Originally Posted by Jonathan

Took the family to see Avengers in 3D, then we went again the next day to see it in 2D.
It was amazing.

Which did you prefer? I'm tempted to go again this week and see it in 3D

That movie Fucking rocked

I saw it this past weekend. Amazing. Thought it was great. The humor and leading up to it was spot on. Gonna go see it again in IMAX 3d while I still can.


Best part for me was when Loki was cussing the Hulk out and Hulk just smashes him to bits over and over. AWESOME! So many other great parts as well. Can't wait for Avengers 2.

Anyone else catch the A on Stark tower at the end. Pretty sure this is going to become the Avengers tower AWESOME!!!!

Just got back from seeing it in iMax 3d, what a fantastic film and the 3d was subtle when it needed to be.

The hulk definitely had the best animation of any cg character ever, like seeing Gollum for the first time again. I loved the chaotic almost childlike fits of rage.

Jesse: everyone in the theater was cracking up at that part lol.

So many more movies to see this summer, and that Prometheus trailer in 3d.... holy shiiiiieeeet.

Thought it was good but not great.

The fight at the end dragged on a bit. Why didn't they just go to the roof and turn off the machine in the first place? Could've cut some of that part down. But overall an above average superhero movie.

Originally Posted by Darth Tomi

Thought it was good but not great.

The fight at the end dragged on a bit. Why didn't they just go to the roof and turn off the machine in the first place? Could've cut some of that part down. But overall an above average superhero movie.

Why didn't they turn it off in the first place? They tried remember? Iron Man tried to repulse it. They only found out about the fail safe AFTER the scientist woke back up and they also needed Lokis staff.

So yeah they couldn't just turn it off from the beginning.

Just saw it last night and while I very much enjoyed it, it still left me with the same almost there feeling that the other Marvel movies had. Hulk was definitely the high point of the film and Ruffalo really got the part right. Excellent Film Crit Hulk piece on just why here.

It'll be interesting to see what the do next too, since they've announced sequels to everything already I have to wonder if they'll take the time to do another set of build-up films or just fastrack A2 based on this ones success.

Originally Posted by Jesse Moody

Why didn't they turn it off in the first place? They tried remember? Iron Man tried to repulse it. They only found out about the fail safe AFTER the scientist woke back up and they also needed Lokis staff.

So yeah they couldn't just turn it off from the beginning.

^^ This. I personally didn't mind the fight at the end, as I felt it was paced very well. Unlike other hero movies where all of a sudden at the end, the heroes can suddenly OHKO every enemy, the heroes were constantly fighting against the odds. Also, there were lots of moments in the fight scenes that really gave a sense of a) power of the heroes individually and b) how the Avengers can work together, which goes to later movies of them as a group.

Originally Posted by artstream

a) power of the heroes individually and b) how the Avengers can work together, which goes to later movies of them as a group.

One of my favorite parts that illustrates this was when Cap and Iron Man are fighting side by side. You see them each knock out a few enemies and then they turn towards each other and Iron Man repulsors Cap's shield so it reflects and takes out a group of enemies.

Yeah. Repulsors. It's a verb now.

Did anyone stay till the VERY end of the credits. Not just the part with ----- Thanos ----- ??

Shwarma, anyone?

Originally Posted by slipsius

Did anyone stay till the VERY end of the credits. Not just the part with ----- Thanos ----- ??

Shwarma, anyone?

Yep, and I thought that was hilarious. That was actually shot after they wrapped the movie. Nice little way to end the film

Originally Posted by artstream

^^ This. I personally didn't mind the fight at the end, as I felt it was paced very well. Unlike other hero movies where all of a sudden at the end, the heroes can suddenly OHKO every enemy, the heroes were constantly fighting against the odds. Also, there were lots of moments in the fight scenes that really gave a sense of a) power of the heroes individually and b) how the Avengers can work together, which goes to later movies of them as a group.

yeah man, and there were several parts of the fight when all i could think about was marvel vs capcom combo moves lol.

