First Avenger OFFICIAL: Hugo Weaving is Red Skull - Part 6/6/44

[Rock Sexton]

Very cool, just overly red.

Ya, I felt they should've toned it down a shade or two.

Regardless, acting-wise Weaving was the best thing about the entire movie. Never had a doubt though, he's a thespian all the way. He made the Red Skull fun. I wanted so much more of him.

 

[Shazam]

I thought the red was perfect!

 

[Golgo-13]

It took me out of it a bit. The first official pic we got of him; than darker shade of red was perfect. In the movie, especially in the scene where he first confront Cap and he pulls off his human face, his head reminds me of a bright red blow pop!

 

[The Caped Knight]

His name is the Red Skull, the red in the film was prefect it was the right lighting type it wasn't bloody red from a horror film it was more like a light crimson red .

 

[Mister J]

Agreed, I think Hugo Weaving as the Skull has outdone Molina as Doc Ock. He was perfect and my favorite part of the movie.

There is no way he is [blackout]dead. He's got return in a sequel, not sure if it'll happen but I even want him in the Avengers[/blackout]

Yeah, I think he might be the top dog of villain performances that we've seen in a Marvel flick. He was conniving, intelligent, maniacal... just a real bastard and just what you want in a villain of this type. Great stuff.

Agreed on the second point as well. There has to be more to that. THERE HAS TO. t:

 

[Rock Sexton]

I really liked when he burned his mask and said screw it, I'm the Red Skull.

 

[The Caped Knight]

I really liked when he burned his mask and said screw it, I'm the Red Skull.

Agreed.

Although I love the moment before the reveal of the Red Skull visually on screen for the first time

I swear the look on Zola's face and the artist painter solid the scene. The painter look so horrified as if he was looking straight at the devil .

 

[marcvader]

The red tone was spot on. Had it been lighter or darker it would have thrown me off as it wouldn't be as it is in the comics to me. I loved that he'd kill without hesitation.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

Agreed.

Although I love this moment before the reveal of the Red Skull visually on screen for the first time

I swear the look on Zola's face and the artist painter solid the scene. The painter look so horrified as if he was looking straight at the devil .

I must say, I love this scene..In fact, I loved the build up for him and the reveal itself is so great. It's one of those looks/effects that couldn't have possibly been translated to screen much better...

 

[Punisher Rising]

I thought Hugo was perfect as Red Skull, as was everyone else in the movie.

 

[RedSkull]

why did he conceal his appearance at first if he was proud of it to the point of being painted?

 

[Spider-X]

Is it me or

Spoiler

at the end when Red Skull picked up the cube, did the sky open up to show Asgard and the Bifrost pulled him right out of there...which means Red Skull must be a prisoner of Asgard now.

Is that basically the explanation for what happened there, because that's what I took from it and I found it to be awesome.

 

[Rock Sexton]

Is it me or

Spoiler

at the end when Red Skull picked up the cube, did the sky open up to show Asgard and the Bifrost pulled him right out of there...which means Red Skull must be a prisoner of Asgard now.

Is that basically the explanation for what happened there, because that's what I took from it and I found it to be awesome.

Who said it's Asgard? It could be any of the nine realms.

 

[Spider-X]

Who said it's Asgard? It could be any of the nine realms.

Does any other realm other than Asgard have a Bifrost? I don't know much about Thor lore...

 

[Rock Sexton]

Does any other realm other than Asgard have a Bifrost? I don't know much about Thor lore...

As Loki once said, the bifrost isn't the only way ..... oops ....

The Frost Giants used the Casket of Winters to do it.

 

[Spider-X]

As Loki once said, the bifrost isn't the only way ..... oops ....

The Frost Giants used the Casket of Winters to do it.

Interesting...

 

[Rock Sexton]

Interesting...

I take it you didn't see Thor?

 

[Spider-X]

I take it you didn't see Thor?

I saw it 3 times...I just hadn't put thought into how the Frost Giants were able to teleport to earth at the beginning, but that makes sense now. Loki wasn't using it to get the frost giants into Asgard (otherwise why would they have gone into the treasure vault for it at the beginning) so I figured he was speaking of another way to and from Asgard that wasn't reveled in the movie. Also, I know that in the comics, Thor can basically open worm holes to travel around in space as he pleases using Mjolnir...so I figured that'd be another way as well to be used later in the movie-verse.

 

[dru-zod2501]

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I was mostly underwhelmed by HW, he was holding back too much. Red Skull seemed flat and bland, he managed to be just creepy enough but I was looking for something more than creepy. The guy is a bottomless pit of evil & crazy with a face like death. If he's talking I should be worried that these maybe the last words I ever hear.

In my mind I couldn't help comparing him to the animated version, and cartoon Skull just seems more menacing to me. When I see him, I just know oh **** something serious us about to go down!

This is the same guy that brought Agent Smith and Megatron to life! What happened? Off day? Disappointed...

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I didn't saw the movie yet but I have a small question : do we learn Red Skull ( why he has it ) origin ?

 

[The Caped Knight]

I didn't saw the movie yet but I have a small question : do we learn Red Skull ( why he has it ) origin ?

It's told in a flashback sequence by Dr. Abraham Erkshine.

 

[kedrell]

edit.

 

[The Caped Knight]

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I was mostly underwhelmed by HW, he was holding back too much. Red Skull seemed flat and bland, he managed to be just creepy enough but I was looking for something more than creepy. The guy is a bottomless pit of evil & crazy with a face like death. If he's talking I should be worried that these maybe the last words I ever hear.

In my mind I couldn't help comparing him to the animated version, and cartoon Skull just seems more menacing to me. When I see him, I just know oh **** something serious us about to go down!

This is the same guy that brought Agent Smith and Megatron to life! What happened? Off day? Disappointed...

What are you talking about? The Red Skull was merciless and more of a threat than Bay's Megatron in the Transformers trilogy.

Spoiler

[blackout]At the beginning he killed not only the monk in Norway who guarded the Cosmic cube but sent orders for Hydra to destroy the entire village.

When The goose stepping nazis generals insulted Johann Shmidt , he killed them straight on the spot with his weapon with energy from the cube

The Red Skull's plan was basically to annihilate the entire world but his plans were derailed by Cap who kept destroying his weapon manufactories.

When one of his soldiers reported that they fought to the last men to fight back against Cap and his team. Red Skull shot him on the spot for his failure. [/blackout]

 

[kedrell]

I'd say Weaving's Skull is fighting in my mind right now for top villain in a Marvel movie spot with Bridges's Obidiah Stane/Iron Monger. I'll have to give it some thought but boy, what a fantastic job he did.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I'd say Weaving's Red SKull is on my list of top 5 greatest Marvel CBM Villains.