Only a couple of months to go until this hits cinemas. A new trailer was shown at the Super Bowl:
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It looks fantastic. The scale of the action at the end feels like it's right out of the comics. Seeing the characters bounce off each other should also be a lot of fun. I'm really pulling for this - it's years in the making for Marvel Studios, and it'll be a big feather in Joss Whedon's cap.
I really really really really really hope it doesn't disappoint.
So much could go wrong with this movie, and it will take a miracle for it to be watchable, let alone good. Add on top of that my nerdy fan-boy expectations and it's a tall order for The Avengers.
I'd love to see those flashbacks including how Spike and Cap either fought each other, fought together without knowing it or narrowly missed each other during World War II.
Does Cap's speech about destiny happen to include him mentioning the power flowing through his veins?
On a serious note this looks good. I'm still trying to keep from getting too excited. Cus Joss+Big Budget=scared me. At least with his run on Spiderman there is reason to believe he won't fuck with someone elses stuff much but damn. I'm also curious who the bad guys are gonna throw up against the Hulk or are they going to throw wave after wave of anything they can find at him and hope he exceeds his maximum kill limit? As far as I can tell (and correct me if I missed a bad guy) we're getting Loki, Red Skull, The Leader (or whomever the green guy with the big brain from the Hulk Comics is). Sure this Loki seems to be physically on par with Thor but really the bad guys have a lot of combined intelect but they're kinda lacking in raw stopping power.
I like Weadons work but his stuff when it goes epic tends to get al deux ex Machina. That was skinda fine for Buffy where the plots were background to the characterisation over a series, but it would make an end to The Avengers movie weak.
I don't usually feel he's bad with Deus ex machina. Sure it's come up to varying degrees at varying times through out his works. Like it was damn lucky that River figured out how to self trigger her bad ass mode pretty much exactly when she did. My problem is (and I do love the Buffy and Angel Comics) but literally the moment those stopped being shows that were heavily limited by pesky things like budgets and physics suddenly we have inside out boy working for the bad guys. Angel has a pet dragon, there's a talking tyrannosaurus and Ilyria's time skipping can literally change space around you so you start off fighting with a sword, then you end up on a pirate ship then suddenly you have light sabers. I'm BARELY exaggerating here and that's just what happens in the first volume of each comic.
While I'm sure they'll make it look good and threatening right now nothing from the trailers really has me thinking the Avengers are really in a bad place. Frankly right now they kinda feel a bit like overkill if not for the sheer numbers of the enemies. Does anybody know if that's the full team there or are we gonna get some of the others? Somehow Avengers-Antman just feels wrong. Even if all he does is some little side thing like Hawkeye did in Thor you can't not have him.
That shot of all the heroes back to back as the camera pans around them gave me chills.
I recommend staying away from everything but the official trailers if you want to go in cold. I was looking through reactions to the Super Bowl footage, and the toy lines and even shots from a now-cancelled video game tie-in are swarming with potential spoilers. Though there's an awful lot of wild speculation as well, regarding plot points and characters. I aim to go in to The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises knowing as little as possible, and just enjoy the ride.
I don't usually feel he's bad with Deus ex machina. Sure it's come up to varying degrees at varying times through out his works. Like it was damn lucky that River figured out how to self trigger her bad ass mode pretty much exactly when she did. My problem is (and I do love the Buffy and Angel Comics) but literally the moment those stopped being shows that were heavily limited by pesky things like budgets and physics suddenly we have inside out boy working for the bad guys. Angel has a pet dragon, there's a talking tyrannosaurus and Ilyria's time skipping can literally change space around you so you start off fighting with a sword, then you end up on a pirate ship then suddenly you have light sabers. I'm BARELY exaggerating here and that's just what happens in the first volume of each comic.
