The Avengers (2012)

[Dasquian Belargic]

A promo poster for Marvel's The Avengers was spotted at the Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas and photographed by ESQ.. It features all the heroes together and you can check it out below!

Directed by Joss Whedon, the anticipated Marvel Studios film stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Clark Gregg, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgård. The movie hits theaters on May 4, 2012.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167551-promo-poster-for-the-avengers

[Jo Holloway]

Oh man I hope I get to see some Avengers stuff at Comic Con!!! :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

For anyone who hasn't seen it already, here's all the posters for this movie: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/07/25/avengers-comic-con-posters/

They all piece together to make one massive poster!

[Tom Harriman]

Is that the helicarrier hovering above Nick Fury's head? :ohno

I wonder how accurate the costume designs are. The Iron Man armour looks more like the Mark IV / start of Iron Man 2 version, rather than the Mark VI / end of Iron Man 2 version, what with the round arc reactor and all. But it's very accurate to the Mark IV version, so the artist was presumably working from photos/designs/etc.

Hawkeye looks awesome - there's something very Celtic about the outfit, and yet it looks fairly modern and practical. The Cap is far more "superhero-y" than any of the other SHIELD stuff, but that makes sense; and it's a nice balance between the comics, and what they designed for First Avenger.

And it looks like Maria Hall is going to wear the same tight sexy outfit as Black Widow. Not sure I can cope with both Scarlett Johansson and Cobie Smulders wearing that... :mischief

[Dasquian Belargic]

Here's some shots of Captain America in costume for this movie: http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/16/chris-evans-puts-on-his-avengers-captain-america-costume/

[Inyos Aamoran]

Huh.

I'm going to reserve judgement until I see some official photos, I think - costumes seldom look the same in "natural light" as they do on film. Slightly surprised, though: was expecting them to stick closer to the costume from First Avenger, but they've actually "traditionalised" it a bit more.

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168241-captain-american-and-thor-team-up-on-the-avengers-set

A couple of on-set photos and clips of Thor and Cap

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Chris Hemsworth :swoon:

[Captain Untouchable]

Can we have a Thor/Cap buddy movie, please? :ohno

Given the personalities, the tone of the movies, the "out of time" vs "out of this world" ( ;) ) comparison... I am genuinely looking forward to Chris and Chris sharing scenes.

It'll be interesting to see how they approach other fight / assignment / objective pairings too. Black Widow and Hawkeye are bound to be shown fighting together at some point; I wonder if that means we'll see Iron Man and the Hulk teaming up. Not only are those pairings interesting in terms of character dynamics, they also match up in terms of CGI: Hawkeye and Widow use weapons that can be simulated with real props; Thor and the Captain have a mix of prop weapons and CGI throwing; and both Iron Man and the Hulk are filmed with a mix of motion capture and heavy CGI.


And the Cap's new costume is already growing on me. He probably just loses his hat/mask during the fight, but comic accuracy be damned: he looks proper-cool without it! :eee

[Dasquian Belargic]

Here's some shots of the cast assembled in Central Park!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168342-the-avengers-assemble-in-central-park

and more shots of the cast (in costume) in New York

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168344-the-avengers-in-action-on-the-new-york-set

[Dasquian Belargic]

Some headshots: http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168508-character-headshots-for-marvels-the-avengers

New photos: http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168506-three-new-photos-from-marvels-the-avengers

[Droo]

Loving Bruce Banner's Blue Steel!

[Amés Falcon Liszt]

Third photo, second link -

Thor Odinson: Asgardian Jigalo

[Tear]

Avengers Assemble! (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=34844)
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[Kyran O'Hurn]

Looking epic.

Do love the way RDJ can deliver Starks dry sarcastic sense of humour.

[Dasquian Belargic]

And they used Nine Inch Nails as the trailer music! :love

[Captain Untouchable]

And they used Nine Inch Nails as the trailer music! :love

Yeah, a good choice - those opening chords kinda echo the chords from Iron Man (the Black Sabbath song), too.

