The Avengers The Avengers Critics Reviews Thread - Part 3

[iJackSparrow]

And it's back to 94% again, with 8.1 average rating, 216 reviews fresh and 15 rotten. t:

 

[Gamma Burst]

And it's back to 94% again, with 8.1 average rating, 216 reviews fresh and 15 rotten. t:

Awesomeness. It's a critical and commercial juggernaut.

 

[iJackSparrow]

I'm still amazed at everything. We're witnessing the birth of a new classic, as Ultimatehero has said it best, the ceiling is gone.

My all time favorite movie is ****ing loved by everyone and it's raping the box office.

Good times. t:

 

[Gamma Burst]

I'm still amazed at everything. We're witnessing the birth of a new classic, as Ultimatehero has said it best, the ceiling is gone.

My all time favorite movie is ****ing loved by everyone and it's raping the box office.

Good times. t:

I have to agree with him.

 

[Metropolis_Man]

Awesome!!!

I find this Charlotte Observer review interesting because it proves that the pattern I've seen here in Brazil is happening in USA and probably the whole wide World. Here's an excerpt of the review:

'Avengers’ tells a tale for two genders



"Even better, writer/director Joss Whedon has done something remarkable, something unheard of in the echelons of superhero movies – he’s managed to make something that just might capture the female demographic. For the most part, the genre is considered the domain of male members of AA – no, not Alcoholics Anonymous; a far more lethal organization: the arrested adolescent.

Symbolizing the subjugation of cinema to the whims of trolls and comment page obsessives, the kowtowing by and to Marvel and DC has routinely been blamed on “the guys,” while gals get to share the blame for making Nicholas Sparks, Stephenie Meyer and any number of actresses box-office gold.

But with “The Avengers,” Whedon does what he did so brilliantly in his seminal work of any medium, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” There, he took a female protagonist and kept the gender bias, working in male interest by investing the genre necessities with some broad bravado. Approach and angle were always about the lack of a Y chromosome.

By being so inclusive, by never forgetting that women sometimes accompany men to the movies (or make the decisions while seated on the living room couch), Whedon works “The Avengers” into a creative communal experience. Gents will get the mandatory bang for their buck. The ladies, on the other hand, get all the emotion and male eye candy they can handle."

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...tale-for-two.html#storylink=rss#storylink=cpy

At least here in Brazil, I've noticed a seriously strong female audience through all four screenings I've attended so far, included women looking pass their 50's enjoying the **** out of this movie.

Great find. This is from my local paper and I think they said it quite well. I saw it my first time yesterday around 12 then went back again at 6 with a different group and while there were a ton of men/boys in there, women also filled up the seats close to equal amounts. My wife loved the movie and her mom said it is probably her favorite comic related film yet. Didn't care much for Black Widow in IM 2, but she was handled so well in this movie because of Whedon. As it says in the article, women have a strong female role to admire here as well as a lot of buff good looking guys. Ruffalo isn't one of the buff/hot ones, but he is a charmer and a lot of women I know sort of melt for him. It's a perfect storm of a movie. A movie for anyone that wants to have fun.

 

[Gamma Burst]

I'm still amazed at everything. We're witnessing the birth of a new classic, as Ultimatehero has said it best, the ceiling is gone.

My all time favorite movie is ****ing loved by everyone and it's raping the box office.

Good times. t:

Where in Brasil?

 

[iJackSparrow]

Where in Brasil?

I'm from Porto Alegre, but I'm living in a little town here in Rio Grande do Sul. Are you brazilian too?

 

[Shadowlord X]

I'm still amazed at everything. We're witnessing the birth of a new classic, as Ultimatehero has said it best, the ceiling is gone.

My all time favorite movie is ****ing loved by everyone and it's raping the box office.

Good times. t:

It does indeed feel really good.

It's fantastic to see characters that you grew up with now loved and appreciated by so many.

As I said before it makes me really proud to be a MARVEL fan!!!

 

[Gamma Burst]

I'm from Porto Alegre, but I'm living in a little town here in Rio Grande do Sul. Are you brazilian too?

Yeah, from Fortaleza. Nice to meet you.

 

[Smashlilman]

Awesomeness. It's a critical and commercial juggernaut.

 

[BigThor]

Those are some badass gifs my friend.

 

[Incredible Hans]

RT is down to 93% again...

 

[samsnee]

Looks like it's staying there too

 

[Quasimod0]

I'm still amazed at everything. We're witnessing the birth of a new classic, as Ultimatehero has said it best, the ceiling is gone.

My all time favorite movie is ****ing loved by everyone and it's raping the box office.

