Marvel's The Avengers

[Linderbee]

Loved it. Watching all 6 back to back was fantastic--especially since I had only seen one of them prior to that day...it was like a 12-hour movie with intermissions. LOVED IT. My back/behind didn't recover until today finally, but it was worth it. Great movies; loved them all.

Harkins said they'll be doing one for Batman as well this summer,and dcr & I have already decided we'll be there.

 

[PDXChris]

I played hookie on Friday afternoon and watched in 3D. Loved it!!!!!! Josh did a great job of bringing them all together for the final action piece.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Saw it last night. Really enjoyed it. Love the cast.

 

[Stout]

I played hookie on Friday afternoon and watched in 3D. Loved it!!!!!! Josh did a great job of bringing them all together for the final action piece.

Joss :director/writerBIM:

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I liked it better than the Dark Knight. The more I watch the Dark Knight, the more Bale's mush mouth Batman annoys me.

 

[Stout]

I liked it better than the Dark Knight. The more I watch the Dark Knight, the more Bale's mush mouth Batman annoys me.

 

[Shane]

Said this when the movie came out and got blasted for it IIRC.

 

[Shane]

Pretty damn good movie! Enjoyed it a lot as did the kiddos!

 

[ActingWild]

Saw this yesterday with some buddies snd it was PURE AWESOMENESS! I did not know Joss wrote the screenplay and directed until the credits...which was the cherry on top for me. Cabin in the Woods and the Avengers....it's the summer of Joss (maybe a Serenity sequel can finally get some traction!) This is the perfect start to the blockbuster season and I'm looking forward to seeing it again with my better half.

 

[Evil Ash]

Damn good fun at the movies. I didn't expect that much comedy but there was a good combination of inside jokes for comic book geeks and typical Whedon humor. The action was very good. In short it was everything you would want in a summer blockbuster

For those that haven't seen it yet or are plan on seeing it again, make sure you stay through a portion of the credits because they reveal the villain for the next Avengers movie

Spoiler

THANOS!!!

 

[Pariah]

For those that haven't seen it yet or are plan on seeing it again, make sure you stay through a portion of the credits because they reveal the villain for the next Avengers movie

Spoiler

THANOS!!!

The movie also seems to set up the "civil war" storyline about registering heroes with the government.

 

[UncleChris]

Out-friggin'-standing!!! Saw it at the Deer Valley AMC 30 IMAX 3D and it was simply 5 star in its genre. Loved the humor in that it didn't take itself too seriously and the action sequences were spectacular!!!

I would love to see it in real IMAX instead of "Mini-IMAX," though.

 

[Louis]

Initially approached to contribute official army vehicles, the military declined. The ambiguity of S.H.I.E.L.D., the fictional international agency which assembles the superheroes, posed a problem for government officials because they weren’t clear how it stacked up to their own armed forces.

“We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it,” Phil Strub, the Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison, said in an interview with Wired's Danger Room. “To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn’t do anything with the film.”

http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/

Thought this was funny.

 

[FArting]

Saw this on Saturday with my brother.

Loved the movie.

When was the 2nd extra scene? After the first extra scene I left.

 

[crisper57]

Saw this on Saturday with my brother.

Loved the movie.

When was the 2nd extra scene? After the first extra scene I left.

Spoiler

They were eating schwarma together in a restaurant. No dialogue. They looked exhausted.

 

[Chaplin]

Spoiler

They filmed the final end credits scene literally 2 days AFTER the UK premiere. Robert Downey Jr. spilled the beans and Joss wasn't too happy about that.

Chris Evans had a big bushy beard apparently in the scene, that's why he kinda hides his face. I believe he was wearing some sort of prosthetic on his face, but it probably wasn't a very good one. The filmmakers said the one thing that made everyone crack up is the huge bite of schwarma that Chris Hemsworth (Thor) took.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Spoiler

They filmed the final end credits scene literally 2 days AFTER the UK premiere. Robert Downey Jr. spilled the beans and Joss wasn't too happy about that.

