The Avengers (2012) *spoilers from post 1181*

hardCopy

missingtime wrote: »

I'm 30 and goosebumps at this scene:

"Blah blah blah blah, Hulk - Smash"

Brilliant!

The Golden Miller

Skinfull wrote: »

No way!! The hulk would totally have smashed him up if the fighter jet hadn't intervened! Also Hulk smashing up the jet was brilliant and the pilots reaction.

ye the hulk would have won but he wouldnt have smashed him up. thor can put it up to him and on occassion beat him. i remember seeing somewhere that the hulk is actually afraid of thors hammer. if thor had the strengt to hold back hulks first punch and knock him over, theres no way he would have been smashed up.

Bullseye1

Thor has enough power to cope with the Hulk.

Turtwig

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Thor has enough power to cope with the Hulk.

So Thor is stronger than Superman then?

brianregan09

Superman is just a pussy in his underpants

paddy kerins

Jernal wrote: »

So Thor is stronger than Superman then?

I'd say they're all about even, Superman just about inches above the other two

Bullseye1

Jernal wrote: »

So Thor is stronger than Superman then?

I'm sure he could hold his own. Wonder Woman has held her own against Superman.

Galvasean

What about Goku?

humanji

Bullseye1 wrote: »

I guess you either like them or don't.

I'm not saying it's sh*t or anything (it's pretty cool), just what's the reason for the high price on them? Are they official prints or something?

Turtwig

paddy kerins wrote: »

I'd say they're all about even, Superman just about inches above the other two

These are awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6dj7YCEKhw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbizTBYs-rQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDBNB2hk5t0

Turtwig

Galvasean wrote: »

What about Goku?

Definitely not the live action version of him anyway.;)

Galvasean

Jernal wrote: »

Definitely not the live action version of him anyway.;)

Not canon! Not canon! :mad:

:pac:

Jimdagym

missingtime wrote: »

I'm 30 and goosebumps at this scene:

When they showed that spin-around in the trailer I really thought it looked pants. Kicked some ass in the movie though!

Bullseye1

Highest midnight opening for a super hero movie.
http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3436&p=.htm

Already $300 million international. They expect $600 by end of weekend. If this continues it might beat TDKs numbers.

Overheal

missingtime wrote: »

I'm 30 and goosebumps at this scene:

No: Goosebumps at "...I'm always angry - *BOOM*"

spankmaster2000 wrote: »

My main gripe is Joss Whedon.
I don't like whe way everyone seems to talk in "witty catchphrases" / soundbites.

Take a look at the quotes page from imdb:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/quotes

Imagine showing that page to someone who has never heard of the Avengers.
"Why does everyone talk like a sarcastic smartarse?"

I'm actually more excited about Iron Man 3, Hulk 2, Captain America 2, Thor 2, than I am for Avengers 2.

Some of it was excellent. You'd want to be a Whedon fan I guess and/or have seen Firefly and whathaveyou. The action was stellar of course but the other stuff just worked. I think though you might be talking about such wonderful things as "Captain I think you might want to sit this one out, they're descended from the Gods" "Theres only one God that I know of!" - would have got an ugh, out of me, but in fairness a good demographic of the theater ate that line up. Good for them. Added to my acceptance of it. Plus, it is something that fits with Steve Rogers' character. Fits it perfectly.

Still a much better plug than spiderman 3, to this garbage, "wooh yeah! Amerika! We're insecure about our national image! WOOH!":




And I'm glad they reshot a lot of the lines from the trailers, made it so they didn't feel so worn out in the middle of the movie.

Plus Schwarma? Probably all Whedon. And they had to have taken that in one take: Banner was about to crack up.

Turtwig

Overheal wrote: »

I think though you might be talking about such wonderful things as "Captain I think you might want to sit this one out, they're descended from the Gods" "Theres only one God that I know of!" - would have got an ugh, out of me, but in fairness a good demographic of the theater ate that line up. Good for them.

Ah shur, it's all based in a fictional universe anyway where anything goes.

