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[Discotheque]

As for Banner performances:

Ruffalo >=Bana >>>>>>>>> Norton (a cardboard cutout would have been more entertaining than this guy's performance)

I liked Bana a lot in Lee's Hulk. But I found Ruffalo to be fantastic. Despite the small amount of screentime he got I liked him.

 

[Carbonox]

So good!

This scene got a hearty laugh out of me. Brilliantly done and Loki's face was priceless.

Finally saw the film today and it's phenomenal, truly phenomenal. Dunno how Whedon succeeded but by heck he did. I wonder how he will top it in the second.

 

[LosDaddie]

This is the first Hulk to actually use the actor directly in creating the look in terms of scans, capture, etc. The fxguide podcast goes into detail about it.

Repost that podcast link please

 

[Robot Pants]

D:

Good luck TDKR. You'll need it

TDKR will be such a better movie. Who cares about beating The Avengers at the box office.

 

[Messypandas]

If we're gonna post stills from the fxguide article...

Also, for those wondering about the sorts of things Whedon was involved with during cg production, there's an example of it in the fxpodcast around the 15 min mark in terms of animating Hulk.

I loved the squiggie noise when he grabbed the cockpit glass

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Repost that podcast link please

http://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/fxpodcast-the-avengers/

 

[MutFox]

Saw it in 3D, the movie felt pretty flat,
wasn't worth watching it in 3D.

 

[Discotheque]

TDKR will be such a better movie. Who cares about beating The Avengers at the box office.

I'm a pretty big batman fanboy but I don't know about it being "such a better movie".

It will most likely be a good film though with a better plot than this. But as for action scenes, guaranteed this film already has it in the bag.

 

[LakeEarth]

Saw it in 3D, the movie felt pretty flat,
wasn't worth watching it in 3D.

Flat 3D-wise or the movie as a whole? We must know whether we should start lighting torches or not.

 

[Road]

Worst moment of The Avengers?

The cop scene with Cap giving orders. The joke was a bit too forced for my liking.

I cringed.

Worst moment is Iron Man and his assistant fixing the Helicarrier.

 

[demosthenes]

It pains me that Deadpool is pretty much dead on the water and therefore we won't get to see Bob Agent of Hydra.

LOL, what is this?

 

[ReiGun]

Worst moment of The Avengers?

The cop scene with Cap giving orders. The joke was a bit too forced for my liking.

I cringed.

Heyo, meet me somewhere, mother fucker.

 

[MutFox]

Flat 3D-wise or the movie as a whole? We must know whether we should start lighting torches or not.

Flat 3D wise.
I really enjoyed the movie.

Felt like the comics come to life.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Spoony Reviews The Avengers. Why Transformers didn't work, but The Avengers does.

Totally bang on. I was also grateful that he wasn't too hard on me and my fellow Captain America fans. We're fragile.

 

[Hawkian]

Can't wait to listen to the spoony review when I get home!

 

[Funky Papa]

LOL, what is this?

Bob, Agent of Hydra, aka Deadpool's spineless and highly annoying sidekick.

 

[SephCast]

Saw it in 3D, the movie felt pretty flat,
wasn't worth watching it in 3D.

I noticed 3 terrible foreground items made just for the 3D effect. The hook in the Widow interrogation scene, cracked glass after Thor got tricked by Loki in the cage room, and the plastic room covering with Eric Selvig and loki. Looked cheesy.

 

[Slayven]

LOL, what is this?

 

[TheYanger]

This is the first Hulk to actually use the actor directly in creating the look in terms of scans, capture, etc. The fxguide podcast goes into detail about it.

Ok? That has nothing to do with the statement that all 3 looked very much like their respective actors. The methods they used to capture it mean little in that regard (sounds like it would mean more in terms of how it would animate? without the podcast link I can't say). It's really not hard to just GIS these guys.

 

[Hawkian]

Ok? That has nothing to do with the statement that all 3 looked very much like their respective actors. The methods they used to capture it mean little in that regard (sounds like it would mean more in terms of how it would animate? without the podcast link I can't say). It's really not hard to just GIS these guys.

I don't think you were being contradicted... she (he?) was just providing additional interesting information.

 

[Discotheque]

Ok? That has nothing to do with the statement that all 3 looked very much like their respective actors. The methods they used to capture it mean little in that regard (sounds like it would mean more in terms of how it would animate? without the podcast link I can't say). It's really not hard to just GIS these guys.

I think the first Hulk was made to look like Ang Lee actually. And I didn't really see any Norton in the second.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

If we're gonna post stills from the fxguide article...

