The Avengers - Review Thread

[sshuttari]

This movie is going too hit a Billion or more Worldwide... If anyone is expecting it not to there living in a cave and have no idea what the talking about.

[the elmo zombie]

This film is just so damn fun from beginning to end. The action is great, and the character scenes/dialogue is even better. Downey Jr. is more witty as Stark than in the Iron man films, and Ruffalo makes a fantastic Banner/Hulk. A great spectacle to start off the summer right.

[Deexan]

It will definitely break the billion dollar barrier, I can tell that just by the interest of my own family, who are all seeing it together tomorrow for the first time since Avatar.

[Ramplate]

Ooo one more week for us normal folk - can't wait
I don't like crowds but I think I may go opening night - especially since I bring my own seat anyway

[Youngy]

So The Avengers is finally upon us (in Britain anyway, over in the States you still have another week to wait. God knows where the logic in that is, but anyway) and fanboys can rejoice as their favourite superheroes are brought to the big screen together. Since the release of Iron Man in 2008, the excitement has just been building and today what I imagined throughout my childhood was put before me in the cinema.

The Avengers, if you don’t know the story by now, is the tale of these superheroes: Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye and Black Widow. Together they are brought together by Nick Fury and SHIELD to defeat the enemy that one single hero could never defeat alone. There is an army from another world waging war on Earth, led by Thor’s evil half brother, Loki. Family ties and egos get in the way but can these great people overcome their difficulties to save millions of lives?

The cast and director of the biggest superhero film to date.

The cast is incredible. Robery Downey Jr is, as we have come to expect as Tony Stark, fantastic. Joss Whedon’s snappy dialogue really lends itself to Downey’s portrayal of Stark excellently and he really continues to make the character so, just, amazing. Chris Hemworth is the Avenger stuck in the middle, on one side planet Earth and on the other his family, and he pulls off the torn God of Asgard well and the character continues to develop from his own film. Chris Evans as the ever warm hearted and honourable soldier Steve Rogers, or Captain America, is great. Jeremy Renner doesn’t have as much screen time as I would have liked or enough time to showcase his acting abilities but he does what he needs to, along with Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Clark Gregg. Tom Hiddleston once more continues to play the delightfully evil Loki but it is really Mark Ruffalo who impresses, especially as I was a big fan of Ed Norton as Bruce Banner but Ruffalo puts any doubts to bed almost immediately.

The Avengers is in a very lucky position in which all the characters are all already known to film audiences thanks to their own films. So here, we dive straight into the action and waste no time with character introductions which makes the first act one of the most compelling I have seen in recent times. How the heroes are brought together is very well done, it’s something I had my doubts about before watching and it could have been done very cliched so well done to Whedon for that. Thor’s arrival in the film in particular is well handled.

Hemsworth and Evans have expressed an interest in appearing in each other's sequels.

Most things that fans may question are put to bed almost immediately in The Avengers which leaves ties open to all of the other individual films that will surely follow once more. Things such as where Jane Foster is, why the Avengers are not after the Hulk (something alluded to during The Incredible Hulk‘s final scene) and how Thor returns to Earth are answered very quickly and very sensibly. The only thing is there is no mention of Peggy Carter which I think could have been hinted at (I know a scene that featured Steve and Peggy was cut but it would have been nice to have her name mentioned at least).

The Hulk is unlikely to get another film to himself.

The final war is incredible. These are some huge action scenes, whole sets are blown up and the special effects are phenomenal, especially in the case of the alien ships. Seeing Thor, Hulk, Cap and Iron Man all working together is something that is sure to get the fanboys worked up into a sweat and it will leave them grinning after leaving theatres for weeks afterwards. Watch out for the ‘continuous shot’ in the war scene which is one of the best scenes I have ever seen; in one shot we follow all the action and get to see each individual showcasing their skills. It looks as though one hero becomes the leader (although I shall leave out who so you can find out for yourself) and watching The Avengers one hero really steals the show: The Hulk. Ruffalo’s performance, as I said earlier, is really good! But when he turns into the Hulk you know that ***** is about to go down. Every time the Hulk is on the screen he is destroying things and he becomes the best possible weapon for SHIELD and the Avengers to be in possession of. Words just can not describe how good it is to see these heroes fighting side by side.