While I'm sure they'll make it look good and threatening right now nothing from the trailers really has me thinking the Avengers are really in a bad place. Frankly right now they kinda feel a bit like overkill if not for the sheer numbers of the enemies. Does anybody know if that's the full team there or are we gonna get some of the others? Somehow Avengers-Antman just feels wrong. Even if all he does is some little side thing like Hawkeye did in Thor you can't not have him.
If you hate Buffy the show, the comic book will drove you nuts. I have never been more disappointed with a comic series than I have had with Buffy. I truly wish I could bitchslap Joss for that. I do think the strength of Joss doing this is you are going to see the relationships that define the group rather than a lot of small bang action til probably the end. I also hate Ant-man and Wasp, so glad they are gone.
This looks boring and dumb. Iron Man 2 was pushing it, Captain America was good but now he's away from what made him interesting, Widow is hot but totally dull and Hulk has nowhere to go but a load of cg. Also I am not a Whedon fan so I'm in for a treat
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If you hate Buffy the show, the comic book will drove you nuts. I have never been more disappointed with a comic series than I have had with Buffy. I truly wish I could bitchslap Joss for that. I do think the strength of Joss doing this is you are going to see the relationships that define the group rather than a lot of small bang action til probably the end. I also hate Ant-man and Wasp, so glad they are gone.
Love the Buffy Show. Mixed feelings about the comic(s). I liked how the show was grounded. Sure there was a super powered girl and vampires and magic. But even at the end of the series there were very very few people who could use combat magic it was all rituals. Now it seems like the slayers at a disadvantage to your average witch not on better or at worse equal terms. I liked how big and strange demons were rare etc etc.
I hate Thor and I have to put up with the one hero who in comics bored me and in his own movie had me rooting for his brother to win even after finding out that Loki was a slightly bigger asshole than he'd really been shown as earlier in the film.
This looks boring and dumb. Iron Man 2 was pushing it, Captain America was good but now he's away from what made him interesting, Widow is hot but totally dull and Hulk has nowhere to go but a load of cg. Also I am not a Whedon fan so I'm in for a treat
I loved Whedon and I really liked Iron Man 2 (though naturally it was not as good as the first). Yet I also feel pretty cool on this movie. All the footage so far has looked like an anime highlight reel - characters jumping and posing and trying really, really hard to look cool. And some jerk has an army. I don't care. I really hope with Whedon taking the reins we'll actually have characters to worry about.
As a casual fan of comic book characters, knowing them only through movies and TV shows, I look forward to this movie. Could it have waited a bit until they hashed out each character a bit more, sure I guess, but each character might also not hold enough interest for more than one movie solely based on them.
The trailer is interesting. I don’t mind a bunch of explosives. The backstory for many of the main characters will already be known to a good deal of the audience now so that should allow for a concentration on telling the story instead of filling the audience in on character history, which should be good. And The Hulk will smash things, which I enjoy a great deal.
Bloody hell, this will be phenomenal. Seeing superheroes team up in a big blockbuster was a dream of mine as a wee boy. It looks like they're really going to pull it off.
I must admit that the sheer size of the cast makes me a little nervous that this will be able to pull off any sort of depth that goes beyond some amazing action scenes, however there should be enough of that to make this movie a lot of fun if nothing else.
I always thought that the upside of bringing Joss Whendon into this is that he understands how to balance multiple characters/ensembles. Even in his comic writing , that tendency was displayed. Looks like they're going to nail the action scenes as well.
Thor is brilliant. I thought it was going to be proper shit but loved it. I would say apart for iron man 1 Thor is my favourite of the related films in this series.
I liked Thor. But I went into it knowing its all about building something for The Avengers movie. I guess its ok in its own right, but as a character and knowing he's a part of a bigger movie, I really liked it.
Thor is. . .interesting. It's a lot better than I expected. If you haven't watched it you should before watching the Avengers. Still it's the first time in a long time that I've been rooting for the bad guy not because I felt like being contrary but because I honestly thought for most of the movie that he was a better person than the hero and we'd be better off not only if he'd won but if his father had realized that the kid who's willing to shatter a treaty almost on a whim really isn't the person you want in charge of an entire realm.
