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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 10, 2022 5:24:09 GMT
Anyone remember if Ant Man has any significant spoilers for the preceding MCU movies?
It's on iPlayer at the moment, and I'm thinking it might be a good starting MCU movie for the kids.
I don't remember it having anything major for the preceding movies. Other than Sam being in it, and I guess the general idea that Cap is in the present. I doubt they'd pick up on that anyway.
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Post by aubergine on Mar 10, 2022 5:27:41 GMT
I doubt it. The Ant-Man movies barely tie in to the other movies beyond that post-credits scene at the end of the second one.
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Post by aubergine on Mar 10, 2022 5:29:26 GMT
It’s also worth noting that the movies are like the comics. I read many of them backwards as a kid because you’d have to hunt down older issues to explain what was happening in the current one, or to some reference being made. I think that’s just inherent in any kind of never-ending serial storytelling.
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Post by Onny on Mar 10, 2022 6:00:51 GMT
In AntMan 2 he is under house arrest for aiding cap in Civil War. So that might be confusing but you might be able to handwave it away.
Edit: also in the post credit scene everyone gets dusted so maybe skip that
Edit 2: how old are your kids? I started mine with the first avengers film and we went on from there and it worked fairly well.
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Post by Dougs on Mar 10, 2022 6:24:38 GMT
Think my son did it inn release order as much as possible.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 10, 2022 9:22:24 GMT
12 and 7.
At some point I'll have to jump on Disney+ as it seems the only reasonably cost effective way to get through 20 odd movies.
But the ones I have 'to hand' at the moment are Iron Man, Thor, Incredible Hulk, Ant Man 1 (on iPlayer atm) and Ant Man and the Wasp.
(Mainly because I bought the first 3 back when buying discs was still a thing).
I could start with those, but (a) Ant Man is on a time limit, and (b) I seem to remember those being some of the darker / more violent ones.
Actually, they did watch Homecoming at xmas, so I guess it wouldn't actually be their first MCU movie either way. FOrgot that.
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Post by britesparc on Mar 10, 2022 12:21:55 GMT
I'd have thought 12 would be fine for any of them, but 7 might be a bit young for Iron Man depending on their temperament. My kids asked to watch it a year or two ago - the eldest was 7 or maybe 8 - and they both found the opening war stuff really intense and we had to turn it off. My youngest - who's now 7 herself - is pestering me to watch it again, but I'm not sure.
Ant-Man, I reckon, will be fine. If anything it skews even younger than Homecoming.
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Post by simple on Mar 10, 2022 17:30:54 GMT
I’d say Ant-Man 1 is probably one of the safest and cosiest for family viewing. Its funny without being too snarky and the action isn’t too violent or scary.
It kind of reminds me of being in a similar lineage to stuff like Short Circuit and Innerspace more than a city smashing epic.
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Post by Onny on Mar 10, 2022 17:37:37 GMT
It does have the gross shrinking stuff and also the death of the villain is somewhat horrifying - even if the last fight itself is quite hilarious.
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Post by aubergine on Mar 12, 2022 1:00:04 GMT
Poltergeist was PG. the parental guidance should have been “don’t fucking watch this childhood-ruining terrifying shit”
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2022 7:06:46 GMT
Oh God the clown toy 😱
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Post by aubergine on Mar 12, 2022 7:45:53 GMT
Toss up between the hungry tree and the guy tearing his own face off in the mirror.
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Post by H-alphaFox on Mar 12, 2022 8:20:44 GMT
Watched Eternals last night, fell asleep.
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Post by Reviewer on Mar 12, 2022 8:22:56 GMT
I fell asleep last night too!
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 13, 2022 13:26:07 GMT
Youngest spent the day vomiting so we never got around to Ant Man 1, and now it's too late. Le Sigh.
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Post by HoriZon on Mar 13, 2022 15:11:55 GMT
Spider-Man No Way Home is available in all good torrent shops it seems Blu-ray rip too.
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Post by ozthegweat on Mar 13, 2022 20:11:05 GMT
Or just wait 9 more days and buy it legally. In 4K HDR with Dolby Atmos to boot.
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Post by paulyboy81 on Mar 13, 2022 20:41:11 GMT
Not even 9 days, fairly sure they've brought the digital release forward to the 15th because of the Blu-Ray leak on the web.
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Post by Derblington on Mar 13, 2022 20:50:13 GMT
Yup, pre-ordered digital on Apple and they’ve moved the date forward a week to Tuesday.
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Post by ozthegweat on Mar 13, 2022 21:03:31 GMT
iTunes still showing 22nd for me. Plus a quite spoilery hero image All three Spideys unmasked (Maguire, Garfield, Holland) |
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Post by 😎 on Mar 13, 2022 22:06:14 GMT
Tuesday here too.
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Post by simple on Mar 14, 2022 0:23:29 GMT
D+ or just retail?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 14, 2022 0:24:50 GMT
Retail, seeing as it's still a Sony product to a degree I believe.
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Post by simple on Mar 14, 2022 7:53:54 GMT
Bullshit.
Guess I’ll be renting then.
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Post by clemfandango on Mar 14, 2022 8:30:28 GMT
Poltergeist was PG. the parental guidance should have been “don’t fucking watch this childhood-ruining terrifying shit” Surely that’s not right. That movie was fucking terrifying as a kid. I wasn’t allowed to watch it, but obviously I went to a mates house to watch it. I was scared shitless.. |
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Post by Chopsen on Mar 14, 2022 8:52:12 GMT
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Post by drhickman1983 on Mar 14, 2022 8:58:13 GMT
I saw Poltergeist as a kid, it really shit me up.
Looking back it's pretty tame tbh but at the time it was a bit much.
I think the best scene these days is the chair scene.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 14, 2022 8:59:24 GMT
I found Poltergeist 2 far more fucked up as a kid. That old guy was scary.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 14, 2022 9:12:01 GMT
*pushes glasses up nose* Its an urban legend over here which probably came from the US where it was a PG. It was rated R but Spielberg used his not inconsiderable influence to get it bumped down to a PG (because PG13 didnt exist then). |
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Post by Vandelay on Mar 14, 2022 9:16:32 GMT
I had to double check, as I remembered there was something funny about Poltergeist's certification. It was a PG in the US. It was actually originally X rated in the UK (it has since been made 15 in the modern rating system).
I didn't actually see it until I was well into adulthood and I would imagine it probably does work better for younger audiences. I can't say any of it particularly struck me as much more than a bit creepy.
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