The Avengers is everything that a comic book movie should be. We have heroes with a lot of heart, not always getting along (and the insults and little ego battles are really entertaining), we have a villain with motivation and a real sense of evil. There are huge explosions, great action scenes and the dialogue is full of wit. The direction is top class and everything just comes together superbly. The only phrase to describe this movie is with these two words: absolutely orgasmic.

My Rating (a little biased): 10/10


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[nine1wing]

Really wish Norten was in this, but yeah this movie lived up to the hype, hope superman and batman are just as good. On a side note, the studios should have released this movie world wide at the same time, its all over the net now cuz its released overseas

[Deexan]

Well I guess somebody was bound to come into this thread and balance out all the over-the-top praise, I just didn't think it would be me.

Yes, there were some great action scenes here and there and some well placed humour but really it just felt like a series of scenes forced together solely to facilitate a final act that was too coincidental, too crowded and, crucially, TOO LONG.

And where is all this Ruffalo love coming from? The guy was a snooze-fest, where's Edward Norton when you need him? Ruffalo didn't have the look, the feel, the accent and oh-who-am-I-kidding-I-can't-do-this-any-more...

THE AVENGERS IS AWESOME!

Just go see it.

It's a lot to take in with all the references to all previous Marvel movies so I would definitely advise watching as many as you can a day or 2 before you go watch this.

My favourite part, and there were a lot of moments to choose from believe me, was

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

the Hulk turning on his "power" at will.

Badass.

Did anybody stay for the post-credits scene? If so, what do you make of it?

9/10

[sshuttari]

you gave it 9/10 thats still pretty high praise as far as some people are concerned

[Deexan]

Thanks for reading my whole review.

[sshuttari]

I did read your whole review. Yes you had minor concerns but over all you did enjoy it. We disagree about Hulk and Mark Ruffalo's character

You said it yourself in the end it was awesome

[DarthVader 2004]

A few of us went to see Pirates A Band Of Misfits but the operator had loaded The Avengers in. The boss had already left because it was 9:30 PM showing.
The Five people there at the time did not complain and so I got to see Avengers by accident a week early. Simply because the person working had left there glasses in there glove box and thought the real said Pirates A Band Of Misfits.

Any who I thought I would give my review. Now I have got to say I had no idea what this movie would be like. Yes I saw the clips and press conference and many things.
Truth be told this stuff gives not as much of the movie away as one would suspect.

The Trailers don't imply that The Hulk and Banner are really the best thing in the movie. You get allot of Iron Man stuff in the trailer mostly.
The Hulk has finally been done right and Ruffalo does the best job at playing Bixby in my view.
I would have liked to had seen more Nick Fury but that is barely a problem really.

Joss should have done the X-Men movies because he mixes these characters in the Avengers so very well.
Black Widow and Hawkeye are pleasant changes from the superpower members of the Avengers and they are just soldiers protecting there own kind.

Cap and Thor have good stuff at times but I would like to see more of Thor in Avengers 2. He was clearly the match for The Hulk and his altercations with Cap and Iron Man were very wicked.
That Brings me to Iron Man. This movie in my view does not fly without Iron Man and he don't work without RDJ. RDJ was fantastic and he and Banners friendship made you believe in the team when it does come together.

Iron Man has many great one liners but really I think this was the best The Suit had looked yet.
Now we come to the Villain Loki. I myself was hoping The Red Skull would have been the Villain or even Thanos. But Loki worked very well I thought and Loki was indeed one of the better Marvel villains that have been done since Marvel started this project with Iron Man 1 through the other 4 movies and this.

I did not stay for the end credits do to bladder issues but I saw the film and can say it does not fail on any level for me. Probably only The Dark Knight was the only better comic book movie in resent years.
I will say this Batman 3 Has a heavy task and Spider-Man reboot needs prayor to be better then this.