I don't get it - this is normally the kind of thing that makes my eyes gloss over. Explosions, flips, anime-style posing... it's all flash but this time I actually see some substance underneath. It may just be bias since I really enjoyed the Iron Man movies and tend to like the work of Whedon, Johanssen and Robert Downey Jr, but somehow I actually gave a crap and was left really anticipating the movie after the latest trailer. Still not sure I buy the villain as enough of a credible threat to require the Avengers to save the planet, but I have a feeling they'll make it work. Definitely looking forward to this, and I might make the extra effort to see it in 3D.
Thor is a good popcorn flick. I've never been a big fan of the character, so I wasn't expecting much from the film. I was pleasantly surprised. It's certainly nothing amazing, but a solid 2 hour block of entertainment.
Overall it was OK. It did feel somewhat rushed but that's what I expected. Loved the middle act more than the final big brawl, just felt more urgent and character driven.
Bit of a dick move to kill Coleson, but hey, this is a Whedon movie, this always happens in anything he does
Banner's "secret" was punch-the-air awesome..."I'm always angry"
Overall it was OK. It did feel somewhat rushed but that's what I expected. Loved the middle act more than the final big brawl, just felt more urgent and character driven.
Bit of a dick move to kill Coleson, but hey, this is a Whedon movie, this always happens in anything he does
Banner's "secret" was punch-the-air awesome..."I'm always angry"
I'm with you on this. I loved the ship and felt that was the stronger part.
The secret annoyed me since why could he control his anger at the end... but not in the middle? Didn't make a lot of sense to me. And the last battle I never got a sense that they may lose, they just came off as invincible, like when you're playing a video-game on easy.
Though the amount of money they poured into the film made it look fantastic.
[color=#a0e00a]I'm with you on this. I loved the ship and felt that was the stronger part.
The secret annoyed me since why could he control his anger at the end... but not in the middle? Didn't make a lot of sense to me. And the last battle I never got a sense that they may lose, they just came off as invincible, like when you're playing a video-game on easy.
The whole thing about Banner controlling the beast was telegraphed at the end of the Norton movie...where he pulled that big dickheadish smirk on his face as his eyes were glowing. Whilst I personally love "Trollface Banner", I do see how it can baffle some people. My brother didnt understand how Banner could lose it one minute and be all focused the next, but then, he didnt see the Hulk flick
Also agree that the aliens were complete pushovers. I'd have settled for a more grounded plot than "other dimensional invasion", like a Hyrdra battle or something connected to Cap's movie. Relying on Thor's flick was a bit too "out of reach"
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Simple question: Is Avengers a movie people will be talking about a year from now, or is it a Sunday morning action flick you'll watch one time? Yes or no, gots to know.
Just back from it - incredible stuff. The first time in quite a while where my expectations for a big event film were majorly surpassed. Joss Whedon really scored a home run with this. He juggled all the characters very well, their personalities bounced off each other as you'd expect and everyone got a chance to shine. The way they effortlessly flicked between drama and comedy, in true Whedon fashion, was fantastic.
Hulk suddenly splattering Loki got the biggest laugh from the audience, as did his cheeky punch on Thor. Shame about Agent Coulson, but he really came into his own in the film and I think it was good for the threat to actually have consequences. They weren't going to kill off any of the heroes, but Coulson had been built up for 5 films and his loss did have an impact.
The overall tone of the film was great - they had a pretty unique concept of joining up so many big stars, and they just had fun with it.
