Avengers Footage

[deano_ue]

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the thing with the hulk was simply the same that had iron man and cap wanting to rip each other throats out. loki was messing with they're heads. i mean banner even with out knowing picks up the staff

when he hulks out for the first time, its essentially a loki driven hulk, he's been reduced to the brute. where as later he's back to what he had learned at the end of incredible hulk, the channel the constant anger in to a more controlled driven hulk

least thats how i took it

[Previsionary]

To Shogunn

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In the comics, Banner did learn how to control his transformations and, as of the last time I read, had almost perfect control over it. Now, it's been a good year plus since I've touched a Hulk book, and that could have all changed again, but that was the development Banner was going through post Hulk Wars.

[JeyNyce]

Ok, I have my tickets for the family for tomorrow night showing.  I'm locking this thread so I can't read any spoilers.  This is for my own good..........

j/k I'll just stay away until tomorrow night..

[BentonGrey]

Yep, we're going tomorrow night too, and yes, the wait is killing me.  I wanted to go to the midnight showing, but no one around here was man enough to go with me.

[Cyber Burn]

I'm assuming we need to stay after the credits?

[BentonGrey]

From what I've heard, yes.

[docdelorean88]

ALL the way through

[Podmark]

I have seen the Avengers.

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I was really impressed with it by the end. The first half felt kinda long, it was good I don't have any real complaints but I was hardly at the edge of my seat. Now the second half where the invasion starts did! That whole sequence was just filled with win. Really loved that one shot with no cuts with each of the Avengers fighting. Lots of laugh out loud moments like Hulk punching away Thor after a break in the fight, and most of what Tony says. I was really impressed with how well they managed the large cast.

Loved Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye. He's not 616 and he's not even Ultimate but he's great as this movie version of Hawkeye. I was really impressed with Ruffalo as Bruce Banner but I've never felt he has the right look for the character, looks good as Hulk though. RDJ was awesome as always.

Coulson's death was lame. Very Whedon. Worked for the story I guess. Honestly I was expecting him to be revealed to be alive in the post credits scenes.

Thanos, now there's a reference non-comics fans won't get. Although some guy behind and to the right of me said pretty loudly something like "Oh my god Thanos!"
And the post credits scene had me laughing all the way out of the theater.

Anyway I liked it and now I with I had a set of MU Avengers movie toys.

Bottom line: Warner Bros, the gauntlet has been thrown.

[Outcast]

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Ok i think i missed the funny end credit scenes. I only saw the one with the aliens admitting how powerful the "humans" were to someone who looked like as you guys said..Thanos. Oh man...didn't assume there would be more... Can someone fill me in on those?

[Podmark]

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Ok i think i missed the funny end credit scenes. I only saw the one with the aliens admitting how powerful the "humans" were to someone who looked like as you guys said..Thanos. Oh man...didn't assume there would be more... Can someone fill me in on those?

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It's like a minute long sequence of the Avengers just sitting in a shop eating shawarma in silence after the battle.

[Outcast]

  Thanks Pod. That would have been pretty funny indeed.

[murs47]

I just saw this...YES! Now that is a superhero movie! DC better snag Whedon if they want to replicate the awesomeness of Avengers with Justice League!

[Talavar]

Now that was a delight!  More like this please.

As to Banner's anger management...

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on the Helicarrier he's trying not to change, he's fighting it - but the stress and anger are too much.  He loses control.  To change on command, like for the final battle, that's no effort at all - he just has to let go, give up the struggle to restrain his rage, and it'll happen.

[BentonGrey]

Wow....just...just wow.  That was so incredibly good....I mean...I'm going to have a very hard time putting together a way to express just how much I enjoyed this film.  The Avengers was just about a perfect movie.  I can't think of anything that I didn't enjoy.  It was amazing.  It was fantastic.  If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and go see it now.  I'll post more when I can parse the vast amounts of awesome that I've got swirling around my head.

