Indeed. Clint needs to be significantly broadened out if he's to hold his own with the others.




I thought everybody's specialities were well observed. The Widow's first "information-gathering" scene and Cap's moment with the beleagured New York police also come to mind.




Yes, that was a wasted opportunity, especially given that they even featured in the final credits graphics.




Yes, that would have been a useful addition.

The other big omission was not giving the Helicarrier anything to do other than be attacked. Cool as it is, throughout the movie it's nothing but a liability. A ground-based installation couldn't have been cripped with one blast arrow, couldn't have nearly killed Thor, and couldn't have its entire security force distracted by falling from the skies so that a class 1 prisoner could walk away. The only thing the carrier does is launch a missile at the city to kill the only people with a chance of stopping an alien invasion.

What we needed was another scene where the carrier gets to take on one of those big flying alien troop carrier thingies. Let Fury unleash some wah-hoo whoop-ass on one of them using his expensive toy. Then let him ram another of those (non-existent) boss bas guys with his flying car.




This whole movie has been very cleverly marketed, and the new villain;s identity has now gone viral.




I'd certainly buy an extended edition of this.




Hank and Jan would seem to be suitable cast to intriduce when Ultron's turn as villain comes round.




Interesting theory, although it might put a dampner on a Vizion/Wanda relationship, given that Coulson was 'cellist'.




The biggest omission was Cap not yelling "Avengers Assemble!" - especially given that this was the title of the movie across half the planet.




I tried and failed to glimpse the names of the Security Council when they appeared on the video monitors.




If there was any doubt that the Avengers should be a trusting adjunct of SHIELD it syrely evaporated at the point Fury was over-ruled and the Helicarrier tried to nuke NY.




A briefly-glimpsed sign identifies the research facility at the start as Project: Pegasus. There's a ROXXON oil ad in the NY background (a ROXXON gas station also featured in the Coulson short "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Thor's Hammer").




it would require some good casting and a sympathetic script.

By the way, I'd love to see Hawkeye guest star in the next Cap movie against Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil: Radioactive Man, the Fixer, the Crimson Dynamo, Moonstone, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Of course, two of the Masters might defect part way through, making a quartet of cooky heroes.