It's Europe, dawg. Everyone speaks English.
Granted, if it was France, they'd all pretend not to understand a word.
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Marvel's The Avengers |OT| (Dir. Joss Whedon) [Spoilers unmarked]
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It's Europe, dawg. Everyone speaks English.
Granted, if it was France, they'd all pretend not to understand a word.
Good Job Bob
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Bad writing.
Most Germans learn English in school.
MrPink93485
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A lot of people in Germany probably do understand English as Europeans in general are more open to learning 2nd languages.
Ah ok.
Why do the Asgardians speak perfect English for that matter? Ah, the mysteries of life.
future_pinoy
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use your common sense maaan!
The weirdness is my friend kept referring to Renner as her 'husband' in front of her real husband... all with a bun in the oven. Dude is clearly attractive to some people.
Personally... I'm a RDJ girl myself. Dat ass and all that.
Movie was great fun, if really by the numbers plotwise. I have to take my brother-in-law soonish, he'll eat it up... and I want to see it not in 3D.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
Still just feels weird that Loki can hold an explosion point blank and just get frazzled. The movies need to establish some limits to Thor / Loki that are as defined as Cap, Hulk, and I guess Iron Man (although he can take most beatings despite rattling around in a tin can, it seems).
Out with Expendable, we have new reviewer in the house. One that comes with graphics.
Also, such a conflicted review. It's 9/10 and yet you seem to dislike it.
I do agree about Captain America's part though. The Blu-ray better have that half hour filled with Cap's action and story through and through. I swear I read somewhere that Joss said the film will be seen from Cap's POV and that clearly wasn't the case with the final product.
they did it too much. should've been shown once.
Science and magic are the same thing over there, bro.
I remember in a random promo clip from thor he was speaking in a different language right after he landed on earth, I remember it not being in that actual movie though, strange.
Plot convenience #33.
He was in the middle of saving their asses. I'm sure they all spit and cursed America after he got back on the jet.
BronsonLee
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I could watch this all day. So good.
Protip: Getting ragdolled will do that to ya.
But he killed at least 80 people!
It's a popular plot convenience. Nolan used the same one in The Dark Knight.
crimsonspider89
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Loki had himself get captured to be a distraction so they could finish the portal while he broke the team by aggravating them and pointing out secrets and flaws through his manipulation till they got rescued and they were supposed to give up..... but him killing Phil caused the heroes to unite especially after Nick being the manipulative bastard he is with the blood soaked cards.
Yes, Nick is a manipulative bastard.
Then Hulk smashed Loki and Loki did not wake up till the end. Why he asked for the drink. He was hurting from the smash.
Yes, Nick is a manipulative bastard.
Then Hulk smashed Loki and Loki did not wake up till the end. Why he asked for the drink. He was hurting from the smash.
Good Job Bob
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The Anti-Monitor
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basically loki is just a setup for the funniest moment in the movie instead of being a true villain. Just comic relief
I see, Loki's just a human right?
Gotcha! We're treading into imaginary waters now.
Ancient Norse Alien Gods speak old English and you're worried about why Germans know English.
They can understand because nobody cares.
He's an abnormally small frost giant, technically. So stronger than human, but his main strengths are trickery and scheming. "Magic".
EDIT - oops looks like that was not a genuine question.
No, you're missing the point. He's the master manipulator, always talking, and he tried it on the one character in the movie who would never buy his bullshit.
crimsonspider89
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No, but he isn't Thor and such. He is mainly illusions, teleports, tricks and such. He really can't take much of a beating. And Hulk, caused Thor to bleed where Thor just shrugged all of Tony's blows off as if it was nothing. I think that speaks of Hulk's strength.
He's adopted
You never saw Dark Knight? You should check it out. Batman strings up the Joker and leaves him there, then jets to go deal with the remaining threat, Two-Face.
You seem to find it to be some kind of "convenience". I find it to be storytelling.
Extra Sauce
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so many movie podcasts dunno who they are. i'm waiting for some of my fave comic podcasts to hurry up and do an Avengers show.
Wasnt the whole building surrounded by SWAT? I'm not even sure why I'm taking this seriously with you.
You're missing the point. It's action movie 101. You have the mini climax for one bad guy, then the final climax.
Like Die Hard. Textbook action movie. The main template at this point. He kills Karl in the big battle where John strings him up, then deals with Hans in the final climax. It's how you write an action movie. You can do the villain popping back up trope, but that's optional.
The Hulk thrashing Loki was the mini climax, then closing the portal was the big finish.
Clayton Bigsby
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Just stop, he is a troll.
BronsonLee
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He's not really someone who can take a hit, hence all the teleporting/multiple people, etc etc. It was that way in Thor, and the same thing happened multiple times in The Avengers, too.
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