If Prometheus and Dark Knight Rises are up to scratch this could be the best Hollywood summer in an age
― Number None, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
what a disaster for nollywood
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Hell, it took nearly 25 years for Whedon to get a shot at something of this scale!
Forgot about Prometheus. And Brave will be big, as usual.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
Thank goodness Hollywood will take all this money and spread it around smaller filmmakers and their modest, personal visions.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
the avengers movie alone is gonna do a billion dollars in box officefunny that as a kid we all knew this would work and it only took 25 years for hollywood to catch up
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, May 6, 2012 4:27 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
man, if this came out when i was 11...
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but RDJ was starring in Hearts and Souls and Only You
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
If it had, it would been directed by Tim Burton or someone and featured lots of terrible costumes and limited effects. Thankfully, it took as long as it did, because this looked yowza.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I think this would have been refried ass if it had happened before Marvel created Marvel Studios.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
The friend I saw it with thought it was going to be Red Skull at the end. Which would have been awesome, but I see why they went with a universe-class villain to set up Avengers 2.
Also: post-credits FTW.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
One theory is that it is actually a set-up for Thor 2.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
Thanos was never a Thor villain, though. He's always been a cosmic/team-up villain.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
marvel has a Guardians Of The Galaxy movie in the pipeline, which could act as a leadup to thanos in Avengers 2
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently he has been a Thor villain! I are wrong. I feel like he's a little too much of a heavy hitter for Thor 2, though.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
and the envy of dentists across the multiverse.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
Thanos seems to be a pretty big "all in" crossover villain, though, bigger than the Avengers.
I think some eagle-eyed dork spied the Infinity Gauntlet on Asgaard in "Thor" ...
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
Who's excited for the Adam Warlock movie?! Anyone? Anyone?
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
Kevin Feige says some stuff
http://collider.com/kevin-feige-thor-2-iron-man-3-avengers-sequel-interview/158942/
― Number None, Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i heard about that. i was really thankful they didn't make this a movie that required you to see cap or thor cuz there's no way i was doing homeworkwas thinking a more personal one-on-one warren ellis style "get inside the minds of the heros" followup with infinity gauntlet and thanos fucking with them as they fight to come together as a team would be a good lookalso FUCK A TESSERACT, THAT IS A COSMIC CUBE KIRBY 4 LIFE
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
be glad you didn't do homework like i did, thor and cap movies both assembly line prologues
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, they really did look like it
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
so why not cosmic cube btw? too comic book-y for this hip audience? so they decide to go wrinkle in time instead?
Captain America was OK.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
i was just thinking that Downey has kinda saved marvel. xmen was winding down and hulk was a bomb but iron man bridged the gap.ten years ago, who woulda thought RDJ would save hollywood
Forks otm here. I thought Thor was pretty good too.
― PSOD (Ste), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
they're both fairly entertaining assembly-line prologues, as far as such things go. especially CA.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Sunday, 6 May 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
Movie sucked and was no different from any other superhero movie - the end.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
well when you put it like that...
― Number None, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
when you went to see it like that...
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
one complaint i guess i had was how all these whipsmart awesome heroes kept having to ask captain america where they should stand for the next battle, because he's kinda lame really and whedon didn't seem to know what else to do with him.
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
Captain America is their leader though
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
OTM. I don't get the raves for this at all.
― circa1916, Sunday, 6 May 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
difference from other superhero movie = it had all the superheroes
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
Captain America is the only of these loner dudes who is a team player, which is why he's the default leader.
What the hell were you expecting? Maybe you need to see a truly shitty superhero music to recognize one done well. Might I recommend either recent "Fantastic Four?" "X-Men 3?"
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
yup, anyone who thinks this isn't better than the norm hasn't seen the real horrors that are out there
― Number None, Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
Spawn (1997): I think this might be one of the worst filns I've ever seen
― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
(Hah, I meant superhero movie, not superhero music)
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
Though I will say the score to this was pretty boilerplate.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
Forget it, Jake, it's Alan Silvestri.
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Sunday, 6 May 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
a little overhyped imo. thought the second half (part. the final battle) was the best part. iron man good more than dark knight good (fun, exciting, POW POW POW, not a lot of ambition) i thought. liked black widow's expanded role.
― Mordy, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
a little long too.
― Mordy, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
dark knight's ambition was part of what spoiled it imo
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
they're not really comparable
― Number None, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
agreed, this promised and delivered breezy fun, the ambition was in the scope and perfect delivery of that promise
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
well, yeah, cuz The Dark Knight is gross, boring, and interminable.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
I have yet to see The Avengers but I whole heartedly agree with Alfred about The Dark And Dreary Knight.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
There's room for both approaches.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
dark knight was imperfect bc of the nolans' insistence on cramming messy half-baked high school-level philosophizing into their scripts.
and ethical conundrums. fuck ethical conundrums. joss whedon handled them better in angel.
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
wmc otm
but
avengers makes a better job of its approach
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Monday, 7 May 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Up to this point, I agree, but after Nolan's Batfilms are all done I'm going to think of them as one piece probably, so I want to leave it open-ended in case he completely wows me with the 3rd act.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 7 May 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
think that's fair too, yeah
― underleg aeroboots i have smithed (darraghmac), Monday, 7 May 2012 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
This certainly was a Marvel movie.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Monday, 7 May 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link