The Avengers (2012)

  On 5/14/2012 at 2:34 AM, dr lopez said:

Hey I actually saw the film and gave it an honest chance, I pointed out what I thought worked and what didn't. What I did find to be the most disappointing about the film however was indeed the hype that surrounded it, which is an element of any work of media that demands consideration and critique; In my mind a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes for example was completely unwarranted for this film and I expressed that, then tried to engage with others as to why that occurred.

I apologize for mis-representing your overall outlook then. I have no problem with this summary here.

Might watch this movie based on its ridiculously high IMDB score.

I've seen this three times. Twice paid for it in IMAX 3D third snuck in. Each time to see it with new people though. Great movie.

lol

  On 5/14/2012 at 4:01 AM, Enter a new display name said:

Might watch this movie based on its ridiculously high IMDB score.

lol

I liked the movie but I mean, it was just an eye candy movie. There isn't anything intellectually stimulating about it. It's just simple fun. That said, I expected mindless fun going into it. And boy does it deliver.

Never really followed comic heroes growing up so the nostalgia factor doesn't hit me. I don't care if a superhero is accurately portrayed, since the way I see them in the movie is often my first real exposure to them. (aside from like...using them in MVC2 type games).

I don't get why hulk was unable to control himself the first time and able to the second time he transformed. meh. Also I wanted edward norton as hulk but w/e.

Of course it's eye candy, but it's pretty damn awesome and entertaining eye candy. It doesn't have anything too deep or intellectually stimulating, but damn is it fun to watch and that is exactly what a super-hero movie should be IMO. The effects are great, the little one-liners and comedic moments are actually legitimately funny in a comic book fashion without being overly cheesy (i.e. the Spider Man movies), and the action is HUGE. It's a near-perfect summer flick, and a great pay-off to all the Marvel flicks building up to it. Some of the most fun I've had watching a film at the theater in quite a while.

  On 5/14/2012 at 8:04 AM, couch said:

I don't get why hulk was unable to control himself the first time and able to the second time he transformed. meh. Also I wanted edward norton as hulk but w/e.

I was pretty confused by this as well. I googled it, like an ambitious bad ass, and from what I gathered it's because: he had not accidentally turned into the Hulk for over a year, so he had saved up a lot of uncontrollable frustration rage and that he can mostly only control the Hulk when he chooses to voluntarily make the transformation.

  On 5/10/2012 at 7:11 PM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

Fucking embarassing LOL at my malt liquor fueled rant about Avenger cunts. I'm an idiot.

 

(Not going to read anymore whining and babbling from miss lopez, the two sentences I read earlier from her saying THAT HER EVENING WAS TERRIBLY RUINED BY THIS ATROCIOUS MOVIE was already more cringe worthy than my drunkest of posts)((that's saying a lot folks. I'm biased though, I've been meaning to ignore miss lopez for a while now, I procrastination I will promptly resolve)

 

.... and now I have 2 peeps on my ignore list. Who's next? Do you feel lucky? Do you feel lucky punk?

Are you... alright, man?

haha wow I missed that!

Sorry I was so irritating, hope I'm really not ignore worthy. yikes.

edit: I guess if he has me on ignore he won't see that

Perfectly fine, I was drinking quite a bit while recording that day and had not slept. Was mostly just joking around.

what i actually appreciated about the movie was that as far as 'eye candy' is concerned it didn't really try excruciatingly hard like movies such as Transformers are Battleship. For me what made the movie truly entertaining beyond a normal popcorn film was the script was extremely punchy and fast paced, and the story was dynamic and slightly interesting.

  On 5/14/2012 at 8:45 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 5/14/2012 at 8:04 AM, couch said:

I don't get why hulk was unable to control himself the first time and able to the second time he transformed. meh. Also I wanted edward norton as hulk but w/e.

I was pretty confused by this as well. I googled it, like an ambitious bad ass, and from what I gathered it's because: he had not accidentally turned into the Hulk for over a year, so he had saved up a lot of uncontrollable frustration rage and that he can mostly only control the Hulk when he chooses to voluntarily make the transformation.

That's very interesting.

You also have to explain how the Hulk was competent though. Is David Banner able to control the Hulk completely now? Notice at the end of the movie he was cracking jokes and making comments inbetween scenes.

  On 5/13/2012 at 10:33 PM, Awepittance said:

i forgot to mention, i got a very pleasurable 'asian' or even indian flavor out of this movie, almost like what would a group of asian filmmakers do with a budget of 200 million for a super hero movie. It's relationship to the american movie schema (besides the 3rd act transformers like CGI fest) was almost non existent. We need more just over the top big budget movies like this in general

interesting observation. The alien ships reminded me of chinese dragons

Oh.

The highlight of this movie for me was seeing the Prometheus trailer in 3D.

  On 5/15/2012 at 4:35 AM, Jur said:

  On 5/14/2012 at 8:45 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 5/14/2012 at 8:04 AM, couch said:

I don't get why hulk was unable to control himself the first time and able to the second time he transformed. meh. Also I wanted edward norton as hulk but w/e.

I was pretty confused by this as well. I googled it, like an ambitious bad ass, and from what I gathered it's because: he had not accidentally turned into the Hulk for over a year, so he had saved up a lot of uncontrollable frustration rage and that he can mostly only control the Hulk when he chooses to voluntarily make the transformation.

 

That's very interesting.

 

You also have to explain how the Hulk was competent though. Is David Banner able to control the Hulk completely now? Notice at the end of the movie he was cracking jokes and making comments inbetween scenes.

Well at the end of the Hulk movie, if you remember, he's meditating and brings on the change at will and then grins.

  On 5/16/2012 at 2:03 PM, couch said:

Oh.

 

The highlight of this movie for me was seeing the Prometheus trailer in 3D.

 

 

  On 5/15/2012 at 4:35 AM, Jur said:

  On 5/14/2012 at 8:45 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 5/14/2012 at 8:04 AM, couch said:

I don't get why hulk was unable to control himself the first time and able to the second time he transformed. meh. Also I wanted edward norton as hulk but w/e.

I was pretty confused by this as well. I googled it, like an ambitious bad ass, and from what I gathered it's because: he had not accidentally turned into the Hulk for over a year, so he had saved up a lot of uncontrollable frustration rage and that he can mostly only control the Hulk when he chooses to voluntarily make the transformation.

 

That's very interesting.

 

You also have to explain how the Hulk was competent though. Is David Banner able to control the Hulk completely now? Notice at the end of the movie he was cracking jokes and making comments inbetween scenes.

Well at the end of the Hulk movie, if you remember, he's meditating and brings on the change at will and then grins.

Thanks

great action, extremely muddled plot for Joss Whedon. So the ideas was fly around in the helicarrier all day and keep it from getting shot down? also didn't the Hulk disappear for like half the movie at one point?

Nah I think the idea was fly around in a big heliboat so we can have one cgi scene where a boat turns into a plane cause it's you know, "cool"

Avengers still #1 at the box office... "Battleshit" couldn't dethrone it (as if that travesty of a film could ever hope to accomplish that)

I would not want to watch this film again, I would gain nothing from watching it through a second time.

Apparently the badguy in Avengers 2 is a homeless man in an oversized green hoodie & early90s pants

i found this film boring and pointless, the dialogue was shitty, it didnt feel like it moved forward atall, completely demotovating. the only enjoyable part was seeing the spaceship things boosh round at the end. they were pretty cool.

lol the avengers is sooooo last month, get over it yo!

sorry