The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

[greenegt]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

My employer treated us to a showing last Friday. My wife and I loved it, of course! I pretty much co-sign what everyone else has said. This movie was very well done from top-to-bottom. Loved all of the actors and how they portrayed their characters (especially Tom Hiddleston as Loki). Can't wait to see more from Marvel studios.

[DaveDQ]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Wanted to get you guys viewpoint on the Hulk...

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Why was the Hulk so out of control during his first transformation? Was he under Lokis spell? or was he just so overwhelmed by the explosion he couldn't control his emotions?

The Incredible Hulk movie hinted that he was gaining control while in Hulk form, and he obviously displays that during the movie. They don't really address it though. His convo with Tony in the lab would lead you believe he was still having issues controlling Hulk as well

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Banner rubbed his eyes while Loki walked by and grinned at him. that gave me the impression he was in his head. And then he grabbed the spear which signified to me that he was losing what ever control he had.

And when he first turned into Hulk it was more to me that he was battling it because he now knew it wasn't all him but Loki's influence. Which is why he went after Black Widow. just my thoughts.

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Definitely revoked. Galactus is 28 feet tall and eats planets, or in Fox's world is a cloud. Super Skrull was actually a decent guess since he and Thanos have a similar look in some renderings. Super Skrull won't be apart of this until the Fantastic Four is back under Marvel Studios control, until then, Fox has them and the Skrull empire.

I can't wait to see where this goes. My guess is Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2 (the 3 currently in production) will lead into the Infinity Gauntlet storyline. Then culminating in Avengers 2.

It was funny, everyone in the theater was trying to figure out who Thanos was, and my 3 year old son goes "That's Thanos!" LOL I was so proud

Now the question is how long until this guy shows up.

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That is so funny. My son picked up on it too because of Super Hero Squad..lol

[mjb2124]

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Also, anybody see the movie in 2D? I wanted to see it in 3D but my friends didn't so I saw it in 2D. I felt like the picture quality wasn't up to snuff.

I saw it in 2D at a Sony Digital 4K cinema. Looked fantastic...

I don't know a ton about 4K right now, but the movie looked great.

[thaima1shu]

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I saw it in 2D at a Sony Digital 4K cinema. Looked fantastic...

I don't know a ton about 4K right now, but the movie looked great.

Same, my theater showed it in 4K. It was beautiful. I love 4K projectors. If I had an insane amount of money I would get a 4K projector at home.

[bomberooski]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Watched "The Incredible Hulk" on Saturday and "Thor" last night.

I'll be at the theater for "The Avengers" tonight! Can't wait

[ExtremeGamer]

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That is so funny. My son picked up on it too because of Super Hero Squad..lol

LMAO, same here!!

[Blzer]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Then he proceeds to have the loudest ****ing conversation to whoever about how so and so lied about him going to jail. He never went to jail, that's a lie. He did get into a little bit of trouble doing such and such but he never went to jail and so and so was lying about that.

Is it okay that I cracked up out loud while reading this paragraph?

If possible, I'd very much like to see this tonight. It's getting through my job interview today that I've been fretting about for the past 72 hours.

[ab713]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

The rest of this may sound a like a bash against the movie so to start on a good note, I would give the movie a solid B+.

While I understand the need to establish each character, the first half dragged on a bit too much. Also, I thought the jokes were great, but I felt there were too many of them (maybe because I prefer the seriousness the "The Dark Knight" has). It seemed like every important scene had some kind of joke thrown in. The other thing that I thought was lacking was the opening sequence. After it was over and "The Avengers" title was displayed, I couldn't help but think it was lacking a bit of excitement (possibly because Loki just seems like such a weak villain).

With that said, the final battle alone was enough to put the film in the top 5 of all comic book movies.

[jmood88]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

The rest of this may sound a like a bash against the movie so to start on a good note, I would give the movie a solid B+.

While I understand the need to establish each character, the first half dragged on a bit too much. Also, I thought the jokes were great, but I felt there were too many of them (maybe because I prefer the seriousness the "The Dark Knight" has). It seemed like every important scene had some kind of joke thrown in. The other thing that I thought was lacking was the opening sequence. After it was over and "The Avengers" title was displayed, I couldn't help but think it was lacking a bit of excitement (possibly because Loki just seems like such a weak villain).

With that said, the final battle alone was enough to put the film in the top 5 of all comic book movies.

I don't know why anyone would go in expecting the movie to be serious; the individual characters can have dark moments/story arcs in their own series' but The Avengers has always been about fan service and making the stories as big and exciting as possible.

[Drewski]

This movie was incredible. Want to see it again and just saw it yesterday

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[thaima1shu]

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I don't know why anyone would go in expecting the movie to be serious; the individual characters can have dark moments/story arcs in their own series' but The Avengers has always been about fan service and making the stories as big and exciting as possible.

Agreed. The Dark Knight is probably my favorite movie because of its dark/gritty nature. But not every single superhero movie needs to be that way, and I did not want The Avengers to be in that same dark style. I think the tone they used for this movie was perfect.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

So the only questions left are 1) Will The Dark Knight Rises break Avengers box office record? and/or 2) Will The Spiderman reboot break the new record?




I'm thinking DKR does.

[thaima1shu]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

So the only questions left are 1) Will The Dark Knight Rises break Avengers box office record? and/or 2) Will The Spiderman reboot break the new record?




I'm thinking DKR does.

I think there's no way TDKR breaks it without 3D.

[mestevo]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Official total from the record breaking weekend: $207.4m. Over $650m total worldwide in 12 days.

http://marvel.com/news/story/18690/avengers_shatters_records_with_207.4m

[bomberooski]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Wish the record was "tickets sold". Would be so much cooler to compare that way.