RNMorton

Done properly, Marvel movies/comic books were always two or three notches above DC. This ran true until Justice League blew the doors off late teen's Marvel, which had an incredible slump due in no little part to the Disney agenda. The agenda remains here but I could get beyond it to appreciate the rest of the movie.

Pascal, great in The Great Wall, did a surprisingly good shift in character to the intellectual Reed Richards. It wasn't the time yet to bring on a big-leaguer like Galactus, but it is what it was. The supporting stars were fine, particularly Kirby as a more mature Sue Storm-Ruchards. Moss was fine as the Thing, and even though Johnny was a tad underplayed by Quinn it all worked in the end.

Now to Galactus. Hats off to making him an actual being (albeit 100x size), but the fact that he could be taken on by Sue was a little much. In any case, the story (unlike Superman) was told in straightforward, "realistic" manner lacking in the Superman mess.

This is the first time in many years I'm looking forward to the next Marvel movie, even if that's limited to the Fantastic Four.

So a huge problem of modern civilization, foreseen long ago, is dealing with terror groups that infest themselves within ordinary popuations. They do so without regard to their impact on innocent civilians, or even wishing for civilian casualties to further their cause, like Hamas.

I am assuming that this movie accurately portrays street fighting in Iraq in the new millenium. The actors were unknown to me (but very good), the action was literally non-stop from say ten minutes into the movie until the end.

There is no manual or explanation provided with this movie. What you see is what you get. Which seemed to be the deliberate nesting of coordinated units in various homes in a target Iraqi city and waiting for the bad guys to attack. I'm not sure of this strategy based on this movie, but then again I don't know of any better idea.

It's not a fault to say the basics of this movie have been done many times before. Most of those can't match the intensity of this one. And one unique aspect is that the location of the camera never changes from the residence and the street outside.

So I thought it was really good, I don't think it will have nearly the same impact on television. Just grab on to the arms of your chair in the theater when the unit orders in a "show of force".

Chamalet takes Bob Dylan and makes him his own. Never a huge Dylan fan (except for Tangled up in Blue) but I could see becoming one now. We follow young Bob from his arrival in the Big Apple through his first albums and the Monterrey and Newport festivals. Lots of good supporting characters, including Pete Seeger (excellently and gently played by Ed Norton), and Fanning as the part-time girlfriend. It appears The Bard himself had some veto power on certain aspects of the film. The focus is Dylan's success up to the electric transition (which I can recall even as a ten year old). You are flawlessly engulfed In the culture of the early 60's in and around NYC, and the actors become the real people. Quality cinema is few and far between now, but this really shines. Deserving at least of Oscars for Timothy and Picture. The movie went a little long but it was all good stuff, enjoy..