The Avengers

[dierat]

I found it pretty boring and repetitive. I'd heard so many goods things about it and heard it was so funny, but I found the humor very obvious and the action unmemorable. I didn't think it was a bad movie, but I was definitely disappointed. I liked Iron Man much more in terms of humor, action, and story. I'm glad they cast Mark Ruffalo though; he's awesome. And I liked the villain more than in his previous appearance - he was kinda cute in a mischievous way, like a kid who just figured out he can make a torch using a lighter on an aerosol can. (Sorry to be vague but I don't know if it's a spoiler for people who haven't seen the trailer..?)

But in general I've found that I prefer movies/stories that emphasize characters over action/cg; Avengers is just aiming for a different kind of audience. I think my favorite comic book movies to date are Batman Returns, Batman Begins, Iron Man, and Unbreakable.

[TinyBird]

I think my favorite comic book movies to date are Batman Returns, Batman Begins, Iron Man, and Unbreakable.

On a nit-pick mode here, but does it really count as a comic-book movie if it's not actually based on a comic?

On my own parts I really loved the movie, and it's just one of those movies that you really ought to see in theaters (much like Transformers) for the experience of it. I myself was expecting a full on actiony-action flick, but I was still bit confused how they didn't really establish much of the cube, and I'm still confused whether the cube is related to the other blue cube from Thor or not (probably because I didn't watch Captain America properly, but still). Maybe they did, but it got cut off, I dunno.
Also I mentioned this in the other thread but I personally would have wished that they'd lose some of the jokes, as though I loved the humor, it felt like they played some of the action scenes that I would have wanted to be serious more as jokes and I was kinda "eh" on that part.

But overall as someone who doesn't care about The Avengers in the comics, I really liked this movie, and Mark Ruffalo and the whole character of Black Widow were very positive surprises.

[dierat]

On a nit-pick mode here, but does it really count as a comic-book movie if it's not actually based on a comic?

Yeah, I guess I should say superhero movies rather than comic-book movies.

I was still bit confused how they didn't really establish much of the cube, and I'm still confused whether the cube is related to the other blue cube from Thor or not (probably because I didn't watch Captain America properly, but still).

Me too. I saw Captain America in the theatre when it came out and I couldn't remember the details of the plot. For a while I didn't even realize the cube came from that story until they brought it up.

[s.ketch]

On a nit-pick mode here, but does it really count as a comic-book movie if it's not actually based on a comic?

On my own parts I really loved the movie, and it's just one of those movies that you really ought to see in theaters (much like Transformers) for the experience of it. I myself was expecting a full on actiony-action flick, but I was still bit confused how they didn't really establish much of the cube, and I'm still confused whether the cube is related to the other blue cube from Thor or not (probably because I didn't watch Captain America properly, but still). Maybe they did, but it got cut off, I dunno.
Also I mentioned this in the other thread but I personally would have wished that they'd lose some of the jokes, as though I loved the humor, it felt like they played some of the action scenes that I would have wanted to be serious more as jokes and I was kinda "eh" on that part.

But overall as someone who doesn't care about The Avengers in the comics, I really liked this movie, and Mark Ruffalo and the whole character of Black Widow were very positive surprises.

It's the same cube from Thor. The cosmic cube/ tesseract. The Infinity Gauntlet was also in Thor. I think there was a quick shot of it on Thanos during the first end credits scene. The blue orb thing at the end of Loki's staff was a jewel from the gauntlet.

[Velocity Kendall]

I liked Unbreakable too. It was quiet and thoughtful and tried some new ideas.
Well, new then. The Avengers and all these new Marvel movies are bright and cheerful prbably as a reaction to the increasingly dark and violent 'gritty' Batman movies, much as they in turn were a reaction to the previous bright and cheerfully silly Superman ones. I guess it goes in cycles. Im ok with that, I like both.

[Max Challie]