On the Fence
I don't watch movies. This is a fact that annoys the heck out of a lot of the people in my inner circle, but most especially one of my favorite co-workers who basically speaks only in movie quotes. If I had a $1 for every time he said something, looked at me, and then rolled his eyes because "OMG YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT EITHER?" he wouldn't be my co-worker because I wouldn't need to work. It happens every single day multiple times per day. Every single day he is amazed and disappointed because there's some other "must see" movie or ten I haven't watched.
I don't have the attention span for movies. That's the issue. Thus, unless Disney released it in the past couple of years, there's a good chance I don't even know it exists.
The list of movies I haven't see includes all of the Star Wars movies, the Godfather series ... I mean, this thing goes WAY back. There is no way I'm ever going to dedicate my life to watching all of the things people say I need to watch, so it's fine. I will happily be clueless. It's better this way.
But ... when I travel? I totally watch movies on the plane. It's basically the only time I manage to pay enough attention to know what's happening. It just so happens to be happening on a tiny screen on the seat in front of me. This whole thing has a tendency to go badly, for what it's worth. I have an uncanny ability to randomly pick the WORST movies to stare at. "Red Sparrow" stands out as a recent mistake. It. Was. So. Bad. I hate that I managed to watch THAT of all movies that came out in 2018. I mean, whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
On my last flight, there were only a few choices. Which, whatever. It's not like I'm picky when it comes to this game. I ended up with "Deadpool 2" which ... ugh. IT IS ALSO TERRIBLE. It was a different kind of terrible, though. Like, it was almost entertaining in its terribleness. That is why it was a problem when I didn't manage to finish the movie on the plane. I had like half an hour left, which led to me having to find it On Demand so I could finish it because the only thing worse than a bad movie is an unfinished movie, apparently.
That little trip led to me somehow watching the first "Deadpool." That has now placed me in a weird place. Maybe I want to watch all of the Marvel movies? Maybe not? I'm not positive if I really want to go there, but I have discovered that somehow we own them all. That's a whole other GRRRR for another day, but it's convenient because maybe I should watch them. Maybe.
If I do, where do I start? Is there a particular order for these sorts of things? What should I skip? There are definitely skippable things. Or is the whole idea of actually watching movies dumb? TALK ME OUT OF DOING SOMETHING DUMB, INTERNET.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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If you decide that you do want to watch them, do so in chronological order.
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Just keep in mind that Deadpool (1 and 2) are atypical of Marvel movies. Most aren't that funny and definitely aren't that bloody. (OK, "I" think they're funny. Mileage may vary.)
Still, they're entertaining. I was never a comic book guy, but because the reviews were so good, I saw the Iron Man movies when they came out. Then no more until the first Avengers (which also had good reviews) was released. I liked it so much that on the way home from the movies, I stopped in to buy Captain America and Thor. Been seeing them ever since.
I am a movie buff. I don't do Marvel because it is just too hard to figure out what the devil is going on. There is too much inside information for me to ever get involved.