Also, I love how epic Chris Hemsworth's Thor laugh is. :ohno

I'm only just starting to realise how clever they've been introducing the characters, too. Captain America is clearly going to be the leader, and they seem to be setting both Hawkeye and Black Widow up as loyal/obedient agents... or at least, ones that won't go too maverick. They've then made one of that twosome familiar with each of Thor and Iron Man. There's some interesting symmetry going on there.

It'll be interesting to see how the leadership question plays out, too. Judging from the brief clip where Steve gets his costume, it looks like he's got a leadership role within SHIELD (it was in a room full of helmets, tac vests, etc), and of course he led his team of soldiers back in the War. Tony is used to calling the shots for his business, but he also took charge of the situation in both the Iron Man movies. And Thor of course is the Prince of Asgard, who led his little band of warriors... that whole movie was about him learning what it means to be a leader/King.

They've all got decent reasons to justify being in charge. And in fact, the current Avengers cartoon (Earth's Mightiest Heroes) has a RDJ-inspired Tony Stark as the team leader, but with a slightly more "I'm a soldier and I follow orders" kind of Captain. It certainly looks like Captain America will be the official leader in this... but between Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk, he's not exactly got the most obedient bunch of characters to work with.

Yeah, I realise that's par for the course with most Avengers origins... I just thought it was interesting given how much effort the origins stories put into setting the starring hero up as a potential leader.

[Rutabaga]

I finally saw Thor recently and enjoyed it a lot. I still have to catch up on Captain America, I'm hoping to do that soon once it comes out on DVD.

This looks awesome. It's defininitely going on the "must see" list for next summer. Although I'm going to miss Edward Norton a bit, I liked his version of the Hulk.

[Captain Untouchable]

I finally saw Thor recently and enjoyed it a lot. I still have to catch up on Captain America, I'm hoping to do that soon once it comes out on DVD.

This looks awesome. It's defininitely going on the "must see" list for next summer. Although I'm going to miss Edward Norton a bit, I liked his version of the Hulk.

No General Ross, either. He'd probably have been involved if Norton was still around. :(

[Dasquian Belargic]

I hope they play up the differences between Captain America and Iron Man. It'd be fun to see a little of the Civil War "rivalry" bleeding over from the comics to the movies.

[Captain Untouchable]

That could be cool. Though that's an interesting thing to bring up: from a Civil War perspective, Iron Man and Captain America are back to front. Steve Rogers is the one loyal to the establishment and to the state, while Tony Stark is the outlaw. I can't see Robert Downey Jr fighting for "the man" and upholding the law, while Chris Evans turns against his country.

Of course, with Joss Whedon being as massive a comic book fan as he is, it'll be interesting to see if he tries to evolve the characters in that direction.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Every time I read this thread title I think of the movie starring Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes as Emma Peel and whatshisname. That was a weird movie.

[Dasquian Belargic]

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[Captain Untouchable]

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[Captain Untouchable]

Curtosy of the Super-Bowl XLVI faries:

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The shot of the six Avengers standing together (I guess you could say that the Avengers are assembled :mischief) at 0.41 made me grin. It may sound silly, but despite looking completely different they really work together visually. Despite the fact that they're all completely different, no one looks like the odd one out... or maybe they all do, and that's why it works.

The internet speculation jury is still out on who the bad guys are. Some people say Skrulls, while others say Frost Giants. You can get a brief look at some of Loki's soldiers if you pause at 0.30... personally I think they look the wrong colour for Option B, so I'm inclined to lean towards either A, or some alternative type of giant / goblin from Norse mythology: they have quite a few to choose from. That said, I just paused at 0.36 and the energy beams look a little bit consistant with Option B... so who knows.

Either way, May needs to get here sooner. :ohno

[Rutabaga]

I squeal out loud like a pathetic teenybopper fangirl when I see even the slightest amount of footage from this movie. I. Can't. Wait. :eee

[Tear]

Yeah I'm a huge comic nerd. Marvel especially. So all the footage from this movie is just awesome. I'm trying to keep it off my radar to avoid spoilers, but I can't watching the trailer. Just too bad ass.

