[Movie] The Avengers (2012)

I'm really happy about how great it was. Hey, I knew Joss Whedon would do a great job, but my main concern - that the characters wouldn't be equally 'spotlighted', you could say, was put to rest. Not one got shoved to the side too long. Really worth the money to go see. I don't usually spring, but I'm glad I saw it IMAX/3D. Like, 3D doesn't affect the storyline, but it's just one more thing I got to leave the theatre saying, "blew my mind".

I'm also happy it was good because I've been bragging to my friends that it was going to be awesome and better than The Hunger Games. Even if they did add Hawkeye at short notice because of the bandwagon-Katniss thing.

Hey,what happens in the credits?because I had to quit before it.

Avengers was amazing all around. I can't wait for a sequel.

I thought this movie was amazing. Well done.
I liked it a lot.
Loki was one of my favorite people in the movie.

Originally Posted by Bravo

You want them to kill off Captain America already? Jeez, the dude JUST came out of his stasis. Plus Stark's character isn't really in a place where he'd think government registration is a good idea yet. They're a long way from a point where Civil War would make sense.

No one dies in comics. Steve is alive after Civil War. Bucky replaced him for a while as Cap, then when it's revealed that Steve is alive, Steve handed the mantle of Captain America to Bucky. Steve formed New Avengers and he's now wearing a similar outfit to Cap but without the mask and shield. Current events is that Bucky died and Steve is back to be Cap, but Bucky is not really dead. Bucky is now Nick Fury's personal black ops as Winter Soldier.

Originally Posted by Galedeep

What non-Avengers characters? Every character featured on the movie team has been a fixture of the Avengers roster at one point or another.

What I mean by non-Avengers is that if they are going to make the movie with the Civil War plot, they have to cut out Daredevil, Moon Knight, Punisher, Cable, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Thunderbolts, Inhumans etc. Spiderman and Wolverine too, but they became an Avenger at one time. It would be too ambitious if they all include that.

Loved it. It's my favourite superhero movie. I was ready to just go to the next showing and watch it again, I enjoyed it so much. I had high expectations, and it surpassed them all, as only Joss Whedon could pull off. I have many other THOUGHTS and FEELINGS but I'm still processing.

Originally Posted by Araneaes

No one dies in comics. Steve is alive after Civil War. Bucky replaced him for a while as Cap, then when it's revealed that Steve is alive, Steve handed the mantle of Captain America to Bucky. Steve formed New Avengers and he's now wearing a similar outfit to Cap but without the mask and shield. Current events is that Bucky died and Steve is back to be Cap, but Bucky is not really dead. Bucky is now Nick Fury's personal black ops as Winter Soldier.




What I mean by non-Avengers is that if they are going to make the movie with the Civil War plot, they have to cut out Daredevil, Moon Knight, Punisher, Cable, Deadpool, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Thunderbolts, Inhumans etc. Spiderman and Wolverine too, but they became an Avenger at one time. It would be too ambitious if they all include that.

Movies aren't comic books.

Civil war just would not work at all.
Making an Avengers movie right now and a Civil war too soon would be too cheap. This is the first Avengers movie, and Civil war took place after more than 50years in the Avenger's story, enough to show the steps before civil war, that is the skrull-kree war using earth as a battlefield, and Avengers Disassembled, etc. To prove that the team was no longer solid and their mentality were not the same to the old comics.

Cap and Tin head have just recently got their movies. People who have not read the comics think they are good heroes, they do not expect to see these 2 fighting suddenly for no reason.

Originally Posted by Galedeep

Movies aren't comic books.

Not sure what you're quoting me for but if you're quoting me about Steve's death in the comics because "no one really dies in comics", it can be applied to movies as well. The protagonist always comes back or be left to the viewers to think if the protagonist is alive or not. It's type of a "twist".

Originally Posted by MaxChong7

Civil war just would not work at all.
Making an Avengers movie right now and a Civil war too soon would be too cheap. This is the first Avengers movie, and Civil war took place after more than 50years in the Avenger's story, enough to show the steps before civil war, that is the skrull-kree war using earth as a battlefield, and Avengers Disassembled, etc. To prove that the team was no longer solid and their mentality were not the same to the old comics.

Cap and Tin head have just recently got their movies. People who have not read the comics think they are good heroes, they do not expect to see these 2 fighting suddenly for no reason.

It can be explained there. It can be a three-part movie and won't make any connections to their individual movies nor this movie. It's a stand-alone. Civil War will not be everyone's super-hero flick like the Watchmen.
This won't happen though, like I said, it's way too ambitious and will probably take like 20 producers to make it. Just really want to see Cap and Stark duking it out. An animated movie would be a great alternative but Marvel's animated movies are not really that good imo.

The Avengers. It was a great movie, but it did have its problems.