Also, for those wondering about the sorts of things Whedon was involved with during cg production, there's an example of it in the fxpodcast around the 15 min mark in terms of animating Hulk.

such a great frame.

 

[Rentahamster]

Is it just me or was the skin around Fury's eyepatch getting weirder and weirder as the movie progressed? What was up with that?

 

[Amir0x]

The movie was ok, the final action sequence was real tight though with the camera work and stuff and the comedy was spot on. But it's a pretty bog standard superhero flick in that you can't really expect anything other than fluff. I never cared for the Avengers or these superheroes so I can say it exceeded my very very low expectations. It's played very loose and tongue-in-cheek, which is the only possible way a film like this can work.

Side story: My brother-in-law had to drive a $50,000 Volvo to Mark Ruffalo's house in New York this past week, after the first Volvo they sold to them was a lemon. He got to go inside the house and flip some bacon for his wife as she filled on the paper work. She said to him he was sleeping in the other room because he had just got back from all the Avengers whirlwind publicity stuff.

The world is a small place sometimes.

 

[LiK]

The movie was ok, the final action sequence was real tight though with the camera work and stuff and the comedy was spot on. But it's a pretty bog standard superhero flick in that you can't really expect anything other than fluff. I never cared for the Avengers or these superheroes so I can say it exceeded my very very low expectations. It's played very loose and tongue-in-cheek, which is the only possible way a film like this can work.

Side story: My brother-in-law had to drive a $50,000 Volvo to Mark Ruffalo's house in New York this past week, after the first Volvo they sold to them was a lemon. He got to go inside the house and flip some bacon for his wife as she filled on the paper work. She said to him he was sleeping in the other room because he had just got back from all the Avengers whirlwind publicity stuff.

The world is a small place sometimes.

i knew you would love it.

 

[Extra Sauce]

He got to go inside the house and flip some bacon for his wife

I bet he did.

 

[Darkgran]

Movie was just fun. My kids wanted to see it again when it was over and I felt the same way.

Audience was completely into it. I knew it was going to be a good experience when the audience booed the Battleship trailer.

 

[Good Job Bob]

The movie was ok, the final action sequence was real tight though with the camera work and stuff and the comedy was spot on. But it's a pretty bog standard superhero flick in that you can't really expect anything other than fluff. I never cared for the Avengers or these superheroes so I can say it exceeded my very very low expectations. It's played very loose and tongue-in-cheek, which is the only possible way a film like this can work.

Side story: My brother-in-law had to drive a $50,000 Volvo to Mark Ruffalo's house in New York this past week, after the first Volvo they sold to them was a lemon. He got to go inside the house and flip some bacon for his wife as she filled on the paper work.She said to him he was sleeping in the other room because he had just got back from all the Avengers whirlwind publicity stuff.

The world is a small place sometimes.

...is this code?

 

[TheYanger]

I think the first Hulk was made to look like Ang Lee actually. And I didn't really see any Norton in the second.

No, Ang Lee did mocap work for the first Hulk. Big difference!

 

[demosthenes]

Is it just me or was the skin around Fury's eyepatch getting weirder and weirder as the movie progressed? What was up with that?

I thought that for a second, but then just ignored it. I'll have to put in Iron Man sometime this week to see.

 

[The Elite]

The movie was ok, the final action sequence was real tight though with the camera work and stuff and the comedy was spot on. But it's a pretty bog standard superhero flick in that you can't really expect anything other than fluff. I never cared for the Avengers or these superheroes so I can say it exceeded my very very low expectations. It's played very loose and tongue-in-cheek, which is the only possible way a film like this can work.

Side story: My brother-in-law had to drive a $50,000 Volvo to Mark Ruffalo's house in New York this past week, after the first Volvo they sold to them was a lemon. He got to go inside the house and flip some bacon for his wife as she filled on the paper work. She said to him he was sleeping in the other room because he had just got back from all the Avengers whirlwind publicity stuff.

The world is a small place sometimes.

I thought those hollywood types had dedicated bacon flippers. Sounds like they're getting any random joe to flip their bacon these days.

 

[Glass Rebel]

I think the first Hulk was made to look like Ang Lee actually. And I didn't really see any Norton in the second.

Hulk in IH definitely had Norton's baby face. I just saw the movie 3 days or so ago.

 

[DrForester]

How the heck aren't there a billion Hulk "Smashing" .gifs?

 

[Amir0x]

...is this code?

hahah. I guess she was cooking breakfast or something when my brother-in-law arrived, and so she asked if he would flip the bacon while she signed some paper work. I wasn't there but that's what I gather.

i knew you would love it.