[Captain Untouchable]

They've actually been remarkably spoiler free - you can thank Joss Whedon for that. The only spoilers that have ever been leaked are the ones that were subsequently confirmed in the trailers: Loki being the villain, and such. Everything else has either immediately been shot down and denied by Joss, or is baseless fan speculation being passed off as spoilers. I'm normally a spoiler junkie, and I know absolutely nothing about what is going to happen in this movie. :ohno

Comics weren't nearly so big in this country as in the US when I was growing up, so I never really got into that when I was little... but in the 80s/90s we had all those Marvel cartoons (X-Men, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, et al), so Marvel has always been pretty big on my radar. I always loved the team-up episodes, so all the anticipation for Avengers is making me feel eight again. :3


I really hope it is a massive success: if nothing else, that might convince Marvel to give Joss his own from-scratch franchise to play with, in addition to Avengers 2. Getting him back at the helm of an X-Men story isn't going to happen any time soon, but I'd love to see him get control of a Marvel Studios relaunch of the Fantastic Four: an ensemble story about a disfunctional family with superpowers would be a goldmine for Whedon style storytelling.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Oh man this looks so awesome :3

[Tear]

I really hope it is a massive success: if nothing else, that might convince Marvel to give Joss his own from-scratch franchise to play with, in addition to Avengers 2. Getting him back at the helm of an X-Men story isn't going to happen any time soon, but I'd love to see him get control of a Marvel Studios relaunch of the Fantastic Four: an ensemble story about a disfunctional family with superpowers would be a goldmine for Whedon style storytelling.

Have you read his astonishing x-men run? It was really good and like everything Whedon does the dialogue was great. He really got the characters which is something that makes me extremely hopeful for this Avengers movie. If anyone can figure out the dynamic of an ensemble cast while getting the core characterizations of these iconic heroes right, It's Whedon.

[Captain Untouchable]

I haven't - but I've heard how good it is. What I meant was, the odds of getting him at the helm of an X-Men movie are slim, bearing in mind all the rights issues and what not. X-Men, Avengers, and Fantastic Four are pretty much the only Whedon-friendly Marvel ensembles.

[Tear]

This came out a few days ago. Best one so far:
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[Dasquian Belargic]

Yeah, this is looking sexy as.

[Glen Fiddich]

May needs to get here faster. :eee

What the bloody hell is that flying snake thing, though? :ohno

I was chatting with someone about the Norton / Ruffalo / Hulk issue earlier. I know we've not seen much of Ruffalo-Banner... but thinking about the way the characters balance up and stuff. I imagine that Norton-Banner would probably interact with Tony Stark in the same way that he did with General Ross: not angry, but still confrontational. With the Rogers/Stark confrontations we've already seen, I think that'd maybe do too much. Plus, with Norton the whole "don't make me angry" thing seemed like a warning... whereas Ruffalo looks like the sort of chap who could make it seem more like a threat?

[Rutabaga]

I liked Edward Norton as Bruce Banner/Hulk, but I'm going to go in with an open mind. Mark Ruffalo is a good actor too.

And as usual, I had a complete nerdgasm when I saw this trailer yesterday. :dance

[Atreyu]

Good trailer, though that flying snake thing chasing Iron Man at the end gave me a Transformers 3-vibe (not in a good way).

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Mark Ruffalo is awesome. I like the "We're not a team, we're a time bomb" quote. :D

[Captain Untouchable]

Good trailer, though that flying snake thing chasing Iron Man at the end gave me a Transformers 3-vibe (not in a good way).

On closer inspection, it looks more like a whale than a snake - it has flippers. I now have even less of a clue of who the enemy is anymore. >_<

Good news: there's a trailer released in Europe that has a couple of extra scenes!

Bad news: it's in German... I get the gist, but don't ask me to translate word-for-word. :uhoh

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Personally I'm loving the dubbing. Especially for Thor. The only line he has in the entire trailer is shouting "NEIN!" :lol

[Xel-Naga]

So the studio has officially come out saying the villain in the Avengers are not the Skrulls, but everything else points out that it is. A tie-in board game was announced and photos show figurines that look like Skrulls, as well as production photos from a cancelled tie in game that clearly show Thor bashing Skrulls. It a possibility that the board game and cancelled video game do not directly follow the movie and just throw in some cliche Avengers enemies.

http://screenrant.com/avengers-villains-skrulls-chitauri-robf-154413/

[Nínim]

Bad news: it's in German...


