Avengers!

[dbskyler]

So I'm a little bit behind the times, but I just saw The Avengers tonight! Wow, that was a really good movie!

Now I have to go and rent Iron Man.

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[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Oh boy!

Another Avengers fan on my FList - I feel like the only one who doesn't give a damn for any superhero movie.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Honestly, that's exactly how I felt -- I haven't seen any of the prior movies -- but so many people said this one was good, I finally had to see it. And yes, it was good! Written and directed by Joss Whedon, btw, which I was surprised to see during the credits (before I vaguely remembered having heard something about that).

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I knew Whedon had written it - I know far more about it than I actually want to know since my Flist is so crazy about it.

Personally, I'm just not into superhero movies. Give me ordinary heroes any day.

[pitry.livejournal.com]

I know! It is surprisingly entertaining, isn't it? :) ...and who'd have thought I'd watch this film and end up with Bruce Banner as my favourite Avenger. :D

I watched the first Iron Man at work so I probably can't exactly be the judge, but I don't think it's as entertaining as the Avengers. But it was entertaining! (I possibly have more of a tolerance for superheroes films than you do, though).

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I initially had no interest, but then I heard so many good things about it, I had to see it! I'm not entertained by explosions and fight scenes, but the script was very good (Hooray! A good script in an action-adventure movie!) and I really enjoyed all the character moments and humor.

I especially enjoyed Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man. Or rather, I enjoyed him as Tony Stark -- once he was in the suit, he became a lot less interesting. But I'm guessing that Iron Man the movie will have at least some of that wonderful character snark, so now I want to see it. : )

And yes, I loved Bruce Banner too!

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. RDJ's Tony Stark is the king of snark ;) He's very snarky in Iron Man too, so that's alright! But I think he played off really well with the rest of the Avengers, something that doesn't exist in the Iron Man films - for example, I normally can't really stand Captain America, but when he was interacting with Tony Stark he was actually bearable and even amusing at times.

And yes, definitely about the script. I don't much mind explosions and fight scenes - hey, when you're doing my work for a while, you see all the various ways in which films can be bad, explosions or not. But it is a very good and humoristic script that made for a very entertaining film. :D I liked that it didn't try too much to be heavy and meaningful - I mean, it is an explosions-superhero film, it's not going to be profound. So it went for the clever laughs instead and did so brilliantly.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I liked that it didn't try too much to be heavy and meaningful - I mean, it is an explosions-superhero film, it's not going to be profound. So it went for the clever laughs instead and did so brilliantly.

Yes! I think Whedon knew exactly what type of movie he wanted to make, and then nailed it.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard a lot of good things about it. Unfortunately, it isn't playing locally anymore. I'm hoping it will come back into town soon at the smaller of my city's two movie theaters...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I went with a friend who also hadn't seen it, and we had to hunt around a little, but managed to find it without too much trouble. What happened to the good old days when movies played for a whole summer? I hope you manage to find it, or at least can get the DVD when it comes out.