[Uncle Yuan]

Best post credit scene ever!  I laughed all the way to the bathroom.

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Outcast: what made the scene so funny is them sitting there around the table in just total beaten down weary silence while the owners are in the back ground cleaning up rubble.  And then about 45 seconds in ,when the silence is getting really painful, they all take a deep breath . . . and pick up their sandwiches and take another bite.  Really, it is just a masterpiece of composition and timing.

I did get why the Hulk was in much worse rage on the helicarrier - all of Loki's manipulation, plus Banner's deep mistrust of SHIELD.  The one bit I don't understand is why Loki couldn't turn Tony?  Because he was tapping him on the arc reactor?

[crimsonquill]

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Coulson's death was lame. Very Whedon. Worked for the story I guess. Honestly I was expecting him to be revealed to be alive in the post credits scenes.

Same here.. especially when they had Tony say the line "You have reached Tony's Life Model Decoy.. please call again later" when Coulson was trying to contact him. Why even bring LMD's up if they didn't exist already as a S.H.I.E.L.D. tool and Tony was just rubbing it in Colson's face. Would have been a nice foreshadow to hinting about how he might have survived because honestly it would have made total sense for him to send LMD armed with an experimental weapon to face Loki because he knew he would be totally outclassed and outmatched.

I'm probably betting there is a few more alternate endings and among them is Colson casually running into Fury at the end and mentioning that since being attacked by the Destroyer that he kept a LMD on hand just in case. Then Nick telling him that he was going to keep him looking for more potential Avengers instead of field work to keep him hidden and his first task was to find an ant and a wasp.

Besides with news they are doing a S.H.I.E.L.D. movie just for giving fans more Nick Fury (Sam Jackson) action.. then they might as well show flashbacks of Hawkeye and Black Widow in their early missions and bring Coulson back into those flashbacks as well. Would be interesting if they showed how Nick and Coulson worked together before they ended up as agents and then use that in contrast with them finding Hawkeye and Black Widow as assassins and giving them the second chance they need. Maybe have them face Baron Von Strucker as the big bad with him running Hydra after Red Skull vanished which would explain why SHIELD ended up with all of their old technology long after World War II ended.

[Outcast]

Best post credit scene ever!  I laughed all the way to the bathroom.

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Outcast: what made the scene so funny is them sitting there around the table in just total beaten down weary silence while the owners are in the back ground cleaning up rubble.  And then about 45 seconds in ,when the silence is getting really painful, they all take a deep breath . . . and pick up their sandwiches and take another bite.  Really, it is just a masterpiece of composition and timing.

I did get why the Hulk was in much worse rage on the helicarrier - all of Loki's manipulation, plus Banner's deep mistrust of SHIELD.  The one bit I don't understand is why Loki couldn't turn Tony?  Because he was tapping him on the arc reactor?

Uncle Yuan. Thanks for explaining how the funny end credits scene went down in more detail. I wish i could have seen that.

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That was another funny scene. Loki trying to turn Tony but couldn't because of the metal plate in his chest. Well, all magics have their weaknesses. Guess it wasn't "designed" to pierce metal or something.

[JeyNyce]

I saw the movie last night and it was awesome.  Yes it is better than Spider-man and The Dark Knight and is a must see film.  The only thing that scares me is that this movie was so good that I cannot see anyway for Marvel to top this except for Avengers 2.  Iron Man 3 will probably be good, but not as good as the Avengers.  How can it get any better than this except for bringing the whole cast back together again?

[Talavar]

Re: Agent Coulson....

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he died because, well, somebody had to.  The Avengers fight off an alien invasion led by a Norse god without a casualty?  Did you really think Joss Whedon was going to make that movie?  But he can't kill off any of the main characters, or Nick Fury.  Introducing Maria Hill just to bump her off would lack much emphasis - the audience hardly knows her.  Coulson was the highest profile character who was still expendable.

