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Subj: It was rather good (also spoiler free) Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 at 08:16:07 pm EDT (Viewed 2 times) | Reply Subj: Simply put this movie kicks @$$! (staying spoiler free) Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 at 10:41:36 am EDT (Viewed 1 times) | ||||||
Quote: 1. I didn't think it was too short, but I did think it took a bit long to set up at the start. Of course, if it -were- longer overall i wouldn't have minded at all either. That's partly why it needed extra length. The initial set-up scenes wouldn't have seemed too long in proportion to a longer film. I also felt that another beat was needed between the characters bickering and the characters becoming a team. Quote: 2. Agreed. Each character did get their moment really didn't they? But there were also those moments of character-to-character interaction that shone as well. Thor-Iron Man. Iron Man-Cap. Tony-Bruce. Tasha-Hawk. All perfectly interacted. I was pleased that the less obvious interactions were there too, like Banner/Widow and Thor/Coulson. And the Loki/Hulk character moment was especially fun. Quote: 3. I was really annoyed with the zipper down the front stripe. Black Widow's zipper on the other hand...  Otherwise I thought the CG was excellent. Particularly the villains in the fight scenes. Cap's costume was right back when Kirby designed it. Anything else just detracts. And his helmet looks dumb without the wings. Quote: 4.Loki almost stole the show again, but not as much as he did in the Thor movie. I particularly enjoyed his chat with the Widow. I was pleased that Loki was established as a physical threat as well as a plotter. I'd be interested in a DVD commentary track with Huddleston talking about what he thought was going through Loki's mind at various points. Quote: Oh yeah - stay for the post-credits everyone! Jaw-Drop!Interesting direction choice. Quote: 5. The cinema burst out laughing (in a good way).There were several excellent Hulk moments, but I won't cite them here for spoiler reasons. According to IMDB, the Hulk was voiced by none other than Lou Ferrigno! Quote: 6. Indeed. A minor problem I had was that the snarky wisecracking movie Stark tends to get lines that would go in the comics to snarky wisecracking Hawkeye. I could have used more showmanship and attitude from Clint Barton; I'd even have settled for a "Goldilocks" or a "Shellhead." Quote: 7. Go on tell us. What can we old Avengers fans who have known each other for more than 10 years do if not entertain each others churlish carpings?I'll cover that in a week or two when I can mention things without spoiling things. However, I suppose the lack of a proper Jarvis won't come as a surprise to many viewers of the franchise, so I'll mention that one. Without Jarvis in Avengers Mansion there's a key element missing from any Avengers tale. Quote: 8. The fight scenes were spectacular, I thought. There were so many moments in my head where i was saying "yep- that's the Avengers!".Fight scenes of this kind have to be brilliantly and precisely storyboarded, each one different and each having a mini-plot all of its own. The fights here has that. This was the first Marvel movie I've watched that didn't feel like it needed one more polish and an additional twist to do justice to the conflict. I'd object again to Hollywood's obsession with ripping heroes masks off for the final combat but Cap's wingless headpiece looked so butt-ugly the bad guys actually did us a favour this time. Quote: I want to run and see it again already (and barely just came out of the cinema and came straight here to post!)I had a similar experience. Quote: Thank you Joss Whedon. Quote: That is all. Those execs who canned Firefly are feeling pretty dumb today. Again. | |||||||