I think it was definitely the best depiction of Hulk so far (both in terms of the CGI and Mark Ruffalo as Banner). Captain America really became like the Captain America of the comics by the end. Iron Man had some great one-liners throughout, but they didn't fall into the trap of having him dominate proceedings. Thor's skirmishes throughout were great (
I loved the way they managed to weave in a few dream fights, like Thor vs Iron Man, Thor vs Hulk and even round 2 of Thor vs Loki)
Black Widow got her moments, and I thought the use of Hawkeye was fine. They fleshed out the Nick Fury character quite well (
I liked the way a darker side of SHIELD was revealed, both with the weapons they were planning and Fury giving the heroes a "push" with the supposedly blood-stained trading cards
, though I'm still not entirely convinced that he needs a film of his own in the future.
And the mid-credits scene at the end -
Amazing. I was thinking as the film came to a close about how they could possibly top that in terms of a major threat, and figured the only person they could bring in would be Thanos. And then he pops up. And he actually looks exactly like Thanos. I hope they build him up over the next few Marvel films - as my friend isn't a big comics fan, he didn't have a clue who he was.
Overall, Marvel would be daft not to lock in Joss Whedon for the next Avengers film within a matter of weeks. The Dark Knight Rises has its work cut out for it this summer.
I'm actually expecting TDKR to trump this pretty easily.
Originally Posted by Tramp
Simple question: Is Avengers a movie people will be talking about a year from now, or is it a Sunday morning action flick you'll watch one time? Yes or no, gots to know.
It's definatly one you can watch more than once. It's no Nolan Batflick or Superman The Movie though (which ARE deserving of the tired old proclomation "BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE EVER"), and I thought Thor and The Incredible Hulk were tighter films than this plot-wise too.
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Also agree that the aliens were complete pushovers. I'd have settled for a more grounded plot than "other dimensional invasion", like a Hyrdra battle or something connected to Cap's movie. Relying on Thor's flick was a bit too "out of reach"
Cap's flick depended entirely on the Tesseract Cube.
The red Skull goes after it at the beginning of the movie, then harnesses it's power, and then puts that power into all of his weapons and devices, and then eventually "dies" (or as we've seen now, obviously transports to another dimension) all because of it. It's his entire driving force and the main reason Cap exists in the first place.
So with that said it must have Bruce Campbell, zombies and lots of blue filter, yeah?
Seriously though, I want to see it
Oddly it had none of those things.
It was just amazing. It was everything it should have been and more. And seeing it in IMAX, in 3D surrounded by an entire audience of twenty-something comic books nerds (some in costume) with nobody chatting or on their phone. Instead everyone was just pissing themselves with laughter throughout, genuinely cheering at the awesome parts and clapping in awe at the EVEN MORE AWESOMER parts.
It was the best movies screening I have ever (and probably will ever) attend. Genuinely incredible.
Ah. Had same experience at Attack of the Clones. The atmoshphere the people provided in the theatre made the movie seem much better than it really was. Not saying Avengers is shit mind you, I just know whatyou mean.
It was a very good superhero film, excellent really. But the Nolan films are on a different level. Regarding hulk's 'secret'.
the suggestions I've read is that the reason hulk could not contain his anger was because he had just been holding loki's staff. That being the reason why Loki had allowed himself to be captured.
I think it was the best screen adaption depicting hulk's rage and unpredictability and ridiculous power.
I don't compare this to the Nolan movies, because the Nolan movies lose the "comic" element in the translation to live action. They're essentially crime dramas. The fantasy element has almost been removed completely.
This is the film I've wanted superhero movies to be. A direct translation of the comic in both look and tone. There's a scene where
Iron Man essentially ends up in another galaxy/realm
and it doesn't feel out of place or jarring, even though by all accounts it completely should. At this point I feel like I could watch these actors/characters re-enact any of the more ridiculous scenarios from the comics, and still be just as engaged with them. The reason I usually prefer animated comic book movies, is because they can translate the more surreal or fantastical elements of the comics, but because it's animation, you don't question it and it works. That tends to get lost in live action. I was worried that trying to mesh Iron Man's universe and Thor's universe together would end up a confusing mess, but like in animation and in the world of comics themselves, this movie is so perfectly pitched that you just don't question it. It works.
