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The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Old 05-05-12, 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by joe_b
I was somewhat surprised that Whedon didn't create a few cameos for his "stock company" players. I only recognized Enver Gjokaj from Dollhouse playing a cop in final battle, but I just saw on IMDb that it was Alexis Denisof (Wesley from Buffy and Angel) playing the hooded alien Loki was scheming with throughout the movie.
I was surprised as well, given that Cabin In The Woods had several. Guess none of his regular actors were interested in taking a gamble on such an unproven property as this.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Supermallet
I was surprised as well, given that Cabin In The Woods had several. Guess none of his regular actors were interested in taking a gamble on such an unproven property as this.
Or the studio put the kibosh on it.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

^ Actually, I just realized Ashley Johnson had appeared on Dollhouse -- so he managed to squeeze a couple in there. Still, I wouldn't have been opposed to Amy Acker popping up as a sexy hotdog vendor or something.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Saw this again yesterday for the second time. Managed to hear jokes and just plain dialogue better this time round.
Just some things I noticed:
They made a fair deal of that waitress. Before her bit to the camera at the end I saw her quite noticably 4 times. Her name is Beth. I remember someone saying that Cap started dating Bettys granddaughter or something?! Could that be her?

In the UK will see only have the 1 extra credit scene.

Fighter pilot "target aqcuired"
starts shooting at The Hulk
Fight piolt "Target angry"
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
I was equally bummed when Blunt had to pass, but now I can't see her doing any of the physical stuff the character requires.
Blunt appeared to be a decent comtemporary dancer in "The Adjustment Bureau".
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by jdslater1
They made a fair deal of that waitress. Before her bit to the camera at the end I saw her quite noticably 4 times. Her name is Beth. I remember someone saying that Cap started dating Bettys granddaughter or something?! Could that be her?
You're thinking of Sharon Carter, Peggy's niece. I mentioned it earlier in the thread, but the actress playing the waitress was Ashley Johnson. I think she's just someone the director is fond of using. She appeared in his last TV series and also has a part in his Much Ado About Nothing adaptation.

I also felt there must have been a reason they kept cutting back to her, but now I think they were just trying to show how Cap was becoming a real inspiration to people.

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Old 05-05-12, 07:08 AM
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

We saw Avengers last night in a nearly sold out theater 2D, and had a great time. Hulk got the biggest laughs, especially in his scene with Thor at Grand Central and then with Loki in Stark's penthouse. NO ONE could hear what Hulk said in that scene because the entire theater erupted.

We are glad we braved the crowds and higher ticket prices for this one.
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Originally Posted by Kal-El

2 of my absolute favorite moments though would be:

Spoiler:

- when Banner nonchalantly says, "that's my secret, Cap. I'm always angry." then changes to the Hulk and brings down that flying monster with one punch.

That was my favorite line of the movie! And think, I'm a fan of each Hulk movie. Yup, Hulk and The Incredible Hulk both. I expected to enjoy Hulk in this movie, but this treatment went above and beyond. I'm all for another movie featuring, "the other guy".

Originally Posted by CaptainMarvel
Caught the midnight show: spectacular. Hulk/Rufalo really stole the show... everybody was great though.

Spoiler:
Agent Coulson biting it was a bummer... I kept hoping it would turn out he was just an LMD.

I agree! I'll add:

Spoiler:
That really made me sad. He's been there since the first Iron Man in all of the movies, the regular guy agent. I was officially sad about him biting it.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by superfro
"mewling quim."

Amazing.
You know, I didn't specifically know the definition of "quim", however the genius delivery of that line totally clued me in!

One of my favorites!

One weird thing. The theater where I purchased my tickets in advance had theater seating!!!! When I bought the tickets I noticed seat numbers, but assumed they were there just to calculate the number to available seats for that show. When we got there, ushers actually escorted us to our seats! We were told that the first two weeks for a big event movie they do this and noticed several couples ended up rows apart. So strange!
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

I loved when Potts (sp) called Agent Coulson by his first name "Phil" and Stark said "His first name is Agent"

I've watched this twice and missed out on the second ending... I guess there is no better reason then to go watch it a third time.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Wow. Yeah this was the best of all of the related Marvel movies, and all the Marvel ones I've seen while we're at it. I didn't enter this thread till today, stopped going into the other discussion one in the last week or so, only saw trailers mostly....so a lot of it was a big surprise.

Initial thoughts:

Wanted to see it on a Friday night to get the full experience. The interactions between the Avengers meeting were great, especially

Stark and Thor - Shakespeare in the park had me
Banner and Stark - perfect fit for the two scientific guys to team up
Cap and Stark - arguing one moment, teaming up the next

And the moment where all of them were arguing at once...great lines from all of them.

The only thing was, despite Black Widow and Hawkeye doing a good job in the fight, it seems like they were still second fiddle, although I felt they should be anyway.