Fortunately there are some Germans here... I have been busy:

Nick Fury: War has begun and we are hopelessly inferior. (Der Krieg hat begonnen und wir sind hoffnungslos unterlegen.)

Agent: Director Fury, I think, time has come. (Director Fury, ich denke, es ist soweit.)

Captain America: Do you come with an order, sir? Do you want to bring me back into the world? (Kommen Sie mit einem Auftrag, Sir? Wollen Sie mich in die Welt zurückholen?)

Nick Fury: I want to save it. (Ich will sie retten.)

Black Widow: Doctor, we need you. (Doktor, wir brauchen Sie.)

Hulk: What, if I say „No“? (Was, wenn ich „Nein“ sage?)

Black Widow: Then I convince/persuade you. (Dann überzeuge ich Sie.)

Thor: What shall I do for you? (Was soll ich für Sie tun?)

Nick Fury: It is called the „Avengers-Initiative“. (Es wird die „Avengers-Initiative“ genannt.)

Iron Man: I thought, I was improper. Apparently I am, as they say, erratic, egocentric, and following commands is not really my style. (Ich dachte, ich wär untauglich. Offenbar bin ich, wie man sagt, sprunghaft, egozentrisch und Befehle zu befolgen ist auch nicht so mein Stil.)

Captain America: And as everyone knows, style means everything to you. (Und bekanntlich geht Ihnen Stil über alles.)

Iron Man: Of all the people here, who of us wears the bodyhugging outfit? (Von allen Leuten hier, wer von uns hat das figurbetonte Outfit an?)

Loki: How desperate do you have to be to ask these lost creatures to protect you? (Wie verzweifelt musst du sein, um diese verlorenen Kreaturen zu bitten, euch zu beschützen?)

Nick Fury: You have brought me to the edge of desperation! (Du hast mich an den Rand der Verzweiflung gebracht.)

Hulk: We are no team, we are a time bomb. (Wir sind kein Team, wir sind ne Zeitbombe.)

Thor: NO! (NEIN!)

Black Widow: We weren’t prepared for something like that! (Auf sowas sind wir nicht vorbereitet worden!)

Iron Man: Folks, I bring something else to the party. (Leute, ich bring noch was mit zur Party.)

Iron Man: I promise a stress-free environment, no surprises. (Ich versprech‘ eine stressfreie Umgebung, keine Überraschungen.)

Hulk: Ouch! (Au!)

Captain America: Hey!

Iron Man: You really have it under control, right? What's your secret - relaxed Jazz, bongo drums? (Sie haben’s echt im Griff, oder? Was ist Ihr Geheimnis – entspannter Jazz, Bongotrommeln?)

Captain America: Is everything funny for you? (Ist für Sie eigentlich alles lustig?)

Iron Man: If it’s funny… (Wenn’s lustig ist…)


No guarantees...

[Captain Untouchable]

Bad news: it's in German...

Fortunately there are some Germans here... I have been busy:

Correction, you have been awesome! :eee

Did anyone else go back and try to learn a few German phrases from the trailer, or was that just me? ^_^;

New foreign trailer: this time from Japan. Only the voice over is in Japanese though: the dialogue is all as-original. It features the helicarrier, and also has some dialogue from Hawkeye and Maria Hill, just in case you were worried that their voices wouldn't sound the same as normal.

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Is it me, or does the voice over guy make it sound like some awesome cross between Avengers and Ninjas? :lol

[Captain Untouchable]

I'm sure many of you will have stumbled across these already, but io9 has bundled together a lot of the recently-released promo clips and things, all in one place (http://io9.com/5903049/5-avengers-clips-assembled-right-here-right-now).


Nothing too spoilery, unless you over-think things (read: unless you're me)... just stuff that you'll have picked up in trailers already, but with a bit of extra time spent giving us a taste of specific characters and relationships.

Among other things, we get a decent look at at what Black Widow will be like as a character. That's right: ScarJo has dialogue and character development, rather than just being there to look pretty. There's also a good amount of Nick Fury, and we also get a decent look at Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders :love).