If you took Nolan's Batman however, and stuck him in a film against Darkseid, or any other extra-terrestrial being/being from another dimension, it just wouldn't work, because they've tried so hard to suck the fantasy element out of those movies. The one hiccup I always had with the Batman movies, as amazing as they are, is sometimes they just took a bit of the fun away from the source material. Joker wearing face paint nor being an extravagant showman, Ra's NOT being an immortal, Bane being a short well built man as opposed to a towering mass of muscle. It works in that it creates more 'realism' for the live action drama, but at the same time misses some of the fun that's found in the original comics and the animated series/movies.
With The Avengers I genuinely felt like someone had just made the panels move in a comic book.
He's far cooler in this than he is in his own movie.
Mainly as in his movie he's just a naive kid thrust into a ridiculous situation, and his growth as team leader is kind of lost in the montages of explosions that take up the latter part of the movie.
In Avengers however, you see him actually acting in the role of a field leader.
I was worried when Evans was cast, as to whether he could work as Cap with his youth, as Cap was the guy that calls other soldiers "son" and that people are constantly looking up to for advice and inspiration.
I really enjoy the Cap movie, but obviously he wouldn't be at that level yet, with it being the origin story. But by the time this ends and he totally takes control of a particular situation and refers to a soldier as "son" and "boy" and it totally works.
The costume could probably still use a bit of work though. It's not terrible, and I totally bought it as the movie progressed, but standing next to the bulky Iron Man, CGI Hulk and ridiculously god sized Thor, Cap looks sorta skinny.
Also, if you find Stark annoying, Cap has some choice words for him throughout their exchanges.
The film's at 96% on rotten tomatoes, and the pre-sales are huge.
I can't remember the last time I had so much fun at the cinema - a lot of things could have gone wrong with this endeavour, but they pulled it off beautifully. I'd have to see it a few more times before comparing it to The Dark Knight. I'd agree with Helen O'Hara's take on Empire's podcast that you could probably put The Dark Knight in a different category altogether.
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I'm seeing this tomorrow night. I've not seen any of the earlier films. Am I going to understand what's going on? Obviously I've a passing familiarity with most of the main characters.
I'm not seeing Avengers until the midnight iMAX opening here (Thursday), but I'd highly recommend giving Iron Man 1 and Cap a watch tonight if you have the time.
I couldn't imagine watching it without the other movies in mind.
I kinda guess you COULD see it without seeing the other movies, but it seems to me that the build up and continuity/progress of these character is half the fun.
Nah, I think it's still accessible to the general movie-going public. Though it has a bigger impact after you've seen how all these characters originated, certainly. But the joy of this film is the deeper analysis of most of the characters, and watching the sparks fly when they're placed in a small room together.
I'd recommend watching Thor and Captain America, if you had the time. If you only had time for one film, I'd lean towards Thor as it's about the most direct lead-in to The Avengers. But then I watched all 5 of the Marvel films in a 5 night marathon leading up to yesterday...
They have a bundle at the iMAX here to see ALL of them on the Thursday leading into the midnight debut. My friends and I talked about it, but I have my last presentation of the semester that afternoon/evening. That and I'd be spent by the time they got to Avengers.
I'm really hoping, however, that they do something like that for TDKR. Never got to see TDK in iMAX and my friends and I will be watching both again right before at my house anyway.
I'm not disputing the possibility of being able to watch it without the others. I'm just saying that I find it difficult to imagine doing so, as I can't possibly imagine watching this WITHOUT the build up behind it.
The film is fantastic, but ultimately it is the pay off to five films worth of build, it just seems odd to jump to the pay off without attempting some of the build. I have no idea how this film would play to me without having the 5 films worth of emotional weight behind it. The direction these characters are coming from, and half the drama in the film comes from the hours of development that comes before it.