Good times. t:

t:t: Its a very nice feeling. I'm glad people actually enjoy the film. And its not critically panned by tons of people like transformers

 

[Incredible Hans]

And those are the critics who write rotten reviews:

Earth is under attack!
This is a job for as many B-level comic book heroes as we can contractually lock in, all under the direction of Samuel L. Jackson as the aptly named “Nick Fury,” a leader with no depth perception and a tendency for the kind of colorful language that a PG-13 washes out of his mouth with a bit of soap.
Saving the world is one task – making it safe for a Scarlett Johansson performance is quite another. In The Avengers Scarlett must not only act, she must act Russian! Listen, I wouldn’t trust Scarlett to save the world if it only meant saving the world’s very last issue of Vogue.
So let’s assemble our team: Who better to defend Earth from armageddon than a guy from the ’40’s with a sturdy shield, a Dolce & Gabbana spokesmodel, a lifeguard with a really big hammer, a guy with anger issues, and “Shecky” Stark, a wise-cracking man in iron whose suit is 100% heckle-proof.
And while we’re at it, let’s include an archer, because what could be more effective against interstellar battle than a bow and arrows? “You never know when an alien invader is the Sheriff of Nottingham,” warned Jackson.
The problem begins when a cube – the doorway to the other end of space – is stolen from a presumably secure government location. Why do we need a doorway to the other end of space? ”To find a place where The Housewives of Orange County has never aired” replied Jackson.
That’s good enough for me.
The evil Loki returns from Marvel movies past to steal the cube. So Earth must face its most potent foe – a spear-carrying guy dressed like a gold antelope who seeks to free us from our freedom. Bring on the extraterrestrial petting zoo!
“My horns are huge and so I must be compensating for something,” acknowledged Loki, who was nevertheless spotted with a Kardashian and introducing his own line of girly hair products.
Warfighting ensues. Time to cue our archery team from Dolce & Gabbana.
Enter The Hulk, as played by Eric Bana…I mean, Edward Norton…I mean, Mark Ruffalo…I mean, who really cares who plays The Hulk? We’re talking about following in the big green footsteps of Lou Ferrigno, after all.
So our heroes must recover the cube because it is the secret to sustainable energy. ”The less detail I go into there, the quicker we can get to the action and sustain our international box office,” explained Sam Jackson.
[...]

Read the rest here:
http://moviejuice.com/2012/05/08/the-avengers/

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Dear Mark Ramsey

In order for a snark-filled review like yours to work, it needs to be funny.

Yours was not. You have failed.

Also, you're way too late for anyone to be giving a ****.

 

[thalidomide]

Dear Mark Ramsey

In order for a snark-filled review like yours to work, it needs to be funny.

Yours was not. You have failed.

Also, you're way too late for anyone to be giving a ****.

lmao!

 

[Incredible Hans]

Here are some of the comments from the review's website... most of them are a lot more funny than Ramsey's review.

Jay says:
2012/05/09 at 8:25 am
Th e difference between Mark Ramsey and Tony Stark. Tony is a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist and Mark is not.
Also, Tony’s one liners are actually funny.

MobileJoel says:
2012/05/09 at 11:20 am
I tried really hard to figure out why the reviewer thinks this was a bad movie. I’m guessing a general lack of believe-ability was the key theme. While some heroes were much “stronger” than others on the team, at the end of the movie, it seemed to work out. There’s an article in las Sunday’s Los Angeles Times, written by Neal Kirby, son of Jack Kirby, the creator of the Avengers. In it, Neal talks about how he told his dad that the Thor helmet seemed to top-heavy for the Norse God to wear. Jack Kirby’s response, ”
Remember [pointing at the penciled page], Superhero.”

Mark Ramsey says:
2012/05/09 at 10:46 am
Me like cucumber.
Me do not like movies.

Monster ate the Critic says:
2012/05/10 at 8:15 am
You never know when an alien invader is the Sheriff of Nottingham, and you never know when a movie critic is someone who got rejected at comedy school.
But at least Mark Ramsey tried really hard. He watched a superhero comic book movie and finally realized that it was based on superhero comics. Unfortunately, that did not happen before he wrote his review.
So dear guests, come back next week when Mark Ramsey discovers that monkeys have no wings, horses can’t speak and movie critics don’t get as much money as actors in superhero movies do.

 

[bonzob2000]

I can't believe that Ramsey idiot is actually represented on RT. Who could possibly read/enjoy his reviews? And I'd be saying that even if it was a rave. It reads like a bad standup routine. A REALLY bad standup routine. Not exactly Pauline Kael.

 

[Destructus86]

Funny thing...even though most critics love the film...I still don't care about their opinion.

 

[Drummerdude7]

Ramsey's review isn't very clear or funny.

I also for some reason pictured Justin Hammer's voice while reading it.

 

[Vartha]

Funny thing...even though most critics love the film...I still don't care about their opinion.

yeah same here, every now and then I'll get curious to see what a paticular critic might think about a movie but with Avengers I really don't care. lol

 

[Pond]

Funny thing...even though most critics love the film...I still don't care about their opinion.

Me neither, but im happy for this reception. It helps sell tickets, it helps the movies reputation... Its not fundamental, but every stone builds a castle.

But... personally? Dont care.

 

[Raiden]

Ramsey's review seems to be written by a guy who realized that his review holds no weight, since the movie already broke the record for opening weekend in the U.S. with 207 million and is enjoying 93% fresh on RT, so he decided to not just write a rotten review but also tried to be funny about it. His review matters as much as last week's newspaper.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I'm glad critics like it.

It just proves that pure comic book movies can win over almost everyone if executed well.