Posted on 05/07/2012 12:32:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hellsbells, I’m WELL outside that demo and I was at the Midnight showing!
“The Avengers” tv series, started in the UK in 1961.
“The Avengers” comic book started in the US in 1963.
Coincidental names. I like both.
BTW both the US and the UK have comic strips called “Dennis the Menace”. They are both about boys, and they both debuted in March of 1951, five days apart. (US on March 12th, UK on March 17th). But they are very different and completely unrelated to each other.
But Robert Downey just “came out of the closet” as a conservative. He dedicated the opening of the movie to “The Heroes of 9/11”
Even Jackson admits to carrying a gun.
Black Widow, “You may want to skip this one, Cap. They are men of legend. They’re basically gods...”
Cap, “There’s only one God ma’am and I’m sure he doesn’t dress like that.”
My theater erupted with that line. It’s nice to be with the fanboys sometimes.
Avengers occurs one month or so after Captain America and about a year after Thor in the timeline.
Best scene was when Hulk did a rag doll on Loki...laughed my a$$ off!
>>Worth seeing in 3D.<<
Here I have to disagree with you. Maybe my eyes aren’t as good as they used to be or maybe it was just the IMAX, but the blur that happens when you turn your head in 3D made me miss some of the action. Especially in the last sequence when they flew in sequence across the screen. Also the shaky cam in 3D didn’t work for me.
Our audience was cheering and laughing so much after that, most of us missed Hulk’s line after.
We also had a Marvel vs. DC dance off in the lobby. I couldn’t get over how many costumes we had. I did love the Batmans, Robins and Catwomen who were fighting the Marvel characters.
I love my theater. They always come through.
the line was “puny god” in case you were still wondering.
I’m in my early 40s and most of my friends around my age are very happy to see our comic book heroes up on the big screen. Most kids in their teens and twenties couldn’t have named Iron Man or Captain America 5 years ago... most middle aged men in America could.
“The Avengers is a movie with an appeal to people in their late teens to early twenties.”
Uh, I am 60 and saw it yesterday with my sis and her husband.
Why the appeal? As a kid, I collected all those Marvel comics like Spiderman, FF4, Avengers, Xmen.
Happened to notice some not-so-young folks in the audience.
BTW, I still have all those old comics.
Agree, and that scene was a “payoff” that wouldn’t have worked if two things weren’t already working: 1) Hiddleston’s work at being a convincing villain; and 2) Hulk’s animator’s making Hulk a convincing, well, Hulk.
Hulk’s response to Loki’s “how dare you ... I am a god” comment reminded me of how Indiana Jones reacted to the marketplace villain with the scimitar in “Raiders”: As if to say, “Really? Wasting my time? Boom.”
It was pretty enjoyable. I wish Josh Whedon had done the Transformer movies.
John Steed and Emma Peel. Back in the day I would’ve drunk Emma Peel’s bathwater.
RDJ is arguably one of the finest actors of his generation. I am so happy he’s sobered and cleaned up.
I finally had the misfortune to watch a few minutes of that show. Verdict: Whiny, clueless metrosexual sitzpinklers act stupid to canned laughter.
Her guns were always too small, but she was still smoking hot...
Plus, Scarlett Johansson in a catsuit.
If you found that crew to be metrosexual you need a better definition of the word. You could also lighten up and buy a sense of humor.
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