The Avengers [Spoilers]

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I came into firefly after the fact and loved it and Serenity.

Josh Whedon just plain writes strong dialogue and makes his characters very realistic. the guy also thrives on conflict between characters.

I would agree about the Buffy statement, but the whole series is well worth watching. the first two episodes (Welcome to the Hellmouth) started slow but by the final fight you could see how brilliant the series was going to be. Season 6 wasn't terrible, it just went to a far darker place then people were used to, the quipy, funny charming buffy was gone and left in the grave we got a confused, hardened cynical buffy. But there were some incredibly brilliant episodes that season, off the top of my head "Once more with Feeling", "Normal Again", "Hells Bells". There were a couple of others but I can't remember the titles.

The last season was a bit of a train wreck and went to far to the woman's empowerment thing.

If you want to see Josh Whedon at his best, pretty much the entire run of Angel, with Seasons 4 and 5 being brilliant, four because it was just dark, 5 because it was on a lot of levels hilarious.

Joss Whedon.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

But there were some incredibly brilliant episodes that season, off the top of my head "Once more with Feeling", "Normal Again", "Hells Bells". There were a couple of others but I can't remember the titles.

Once More, with Feeling is pretty much my favourite TV episode, not just of Buffy, but of all TV.

[speede5]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Plus, it wouldn't make sense or matter.

Marvel built this huge Cinematic Universe and left this glaring plot hole in it. It's not a huge deal just something that bothered me. This was a very ambitious project and they pulled it off in spades but I get the feeling this was overlooked or the reason was cut from the Avengers movie.

This actually would have been nice to know information, but it didn't really take anything away from the Avengers. Think we'll have to wait for Thor 2 for the explanation.

[the-rasta-masta]

Saw it last night, pretty corny I thought. Fell asleep about 3/4 of the way through and don't really care to find out what I missed.

[SportsJunky]

Too much weed?^

[Bobblehead]

I can't imagine falling asleep through the final part. I saw it last night and pretty much agree with most of the sentiments - it was an excellent start to the summer season and struck an excellent balance between action, suspense and comedy. The time just flew by.

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Saw it last night, pretty corny I thought. Fell asleep about 3/4 of the way through and don't really care to find out what I missed.

HAHA - that's hilarious.

[troutman]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...ef=mostpopular

Robert Downey Jr. is prone to making mathematical gestures on the red carpet, but he's going to need more than ten fingers to sift through his payout from "Marvel's The Avengers." According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 47-year-old actor stands to make about $50 million from the film.

Downey's "Avengers" co-stars stand to make a fraction of his earnings, in part because of a savvy deal the "Iron Man" lead reportedly renegotiated, under which he would receive a portion of Marvel's revenue from any future film in which he plays Tony Stark. He allegedly rejiggered the deal when the first "Iron Man" film dialed up $585 million in 2008.

Though Downey's deal is not unheard of for the rarefied circle of Hollywood's biggest names, it's a great deal more than any of his "Avengers" cohorts. Sources say Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo will each ultimately make $2 million to $3 million from the film.

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Too much weed?^

The movie might have been bearable if I had some, although I felt as though I was high due to the resulting giggle fit I had when Captain America said the line "I know what happened last time I was in Germany fighting against someone who thought they stood above the rest of us". I nearly spit my coke on the ground trying to contain myself. That was one of many corny lines, and I'm talking Two and a Half Men corny.

[Coach]

Hmmm guy from the 40's makes corny, outdated references....

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

The movie might have been bearable if I had some, although I felt as though I was high due to the resulting giggle fit I had when Captain America said the line "I know what happened last time I was in Germany fighting against someone who thought they stood above the rest of us". I nearly spit my coke on the ground trying to contain myself. That was one of many corny lines, and I'm talking Two and a Half Men corny.

Seriously, if you are comparing the comedy in The Avengers to Two and a Half Men, there is no hope for you.

You must think Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie is a work of brilliance.

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Saw it last night, pretty corny I thought. Fell asleep about 3/4 of the way through and don't really care to find out what I missed.

You missed one of the best parts of the movie, then.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by troutman

She has a child with Taran Killam from SNL, and they are getting married this fall.

http://celebritybabies.people.com/20...-in-september/

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

You missed one of the best parts of the movie, then.

In the comic hulk would have just bit his head off and swallowed. but then the movie would be over. what a terrible comic character though. I hate marvel. ahhaa

[wireframe]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Saw it last night, pretty corny I thought. Fell asleep about 3/4 of the way through and don't really care to find out what I missed.

I'm behind you. The Avengers was the most boring movie I have seen in years, and I probably average two movies a week in the theatre. All of the plot was concentrated the first and last scenes and all of the action was in the last scene and one in the middle where the ship is under attack. The vast majority of the film was dull conversation between regular humans. Lame.

I suggest you guys see Chronicle. Action movie from January. The action, story, and effects were better than anything in the Avengers. I actually cried in the theatre for the first time in an action film since the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. Absolutely incredible.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

^^^ All 6,000,000,000+ inhabitants of the planet earth disagree with you guys. Avengers was amazing.

It won't be smooth sailing for the costly newcomer"Battleship"at the box office this weekend, as "The Avengers" is set to dominate ticket sales for the third consecutive round.

The superhero adventure film is expected to be No. 1 yet again with about $50 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. The movie already has surpassed the $1-billion mark at the global box office and will have grossed more than $400 million in the U.S. and Canada alone by Sunday.

"Battleship," the popcorn movie about a maval fleet battling aliens which cost Universal Pictures $209 million to produce, probably will start off with a so-so $40 million in ticket sales.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,6439172.story

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

^^^ All 6,000,000,000+ inhabitants of the planet earth disagree with you guys. Avengers was amazing.



http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,6439172.story

So I says to Maval, I says...

[undercoverbrother]

I am not a comic book or super hero fella, but for some reason my son it's nuts about super heros.

He is bugging me to see the movie (he is 6). I am hesitant due to the violence, that GIF didn't help.....I would appreciate some parents opinions on the film.

Cheers

[Cecil Terwilliger]

What a great weekend for puns with Avengers beating the newcomer Battleship.

Avengers sinks battleship, Avengers torpedoes battleship and so on...

[speede5]

A mear $40M eh. that will be tough to take.

I have heard a couple decent reviews, I may have to rethink my decision to not see this movie as soon as I heard about it. If anyone goes make sure to add your comments to the recommend/don't thread.