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Armando Iannucci to make a comedy about superhero movies

Started by Mobius, August 09, 2022, 12:17:12 AM

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Oosp

This is not that, but I feel Mythic Quest has this stuff covered, in a roundabout way. And it's great

lazyhour

I watched Galaxy Quest tonight for the first time in years and years thanks to its mention in this thread. What a genuinely great film. Hits all the right beats, perfectly paced, funny without being over-the-top so the dramatic elements land, and doesn't let its 'mainstreamness' be an issue.

It's even better than I'd remembered.

What's a more recent high concept comedy movie that works as well as Galaxy Quest? I'm struggling to think of any.

idunnosomename

the rock monster scene looks really great for 1999. Although it was ILM. I mean it helps all the reference for the character is right there in the location footage because it's made out of the rocks.

I've not seen Barbie but that's like the highest-grossing comedy film ever now and that's pretty slick, is it funny though?

Quote from: McDead on September 10, 2024, 04:09:44 PMYeah, this thing has come about five years too late (to capitalise on superhero movies) and ten years too late (catching the last of Armando's waning enthusiasm and energy)

Certainly agree with the first part. I can't be fucked watching anything superheroes themed for probably ten years. Did enjoy The Boys, but haven't bothered with last series such is my collapse in interest. The idea that a critique on that media might pull me back in? Well, it'll need to be Sopranos level of rave reviews to tempt me.

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Quote from: Jack Shaftoe on September 10, 2024, 11:26:29 AMI'd rather just watch the superhero movie please.

Can you go into more detail re your inside info on Avenue 5? I enjoyed watching it but you could almost sense things weren't quite right behind the scenes.

Jack Shaftoe

Oh Gawd, this was ages ago, not sure I can remember the details to be honest. I think a lot of it was perfectionism shading into lots of last-minute changes that weren't necessarily helpful to the cast and crew, he said vaguely. Perhaps all that's being worked out in this show.

Although didn't AI say in that recent Richard Herring podcast that he's not that involved in this project other than the initial script? He did say he'd been into Marvel comics as a kid and written an episode of Spider-Man and Daredevil though, which surprised me. So at least he's not coming at this from 'cuh, comic book movies are for kids, yeah?' POV.

I mean, they are sort of for kids, but also some of them are great.



amoral

I really enjoyed the first episode. Cast were great all around, Jessica Hynes was delightful as always and given plenty of room to shine. Much better than the trailer made it out to be.

amoral

Had some great lines and a handful of genuine laughs, which is more than I can say for most comedies.

There Be Rumblings

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Three episodes in. It's improving as some signs of character relationships slowly start to develop, but with the talent pool involved (Armando Iannucci, Sam Mendes, Richard E Grant, Jess Hynes, Lolly Adefope, Justin Edwards, Daniel Bruhl) it really should be a lot better than it is.

It's not awful but the characters are pretty much all one-note cliches and it's not really funny enough to be a comedy or tense enough to be a drama. The satirical points it's trying to make aren't exactly hard-hitting truths - actors can be insecure and vain, studio executives are cut-throat and self-serving, and the Hollywood machine isn't as much fun to work in as the PR machine would like you to believe.

I think the main problem is that none of the characters are likeable enough to give you someone to root for. The closest thing to that is Himesh Patel's 1st AD character but it's hard to care much about him. Lolly Adefope's character should be the underdog but she's just irritating and the way she's written is a waste of her talent.

Some of the 'Talent politics' is quite fun and there are some slightly more interesting dynamics slowly starting to emerge but it's taken 3 x 45 minute episodes for it to start to happen. I'm going to stick with it and give it a good crack as it would be great to see it bloom into something great, but at the moment in terms of the Iannucci portfolio it's feeling much more Avenue 5 than The Thick Of It or Veep.

And to hark back to a discussion point further upthread, it's not fit to lace Galaxy Quest's boots.

mhmhmh

Only watched the first episode. The thing starts with the Lolly Adefope character turning up and taking us into the studio for a bravuro opening single shot around the studio. Perhaps she was out on a job to buy fags or something as nobody seems bothered that she has seemingly turned up late. Anyway as another poster says above, it's hard to care about any of them, some actors are nuisances, some producers are difficult, hey ho.

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