Jet Black

I went to see this yesterday in UCI iSense. I was waiting ages to see it but I was very disappointed. Halfway through I was nearly falling asleep. I loved iron man 1/2, Captain America was good, I didn't like Thor.
About ten minutes in I was getting worried thinking this is a bit boring, but was hoping iron man would make it a bit more interesting. He did for a while, but then it was back to more crap dialogue. There just wasn't enough action and Mark Ruffalo was a terrible choice for the hulk.
I have a feeling very few think this as its rated 8.8 on IMDB and Mark Ruffalo is currently rated number 13.

don ramo

Jet Black wrote: »

I went to see this yesterday in UCI iSense. I was waiting ages to see it but I was very disappointed. Halfway through I was nearly falling asleep. I loved iron man 1/2, Captain America was good, I didn't like Thor.
About ten minutes in I was getting worried thinking this is a bit boring, but was hoping iron man would make it a bit more interesting. He did for a while, but then it was back to more crap dialogue. There just wasn't enough action and Mark Ruffalo was a terrible choice for the hulk.
I have a feeling very few think this as its rated 8.8 on IMDB and Mark Ruffalo is currently rated number 13.

im calling troll, if you didn't get your action fix with this film then i dunno what your gonna do,

Jet Black

don ramo wrote: »

im calling troll, if you didn't get your action fix with this film then i dunno what your gonna do,

Nope not a troll. Just felt the action wasn't great for a lot of the film. It just lacked suspense. I added the disclaimer at the end of my post to say that I must be in the minority of people who disliked it as it's so highly rated. Only thing I enjoyed was iron man.

missingtime

Overheal wrote: »

No: Goosebumps at "...I'm always angry - *BOOM*"

Ya that was pretty awesome.

dreamers75

Going to see it again tomorrow with the wife (the boys got to see it 1st naturally).

kinda excited :pac:

El Inho

just home....amazing!!!!

while i wasnt mad about the giant worm thingy, Hulk and Banner simply made the movie. Considering I was looking forward to Iron Man the most, it would have to be a great showing to steal the limelight. Hulk rocks!

You can't bully me! I am a god

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM :P haha awesome

Nervous Wreck

The Ticket today claims that Ruffalo is signed on to play Hulk in 6 more films. Six! Made my fucking day!

El Inho

missingtime wrote: »

I'm 30 and goosebumps at this scene:

black widow, is perhaps, the biggest waste in a movie ever...

her interview thingy is cool...but...come on...ridiculous use of pistols!

don ramo

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

The Ticket today claims that Ruffalo is signed on to play Hulk in 6 more films. Six! Made my fucking day!

AFAIK all the main actors have been signed onto multiple film deals, dunno how many but you'd assume they'd plan it for 6 each, 3 individual film and 3 avengers films,

is it possible to make 3 more hulk films, or would they have him cross over to say iron man, himself and stark seemed fairly buddy buddy at the end, and johansson has confirmed she wont be in IM3

Nervous Wreck

don ramo wrote: »

AFAIK all the main actors have been signed onto multiple film deals, dunno how many but you'd assume they'd plan it for 6 each, 3 individual film and 3 avengers films,

Defo, but coming in so late, I wouldn't have thought they'd be planning for Hulk to make 6 more appearances. This is excellent news! Iirc Sam Jackson signed on for 5 after his first appearance in Iron Man.

don ramo wrote: »

is it possible to make 3 more hulk films, or would they have him cross over to say iron man, himself and stark seemed fairly buddy buddy at the end, and johansson has confirmed she wont be in IM3

I'd imagine there'll be a lot of crossover from now on. At least 2 more Avengers movies will defo be on the cards, at least one more Hulk, I'd say you're defo right about him appearing in IM3 too.

Awesome!

Birneybau

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

The Ticket today claims that Ruffalo is signed on to play Hulk in 6 more films. Six! Made my fucking day!

Well, I remember Sam Jackson signed up for 9 films as Nick Fury, the vast majority of which so far have been glorified cameos so maybe this follows suit.

Nervous Wreck

Birneybau wrote: »

Well, I remember Sam Jackson signed up for 9 films as Nick Fury, the vast majority of which so far have been glorified cameos so maybe this follows suit.

