The Avengers The Avengers Critics Reviews Thread - Part 1

[Suzanne78]

Yeah, Scott's one of the really good ones. And having rewatched the First Avenger via rental last night and reading his review of that film, I think he's totally correct. Of the individual films, the First Avenger is the most solid.

Agreed. Even if that middle montage is rushed, I love the first act and Star Spangled Man so much, and the characterization is top notch. It's why it's tied with IM1 as my favorite MCU movie.

 

[Vulklin]

Does anyone who has seen it, prefer the first 2 hours over the end 30mins climax?

 

[J.Howlett]

Agreed. Even if that middle montage is rushed, I love the first act and Star Spangled Man so much, and the characterization is top notch. It's why it's tied with IM1 as my favorite MCU movie.

Had Marvel not forced that epilogue, I think that film would've been in my top five all time of this genre.

 

[Suzanne78]

Had Marvel not forced that epilogue, I think that film would've been in my top five all time of this genre.

Heh. I can understand the critique, but I liked the epilogue, mostly because I felt Chris Evans completely sold the moment Steve realized he lost everything. My brain understood that it was basically yet another Avengers plug, but my heart pretty much broke for the guy. So, my heart won out and TFA cracked into my Top 5 CBMs.

 

[J.Howlett]

Heh. I can understand the critique, but I liked the epilogue, mostly because I felt Chris Evans completely sold the moment Steve realized he lost everything. My brain understood that it was basically yet another Avengers plug, but my heart pretty much broke for the guy. So, my heart won out and TFA cracked into my Top 5 CBMs.

Kind of agree. I just feel it would've worked great for the Avengers opening instead.

 

[First Avenger]

I don't know,I loved the intro.

 

[RoboAmish]

Does anyone who has seen it, prefer the first 2 hours over the end 30mins climax?

I did bro.

Personally, I preferred the more character driven earlier bits to the big action setpieces. The ending felt more like the last level of a videogame to me.

Not bashing the movie, it's very good. But I enjoyed it's quieter moments and felt it was there it really shone.

 

[TheVileOne]

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[Joeyjojo72]

Its a great sign that there is such a diversity of opinion on the "best parts" of this movie. Another reason it will probably warrant multiple viewings.

 

[Sticky-Fingers]

Having seen it twice already i still don't think i have seen everything.

 

[Chewy]

Having seen it twice already i still don't think i have seen everything.

See it a third time

 

[Marvel]

I'm not holding my breath for the RT meter to stay as high as it is.
For Thor, it was at like 98% from foreign reviews, and dropped precipitously when the US reviews hit.
I'm expecting around 80-85% after US reviews... I don't know why they're always such *****es when foreign ones are generally positive

It's gotten to a point where the RT score matters to reviewers BEFORE they write their review. It reminds me of the baseball Hall of Fame voters. Some vote or don't vote for a guy based on how they feel his percentage would stand versus other all-time great baseball players. Some leave guys off their ballot because "no one has ever been a unanimous selection" not even Babe Ruth. I hate politics in anything. Just judge and vote based on quality and not some other factor.

Jaded critics will see a "mere" comic book movie with a score in the 90's and find a way to emphasize the negative. More so now then even a few years ago because comic based movies are the hot thing and absorb a lot of studio budgets and theatre space. Smaller film lovers still resent this no matter what anyone says. That's just the way it is.

 

[ElMariachi]

It's gotten to a point where the RT score matters to reviewers BEFORE they write their review. It reminds me of the baseball Hall of Fame voters. Some vote or don't vote for a guy based on how they feel his percentage would stand versus other all-time great baseball players. Some leave guys off their ballot because "no one has ever been a unanimous selection" not even Babe Ruth. I hate politics in anything. Just judge and vote based on quality and not some other factor.

That's a great comparison. Baseball writers are often some of the biggest assclowns when it comes to the HOF.

 

[Tony Stark]

I don't like how First Avenger almost abruptly approaches the end. It's like someone hit the fast forward button, when he went after the factories and the Red Skull himself. Kinda feel the same way about Thor. IMO, I thought TIH and the first Iron Man were the most solid out of all the solo films.

I don't think Thor was that way, but I agree CA:FA did rush things a bit with the montage fight against Hydra. I almost wish that the Cap movies would have all been set in the 1940's, do a trilogy with the 3rd being Cap's "death" and reawakening in the 2010's.

I actually thought Thor was pretty well flushed out other than he's cut off from Jane and apparently making it back to earth in Avengers he's not all that eager to see her.

 

[ElMariachi]

CA:TFA was great for like 95% of the movie. I don't get why people here make a mountain out of a molehill over 12 minutes of the movie.

 

[Shadowlord X]

CA:TFA was great for like 95% of the movie. I don't get why people here make a mountain out of a molehill over 12 minutes of the movie.

Agreed!!!

 

[Chewy]

CA:TFA was great for like 95% of the movie. I don't get why people here make a mountain out of a molehill over 12 minutes of the movie.

This is the internet. If Star Wars were released in 2010 people on the internet would have torn it to shreds.

 

[ElMariachi]

The internet is great but it really ruined alot of things. Haterism really got out of control.

 

[warcam]

Aaaannnndddd we're back up to 96%.
More love for Ruffahulk.

 

[itchyscratch]

When you read Peter Bradshaw's review in The Guardian, make sure you also read all the comments following it. Always entertaining. And 4 stars from PB for a superhero movie? Clearly he's under Loki's influence.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/26/avengers-assemble-review

 

[Quasimod0]

ALL of the mcu films have been great. You can nitpick any film on the planet. No film is perfect. But all the mcu films have great characters and great action

 

[Matchstick]

This little review is hilarious and seems to reflect a lot of the thoughts here. No spoilers at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf4a2Je_IcY

 

[ElMariachi]

ALL of the mcu films have been great. You can nitpick any film on the planet. No film is perfect. But all the mcu films have great characters and great action

This.

People are far too hard on the MCU movies. Every one of them has featured top notch acting, great dialouge, humour, great CGI, likeable main characters, and were overall fun movies. That's more than can be said about most movies. I get that they have had plot flaws but that's kind of a nitpick really. Even Iron Man 2 was much better than most similar movies that come out these days.

I think people often forget that all of these movies were all rated pretty well by critics. Anybody that uses Rotten Tomatoes to look at upcoming movies knows full well that achieving high scores/fresh ratings isn't all that easy.

IM:94%RT
IM2:74%RT
TIH:66%RT
CA:79%RT
Thor:77% RT

 

[Suzanne78]

Aaaannnndddd we're back up to 96%.
More love for Ruffahulk.

Which review was just added?

 

[TheVileOne]

This little review is hilarious and seems to reflect a lot of the thoughts here. No spoilers at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf4a2Je_IcY

He's eating popcorn .