make tiny bit of sense...it didn't really work,...
  19. Of course it's not a standalone story. That's why...

    Of course it's not a standalone story. That's why it was a mistake to hire someone like JJA to handle the first part (or any part), who doesn't care or understand how one works in an estabilished...
  20. If TRoS is example of how JJA planned to resolve...

    If TRoS is example of how JJA planned to resolve his 'mystery boxes', then more power to Johnson.

    Rey's parentage was not played as a particularly big deal: it was a big deal to her, and part of...
  21. Indeed I am sure everybody onboard thought that...

    Indeed I am sure everybody onboard thought that "Tag, you're it" method of writing a trilogy could work, after all Lucas himself made much of the OT up on the fly and changed concepts and characters...
  22. As far as I know, Abrams ok'd Johnson's script...

    As far as I know, Abrams ok'd Johnson's script and even changed the ending on his request to better match Johnson's visions. So I don't really buy the idea that Kasdan and JJ had some great story arc...
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    Some random Batman thoughts... -Pattinson was...

    Some random Batman thoughts...
    -Pattinson was wonderful as Batman, much much better than I expected. SOmehow, however, he was worthless as Bruce Wayne. Nevertheless, I would rather take it this way...
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    Temple of Doom suffers from too much silliness...

    Temple of Doom suffers from too much silliness (kid sidekick, and annoying semi-comical female lead). Also I suppose nowadays it would be seen as somewhat racist or colonialist. However, in many ways...
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    I saw Godfather 1 in its entirety only years...

    I saw Godfather 1 in its entirety only years after GF2, and I did consider it very slightly overrated, it was great and had some very memorable performances and scenes, but sometimes the dialogue and...
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