Given Maria's long history with SHIELD, Fury, and Tony Stark... here's hoping she gets to kick off at Iron Man at some point. :ohno

[Crusader]

I have been looking forward to this movie a bit reluctant since it is a Joss Whedon film. I love his work but it always leaves a bitter taste in my mouth when it comes to the general reception.

Joss Whedon does not have a good track record when it comes to movies(Alien 4 screenplay, Serenity[I hate and love this movie]) as well so I tried to keep my expectations low.

Today I read some of the first reviews and they all sounded positiv.:eee:eee

I still ask myself who is getting Jossed at the end or if Joss is able to make an ensemble film without killing off or destroying the life of a loveable character.

[Jane]

I'm fairly sure Marvel won't let him kill off one of their superheroes. The ones who haven't had their own films, however... who knows.

[Jedi Master Carr]

He could kill of a secondary character or maybe even Loki. I would be shocked if any of the big 4 are killed.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Almost time for this to come out!

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[Crusader]

WOW I just got totaly blown away by the Avengers. Best 3D visuals since Avatar and probably the best super hero movie since The Dark Knight. Joss Whedon why didn't I put faith in you?

[Peter McCoy]

I went last night with Droo. We saw the superior 2D version.

I absolutely loved this film. Joss Whedon really did a great job and I really felt his stamp on the writing with the comedy moments.

Iron Man was undoubtedly my favourite in this film, as he's my fave Marvel superhero. But I have to say that all of the Avengers were really great. Once Dr. Banner lets the Big Guy rear his ugly head, things really kick off and the Hulk was a complete badass during his entire screen time.

What got me really excited was the hint that perhaps in a forthcoming Avengers movie they could very well go down the Civil War route - listen to the news flashes towards the end. It's only brief and most definitely not conclusive, but it got me hoping they pursue that direction.

While Prometheus is still pegged to be my personal movie of the year, Avengers looks to be the kick-ass fun movie of the year.

[Rutabaga]

It comes out on Friday here...I was already looking forward to it, but hearing such glowing reactions is making me even more excited!

:eee :eee :eee :eee :eee

[Jedi Master Carr]

I don't really want Civil War, as that was a horrible storyline and is hated by most fans.
This would be speculation but I would go with these storylines in sequels
Ultron, of course they have to introduce the Henry Pym and Wanda

the Masters of Evil with Baron Zemo, could introduce him in a Captain America sequel

The Infinite Gauntlet, probably one of the best storylines in Marvel comics, but would need to find a way to introduce Adam Warlock

[Yog]

I am not big on superhero movies, but this was great. Highly entertaining. ::thumbup

Loved the 3D also.

[Captain Untouchable]

I see what you mean about Civil War, Peter. I'm guessing they probably won't go that route for a good long time, but it's great to see them throwing nods at stuff like then. Not that I expected anything less from Whedon.

The whole movie was fantastic. I especially liked the Hulk - I thought they did a fantastic job of portraying him. If they do follow up with another Hulk movie, I hope that they make it a Hulk movie, and not another Bruce Banner movie... I think they've shown that the Hulk can be a character in his own right. (Though personally, I hope they leave the Hulk as just an Avengers character for now: his interactions with others were a big part of what made him so great to watch.)

I only have one complaint. Agent Coulson? Fuck you, Joss Whedon. :cry

[Crusader]

^^I guess Jace got jossed!

[Captain Untouchable]

That I did. :(

[Salem Ave]

I have my ticket to see this tomorrow :eee

[Peter McCoy]

Thinking of going again tomorrow to see this in 3D as it's my day off.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

We're seeing it on Friday in 2D as our friend hates 3D with a passion, but we'll probably see it in 3D when we take Owen. It should blow his little mind. :D

[Captain Untouchable]

Is your friend Droo, by any chance?