You could probably follow the story (maybe have the odd question or two) and the humour and drama will play out fine and enjoyable. But having those other stories behind each character turns every decision and every line of dialogue from a good joke to an incredible joke, or a good line to an incredible line, or good character development into incredible character moment/pay-off.
They have a bundle at the iMAX here to see ALL of them on the Thursday leading into the midnight debut. My friends and I talked about it, but I have my last presentation of the semester that afternoon/evening. That and I'd be spent by the time they got to Avengers.
I heard of a similar offer around here, and was extremely tempted. But then, twelve hours of film BEFORE getting to The Avengers is probably far too much and would possibly just shit on the anticipation of the movie.
I did a film a night over five nights, including the two one-shot movies included on the Thor and Cap Blu Rays, then The Avengers itself.
EDIT: Essentially what Chris did.
I had second thoughts about doing the marathon, as I thought my expectations would be ridiculously high when I got to The Avengers. It's a testament to how good the film is that it managed to be even better than I expected, following a 5 night build-up. As Atty said, I'll probably do the same with The Dark Knight Rises.
The only film from the build up I have access to is Iron Man 2, which is on Netflix. I joined Netflix last night hoping that some of the others would be on there but they're not.
I'm not that fussed. It's a blockbuster comicbook film featuring a bunch of character I've already got a passing familiarity with. I can't see it going over my head.
i was worried it would be a bit too crowded with each character having to get their little one-liners or catchphrases in but they dealt with it very well I think by making sure we were always seeing new pairings/groups of characters together to see how they interact.
A few things annoyed me, Loki speaking English all poetic and all the Germans being totally ok wth it, lol. And a little old kraut talking back in English. Thor colliding with Iron Man and Iron Man 'winning' when by rights the Hammer should give Thor much more momentum. What exactly is Black Widow apart from some kind of counsellor slash hot rang. Hawkeye just is good at archery. Not that they are bad but they don't seem on the level of the others.
Very well written. Too much Sam Jackson to be honest, though I will admit this role was made for him. The baseball cards shite was shite. Couldn't take Robin seriously. Still having trouble not thinking Thor is Kit from Home and Away. Wasn't sure about Loki as villain but he turned out well.
Biggest complaint was the faceless army of doom. Perhaps you comic chaps (I am into comics but not superhero comics) will know all about them and love it, but to me they needed a bit more.
PS you have access to all the buildup films if you have access to this forum.
i was worried it would be a bit too crowded with each character having to get their little one-liners or catchphrases in but they dealt with it very well I think by making sure we were always seeing new pairings/groups of characters together to see how they interact.
A few things annoyed me, Loki speaking English all poetic and all the Germans being totally ok wth it, lol. And a little old kraut talking back in English.
Yea I totally didn't think about this. But then again, I totally didn't think about Red Skull talking in English all the way through the Captain America movie
Thor colliding with Iron Man and Iron Man 'winning' when by rights the Hammer should give Thor much more momentum.
Didn't Iron Man only start to gain equal ground when
his suit was lightninged up to 300% power?
What exactly is Black Widow apart from some kind of counsellor slash hot rang. Hawkeye just is good at archery. Not that they are bad but they don't seem on the level of the others.
They're not on the level of the others. They are human. Trained humans. Black Widow is a spy/operative, and Hawkeye is a sniper/operative. They were SHIELD'S agents BEFORE the rise of the superhuman. Essentially trained government assassins.
Very well written. Too much Sam Jackson to be honest, though I will admit this role was made for him. The baseball cards shite was shite. Couldn't take Robin seriously. Still having trouble not thinking Thor is Kit from Home and Away. Wasn't sure about Loki as villain but he turned out well.
The role was LITERALLY made for him
I genuinely thought Fury was in the film for a strong amount. Enough to take him seriously as a genuine character as opposed to some dude that just pops up for two minutes. And again the baseball cards I thought was a fantastic way of showing Fury's ability to manipulate and lie to protect the Earth. He's not a complete do-gooder. Admittedly Maria Hill wasn't played half as well as I was hoping. It was just Robin from HIMYM saying military things, she didn't have a presence, let alone a hard enough demeanor for the job she was supposed to be doing. She does look like the character though, so there is that.