I did not feel I wasted $6, but I did not really feel like I'd bother owning it on Blu-Ray either. 2/4.

I thought those hollywood types had dedicated bacon flippers. Sounds like they're getting any random joe to flip their bacon these days.

Hahaha. I wonder how much Mark Ruffalo got paid to do the Avengers. I mean a $50,000 Volvo isn't so extreme, but I bet he had to make a lot.

 

[LakeEarth]

How the heck aren't there a billion Hulk "Smashing" .gifs?

They're in here. Good luck finding them though.

Post #7442 has the Hulk/Loki face-off gifs.

 

[Deadly]

Is it just me or was the skin around Fury's eyepatch getting weirder and weirder as the movie progressed? What was up with that?

I noticed that too but wasn't sure if it had always been like that

 

[TheYanger]

Hulk in IH definitely had Norton's baby face. I just saw the movie 3 days or so ago.

 

[Caboose]

I honestly don't see it.

 

[Tobor]

Neither one of those looks particularly much like the actor, and both look like dogshit compared to RuffaHulk.

 

[Glass Rebel]

You guys aren't comparing stills with completely different facial expressions, right?

 

[Knux-Future]

This movie.


THIS MOVIE MAN.

Pure adulterated nerd fun.

The story was pretty basic. (THESE GUYS ARE GONNA DESTROY THE EARF SAVE IT YO) but honestly who gives a shit?

I wanted a movie that had these heroes kicking ass...and goddam it I got it.

hell, the last 30 minutes is worth price of admission alone.

Great film.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

I like how Ruffalo's Hulk keeps his hairstyle.

 

[Skilletor]

I thought each Hulk was modeled after the actor playing him.

 

[Funky Papa]

I can totally see the resemblances, but at the end of the day RuffaHulk is best Hulk.

 

[Hawkian]

Is it just me or was the skin around Fury's eyepatch getting weirder and weirder as the movie progressed? What was up with that?

Maybe he's

Spoiler

containing Extremis until they can figure out what it is?

 

[kunonabi]

As for Banner performances:

Ruffalo >=Bana >>>>>>>>> Norton (a cardboard cutout would have been more entertaining than this guy's performance)

I liked Bana a lot in Lee's Hulk. But I found Ruffalo to be fantastic. Despite the small amount of screentime he got I liked him.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

hahah. I guess she was cooking breakfast or something when my brother-in-law arrived, and so she asked if he would flip the bacon while she signed some paper work. I wasn't there but that's what I gather.



I did not feel I wasted $6, but I did not really feel like I'd bother owning it on Blu-Ray either. 2/4.



Hahaha. I wonder how much Mark Ruffalo got paid to do the Avengers. I mean a $50,000 Volvo isn't so extreme, but I bet he had to make a lot.

That's a refreshingly conservative purchase for an A-ish List actor! I'd guess he earned a couple mil for Avengers and lord knows how much his six-film contract is worth in total. Mark Ruffalo will never go bankrupt.

 

[Hawkian]

I'm a little shocked at the Bana>Norton talk let alone Bana anywhere close to Ruffalo.

What got me about Ang Lee's Hulk was that, while Bana played a convincing "dude with a dark secret who could explode into a rage monster when provoked," I didn't buy him for a second as an eminent physicist in his universe. I just didn't think he pulled off both.

Norton's one of my favorite actors and I thought he captured both aspects adequately, but ultimately the performance was just boring especially now that there's something so much better to compare it to.

Ruffalo nailed the uneasy, quietly brilliant scientist Banner is supposed to be while also showing a compelling turn at the dude-with-anger-bubbling-an-inch-deep. The Hulk is not anywhere close to my favorite character portrayed in this film, but he was my favorite character in the film. Ruffalo just fucking sold it, and goddamnit I'm buying.

 

[Tobor]

Ruffalo was far closer to the Bill Bixby version of Banner than either Bana or Norton. It's not surprising to me that Joss asked him to watch the tv show, but not either of the films.

 

[MattKeil]

But it's a pretty bog standard superhero flick in that you can't really expect anything other than fluff.

Hahaha, yeah, okay. I wish Avengers was "bog standard" for superhero flicks.

The Avengers stands on par with Raiders of the Lost Ark and Aliens as far as all-time great escapist entertainment. I can't wait for it to come out on Blu-Ray so I can see if putting it in contact with a copy of Revenge of the Fallen causes mutual annihilation like matter and antimatter.