Ironman's beam + Cap's shield = fucking WIN.

Originally Posted by Jackablade

So what's this Thanos chap's deal?

Thanos is like some uber super mega rediculous marvel villain who's crossovers encompass just about every marvel hero ever created. His big deal is that he is in love with death (literally a female personification) and attempts to woo her by killing half of all the beings in the universe. He also collects the 5 or 6 infinity gems. One controls all aspects of time, the other all aspects of space and matter, one controls souls, and I forget the rest because honestly what more is there. So he gets power over every imaginable thing in existence and outside of existence and he gets beaten some how in a massive team up.

I'm not sure how marvel films will do this, because destructions of reality and un-reality is kind of a step up from 'blow up new york then the world'.

fuck the spoiler tags:

on Thanos...
chances are they will simply portray him for what he is (for now), a renegade Eternal. the Eternals being a god like race whos power/technology eclipses that of the Asguardians.

the reason Thanos is a renegade, is because he's technically also a mutant, and is considdered by other Eternals to be a Deviant.

Deviants are eternals who have some form of disfigurement which makes them "unattractive" with regards to natural selection, and makes them outcasts of the Eternals society.

Thanos himself is to other Eternals, what Reed Richards or Tony Stark are to other humans.

Originally Posted by Skillmister

Which did you prefer? I'm tempted to go again this week and see it in 3D

I wouldn't bother, to be honest, the 3D wasn't really that great. See it again in 2D I would say.

And PS: It rocks! God, I loved the whole slam breathless loki around part...And the after-fight "fistbump" with Hulk and Thor. ;)

I was surprised that Hulk had the funniest moments I also like the new Banner, the previous Banners (and Hulks) didn't seem to have any humour.

I watched it in 3D but I wouldn't recommend it. I didn't think it enhanced the movie at all, in fact it made certain parts of it difficult to read (but that's probably my fault for "losing" the 3d focus during the action...)

I watched avatar in 3d as well and I didn't even feel that was impressive (but I did notice that it was done substantially better than avengers :p)

Meh, think I'll just stick to 2D in the future. Better (for me) and cheaper!

Fantastic fun.

the pacing, the characters were all good and I especially liked how every part of the movie felt genuine, the sets and costumes looked real. None of that cheap syfy "it's a secrect base that just happens to look like a warehouse."

The only things I didn't like were how some of the special effects just started to get overblown and messy, the fact that the aliens pretty much looked like bad transformers and GODDAMN MAN CAN'T YOU HOLD A CAMERA STILL!

*edit* and that chick from How I met your mother: she did a good job but whenever she spoke I couldn't get her tv show character out of my head.

Anyone else think sometimes the hulk looked great and other times he looked terrible? I feel like every other shot his face looked retarded.

Overall I like this look the best though. Just the right mix of comic and photoreal.

Originally Posted by Snacuum

Fantastic fun.


*edit* and that chick from How I met your mother: she did a good job but whenever she spoke I couldn't get her tv show character out of my head.

Had the same exact reaction to her. Was thinking Robin the whole time and the slew of HIMYM jokes.

This movie wasn't as good as everyone's banging it to be.

It's better than most of the crap coming out though so that's a step up.

Originally Posted by slipsius

Did anyone stay till the VERY end of the credits. Not just the part with ----- Thanos ----- ??

Shwarma, anyone?

The film was released in Europe a couple weeks before you guys, so that part wasn't there for us.

Wait there's another bit after the credits in the Yankee release? Want to clue us in on what happens?

Originally Posted by Jackablade

Wait there's another bit after the credits in the Yankee release? Want to clue us in on what happens?

It just shows the Avengers, still in costume, eating in a small restaurant. Presumably the shawarma place. Nobody talks in this scene, you're really not missing anything too exciting, it's just kinda funny.

Anyone thought the whole "guy playing Space Invaders" was kinda out of place?