Vermillion
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Hawkeye had the no-look shot.
Also, if we need this to not be a sausage fest then can we PLEASE get Carol, Marvel?
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Marvel's The Avengers |OT| (Dir. Joss Whedon) [Spoilers unmarked]
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Hawkeye had the no-look shot.
Also, if we need this to not be a sausage fest then can we PLEASE get Carol, Marvel?
Hell of a tease for something so inconsequential.PosTer for ITEM 47:
I have the app on my iphone and ipad. its pretty cool.
Auron_Kale
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I keep checking the countdown for no reason at all, despite knowing that it goes live on Friday.
Also, the puzzle took me a bit to realize what it was exactly when solving it on my ipad... then took me no time at all on my phone after staring at the completed version. But really anxious to see what it's all about once it goes live.
The evil part of me wants them to troll all of the "But where's Spider-Man?!" people and get dat Jessica Drew up in there. lol
Auron_Kale
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...I'm gonna like triple-dip on this movie at this rate. -_-
Finally got around to seeing this with the family today. Until a month ago, the only Marvel film we'd seen was Iron Man 1 and 2, but the kids had seen neither. We did a sprint through them in the span of a month, skipping only Iron Man 2 since I didn't think it was essential (the kids only missed Black Widow's introduction).
Tuesdays the theater we caught it at does $5 shows, so it got a pretty good crowd despite dropping out of the top 10; not only a good crowd, but rowdy in all the right ways. Cheering and clapping when the Marvel logo came up (I cheered that the ads and trailers were finally over). Guys and girls yelling out their who they were rooting for (Captain America proved the favorite). I was worried it would continue into the movie, but they all shut the hell up during the show, except to react.
I'm glad we caught it both in theaters and with a good crowd, because holy crap was that fun. The intro was a bit of a sucker punch, quite jumbled and lacking context. But once it got moving, it brought the pieces together very well. I was impressed with how well the ensemble was juggled; it didn't feel like the film was playing favorites, and everyone got their moments and had a role to play.
It struck a pretty good balance with the humor and (light) drama, which helped keep things moving. Some of the interplay between the characters was hilarious (Hulk an Thor in particular). Technobabble aside (pretty dumb) the dialogue was mostly solid. You could tell it had a single writer behind it, not done by committee.
The action staging was well done, and while lengthy never overstayed its welcome. While staged and (thank goodness) filmed clearly, most of the direction was fairly pedestrian, with none of the grace or sweep that say, Cameron would have brought to the material. But it was good enough.
I read the first few hundred pages of reactions, and I really don't have much to add to what's been said, so I'll keep it quick.
A few short notes:
--Hulk's different behaviors during his two transformations seemed clear enough to me; the first was an uncontrolled change, at a time when he was angry with everyone. That carried over into his Hulk form, while in the latter it was a controlled change.
--Dude stole the movie. Loki-smash got a HUGE reaction from everyone.
--I was impressed with how Marvel laid the groundwork for The Avengers with all the other films. Seeing so many pieces and even minor characters come together was pretty neat.
--Who were the bad guys aside from Loki again? They were not well introduced.
--The ending battle was far longer and more elaborate than I expected, but it never dragged; it was very well staged and cut.
That's it. Really great time, thought it was comfortably Marvel's best (with the first Iron Man coming in after). Probably the best summer action film I've seen in many, many years, and one we'll own.
Tuesdays the theater we caught it at does $5 shows, so it got a pretty good crowd despite dropping out of the top 10; not only a good crowd, but rowdy in all the right ways. Cheering and clapping when the Marvel logo came up (I cheered that the ads and trailers were finally over). Guys and girls yelling out their who they were rooting for (Captain America proved the favorite). I was worried it would continue into the movie, but they all shut the hell up during the show, except to react.
I'm glad we caught it both in theaters and with a good crowd, because holy crap was that fun. The intro was a bit of a sucker punch, quite jumbled and lacking context. But once it got moving, it brought the pieces together very well. I was impressed with how well the ensemble was juggled; it didn't feel like the film was playing favorites, and everyone got their moments and had a role to play.
It struck a pretty good balance with the humor and (light) drama, which helped keep things moving. Some of the interplay between the characters was hilarious (Hulk an Thor in particular). Technobabble aside (pretty dumb) the dialogue was mostly solid. You could tell it had a single writer behind it, not done by committee.
The action staging was well done, and while lengthy never overstayed its welcome. While staged and (thank goodness) filmed clearly, most of the direction was fairly pedestrian, with none of the grace or sweep that say, Cameron would have brought to the material. But it was good enough.
I read the first few hundred pages of reactions, and I really don't have much to add to what's been said, so I'll keep it quick.
A few short notes:
--Hulk's different behaviors during his two transformations seemed clear enough to me; the first was an uncontrolled change, at a time when he was angry with everyone. That carried over into his Hulk form, while in the latter it was a controlled change.
--Dude stole the movie. Loki-smash got a HUGE reaction from everyone.
--I was impressed with how Marvel laid the groundwork for The Avengers with all the other films. Seeing so many pieces and even minor characters come together was pretty neat.
--Who were the bad guys aside from Loki again? They were not well introduced.
--The ending battle was far longer and more elaborate than I expected, but it never dragged; it was very well staged and cut.
That's it. Really great time, thought it was comfortably Marvel's best (with the first Iron Man coming in after). Probably the best summer action film I've seen in many, many years, and one we'll own.