Biggest complaint was the faceless army of doom. Perhaps you comic chaps (I am into comics but not superhero comics) will know all about them and love it, but to me they needed a bit more.
The faceless army of doom are pretty much just as faceless in the comic, though they have more of a part in human history. Essentially they were used in this film because they were newer enemies in the Marvel Universe and do not have sixty years worth of back-story behind them for the movie to have to squeeze in with everything else. Essentially they could be moulded into just being Loki's faceless army from a planet who really wants the Cube, and no Marvel fan is going to go mental for the change in their story/apperance. They were a bit anonymous, but at the same time I think there sheer over-whelming size and number helped them seem more of a threat. Watching them, and the things they rode in on, swarm over New York was epic, and knowing only these 6 or 7 guys were going to be the ones fighting them all off just made it seem terribly un-even. Every big movie bad guy has his faceless thugs for the good guys to murder their way through, I think these ones just happened to have a name. But no they aren't really a big thing in the comics either, just a reason for the heroes to put aside their difference and come together.
Seen it last night with the first Iron Man being the only relevant film I'd watched beforehand. Thought it was ok. Best bit was Thor's "He's adopted" line.
A few things annoyed me, Loki speaking English all poetic and all the Germans being totally ok wth it, lol. And a little old kraut talking back in English.
Have you been to Germany? There's absolutely nothing wrong with that bit of the film.
I loved it, I've watched Thor, Captain America and the Iron Man films so I had a vague idea about the characters. Which is not to say I knew what was going on through out the film, to know that you would have to read the comics and I haven't read any in 20 years, and because of this I think the film caters for the movie goer as well as the hardcore fans.
It was so good the wife was even getting super excited during the fight scenes.
Favourite scenes was Hulk fucking up Loki, Thor's "he's adopted" and just the whole battle at the end, fantastic.
Didn't Iron Man only start to gain equal ground whenhis suit was lightninged up to 300% power?
Momentum is velocity times mass. They collide at roughly equal velocity, and so the outcome of their collision (I'm talking about only a single collision here) should be determined by mass.
Now hor's hammer's mass is obviously not an obvious thing to deal with but I'm picking nits and it bugged me. It's the sort of little thing that the movie got right most of the time. For eexample watching Hulk's feet sink into the floor when he tried to pick up the hammer (though technically that implies the hammer itself should be forever sinking :P....)
Yes I've been to Germany and no I dont think the scene was especially accurate. Loki should have at least dumbed the verse down a tad.
Momentum is velocity times mass. They collide at roughly equal velocity, and so the outcome of their collision (I'm talking about only a single collision here) should be determined by mass.
Now hor's hammer's mass is obviously not an obvious thing to deal with but I'm picking nits and it bugged me. It's the sort of little thing that the movie got right most of the time. For eexample watching Hulk's feet sink into the floor when he tried to pick up the hammer (though technically that implies the hammer itself should be forever sinking :P....)
Yes I've been to Germany and no I dont think the scene was especially accurate. Loki should have at least dumbed the verse down a tad.
Your average German speaks better English than your average Brit does. Particularly well-off Germans in big cities. Even if not all of them had understood him, enough would that when they kneeled the rest followed.
If that had been someone speaking German in London or Sydney and everyone understanding it then obviously it wouldn't have worked.
Just got home from seeing this. I'd like to open by saying that I've never been a comic book person, and I've always only had a passing interest in movies based on them (except for Batman, Batman's awesome). I only went because my 15 year old brother wanted to go, so I took him because I'M awesome. I saw it in 3D, only my 2nd 3D movie after Titanic 3D which doesn't really count.