:rolleyes

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Oh yeah, he's going with us on Friday. :)

[Peter McCoy]

While I don't think 3D automatically makes a film better, I don't hate it. Depending on the film and its visual style, 3D could be good. But as long as they continue to offer films in both 2D and 3D and don't force 3D on me, I have no qualms with it. I think Droo would feel the same way.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I usually only like 3D movies when they are in IMAX at least then it seems worth seeing. I can't see the Avengers until Saturday. Wish I could go tomorrow.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I loved it, no complaints whatsoever :love I never doubted you, Joss. The people I went with thought it was a touch long maybe, but that was going to be inevitable really given the scene-setting that was necessary. I am really glad I went to see it in 3D too. The 3D felt like a great extension of how eye-popping the movie as a whole was, in terms of the action, the scope, etc. I also loved how it was used, for instance in a very brief scene when the audience has the POV from the inside of a wrecked car that gets flipped over. It wasn't a big thing, but it just felt really cool!

[Mara Tallen]

:eee

T-MINUS 9 HOURS AND COUNTING!

(god, do I love midnight showings)

[Rutabaga]

I'm hoping to go tomorrow, first show (2D, not a fan of 3D), if nothing else comes up. I feel like a little kid on Christmas Eve. :eee :eee :eee

[Mara Tallen]

:eee :eee :eee

Me too!!!

I'm having issues concentrating to post today, just anticipating :)

[Mara Tallen]

OMG! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

*flails*

*fangirl squeal*

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*faints*

[Zeke]

Seeing this tonight at 7:30. Dying of anticipation.

[Rutabaga]

OMG! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

*flails*

*fangirl squeal*

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*faints*

Ditto. :D

OMG, loved it, loved it, loved it. *fans self*

Great mix of action and humor, and the biggest laughs in the crowd I saw it with came from stuff the Hulk did, especially the sucker punch on Thor and the "puny god" scene.

But poor agent Coulson! :cry

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Why just you tempt me with spoiler text!

^_^; Counting the hours until 11:10pm tonight. :D

[Zeke]

This movie was amazing, every single second of it. Well worth the years of effort that were put in. I love Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner, even more than Ed Norton's (and that's saying something).

For those who complained about Coulson dying? That scene was so potent and moving I can't hate it. It was sad, it was reverent, and to see him so mightily avenged was heartwarming and triumphant.

Also, the mirrors between the in-fighting on the Helicarrier and the way the team split into little, 2-man teams was genius. Especially to see Thor and Hulk taking down those huge monsters! And then at the end, just when you thought it couldn't get any more exciting, THANOS. The sequel can't get here soon enough.

Capping the whole tirade with a pair of minor spoilers here on the end: Those who hated Natalie Portman in Thor will be happy to see that she had less than a minute of time in this one...as a face on a hologram board. I laughed when I saw it. And Stan Lee's cameo this time was brilliantly funny and easy to spot.

I could go on, but I have no patience for enormous blocks of gray color, so I'll hold back a little for now. Amazing movie, amazing Friday, I will go to bed so happy tonight.

EDIT: For you guys who were sad over Coulson dying: Whedon says he survived. HAH! Though it dulls my previously-stated reaction and feelings on the event.

[Darth Turbogeek]

3D really has a great deal of problems and this movie showed them all - I left with massive eye strain from trying to keep things in focus and a neck strain from hold my head rigid to keep my sense of perspective. Animated 3D never gives me these problems. And I have to say that this movie's 3D was pretty good but holy moly ouch! And my partner had such issues she had to simply turn away for five minutes to not suffer migraines

Do not see this film in 3D, it adds absolutely nothing to the experience. However a bloody big IMAX with pumping sound in 2D - oh hell yes! I can't be critical of such a good film if the format is fucked, so 2D for what is a absolute must see. Every single second Marvel and co spent bringing this movie together with it's half dozen lead in movies should be congratulated, it was ambitious and it worked.

[Wyl Staedtler]

Went to see this tonight. I fell asleep during the trailers and woke up to find Loki stuck in Magneto's cell, raging at Scarlet Johannson and then I fell asleep again and woke up to an alien invasion!

I suspect I missed key points. That's what I get for going to a 9 PM showing. :(

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I thought it was a fantastic movie from start to finish.

The scene after all the credits of them all sitting eating directly after the battle, all shell-shocked and staring off into the distance was so funny it's still making me laugh. The Hulk was amazing, everyone was amazing, and the writing was just impressive.

