Hulk sucker punch almost certainly the biggest laugh of the movie, along with Cap's punching bags.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason the audience whooped at RDJ's Shakespeare in the park quip
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
My audience dug Hulk vs. Loki more than either of these.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
the first Hulk punch is like an appetizer for the moment with Loki
― Number None, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Hulk vs. Loki got the crowd so worked up that I didnt hear what Hulk said after ("puny god" apparently)
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
post-credits SPOILER: there's no way THAT CHARACTER will look cool onscreen.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
he's not a cool character that's for sure
― Number None, Friday, 4 May 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, he's gonna be tough to pull off for a lot of reasons. Though I thought the bit of his face we saw was cool!
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
hoping to fuck you guys are talking about MODOKdo not tell me yet
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
maybe producers can cast Tom Cruise for the teeth.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
fingers crossed next movie is just extended Captain-Marvel-acid-trip/cosmic cube-sequence
or MODOC
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Mobile Organism Designed Only for Killing!
so what would MODOK do, if his memory got too full?he'd find the power source, and then he'd pick what plugs to pull
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvhnfe0JXg1qziacgo1_400.jpg
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2009/06/modokexgirlfriend3.jpg
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
ahaha who wrote that
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
Elvis MODOK is the best:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SkgBeU7WL98/TWbn4huX5TI/AAAAAAAAAOE/eAV7gPfe_4I/s1600/MODOK02.jpg
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/12/06/ghost-of-van-lente-past-supervillain-team-upmodoks-11/
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
is MODOK shooting hamburgers at people there
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
I thought the first act had some fat that could've been trimmed, but I went along with it knowing it was setup.
ha, i found myself thinking 'i bet i somehow end up watching the three hour dvd cut'
― thomp, Friday, 4 May 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shiiiiiiit, this was fun. Recommended to everyone not named Morbius.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
this was a lot of fun. great lines, enjoyable action (something that's largely been missing from these Marvel films imo - they too often descend into a CGI monster slugfest), some good character stuff tucked in the corners.
AO Scott's review is basically "this is pretty okay, except for all of the superhero stuff" which I guess is fine. Longworth's review is even stranger in that her issue is that we know they're not going to die. I kind of get it, but I think she's missing the point. Also she inartfully swears a number of times in the review, and it irks me that the Village Voice's film criticism has stooped to blog-level.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
This movie was the signal to me that I really need to stop going to Marvel movies. Felt pretty assembly-line to me, save for a few bits of Whedon comic punch-up.
― Simon H., Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
This was awesome. The Hulk was great. ScarJo was pretty good, and Renner is just a badass. Can't wait to see him in the upcoming Bourne flick.
May see this again just for the Hulk scenes.
― Sauvignon Blanc Mange (B.L.A.M.), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
i can't imagine this could be any better. that's both blessing and curse. it was a good time
re: final shot setup for the sequel with surprise baddie: i want to talk about this, worth creating a spoiled thread?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really see the point. It's been released pretty much everywhere now, so if you click on this thread it's a given that it's at your own peril.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
I think the smartest move Marvel could make to sustain this momentum, along with the inevitable Thor 2, Cap 2, Iron Man 3, Hulk #whatever, is to have a no-effects, plot-driven, script-driven Widow/Hawkeye movie firmly in continuity. A little Nick Fury cameo, Samuel-Jackson-as-Judi-Dench, but mainly an espionage film that expands the franchise beyond costumes and superpowers. A Marvel U film that involves the two non-powered Avengers would be cool.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm ready to start talking about T****s too, in this thread or another one.
And Hulk-Loki was the biggest roomwide laugh I've heard in a cinema in a couple of years.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
Aside from Hulk, if audience reactions to characters' first appearances on screen are an indicator of their popularity, the audience I saw it with LOVES Thor. When he landed on top of that plane*, they went nuts.
Might see it again tonight. It's playing a local drive-in on a double feature bill with John Carter, which people here seemed to like and I didn't see.
*sorry, "Quinjet."
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Saturday, 5 May 2012 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
this was as good as it could have been imo
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Saturday, 5 May 2012 11:57 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think that's true - a few scenes were straight garbage (worst offender being the Loki/Cap scene in Germany, which felt like a Team America outtake, plus the scenes that try to make Fury "dark" or whatever) and despite the ridiculous runtime there were still major plot holes (esp. the unexplained rift btwn Act 2 Hulk and Act 3 Hulk).
Big surprise that the two characters Whedon does the best job with are the lady asskicker and the rageful nerd.
― Simon H., Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
what would the audience have done if after all that thunder, ominous stormheads, and threatening music there appeared....Storm?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
Was this shot in 3-D? Or retrofitted? I've noticed that the vast majority of movie reviews now ignore the 3-D entirely, so I can't tell if it's something I should avoid or not, given it's rarely done wel.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, even Roger Ebert has stopped complaining about 3-D in his reviews and doesn't note it anymore. I can't tell if that means he saw it flat, saw it in 3-D and didn't mind, or saw it in 3-D, hated the 3-D, but has given up noting that the 3-D was too dark, bad, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
it's a conversion job. One of the better ones i think
― Number None, Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Which means 2-D is fine, I guess.
So how many shot in 3-D films have there really been lately? The vast majority seem to be conversions.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
Guess Prometheus is next big one
― Number None, Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Amazing Spider-Man was shot in 3D. Had no idea Prometheus is 3D.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
3D in avengers was exceptional imo, surprised to hear it was a conversion
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard it's a very good conversion, but I think the quality of any 3D varies greatly from theatre to theatre.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Why are all these films conversions? You'd think nu-3D has been around long enough that these projects would have been 3-D from the get-go. Unless conversions are significantly cheaper, in which case that makes perfect sense that they would cut corners.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
Hulk Loki utterly killed our crowd, Hulk Thor got almost as big a laugh
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not sure. I wonder if it had to do with the tight schedule so they didn't have time to work out how to film everything on 3D cameras and it would be faster/cheaper to do it after filming.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/02/the_avengers_why_i_m_boycotting_marvel_s_movie.html
― deploying a sewer otter unit (askance johnson), Saturday, 5 May 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Just got back. It wasn't great but it was fun - the fact that I barely noticed that two-and-a-half hours had passed probably counts as some tremendous victory.
Man, Marvel is not fucking around. They've got the cross-platform process as streamlined as can be.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Sunday, 6 May 2012 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
i know the navy is supporting battleship... do you think us military is supporting this film as well?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
Might see it again tonight. It's playing a local drive-in on a double feature bill with John Carter, which people here seemed to like and I didn't see.r u maryland? this is the double header at the drive-in outside baltimore, really wanted to do it.
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
Is there anything from the actual military in this film? xpost
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
I would support the military if they had The Hulk and Thor.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
The entire movie's just a subliminal plea from Our Armed Forces for actual, real life, square mile-size helicarriers.
CAUSE THEY'D BE COOL.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Sunday, 6 May 2012 02:59 (twelve years ago) link