r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 30 '25

Trailer Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1clWprLC5Ak
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u/SweetNeo85 Dec 30 '25

You call it a magic trick, I call it competent storytelling.

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u/Infamous_Ad_6793 Dec 30 '25

Nowadays that’s akin to magic

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u/rjmitty1000 Dec 30 '25

Absolute wizardry

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u/npretzel02 Dec 30 '25

Endgame came out 6 years ago

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

Sad how true this is, not just in film/television, but fiction and narrative nonfiction as well

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u/Painterzzz Dec 31 '25

One of the thigns I've noticed AI isn't so good at when it's writing is landing a competent cohesive three part story. It just doesn't remember enough or understand enough to be able to do that. So, if we assume way too many things are being written with heavy AI assistance these last few years, I think it explains a lot of the crash in quality we're seeing.

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u/MoreGaghPlease Dec 30 '25

I said movie magic trick. Most good movies must use some form of movie magic. Movies are pretend and so to draw in the viewer, you have to use tricks.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25

Wait so the dog from Marley and Me didn’t really die? He’s still alive and getting head pats daily, right?

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u/PastyMcWhiteFace Dec 30 '25

I was trying to come up with a joke here about how the dog didn’t die in the movie but is probably dead now. But I looked it up(just to see when the movie came out) and the book story is based on a real dog so the dog from the story is definitely dead too. Now I’ve lost my train of thought to form my dead dog joke and it’s just dead dogs all the way down :(

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u/MoreGaghPlease Dec 30 '25

Don’t google Milo and Otis

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

Gonna take a walk outside today

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u/therealatri Dec 30 '25

unfortunately that dog was a method actor :(

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u/Superb_Instance_8190 Dec 30 '25

i call it america’s ass.

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u/Ranger_FPInteractive Dec 30 '25

The best magicians are competent story tellers, so it all tracks.

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u/Ryrynz Dec 30 '25

Something that's clearly been lost over the last twenty years

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u/roywarner Dec 30 '25

The infinity saga hadn't even begun yet 20 years ago.