This was a fun ride and the Summer has begun and yet may have released the best summer movie since Iron Man 1 and TDK of that year.
They should fire Bay and higher Whedon to do Transformers 4.
Its not easy giving a perfect score so early in the summer and to be honest was not expecting Avengers to be this good.
Bring On MIB3,Promethus and TDKR because They have a heavy task ahead in beating this.
10/10

[Tornado]

Don't you live in the States Vader? I was under the impression that theaters don't get big releases like The Avengers until only a day or two until they're needed.

Anybody else think it's kind of absurd that it seems like every other country is getting this movie ahead of us? I was okay with the Harry Potter movies being released overseas first, that made perfect sense. English books, English cast, English movie, the UK and surrounding countries should get it first. But The Avengers? American comics, American cast, American movie, and the U.S. gets it last? Bull****.

[DarthVader 2004]

I know people who work in theaters and they tell me they get the next Fridays releases The Friday before. Now that may not be true in other theaters. I am just saying the one i go to they get the new releases on a Friday Before because they screen and watch them on wed to make sure they got good digital copies of the film. You don't want to start a movie that goes bad halfway in or something.
The dude put in the release for May 4th instead of April 27th.
If anyone like me who has lost glasses its hard to read small print.

[Ramplate]

I don't know about these days with newer movies, but back about 18 years ago a friend of mine had the job of setting up new films in our local theater - they used to have a couple of days to watch new movies to make sure everything was spliced and threaded correctly

[DarthVader 2004]

Well you can get a bad digital film too. I am sure people get the films before friday they just can't release it until Thursday Night at Midnight

[Ramplate]

Oh yeah lots of things can happen to a copy that's being shipped from place to place

[Deexan]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

You said it yourself in the end it was awesome

Everything up until that point was tongue-in-cheek. C'mon, dude.

I honestly couldn't pick a single fault throughout.

[sshuttari]

Well giving it a 9/10 isn't going to make people think you some how went against the crowd... I'm just saying

[Deexan]

Originally Posted by sshuttari

Well giving it a 9/10 isn't going to make people think you some how went against the crowd... I'm just saying

That's the point, I didn't go against the crowd. The problems I had with the film were fabricated, non-existent, fictitious... Just for s**ts and giggle my friend. Hence, "tongue-in-cheek".

[DarthVader 2004]

Part of his review seemed like he was joking and really did like the movie. It kinda didn't make any sense.

[sshuttari]

Yeah his opening sentence is confusing for once I'm actually saying it wasn't you Redvader and agreeing with you

But anyways... I'm glad everyone seems to be enjoying it I can't wait to see what the rest of the summer is going to look like

[Tornado]

Originally Posted by RedVader 2004

Part of his review seemed like he was joking and really did like the movie. It kinda didn't make any sense.

Oh sweet, sweet irony.

[Neverending]

Originally Posted by Tornado

Anybody else think it's kind of absurd that it seems like every other country is getting this movie ahead of us?

This has been happening for a few years now. I think Spider-Man 3 was the first to lead the pack. Remember all those leaked Venom footage? Studios are just more interested in overseas audiences because they're more consistent than us right now. Pirates 4 grossed a Billion worldwide even though it barely cracked $300 million in the States.

[Tornado]

I'd like to think that's because American audiences are smart enough to avoid drivel like that. The Dark Knight grossed over a billion worldwide, over half of that in the U.S.

And Spider-Man 3 only opened a couple of days earlier worldwide than it did in the U.S. Not a week or more like The Avengers is doing.

[Neverending]

Originally Posted by Tornado

I'd like to think that's because American audiences are smart enough to avoid drivel like that.

Let's not give American audiences too much credit. Twilight and Transformers are HUGE hits. The difference is that overseas audiences are more consistent. American audiences have become unpredictable because we have so many other entertainment options. Someone in a third world country isn't gonna have a home theater with HDTV, Blu Ray, and Surround Sound. So, going to the movie theaters is actually, you know, appealing.