My main one being, the movie tried to make too many jokes. I enjoy a funny movie as much as the next person, but I would of preferred a more serious film with maybe a joke here and then. The other problem I had was that the movie was more focused on Ironman than that of any of the other Avengers. Even though Ironman is one of my favourite superheroes it could of focused more on the others, especially Hawkeye who I thought was underrated.

Originally Posted by Bravo

It's weird because that's in direct contradiction of what everyone else is saying: that the humor keeps it from being too overblown and that each character gets their due screen time and allowed to shine.

It's just my opinion. Even the people I saw the movie with had a different view that I did.

Give them Batman and they'll all get gloomy and serious. XD
Who is the Avengers' Batman counterpart anyway? o.O It's definitely not Tony Stark.

Originally Posted by Araneaes

Not sure what you're quoting me for but if you're quoting me about Steve's death in the comics because "no one really dies in comics", it can be applied to movies as well. The protagonist always comes back or be left to the viewers to think if the protagonist is alive or not. It's type of a "twist".

In general, I'm referring to the fact that very few comic books, and essentially no on-going comic books, could have any sort of direct adaptation to the screen. The way stories are told between the two media is so fundamentally different that it would be exceptionally difficult to create an enjoyable movie out of most comic book arcs without making some big changes. That goes for Civil War, Disassembled, or any other major or minor comic arc.

The exception would be self-contained comic books/graphic novels that have a definitive beginning, middle and end. It's why Sin City worked so well as essentially a line-for-line frame-for-frame adaptation.

There certainly could be the kind of "nobody really dies" kind of thing in a film adaptation, but it would wholly unnecessary and would cheapen the storytelling. It's a necessity in comics because comic books are literally all second act, nothing ever resolves, the story always has to continue, so nothing is ever "final." Movies are structured differently, a good movie has three acts which includes a satisfying conclusion, and once you start to undercut the conclusion by keeping it open-ending by allowing dead people to return, you're undercutting the drama of the piece and making it harder for the audience to get emotionally invested. Unless the writer/producers can really earn the revival.

I just got back. I really wish I had seen it in 3D, but that was pretty awesome. Professor Professorsden was a good actor for Bruce, and I thought the whole movie worked really well.

Though the audience for the film pissed me off. There was a guy sitting behind me who pointed out a bunch of not incredibly important things, but things like when The Hulk punched Thor, or when he used Loki as a toy ragdoll. Still funny ♥♥♥♥ though.

Oh and Stan Lee's cameo was disappointing. Where was the hotdog stand?

But damn, that film was amazing. It just... wow.

Originally Posted by SageJasmine147

Even if they did add Hawkeye at short notice because of the bandwagon-Katniss thing.

Originally Posted by Keith

Though the audience for the film pissed me off. There was a guy sitting behind me who pointed out a bunch of not incredibly important things, but things like when The Hulk punched Thor, or when he used Loki as a toy ragdoll. Still funny ♥♥♥♥ though.

Yeah the audience was very annoying. We had to wait on a line looping the entire theater and already people were acting like ♥♥♥♥ heads. Every time something happened they clapped. They booed at all the previews and shouted their opinions on everything. It was very annoying.

Originally Posted by Bravo

I'd say the closest analog Marvel has to Batman (outside of the Squadron Supreme and things like that) is Daredevil.

I would say Moon Knight.
They both have no Super powers and are rich. The main differences are that Batman wears black and lurks in the dark to get his enemies(I guess that's why you said Daredevil, and I don't disagree) and Moon Knight wears white so his foes see him coming. Batman's got Albert at his side and Moon Knight has Frenchie to help him. They both use kind of similar gadgets, they have their motorcycles, Wayne's got batarangs and Marc has Crescent blades of the same function.

EDIT: Black Panther Has his similarities too now that I think of it, I mean his costume. I haven't read much of his comics so I cannot tell if his personality is similar to Bat's.

I will see this when it isn't crowded at theaters. I can't stand when the crowds act like turds. I had to deal with it when Star Trek came out, I'm not going through that this time.

The Avengers was an anticipated event. I was determined to watch it on opening day. It was a great experience full of action, humour, violence, and chaos. The fight scenes were engaging, and the plot was very well-thought out. I was, in no way, disappointed with the movie.

HUGE SPOILER QUESTION BELOW
who was the guy in the other realm that was talking to Loki? If you stayed after the credits, you could see the side of his face. Who is he?

Originally Posted by Cor Sicarius

HUGE SPOILER QUESTION BELOW
who was the guy in the other realm that was talking to Loki? If you stayed after the credits, you could see the side of his face. Who is he?

Thanos, a character who is literally in love with death. Hence the smirk when the other guy tells him to attack Earth is to court death.

I just felt like commenting on the whole Hawkeye and chick from Hunger Games (note: I haven't seen either movie)

but i mean
how many poses can you have for an archer?





its like either they've pulled back the string and are aiming, their bow is on their back, or they're holding it and running or something.