What I meant by my excitement is that, irrespective of when/where Ruffalo appears, this info is indicative of plans for at least 6 more films. Odds are Banner won't appear in IM3, Thor2 and Cap2. One or two of them, sure, but all three is doubtful. So at least six more films. Cause for excitement!

Ape X

Hulk has been my favourite since I was 5 when, on holiday in Florida, I got a matching Hulk t-shirt and underpants combo

So more Hulk (as depicted in Avengers) = WIN.

Overheal

El Spearo wrote: »

black widow, is perhaps, the biggest waste in a movie ever...

her interview thingy is cool...but...come on...ridiculous use of pistols!

In combat she does alright for herself, making use of the alien weapons. But her biggest strength was - exactly - the subterfuge. Again I think they set her up very appropriately in the film, establishing that she was a spy not a soldier. Barton was a soldier, and a badass one at that. Widow's moments were more subtle, like when she gets Loki to admit his play. Loki just goes "....what??"

Bullseye1

She stole the movie for me. Totally not a waste of time in the movie.

Baggly

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

What I meant by my excitement is that, irrespective of when/where Ruffalo appears, this info is indicative of plans for at least 6 more films. Odds are Banner won't appear in IM3, Thor2 and Cap2. One or two of them, sure, but all three is doubtful. So at least six more films. Cause for excitement!

One of the future avengers films is going to have to be the Hulk going mental and the other avengers trying to deal with him. I know that was done in cartoon form before, but then, so was a Chitauri invasion.

Galvasean

Jernal wrote: »

Ah shur, it's all based in a fictional universe anyway where anything goes.

If the movies go the way of the comics Cap may have to eat those words. The Marvel universe is crawling with all manner of Gods.
I thought that "only one God..." line worked. Considering Rogers lived in America in the 30s. Back then if you weren't big on Jesus you were essentially a Communist so of course he's bound to be a believer.

pixelburp

Yeah worked for me too; I mean he is Captain America afterall, the 'living legend' who's supposed to embody old-school Americana & all its values, seems like the sort of thing he'd say.

Plus I also took it to be a little (ironic) jab at the ostentatiously dressed Thor & Loki. As fun as the movie was, when Loki appeared with his ludicrously horned helmet, I had to stifle a laugh now and again.

Meesared

pixelburp wrote: »

Yeah worked for me too; I mean he is Captain America afterall, the 'living legend' who's supposed to embody old-school Americana & all its values, seems like the sort of thing he'd say.

Plus I also took it to be a little (ironic) jab at the ostentatiously dressed Thor & Loki. As fun as the movie was, when Loki appeared with his ludicrously horned helmet, I had to stifle a laugh now and again.

He had a helmet very similar to that in the comics

Authenticty

Daveysil15

Kess73 wrote: »

You forgot Olivia Munn as the Wasp/Janet van Dyne

Damn, she's nice

pixelburp

Meesared wrote: »

He had a helmet very similar to that in the comics

Authenticty

Doesn't make it any less ludicrous. The Asgard stuff in both this & Thor always seemed a little bit on the nose in terms of design; Loki walking around our world in that getup was a little silly. Ditto Captain America's costume; I much preferred the one from his own film than this slightly camp version.

johnny_ultimate

The Asgard stuff is indeed pretty OTT. Worked really well in Thor's dedicated film because they completely played up the absurdity of it with the Earth stuff.

Skinfull

Kess73 wrote: »

You forgot Olivia Munn as the Wasp/Janet van Dyne

She doesnt appear to have a belly button... was she grown in a tube? :eek:

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The Asgard stuff is indeed pretty OTT. Worked really well in Thor's dedicated film because they completely played up the absurdity of it with the Earth stuff.

I think they addressed this perfectly in the Avengers movie with Ironman quipping about Shakespeare in the park and "Doth thou mother know you weareth her drapes?"

johnny_ultimate

Didnt have much problem with it here, but I think the groundwork in Thor meant the Asgard stuff is always approached with tongue in cheek and knowing campness.

krudler

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

The Ticket today claims that Ruffalo is signed on to play Hulk in 6 more films. Six! Made my fucking day!

well if IM3, Thor 2, Cap 2 and a Hulk standalone movie and Avengers 2+3 go ahead thatd make sense, have him as cameos in the other movies. sure RDJ is in the Norton Hulk at the end as a cameo

Overheal

pixelburp wrote: »

Ditto Captain America's costume; I much preferred the one from his own film than this slightly camp version.

