The Avengers The Avengers Critics Reviews Thread - Part 2

[BigThor]

Sooooo....none of you want any home cooked burgers from Big Thor?

 

[Raiden]

Batman is dark, brooding, slick and witty. That is why Nolan fits it perfectly imo. Not all Superheroes are painted with the same brush.

Just look at the Avengers. Iron man, Thor and Cap had completely different styles of films that fit them all very well.

I think Batman definitely fits Nolan's style, but after TDKR when they do a reboot (which you can bet they will after 3 years), I want them to adapt the Arkham Asylum style where Batman is still dark and brooding, but he is also open to more comic book elements like villains such as Penguin, Killer Croc, and Clayface. Accepting his roots doesn't mean we'll have another Batman & Robin in our hands.

 

[Marvel]

To all Nolanite drones/pseudointellectuals: It's OKAY to like BOTH MOVIES. Mr. Nolan wont mind, I promise.

thanks for the review Sockin!!

To quote the movie that started it all IMO (sorry, Blade)

"There is a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side?"


At least I've chosen a side!

Nolan Nation seems to want a war and are going to great lengths to agitate all around the Net for some reason. Fine by me...

 

[Joeyjojo72]

Can't I be Switzerland?

 

[The Caped Knight]

Fillion would fit in this world PERFECTLY.

WORD QFT



Nathan would be absolutely prefect casting as Hank Pym/Ant-Man.

 

[DOOZlovesBOOZ]

Sooooo....none of you want any home cooked burgers from Big Thor?

I think everyone things they're contaminated or something. Yea i want one, use that super strength BigThor and throw me one with cheese, ketchup, mustard and pickles.

 

[spider-neil]

you guys are right of course you can have light and uplifting and dark and brooding but it annoys when I read reviews that laud the somber tone of batman and almost mock the light tone of other superhero movies. seriously, if all movies were as dark as batman how boring would that be. hopefully avengers makes an absolute packet which stops the trend of all superhero movies trying to be like batman. daredevil lends itself to dark and brooding (maybe punisher and wolverine) but in the main I like a lighter tone, they are afterall superheroes.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

Ok im sold. Fillion it is. I still want me some Black Panther in Avengers 2: Return of the Dude.

 

[BigThor]

I think everyone things they're contaminated or something. Yea i want one, use that super strength BigThor and throw me one with cheese, ketchup, mustard and pickles.

One cheeseburger with ketchp, mustard, and pickles coming right up!

For Midgard!!! *throws cheeseburger*

 

[DOOZlovesBOOZ]

One cheeseburger with ketchp, mustard, and pickles coming right up!

For Midgard!!! *throws cheeseburger*

*splat* Oh shoot, your aim was a little off, it went down my chimney.

 

[BigThor]

*splat* Oh shoot, your aim was a little off, it went down my chimney.

Good thing that's the only thing that happened, because I was considering attaching it to Mjolnir.

 

[DOOZlovesBOOZ]

Good thing that's the only thing that happened, because I was considering attaching it to Mjolnir.

But that would have made total sense considering its the only way Thor can fly and have strength, so it had to be attached to the cheeseburger for it to fly

 

[BigThor]

But that would have made total sense considering its the only way Thor can fly and have strength, so it had to be attached to the cheeseburger for it to fly

Nah Thor has natural super strength on par with Hulk, so the only reason Thor is able to throw Mjolnir so far is because he's so strong naturally.

 

[DOOZlovesBOOZ]

i know i was trying to imitate all the naysayers that say his hammer gives him the powers hence the sarcasm face but it was just a terrible joke

 

[Sockin]

edit: nm

 

[Avenger]

Hey, if burgers are still on the menu, I'll take one with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and ketchup and mustard. Please and thank you! t:

THIS MUST HAPPEN.

 

[BigThor]

i know i was trying to imitate all the naysayers that say his hammer gives him the powers hence the sarcasm face but it was just a terrible joke

Oh ok my bad, it's just hard to tell when someone's joking on the interned.

It's cool

 

[Chewy]

If I squint I see Jason Bateman. I take it that that's what you were going for

 

[Suzanne78]

Yeah, Fillion for Pym, totally. I'd love for that to happen... Jason Bateman would also be an excellent choice.

Or, so would this Whedon alum:

 

[TheWallCrawler]

love chris nolan's batman movies but thank goodness for the spider-mans and avengers. the superhero genre should light and uplifting not dark and brooding. and when they reboot batman (and they will) I want to see a batman that is closer to the comics than nolan managed or burton managed.

That is the next logical step. Most likely they will instantly connect it with the DC cinematic universe, with Man of Steel superman, and Green Lantern ("style reboot" ala Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengance)

 

[Chewy]

That is the next logical step. Most likely they will instantly connect it with the DC cinematic universe, with Man of Steel superman, and Green Lantern ("style reboot" ala Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengance)

I wouldn't hold my breath for another GL movie

 

[bonzob2000]

I was just listening to this week's Slate Culture Gabfest podcast and was surprised to hear that their first topic of conversation was The Avengers. The three cohosts can be quite snobby, but they do sometimes love populist stuff (all them flipped for The Hunger Games, to give one recent example).

Sadly, all three gave The Avengers mixed to negative reviews. Even more sadly, one of the hosts is Dana Stevens, Slate's film critic, so that's another rotten tomato coming down the pipeline in the near future.

You can pretty much guess what they said -- while they liked the humor, said it was well made, liked Hiddleston, and liked Ruffalo, they bemoaned how big and loud and expensive it was, bemoaned the superhero genre, said it was too familiar and too like Transformers, etc.

What's interesting to me is that once Stevens' review comes in, 4 of the 9 negative reviews on RT will be by women. I usually think stuff about traditional gender roles is 90 percent BS, but I wonder if the film does play better to men somehow? Maybe it's the lack of major female characters to relate to? Or is their something essentially "boyish" in comic book heroes fighting each other?

It's too small a sample size to truly judge if this is the case, but considering the vast majority of reviewers on RT are men, I found it unusual that almost 50 percent of its negative reviews will have come from female critics.

Of course, this also means that poor Dana Stevens (who doesn't like superhero movies in general but is otherwise a strong critic) will be subjected to lots of nasty misogyny of the "get back in the kitchen" or "who did you screw to get this job" variety in the RT comments section. Sigh.

 

[Chewy]

love chris nolan's batman movies but thank goodness for the spider-mans and avengers. the superhero genre should light and uplifting not dark and brooding. and when they reboot batman (and they will) I want to see a batman that is closer to the comics than nolan managed or burton managed.

The "superhero genre" should be all-encompassing, lest it get stale and run its course. I am just as happy to be getting the dark and brooding ones as I am the fun and exhilarating ones. As long as they're good.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

I quit reading Slate's film reviews since they tend to only like a lot of boring movies that almost no one will see.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

The "superhero genre" should be all-encompassing, lest it get stale and run its course. I am just as happy to be getting the dark and brooding ones as I am the fun and exhilarating ones. As long as they're good.

That's why I don't get the whole Avengers vs TDKR feud. While both are CBMs, they are seem to be completely different in so many ways that you can't really compare to each other all that easily.