[spydermann93]

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That was another funny scene. Loki trying to turn Tony but couldn't because of the metal plate in his chest. Well, all magics have their weaknesses. Guess it wasn't "designed" to pierce metal or something.

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My favorite "funny scene" was when the Hulk fought Loki

Loki: I am a GOD! and I will not be bullied!
Hulk: *picks Loki up and smashes him several times into the ground*
Loki: *staring blankly up towards the ceilings not sure of what just happened as he lays broken on the ground*

[Cyber Burn]

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That was another funny scene. Loki trying to turn Tony but couldn't because of the metal plate in his chest. Well, all magics have their weaknesses. Guess it wasn't "designed" to pierce metal or something.

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My favorite "funny scene" was when the Hulk fought Loki

Loki: I am a GOD! and I will not be bullied!
Hulk: *picks Loki up and smashes him several times into the ground*
Loki: *staring blankly up towards the ceilings not sure of what just happened as he lays broken on the ground*

Hilarious...Just saw it and loved it!

[laughing paradox]

This movie was all types of great. It's one of the rare exceptions where the hype was well deserved and didn't diminish my viewing pleasure. Fantastic flick.. can't wait for a sequel with the .......... that was shown during the first "after credits" scene.

[XStream]

I saw it Saturday morning, but have not been able to post anything because... well, I just don't have words. The best comic movie... so far. Hands down, I do not believe anything compares. I know that the wait was hard for some long time fans, but building up with movies before this movie had a huge payoff. They could have never made this movie without the previous movies.

Oh, and for my boy MJB, You are gonna freak out man! Hulk, as you have always wanted to see him! I thought Edward Norton did a good job, but Ruffalo stole the movie if you ask me (which you didn't, but I said it anyway.)

Everyone, hurry and see it so we no longer have to use spoiler tags!

[captmorgan72]

Watched it twice today and it is hands down the greatest superhero/comic movie ever made period. Joss Whedon did such an awesome job with this movie. All of them, including Hawkeye and Blackwidow, have their time. That is what amazed me the most. Each character's role/story was told, so that we cared about all of them and felt their struggles/pain. I absolutely loved Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of Banner/Hulk. I was a little worried about him being cast when I first heard about it, but he was perfect. Everyone of them was utterly fantastic.

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Really loved watching Hulk and Thor trade blows. Thor was holding his own quite well, just like Iron Man was against Thor. Loved the smile on Thor's face too, he was having a good time fighting Hulk. Then later Hulk shows his respect to Thor by punching him, had me laughing til I cried. Also, maybe its because I watch to much Supernatural, but when Thor and Loki was having a discussion about Loki's desire to bring peace to Earth by ruling it, I thought it sounded a lot like a discussion between Michael and Lucifer.

[Shogunn2517]

Watched it twice today and it is hands down the greatest superhero/comic movie ever made period. Joss Whedon did such an awesome job with this movie. All of them, including Hawkeye and Blackwidow, have their time. That is what amazed me the most. Each character's role/story was told, so that we cared about all of them and felt their struggles/pain. I absolutely loved Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of Banner/Hulk. I was a little worried about him being cast when I first heard about it, but he was perfect. Everyone of them was utterly fantastic.

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Really loved watching Hulk and Thor trade blows. Thor was holding his own quite well, just like Iron Man was against Thor. Loved the smile on Thor's face too, he was having a good time fighting Hulk. Then later Hulk shows his respect to Thor by punching him, had me laughing til I cried. Also, maybe its because I watch to much Supernatural, but when Thor and Loki was having a discussion about Loki's desire to bring peace to Earth by ruling it, I thought it sounded a lot like a discussion between Michael and Lucifer.

Agreed!

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One thing  absolutely HATED about the comic movie was the severely depowering of the characters.  Like the Thing barely being able to flip a car or The Silver Surfer not having the Power Cosmic, but his board or The Phoenix being a personality disorder.  By time I saw what the Super Soldier Serum could do in/against The Incredible Hulk and Thor taking on Frost Giants like plastic army men, I saw characters being more true.  But when I saw Iron Man take on Thor, I was thrilled.  I was afraid they'd give Iron Man too much shine at Thor's expense, but he was a complete hardcase.  Head butting a guy in steel armor 30 yards away.  Crushing his armor like a beer can.  Then I see how resourceful Iron Man is and he was no pushover!