I was absolutely blown away by the 3D, the story had me hooked, the action was incredible and intense, and the jokes/humor were hilarious.
I loved the movie and everything about it. Go see it.
And I don't know who the hell the big square-jawed/red-faced guy at the very end (halfway through the credits) was, but judging from the fact that it was saved as a during-the-credits surprise, and the fact that everyone in the theater was like "oh SHIT!" it must be somebody important... so the excitement has rubbed off on me. I don't know who the fucker is, but I know he's a big deal. Can someone fill me in, in general, who he is in a spoiler tag please? And is Avengers Part II out yet?
This finally came out here last night at midnight. Great summer popcorn flick. Insanely fun. Didn't feel it was particularly deep, but it wasn't trying to be. It wanted to be fun and it was to a fantastic degree. I thought Loki was boring to the point of hurting the film for me in Thor but, in here, he was fantastic.
Also, Hulk had my single favorite moment in any Marvel movie ever:
When Loki goes on to him about how he a God and "blah, blah, blah" and Hulk just grabs him by the legs and smashes him back and forth into the ground. Insanely fun and a most satisfying way to take out a character like Loki.
Post credits bit was fucking brilliant too, with every just eating sandwiches in costume.
Just got home from seeing this. I'd like to open by saying that I've never been a comic book person, and I've always only had a passing interest in movies based on them (except for Batman, Batman's awesome). I only went because my 15 year old brother wanted to go, so I took him because I'M awesome. I saw it in 3D, only my 2nd 3D movie after Titanic 3D which doesn't really count.
I was absolutely blown away by the 3D, the story had me hooked, the action was incredible and intense, and the jokes/humor were hilarious.
I loved the movie and everything about it. Go see it.
And I don't know who the hell the big square-jawed/red-faced guy at the very end (halfway through the credits) was, but judging from the fact that it was saved as a during-the-credits surprise, and the fact that everyone in the theater was like "oh SHIT!" it must be somebody important... so the excitement has rubbed off on me. I don't know who the fucker is, but I know he's a big deal. Can someone fill me in, in general, who he is in a spoiler tag please? And is Avengers Part II out yet?
Oh, I did watch Thor and Captain America last night. My brother insisted on it, and I'm SOOOO glad I did. As knowing the characters and how they got to that point was key in enjoying the movie. It felt like one BIG movie with Thor & Captain America, and I don't think I'd have enjoyed it even half as much if I didn't see them first. It felt like Thor II and Capt. America II at the same time, which was fantastic.
There's so many little nods and winks and links to Marvel lore and previous films, it's really magnificent.
Just little lines like Tony Stark
answering the call from SHIELD and claiming to be "Tony Stark's Life Model Decoy"
has me nerding out like crazy.
And I love how it furthers EVERYONE's stories.
I love how Stark Tower is in itself a direct continuation of the idea he had to focus on arc reactor tech when he first got back from Afghanistan in the original movie.
I love how Loki/Thor's story is now pretty much complete. How Cap has adjusted to the new world and his role as a leader in it. How Hulk has learned to control and direct his rage almost at will, dependent on what it is specifically that angers him.
The only small small tiny niggling annoyance I have with the movie is Thor's appearance being explained away in a throwaway line. The bi-frost was destroyed, that was a pretty massive and definitive plot point, and it just gets glossed over in a way that's so un-natural considering how much thought was put into EVERY tiny detail in the movie
Glad you enjoyed it. You should definitely watch a couple of the lead up movies if you haven't.
Exiting the movie, my friends and I were debating who it was.
We were between Thanos and Red Skull. Red Skull just because none of us believes he's "dead" after Captain America and that it wasn't a clear view of the face, but there was red. Thanos is what we settled on though, in the parking lot.
I did enjoy that, at a midnight premiere of a Marvel movie, that there were at least 20-30 in the iMAX that got up and left at the start of the credits. I don't get how anyone could leave at this point, with every movie having something post credits.
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