[Crusader]

I thought it was a fantastic movie from start to finish.

The scene after all the credits of them all sitting eating directly after the battle, all shell-shocked and staring off into the distance was so funny it's still making me laugh.

WTF We sat in the theater for about 5 minutes because we were expecting something like that and nothing happened and now I did some research and found out that this scene was added for the US release. I feel betrayed.

[Captain Untouchable]

The scene after all the credits of them all sitting eating directly after the battle, all shell-shocked and staring off into the distance was so funny it's still making me laugh. The Hulk was amazing, everyone was amazing, and the writing was just impressive.

I think this scene did not show outside of the US. :(

As soon as I find a version of it online, I'll link it in for the rest of the Europeans. I'm sure it'll end up on youtube eventually. :uhoh

[Crusader]

I think we should all write Joss Whedon that we want our money for the tickets back since we did only get the Avengers in a rough cut that was missing 15 seconds!

:D

[Rutabaga]

Dang! I missed that last 15 seconds...since they had the one major scene setting up the sequel in the middle of the credits, I figured they wouldn't also add something at the end. Derp!

As for Coulson, I was bummed that he was killed (I guess I should add "allegedly" based on Joss Whedon's comment), but it definitely was an eloquent plot device. And he never lost his sense of humor, with the "oh, that's what it does" line after he fired the weapon at Loki. The moment where Nick Fury tossed the blood-soaked trading cards on the table was probably one of the most profound moments in the movie, even though it turned out he was manipulating them. It was a manipulation that worked. And when Tony Stark made the comment about someone else named Phil being really pissed off, it really said a lot.

And speaking of Tony Stark, I really liked the fact that the most selfish member of the team did the most selfless thing at the end.

I know there are rumors of Black Widow and Hawkeye spin-off standalone movies...I'd especially like to see a Hawkeye movie. When he finally got what he wished for, shooting an arrow at Loki's eye and then Loki caught the damn thing, everyone in the theater gasped. That was so cool!

[Captain Untouchable]

Absolutely - "killing" Coulson was damned profound, and was beautifully done. Having the director justify why he'd done it (Coulson's last words) was a stroke of genius, and it was magnificently handled. I was just absolutely gutted that it happened. Coulson added a really human face to SHIELD, and it's a shame they (maybe) have lost that. I'm sure introducing Maria Hill in this movie was no accident: she's always been a very aggressive character, and so having her instead of Coulson going forward would make SHIELD seem more aggressive, which seems to fit with the portrayal of Nick "Pants On Fire" Fury in this movie... cool, but a lying, manipulative prick at the same time.


And speaking of Tony Stark, I really liked the fact that the most selfish member of the team did the most selfless thing at the end.

I really liked the journey that all the characters went on. With Tony, it was a journey from selfish ass to genuine hero. With Cap, you started out with a guy who was "the best" in his own time, but is suddenly surrounded by titans whose abilities dwarf his; he went from proud and disapproving into into a level-headed but humble leader who was able to send the others to do the things that suited their abilities best. Thor was ridiculously arrogant - he is a god, after all! - but he fought three mortals, all of whom went toe to toe with him... going from "I am the king of Asgard, your problems are petty and beneath me" to someone who was taking orders was quite a change... especially when you bear in mind Thor from the beginning of his solo movie. Banner went from a man afraid of his power to a man who embraced it... surprisingly, thanks to the sage advice of Tony Stark, which is totally not what I would have expected, but worked really well.

Speaking of Stark, actually... I think it's noteworthy that he's starting to become quite leadery as well. He was calling the shots a fair bit during the final fight, he put the work in with the research, had his moment with Banner... bearing in mind the fact that Iron Man lead/leads the Avengers in some incarnations, I wonder if they're intentionally laying the groundwork so that Tony can be a leader too... whether that's because of a Civil War scenario, a Captain America retires / dies and is replaced by someone else scenario, or what.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I hope they play up the differences between Captain America and Iron Man. It'd be fun to see a little of the Civil War "rivalry" bleeding over from the comics to the movies.

Standing by this! Avengers 2: Civil War please :D Some of the most entertaining parts of this film revolved around the heroes conflict with each other.

