Endgame Official Avengers: Endgame News & Speculation Thread!

[Filmfan93]

4th viewing today!

Also grabbing the 2nd weekend Odeon poster (the IM version).

 

[samsnee]

so...i think there's 4 people that made this all possible:

1. feige
2+3. favreau and rdj
4. whedon

feige obviously but favreau and rdj's major success with iron man got the ball rolling - gave marvel actual hope that this could work. and then whedon making avengers and making it a super success.

those 4 set up the universe and everything else followed.

They were the base for sure but if any of the principle actors like Evans and Hemsworth weren’t also likeable, then Avengers wouldn’t have worked.

I liked Norton but they were smart to get rid of him. His style wouldn’t have fit into the larger universe.

 

[MahvelBaby!]

Marvel studios casting director needs more recognition.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I hope Dr. Strange 2 is leagues better than 1; that one was a major disappointment, IMO.

I really hope so as well, especially after what the Russo's have done with him lately. As much as I do like that first movie you can't possibly regress this character after coming this far, although I know Scott Derrickson has a completely different directing style compared to the Russo's.

 

[MovieSlave]

They were the base for sure but if any of the principle actors like Evans and Hemsworth weren’t also likeable, then Avengers wouldn’t have worked.

I liked Norton but they were smart to get rid of him. His style wouldn’t have fit into the larger universe.

Agreed. It's hard to vision Norton doing a lot of the Banner scenes in movies past Age of Ultron.

 

[Lencho01]

Anthony Mackie Learned About the End of Falcon's Avengers: Endgame Storyline From Another Cast Member

 

[Lilbaz]

Anthony Mackie Learned About the End of Falcon's Avengers: Endgame Storyline From Another Cast Member

Didn't tom holland get in trouble for taking a script home?

 

[Lencho01]

Didn't tom holland get in trouble for taking a script home?

Maybe different rules for different actors.

 

[Lilbaz]

Maybe different rules for different actors.

Probably.

 

[KevTravels]

Agreed. It's hard to vision Norton doing a lot of the Banner scenes in movies past Age of Ultron.

Yeah. Though Ruffalo is also a very dramatic actor, Norton is too much of a lone wolf. Notoriously difficult to work with. He'd have been replaced after the first Avengers (had he done it).

 

[KevTravels]

I like Dr. Strange, but the villain was definitely uncooked (which is disappointing since they wasted Mad with this role). After his amazing performance in IW, I want the sequel to go ham and really give us the Sorcerer Supreme with amazing actions and visuals. Oh, and a great villain too, please.

Btw, I saw EG last weekend, and I just want to say that although the movie was spoiled for me, it still exceeded my expectations. As a fan of the MCU since the first Iron Man, this movie is a love letter to all of us who had followed the franchise from the beginning, and it left me satisfied and looking forward to what's ahead. Bring on X-Men and Fantastic Four!

I agree.

They need to do a better job on selling Strange and his villain to the general public. I believe the promotion was basically "come see everyone's favorite Sherlock Holmes in a film of mind-bending/seizure conducing special effects".

 

[squeekness]

Yeah. Though Ruffalo is also a very dramatic actor, Norton is too much of a lone wolf. Notoriously difficult to work with. He'd have been replaced after the first Avengers (had he done it).

As much as I like Norton, Ruffalo was the better choice as Banner by far.

 

[Jonathan Mills]

So my friend and I came across this awesome website, basically just tells you if you would have died when Thanos snapped in IW. Its actually pretty fun to see if you or your friends would have survived and everything.

Heres the link, you guys should check it out: www.whosurvivedthanos.com

 

[Xeno]

Didn't tom holland get in trouble for taking a script home?

The Russos let Chris Evans have the whole script because he's "the most responsible Chris."

 

[The Chris]

As much as I like Norton, Ruffalo was the better choice as Banner by far.

Definitely. I love Bill Bixby from the Hulk tv show and one thing that he did so well was not only portray the torture you'd expect but such an air of likability and purity to the role, and I feel Ruffalo does that as well, while handling the comedy extremely well.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[KevTravels]

I'm curiousof when they'll reveal which scenes were re-shoots.

 

[DyeLorean]

I'm curiousof when they'll reveal which scenes were re-shoots.

There's one they've already said:

Spoiler

Tony right before the snap saying "I am Iron Man" was the last thing they shot. They couldn't come up with a good line and the editor suggested it.

 

[markjoedelonge]

 

[Iceman]

Thanos-copter reference. The movie is now officially complete.

 

[MrWayne]

4th viewing today!

Also grabbing the 2nd weekend Odeon poster (the IM version).

Huh? How and where? lol

 

[Filmfan93]

Huh? How and where? lol

Odeon cinemas - UK.

They released 2 sets of posters - one for OW and one for 2nd weekend. Claimed both sets when seeing it on OW and 2nd weekend, respectively.

Google them, they look cool

 

[MahvelBaby!]

#6 tonight

 

[The_Manhunter]

YOU are making it a political agenda by thinking that a group of women is pandering and a group of men is normal. YOU are the one whose thinking its "out of character" because your AGENDA whether subconscious or not is that women are out of place. This is sexism whether you want to label it that yourself or not, whether its malicious in intent or not.

Are you kidding me? No, I said nothing about a group of men. GOTG, Avengers, all these team up movies include both men AND women. This post is frankly insulting to me. You think I'd want a Justice League without Wonder Woman? Or that I didn't find something empty without Wasp being a founding Avenger?

How dare you. HOW DARE YOU.

 

[The_Manhunter]

D

Spoiler

Then you have disqualified many great pieces of art from literally the beginning of human history,if you think art of any kind is only legitimate if separated from other influences like politics. Some films are escapist, but, well, take things like the original Star Trek or The Twighlight Zone. By the standards you are setting a good chunk of their episodes should never have been made at all. Planet Of The Apes (Original or the new trilogy), Spartacus, The Defiant Ones, In The Heat Of The Night, To Kill A Mockingbird, even The Lord Of The Rings in the context of their life as books were made partially in response to their author's experience with the First World War alongside his despair at the changes industrialization were bringing to England and thus has a socio-political aspect, which due to the fealty the film versions had carried over to the big screen. Nothing I listed were thought of as niche art house fair. All were made for mass audience consumption in their day. I'm sorry but this arbitrary standard you have set flys in the face of how a lot of popular entertainment has actually been produced, consumed and analyzed for centuries.

And what is this distinction about "teams"? So... The shot would be more palitable if they all were card carrying Avengers?

Look, the film doesn't live or die on the basis of that one moment, and I am sure it doesn't truly affect your own assessment of the film itself either. But the fact that it vexes so many enough to continually be brought up is perplexing in the extreme for myself.

Given that there are more male Super types if that had played out the same exact way with the same dialog and it had been all guys doing that charge it would pass by without comment from some corners. And honestly... If we are gonna complain about pandering then the whole film needs to be judged by that same standard because "fan service" was this film's middle name.


On a final note... No, one doesn't have to agree with the point of view you may believe a piece of art is expressing in some fashion. But claiming there is a kind of delegitimization because something has a POV is a curious position.

I actually do agree with a lot of what you say. It didn't kill the movie for me by any stretch, but it just wasn't something I wanted to see. I have nothing against seeing more women in superhero movies. I just want it to feel organic. But oh well, water under the bridge at this point.