Eh, I wasn't going to risk it. I read through the first week of release in the thread and tags were still going, so I was playing it safe.
Edit: Removed, somehow only just now noticed the thread title. It's late. :lol
Knowing the name of the race wasn't so much the issue as they really had no introduction. I got the deal they had with Loki, but given that the invasion was so critical to the film it was odd they didn't get much time to be anything but fodder.
If anything they felt like they were there to introduce Thanos after the credits.
Vermillion
Banned
That would be maddening. And Spidey should be in Avengers (but his costume should be fixed first). And he should stop taking off the mask, really.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
This may be of interest to anyone attending Siggraph next month:
Assembling the VFX for Marvels The Avengers:
Assembling the VFX for Marvels The Avengers:
Marvel officially released the mid credits scene of Thanos to promote the Avengers Blu-ray release:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejqbg-2IPnA&feature=player_embedded
EDIT: More promotional clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWXfZAk7NfQ&list=UUl6tGwqyNKn0FB_1ElT6VZQ&index=1&feature=plcp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hb6HRYgQNU&list=UUl6tGwqyNKn0FB_1ElT6VZQ&index=2&feature=plcp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejqbg-2IPnA&feature=player_embedded
EDIT: More promotional clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWXfZAk7NfQ&list=UUl6tGwqyNKn0FB_1ElT6VZQ&index=1&feature=plcp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hb6HRYgQNU&list=UUl6tGwqyNKn0FB_1ElT6VZQ&index=2&feature=plcp
Cap has so much swag in that last one. "Son...Just dont."
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I'm personally looking very forward to the additional Cap footage come September. I loved the Captain America movie so much, in fact it may be my favorite of all the Marvel movies save Avengers.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Looks like there were 7 total clips released:
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/07/31/avengers-assemble-that-mid-credits-scence-and-more/
Including:
Hulk transforms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIlRAPM9sVA&hd=1
THAT battle sequence, the one moving from person to person:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0OLF7MZPMo&hd=1
Vermillion
Banned
Finally, my favorite part!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E0OLF7MZPMo&t=0m05s
Up to 0:13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E0OLF7MZPMo&t=0m05s
Up to 0:13
shira
Member
Awesome.
Discotheque
Banned
swag? with THAT helmet?
Love that moment. Cap and Iron Man are my and my friend's fave Avengers. When that happened we just looked at each other like, "Fuck yeah."
The helmet was Coulson's fault. Don't be denying my boy's swag.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
That handicap makes it even more impressive
Prophet Steve
Member
It was probably less noticeable when I was watching it on a big screen, but damn, the CG already can look pretty jarring in this clip. It's still a great sequence though and they did a really good job with what they had, but I'll already be scared for the aging of the movie.
Vermillion
Banned
The fact that there's such a buildup for each means that by the time Avengers 3 comes out, it'll be WAY better looking than this one.
Yeah, it really stood out to me this time too.
Avengers 3 will just be an actual alien invasion.
The Anti-Monitor
Banned
Goddamn that one shot. If the movie was just that shot alone it'd still be one of my top 3 movies this year.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Also keep in mind that almost everything in that sequence is digital outside of the few actor shots, including everything with the city backgrounds and buildings.
Auron_Kale
Member
So rewatching this movie day one once it comes out on bd...
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Quick and dirty gif job. Someone should probably mirror it so it doesn't disappear down the road:
PhoncipleBone
Banned
And in less than 5 minutes of clips, Avengers delivered more comic book film nirvana than the entirety of Dark Knight Rises.
The Anti-Monitor
Banned
How is it possible it still gives me goosebumps.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I was wrong. In a few seconds, Avengers delivered more comic nerd nirvana and joy than the entirety of Dark Knight Rises.
I love The Avengers, but this fanboy shit is fucking stupid.
rollingstart
Banned
yeah, it's something you don't notice unless you're in the moment. Everything looks off here in the clip without the emotion needed to sell it. And I remember thinking that clip was awesome in the theater but watching it alone without the build up makes it a bit dry and boring.
The Hulk clip still gets me, though. Some of the dialog is pretty hokey but man, it's a great moment. Looking forward to getting the blu-ray in September (?).
Good Job Bob
Member
Stupid is all PhonicipleBone knows.
kind of a silly comparision, TDRK obviously goes for something different
and the last scene with Batman and Gordon was amazing, and worked much better as a comic book fan
why compare, this is why we cant have nice things
PhoncipleBone
Banned
And I liked Dark Knight Rises. But that doesn't change the fact that I felt more joy and enthusiasm as I watched Avengers.
The Anti-Monitor
Banned
Thank you, I was about to write "You just lit the GoodJobBob signal"
Also, what the hell, the .gif has to be of the whooole scene. So damn fucking good. I was afraid I wouldn't like this so much after the cinema hype, so glad to see I was wrong.
Quick and dirty gif job. Someone should probably mirror it so it doesn't disappear down the road:
that repulsor beam bounce was pretty much the highlight of the movie for me, little teamwork details were where all the nerd boners were hiding
Uh, you're not exempt either.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
So much amazingness encapsulated here.
If you can't stan comic book movies, then what's the point? It's all in good fun.
RBelong2Us
Member
Well uhhhh, we have seen Batman live action for decades.....Avengers was the first of its kind.
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