Powers Boothe as a behind the scenes boss? Nice.

Also considering the 5 movies that preceded this, and only so many supporting characters can make it, I'm glad Stellan Skarsgard is in this.

Before seeing it, I wasn't sure if I would see this movie more than once....but after last night I can say that if presented with the opportunity, hell yeah.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
I was equally bummed when Blunt had to pass
In Soviet Russia, Blunt passes YOU.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

I saw it last night and had a blast. It definitely lived up to my immense hype. It was great seeing some of the supporting characters from the previous flicks pop up. In that regard, I was disappointed not to see Odin.

The crowd was really into it and, yeah, we missed out on Hulk's line due to the cheering and laughter. Thank goodness for the internet, I looked it up on the way out of the theater. I'll be seeing this again a little later when the audience has died down some, in part just to see what else I missed. (Also to get a more comfortable viewing. There were eight of us and the only block of seats that large - or even in groups of four and four - was in the front, non-stadium section, to the side.)

Now I want to go back and replay Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, just so I can smash stuff up real good using a team of Marvel heroes.

It was funny, for some reason the theater kept the lights on during the trailers. People were still talking and making a lot of noise through the first few of them (Frankenweenie, Brave, Battleship) and then the Batman one came on...total, hushed silence. I think that little movie just might make it!

Originally Posted by joe_b
Completely agree. A set-up like this movie gives the audience an opportunity to have fun with the character without getting bogged down in the pathos and pain Banner goes through in his solo efforts. I'm not saying another Hulk flick wouldn't be welcome, but putting him smack in the middle of the Marvel universe with other characters to support him really made that character shine.
I know they're very reluctant to do yet another solo Hulk movie, but I wonder if Marvel would consider a team up one, using just Hulk and one of the other heroes.

Also, how long before we can expect a chronological fan edit of all of the Marvel movies? I'd be interested to see that, as much of a test of ass-durance as it would be.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Apologies if this has already been asked, but how is the 3D in this movie? Is it worth it or should i just stick to 2D?
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

stick to 2D. Saw it in 3D. It was ok I guess. Nothing worth it. The trailer to Prometheus though? Fucking great in 3D.
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Originally Posted by iggystar

Spoiler:
That really made me sad. He's been there since the first Iron Man in all of the movies, the regular guy agent. I was officially sad about him biting it.
Spoiler:
only if he truly is dead
Old 05-05-12, 11:22 AM
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

I want to marry The Hulk.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by macontosh2000
Apologies if this has already been asked, but how is the 3D in this movie? Is it worth it or should i just stick to 2D?
I saw standard reald 3D and an IMAX 3D presentation - wasn't too thrilled with the RealD 3D but the IMAX version was way better...IMAX has the edge in brightness but found it a much better experience overall. If you don't have IMAX as an option, then stick to 2D.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

I'll take a different way of answering
I don't seek out/pay a premium for 3D ... However I did have the opportunity to see this for free in 3D
I had no issues with it and thought it looked solid ... Maybe I am missing something from those who say pass unless their contention just is not to pay the extra
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by Jules Winfield
I want to marry The Hulk.
You're a snuggler, eh?
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Saw it last night. My local movie theater finally upgraded to digital projection, which was a treat. I loved the movie, but fuck it was slow in the first half. I understand they needed to set up the team and such, but it sucked just waiting around for the team to start doing something. I read somewhere the action scenes were nothing special, but I disagree. Seeing them all work in conjunction together was fantastic. Hulk stole the show, as I've read. Loved when he punched Thor after they crashed into Grand Central Station.

Overall, I'm thoroughly impressed at how well it was put together. I'll give Joss Whedon tons of credit. I've never, ever liked anything he's ever done except for Dr. Horrible Sing Along, but this far, far exceeded any expectations I've ever had. It wasn't my favorite superhero movie ever (Nolan's Batmans win that), but it's definitely close behind them.
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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

Originally Posted by bluetoast

Stark and Thor - Shakespeare in the park had me
"Dost mother know you weareth her drapes?"

I also love when Thor first grabs Loki and Loki starts making jokes, Thor says, "Do I look to be in a gaming mood?" I felt like Whedon summed Thor's entire previous movie with that line.

Also, I assumed a "quim" was some kind of small rodent, but looking it up, it's...uh...something else.
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Originally Posted by joe_b
You're thinking of Sharon Carter, Peggy's niece. I mentioned it earlier in the thread, but the actress playing the waitress was Ashley Johnson. I think she's just someone the director is fond of using. She appeared in his last TV series and also has a part in his Much Ado About Nothing adaptation.
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Wow, see how close I was with all of those names!
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Never did I think I would be searching shawarma on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnNP2xh8Ho

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Re: The Avengers (Whedon, 2012) — The Reviews Thread

I'm going the full monty on this one. *****, blown away. This is going to be the best comic book movie summer ever with Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises.

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