[Rutabaga]

I totally loved the fact that they all bickered like juvenile high schoolers at the beginning (Tony poking Bruce with a needle to try to piss him off was a particular highlight :lol) and then became a cohesive, supportive team at the end. :cool

Speaking of Captain America, I swear to you that when the cops were like, hey, who are you to be giving us orders, I totally wanted him to say, "I'm Captain America, bitches!" :lol Of course, his actual method of persuading them to listen was much better and much more effective.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I loved that Capt. America stayed in uniform once they gave him one to wear. I get that for movie purposes it was probably to avoid "how did he get into his uniform again so soon" plot holes, but I also feel that Steve was searching for something to ground him in his new time, and when he was given the uniform he latched onto it as something familiar. His total lack of knowledge of references and pop culture was hilarious too. I love that Joss obviously knows and loves each of the characters, and is also gifted enough to weave them all into the narrative in an equal way.

[Jedi Master Carr]

I saw it today and loved. It was a great movie and a lot of fun. I loved the Thanos scene at the end. I rather save him for a third film because I am not sure what Marvel villain could top him.

[Park Kraken]

Just saw this movie tonight. It was awesome and hilarious. Hard to say what my favorite scene was, although Hulk making Loki his ragdoll had about the entire theatre splitting their sides, me included.

[Rutabaga]

Funny side effect of the movie's success:

<a href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/08/avengers-movie-shawarma/">Shawarma sales skyrocket</a>

:D

[Darth Turbogeek]

I didnt know what a Shawarma was until I saw the credits scene - then it really clicked we call that a kebab and the joke become 10 times more hilarious. Kebabs are sooo the food of 3am after a hard night on the piss and of course Stark would know where the best Kebabs were and would want one after the fight :D

[Figrin D'an]

Saw this today. Highly entertaining. Only a couple of minor quibbles that probably aren't even worth mentioning. The combination of good casting, good acting talent and Joss Whedon's writing and directing style really makes this a step above what we've seen from previous Marvel superhero films (and this is from someone who really likes the first two X-Men films and the two Iron Man films thus far).

Let's hope all the same group does this again in a couple years for the sequel.

[Zeke]

They should. I know Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. are having fun, and as of this article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/may/01/mark-ruffalo-hulk-six-movie-deal) we now have Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk forever.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Saw it again, loved it still. In 3D this time! It was really impressive especially during the last third of the movie with all the stuff flying around. Very cool. :cool

[Zeke]

One does not simply get tired of watching The Avengers.

[Aaron Nomarr]

Only three more days. Can't wait and wondering what took me so long to buy the damn tickets.

[Rutabaga]

Good high quality GIF of the puny god scene found!

http://superheroes.memebase.com/2012/05/10/superheroes-batman-superman-dammit-hulk-calm-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+supermemes+%28Super+Heroes%29

At first I was going to post the actual GIF here, but knowing that there might be some people wandering through the thread who haven't seen the movie yet, I didn't want to ruin what is most definitely one of the funniest moments in it. :cool

[Droo]

Saw this today for the second time, this time in IMAX 3D, and I remain firmly, oh so firmly, of the opinion that 3D is a horrendous gimmick that does not improve the quality of a film at all. It, in fact, affected my experience negatively: it's too dark, too fuzzy, quite the opposite of immersive, and when I took the glasses off in the end I got a pounding headache.

IMAX on the other hand is immersive and awesome. That's the future of cinema, in my opinion, not that other trashy nonsense.

Thankfully, the Avengers is such an excellent film that I was too entertained throughout to be grouchy about it. I went for the IMAX experience, and I'll gladly pay extra for that in the future, but only on the condition it is without 3D slapped on.

[Razielle Alastor]

Yeah, I hate 3D too, Droogy. I did see this in 2D and as my girls have done before me, squeed in true fan-girl fashion through MOST of the film. Very epic, and I must see it again! :ohno

[Mu Satach]

Hulk rules. That is all.

[Korax]

Hulk rules. That is all.


Well said.

As an aside, went and saw this for the 2nd time this past weekend, theater was still jam packed. Kinda impressive! Can't get enough of the Spider-Man trailer, also, Prometheus!