The coup de gras for me was Hulk vs Thor!  We all know how much of a beast Hulk is and Thor's fight was done perfectly!  He wasn't invulnerable, he bled, but he was clearly able to match the Hulk blow by blow, strength vs strength.  When he knocked him halfway across the hanger with the mjolinir I literally screamed like I was watching a live football game and Ray Lewis caught some poor wide out coming across the middle!

And the the scenes with them teaming up was priceless, Hulk and Thor taking out the Leviathan, Iron Man powering off Captain America's shield like something straight from Ultimate Alliance!  They made each character and gave them purpose and relevancy.  Awesome, awesome, awesome!

[Shogunn2517]

BTW, I remember seeing a theater packed with fanboys Thursday night and thinking this movie is gonna make a bit of money.  The next day when another thwarted was still being sold out forcing me to watch it two showings later than I planned, I thought, this movie is going to reeeaaaaaallly gonna make a TON of money. So, in case you didn't know...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFrsBRYqwGp-ugk_62QGE97wsNDA?docId=ef8f035d86ba4d069eb0839e3e1661c2

[BlueBard]

Saw it.  Loved it.  Words fail me how much I loved it.

But yeah the scene with Hulk and Loki was pure gold.   And what Hulk does to Thor right after they fight the bad guys together. 

I have to say that the trailers and teasers I saw previously didn't spoil the movie that much... there were plenty of good scenes left.

Sure, there were lots of niggling little details that I could poke at.  But really, the plot moved fast enough that it didn't really matter that much.

Unfortunately I hadn't realized there were two different teaser clips and left after the big reveal.

[captmorgan72]

Yep, I left too after the big reveal. A little searching on the net will show you that last teaser clip though.

[Panther_Gunn]

Saw it yesterday, after using all of my will power for months to avoid seeing *anything* in this thread.  It was a thing of beauty.  I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me.  I thought the portrayals of what they could do and were capable of were pretty spot-on.  I actually *don't* have any real nitpicks at the moment, other than I didn't really care for Ruffalo's portrayal of Banner.  It just didn't feel like Banner to me, just some guy that was there.  It seems like I'm in the minority about that here, though, but I still liked the *first* Hulk movie, and thought the first Ghost Rider is still semi-watchable, so I'm used to not being in complete agreement with everyone.

Like most people, my favorite scene was

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Loki lying dazed on the floor.  As if the flinging around he just got wasn't hilarious enough, the look on his face sealed the deal on that scene.  My audience was laughing too loud for too long for me to hear the Hulk quote after, but it turns out it was pretty much what I thought it was.   

I know I made more than a few noises during the movie, especially that hammer shot to the chin!  You just can't help but exclaim at scenes like that!

One other thing that bugged me a little bit, when they were all arguing in the helicarrier, I would have liked for someone to have pointed out that they were most likely acting out that much was due to Loki's influence, via the staff.  It just seemed a little out of character for everyone to be letting loose verbally quite so much like that.

[XStream]

My wife and I dropped our daughter off with the in-laws early Saturday morning to make the first showing of the day (10:15). We do not make many movies these days, and this has seemed to be the best time for us. There was a small line, and by the time the movie started (I am a movie nut and have to be there 30+ minutes before showtime to get my preferred seats...My wife makes fun of me for it, but she complies) the theater was fairly full.

When the movie was over and we left, peaople were lined up out the front of the theater and around the corner! And this is a big theater (18 screens and I believe three of them were showing the Avengers). It was crazy. I hear they were sold out ever showing for the rest of the day.

Does anyone know what the projected numbers were? I know what they came to be, but before the movie debuted did they have any idea?