The choice on Cap's costume makes sense, given the pace of the film and all the action. Especially if you remember what a damn mess the action in the transformer movies was. The ability to figure out what blurring blob is what really helps. The clean cut version of his suit stood out a lot better against all the rubble, aliens, lasers, and explosions that were happening everywhere at amazing pace.

Nervous Wreck

krudler wrote: »

well if IM3, Thor 2, Cap 2 and a Hulk standalone movie and Avengers 2+3 go ahead thatd make sense, have him as cameos in the other movies. sure RDJ is in the Norton Hulk at the end as a cameo

Yeah, but it's unlikely that he'll have a cameo in all the others' individual movies. One yeah, two maybe, but three is unlikely. I'd guess that he probably won't be in Thor 2. Which would mean they're planning more than the 6 you've mentioned. Which is an exciting possibility.

pixelburp

Overheal wrote: »

The choice on Cap's costume makes sense, given the pace of the film and all the action. Especially if you remember what a damn mess the action in the transformer movies was. The ability to figure out what blurring blob is what really helps. The clean cut version of his suit stood out a lot better against all the rubble, aliens, lasers, and explosions that were happening everywhere at amazing pace.

In fairness, that's all sound logical if you're playing a videogame - silhouettes are handy among all the action then - but the medium of (action) film shouldn't be so indecipherable that we need obvious & outlandish visual aids. Heck then you might as well include a HUD for viewers. He is after-all the guy with the big round shield, hard to miss Besides, it was a bit too like the daft propaganda onesie that Rogers himself hated. You'd think he of all people would have wanted something a bit more pragmatic.

KirkCheated09

Anybody see Thanos at the end? ......... Knew there would be a clip to reveal the next film partway through the trailers!

DB21

Just wondering if anyone knows how long the film will be in the cinema. I'll be hopefully seeing it on the 21st of this month after my college exams, so I'm wondering if it'll be there that long.

don ramo

DB21 wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone knows how long the film will be in the cinema. I'll be hopefully seeing it on the 21st of this month after my college exams, so I'm wondering if it'll be there that long.

it really depends on how big your local cinema is, the hunger games is still in one of my locals, and that was released nearly 6 weeks ago, and from how successful the avengers has been so far i would probably expect maybe a 2 month+ run in most decently sizes cinemas, so id say youll be safe,

stealinhorses

I enjoyed this one quite a lot, but I'm still surprised at how much praise it's getting on the net. It was good, but not THAT good, there were some parts that were plain awful, some awesome parts and the rest was fairly predictible. Did not like Ruffalo's Banner but the actual Hulk was pretty sweet. Downey Jr. and Loki were the highlight performances.

DB21

don ramo wrote: »

it really depends on how big your local cinema is, the hunger games is still in one of my locals, and that was released nearly 6 weeks ago, and from how successful the avengers has been so far i would probably expect maybe a 2 month+ run in most decently sizes cinemas, so id say youll be safe,

Grand. It'll be in Dublin anyway, probably Cineworld.

Overheal

pixelburp wrote: »

In fairness, that's all sound logical if you're playing a videogame - silhouettes are handy among all the action then - but the medium of (action) film shouldn't be so indecipherable that we need obvious & outlandish visual aids. Heck then you might as well include a HUD for viewers. He is after-all the guy with the big round shield, hard to miss Besides, it was a bit too like the daft propaganda onesie that Rogers himself hated. You'd think he of all people would have wanted something a bit more pragmatic.

He did. Coulson and Rogers even discussed it in the movie at one point, to which Coulson points out that 1) he made some of the design decisions himself, and 2) 'the world could use a little Old Fashioned right now'

Common enough fact that Rogers kinda hates his own campy suit but he sees the value in the icon.