Chris Evans had a big bushy beard apparently in the scene, that's why he kinda hides his face. I believe he was wearing some sort of prosthetic on his face, but it probably wasn't a very good one. The filmmakers said the one thing that made everyone crack up is the huge bite of schwarma that Chris Hemsworth (Thor) took.

Spoiler

my favorite part of that was everyone sitting there in their civies eating... except for Thor... who was still dressed in his Asgard garb.

whedon did a really incredibly job of bringing a comic book to life. I still thought the beginning was a little slow and was never quite mesmerized by the story like i was TDK or felt it had the balls to the wall pacing of the first Spidey or Iron Man... nor had everything Superman 2 had, but it was a pretty damn good popcorn flick and I'm just happy that someone finally NAILED the Hulk.

 

[Stout]

Spoiler

my favorite part of that was everyone sitting there in their civies eating... except for Thor... who was still dressed in his Asgard garb.

whedon did a really incredibly job of bringing a comic book to life. I still thought the beginning was a little slow and was never quite mesmerized by the story like i was TDK or felt it had the balls to the wall pacing of the first Spidey or Iron Man... nor had everything Superman 2 had, but it was a pretty damn good popcorn flick and I'm just happy that someone finally NAILED the Hulk.

Popcorn flick hell! Way better than either Spiderman...waaaay better. I would watch this any day in the week over TDK. TDK had great directing and setting, one of the most incredible villains ever...and a really awful, crappy, and altogether unacceptable Batman.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Popcorn flick hell! Way better than either Spiderman...waaaay better. I would watch this any day in the week over TDK. TDK had great directing and setting, one of the most incredible villains ever...and a really awful, crappy, and altogether unacceptable Batman.

agree to disagree.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

agree to disagree.

agree to agree to disagree.

 

[Stout]

agree to disagree.

At the very least, it's not a popcorn flick. Best opening weekend ever? Yeah, not a popcorn flick.

 

[Cheesebeef]

At the very least, it's not a popcorn flick. Best opening weekend ever? Yeah, not a popcorn flick.

Are you kidding me Stout? Popcorn flicks are EXACTLY the type of pics that get Best weekend's ever. Jurassic Park... Harry Potter... Transformer 2 or 3... I mean, seriously, was Transformers 2 and 3 NOT popcorn flicks because they made insane amounts of money? The Avengers is the very definition of a popcorn flick... same as Star Wars, Indiana Jones are popcorn flicks. Maybe you take that as some kind of slight, but i don't. making a four quadrant blockbuster crowd pleaser is one of the most difficult things in this business to pull off and this movie pulled it off in spades. It's the ULTIMATE popcorn flick.

 

[Renz]

Are you kidding me Stout? Popcorn flicks are EXACTLY the type of pics that get Best weekend's ever. Jurassic Park... Harry Potter... Transformer 2 or 3... I mean, seriously, was Transformers 2 and 3 NOT popcorn flicks because they made insane amounts of money? The Avengers is the very definition of a popcorn flick... same as Star Wars, Indiana Jones are popcorn flicks. Maybe you take that as some kind of slight, but i don't. making a four quadrant blockbuster crowd pleaser is one of the most difficult things in this business to pull off and this movie pulled it off in spades. It's the ULTIMATE popcorn flick.

Have to agree. The Last Station ain't pullin' in a billion dollars.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Have to agree. The Last Station ain't pullin' in a billion dollars.

nor is Schindler's List.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

It is 93% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Which is the exact same freshness as the Dark Knight.

It is the equal of that film, just a different take on the genre (4 color versus dark)

It is FAR more difficult to put together a believable film in a 4 color mold. It can come across as popcorny. This film wasn't corny at all.

I believe it stands high above any of the Spidermen so far, which were horrible from a fanboy perspective.