ViewtifulJC
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Joss Whedon is the new Kurosawa!
Avengers >>> Dreams
Avengers >>> Dreams
Yeah, general public didn't care about Cap, Ironman, or Thor before the movies. Respect the source and the villain will go over.
*wink*All I can legally do is link to stuff PR's approved/released to various sites.
So just because the mass audience don't understand who a villain is, keeping in mind the Avengers are new and this villain will need an origin story eventually so the mass audience will find out anyway, true fans should be deprived of recognisable characters?
You made a banner for your own review? Come on, son.
You made a banner for your own review? Come on, son.
if a new villain would make fore a great story then yeah, ive got no problem with it. i also wonder what a contemporary comic book villain might be like
Not even Expendable stoops that low
he makes his own website
If you're referring to me, I love the movie. I just think Whedon is shining because he's in his comfort zone. I wouldn't necessarily pick anyone else for this project, but I wouldn't use it as a precedent that I will love his future work after one awesome movie.
The whole idea of Avengers is that it cohesively binds together familiar characters in a crossover environment. You know what happens when third parties create new Marvel villains?
Cool review, Korey. Agree on all points expect Loki. I thought Hiddleston's performance made the character memorable.
Do you know why Speilberg is a great director? It's not just cause people like his shit.
Marvel has dozens of awesome villains out of which Thanos is not only extremely memorable, but remarkably non-stupid outside of comic book standards. The reason they will be using him instead of crap like Chaos King is that he is a villain that has proven his value.
Why the hell would they risk creating a new villain? There are probably three similar villains to whatever new they did, better to play it safe and use a character with a good pedigree.
Marvel has dozens of awesome villains out of which Thanos is not only extremely memorable, but remarkably non-stupid outside of comic book standards. The reason they will be using him instead of crap like Chaos King is that he is a villain that has proven his value.
Why the hell would they risk creating a new villain? There are probably three similar villains to whatever new they did, better to play it safe and use a character with a good pedigree.
can someone tell me why the tesseract needed a power source to...power it up (and open the portal)?
isn't the thing itself pure energy/endless power?
can someone tell me why the tesseract needed a power source to...power it up (and open the portal)?
isn't the thing itself pure energy/endless power?
Your name is Korey too? *bro fist*Snip
Maybe Avengers 3 we get Kang the Conqueror
Disagree on points 3 and 4. Jeremy Renner is awesome, and so what the end act is similar to transformers? It's also similar to Half Life."A portal where aliens invade" is a common plot device.
Also, again, Jeremy Renner is awesome. He was awesome in MI4 and he's still awesome in this.
Movies that leave a smile on your face and an extra smile in your heart. A fucking heart smile!
Renner is indeed awesome. I'm tired of people talking about how ugly he is. So what if he looks like a bulldog? What's wrong with bulldogs? We used to love ugly actors in this country. Roy Scheider wasn't a male model. Lee Marvin was an ugly son of a bitch. Gene Hackman wasn't a pretty boy. Bring on some bulldogs, I say.
The only character I wish Marvel had back was Dr. Doom. A live-action version of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLIgY2cBMCs&t=0m25s
would be the bee's knees.
I thought the whole point of Loki was that he was more of a behind the scenes guy rather than a big tough guy?
While I do question having him basically be the face of the bad guys (In Thor it made sense but here he needed a more imposing part to play aside of....they should have went with the Skrulls).
But I actually liked the idea of having a villain who may not be able to fight toe to toe with the heros.
That was probably the worst part of Iron Man 1 and one of the better parts of the Batman/Joker dynamic.
Better execution was probably needed tho.
But DAT CREEPY SMILE SON.
I thought the whole point of Loki was that he was more of a behind the scenes guy rather than a big tough guy?
While I do question having him basically be the face of the bad guys (In Thor it made sense but here he needed a more imposing part to play aside of....they should have went with the Skrulls).
But I actually liked the idea of having a villain who may not be able to fight toe to toe with the heros.
That was probably the worst part of Iron Man 1 and one of the better parts of the Batman/Joker dynamic.
Better execution was probably needed tho.
But DAT CREEPY SMILE SON.
Renner is indeed awesome.
Just...bad writing for a villain.
Dont forget the end part where he just sits around in the hole after the Hulk smash and doesnt go for his sceptre. He "wakes up" just in time for the money shot. Cheese!Like I said, he's literally in captivity for half the movie. In the first scene where all the heroes are duking it out in the forest, he's just standing there in the background waiting to be captured. It was part of his plan...but still. Just...bad writing for a villain.
Seconded. Although I take more umbrage with the claim that he can't act. He gives powerful deliveries, all of the time. He gave to Hawkeye more than I ever expected anyone to even try. I thought his character was going to be the weakness of the movie (well him and Loki), but I was pleasantly surprised by Hawkeye, Loki and Cap. They were all so unique/distinct.
Seconded. Although I take more umbrage with the claim that he can't act. He gives powerful deliveries, all of the time. He gave to Hawkeye more than I ever expected anyone to even try. I thought his character was going to be the weakness of the movie (well him and Loki), but I was pleasantly surprised by Hawkeye, Loki and Cap. They were all so unique/distinct.
Dont forget the end part where he just sits around in the hole after the Hulk smash and doesnt go for his sceptre. He "wakes up" just in time for the money shot. Cheese!
I was kind of sad that they didn't develop his character at all, since he had so much presence on screen.Seconded. Although I take more umbrage with the claim that he can't act. He gives powerful deliveries, all of the time. He gave to Hawkeye more than I ever expected anyone to even try. I thought his character was going to be the weakness of the movie (well him and Loki), but I was pleasantly surprised by Hawkeye, Loki and Cap. They were all so unique/distinct.
So did they ever explain why everyone understands Loki's English perfectly in Germany?
So did they ever explain why everyone understands Loki's English perfectly in Germany?
So did they ever explain why everyone understands Loki's English perfectly in Germany?
EXACTLY. So for the ENTIRE last act (the entire scene that took place in NYC), he was standing, and then laying, there in Stark's apartment. What was he doing, watching the game on Stark's 90" plasma?
Wait, I seriously don't remember what he did before Hulk smashed him...was he outside doing something? He yelled out "send in three more mech whales!" or something like that right? That's all I remember him doing.