King of Queens!
― PSOD (Ste), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
ok so yeah this was entertaining. plot is completely threadbare - loki steals tesseract, nick fury assembles avengers to get it back, they get it back - just enough to hang 3-4 massive action setpieces on. but the interaction between the avengers really greases the proceedings and, as pointed out above, it's a very funny movie. not in that usual "throw em some one-liner chuckles" way - the crowd at my screening was roaring with laughter + delight. absolutely recommend seeing it w/ an audience.
this thing's gonna make 900 gajillion dollars.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 3 May 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
well, also 'loki allows himself to be captured / loki gets released'
it seems like they ought to have another one in the pipeline already
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
sadly, they have to do more sequels to the individual characters' movies first
― Number None, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
the crowd at my screening was roaring with laughter + delight. absolutely recommend seeing it w/ an audience.
I wonder how much of this is just sheer delight that their childhood dreams are realized i.e. Hawkeye and Cap America interacting.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
nah, it's really funny. I can't imagine most of the crowd at my screening had much familiarity with the characters beyond maybe seeing a few of the previous films
― Number None, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
yup. my wife usually hates superhero movies but she was cracking up throughout. it's not nerd delight, it's general audience delight.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
Ferrigno was also the voice of the Hulk in the Ed Norton joint.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
It's this. It's basically a pr0n movie with all your favorite pr0n stars all getting their one-on-one scenes.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
bears repeating: fanboys are the worst
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
going friday
― The world is your urinal. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
It's basically a pr0n movie with all your favorite pr0n stars all getting their one-on-one scenes.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:25 (54 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there are so many places that analogy breaks down
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
well, no. there's one.
jeremy renner looks so lame and miserable in this cast, hanging out with all the megafamous people with superpowers with his stupid little bow and arrow and mountain climbing outfit
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I know. Chris Evans' muscles aren't quite big enough. But work with it.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
Th eidea of there being a second, US-only, after credits scene is baffling. I didn't stay for the first one (because the credits on this bad boy will be LotR length) but after reading what it was I wish I had.
― Aunt Acid and the Gaviscons (aldo), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
watching the Chris Evans Captain America movie last night, I wondered whether Cap America was always such a bore in the comics. At least Evans didn't get much dialogue.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
i thought the s******* scene was on the europe release - i felt bad for not staying all through the second batch of credits after the t***** scene
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
otoh, the rest of the credits do seem to have been >15 minutes of the advertised running time, so not all that bad
yeah, Captain America is pretty boring. I mean look at him
― Number None, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
the cap movie gets a lot worse once he gets all superpowered and stuff, it seemed like his head on top of some other dude was altogether a better performance -- this wasn't the only reason but
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
If Hulk is this movie's MVP, Capt.Am is its albatross.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
he does get one good line though
― Number None, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
Refresh my memory. I found it hard to hear what he was saying when he was on screen.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
"flying monkeys"
― Number None, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, that one really DID slip by me.
― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
No, the s******* scene is post-credits in the US only, although that does make sense then that there are credits after the one I didn't watch.
― Aunt Acid and the Gaviscons (aldo), Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
why would they do that? it seems like the world's worst thought out anti-piracy measure
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
I don't u********* what you are t******* a****
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Presumably I'm guessing they thought only people in America would know what s******* is. Don't laugh. People have thought stranger things.
― Aunt Acid and the Gaviscons (aldo), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
We're being secret about the post-credits stuff, like filmmakers want us to.
― Aunt Acid and the Gaviscons (aldo), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't hate the Captain America movie but the ending was so rushed the takeaway became "see you at The Avengers!" Ironic considering it'd have the most dramatic ending of any of the pre-Avenger movies if not for the "nevermind he's fine" that immediately follows his self-sacrifice
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently they filmed the s******* scene after the movie had wrapped? It doesn't have any dialogue anyway
― Number None, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I dug captain america from a look & design standpoint, plus it is one of the darker marvel films - his best friend dies and "nevermind he's fine" is paired w/ the realization that his unrequited love is long dead. also idgaf about spoilers obv, these are superhero movies not les diaboliques.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
and if you guys are actually starring out the word shawarma, you are a bunch of eff star star cunts
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
aw, you ruined it
― Number None, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 19:20 (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i liked that the self-sacrifice and the "he's fine" (which is ... kind of an odd way to read that?) were both scenes lifted directly from other movies
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
i thought 'shawarma' was the same as a doner kebab but apparently it is what british kebab shops often call a shish kebab, even though it is not a shish kebab
― thomp, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-samuel-l-jackson-slams-ao-scott-ny-times-review-319966
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
skeletor i think
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
AO Scott is jaundiced imo
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
sick "jaundiced" burn a.o.s; ilx needs u now more than ever
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
get these muthafuckin critics off this muthafuckin etc
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
THE CROSSOVER YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
Jaundiced! "Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudice, or hostility," motherfucker!
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure he meant jaded but jaundiced could work too
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
same thing, really. "jaundiced" is a good way to go, imo. i'm over "jaded".
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
well, or a similar thing, anyway...
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
absolutely recommend seeing it w/ an audience.
^^^^Seriously. Crowd ate this movie up.
This was about as good as these kinds of 'splodey skyscraper movies get. Very satisfying, other than the slightly clunky opening.
― I cannot host as my wife hates Walker (latebloomer), Friday, 4 May 2012 07:35 (twelve years ago) link
Hulk was awesome, easily the scene-stealer of the movie.
― I cannot host as my wife hates Walker (latebloomer), Friday, 4 May 2012 07:36 (twelve years ago) link