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summercomfort) wrote2012-05-08 08:27 pm
summercomfort) wrote2012-05-08 08:27 pm
Avengers
Went to see Avengers with philena on Saturday.
General, non-spoilery comments:
- I was impressed by how well the movie was paced, and how well the characters were balanced -- everyone got a word in and differentiated him/herself and were able to utilize their specialties.
- I really loved how each of the characters were introduced in these short scenes that really effectively established their personalities and abilities.
- I loved the interaction/contrast between Captain America and Iron Man, and their gradual grudging respect for each other's method of doing things.
- Most of the humor was good, but some of it felt wrong for the situation, and a lot of it started sounding the same -- as in, multiple characters having the same style of humor. (Phil, Thor and Rogers all had moments where they sounded like Stark)
- I really like Hawkeye's arrow bag system!
- I apparently have a thing for simple weapons -- I got into squeeing fits every time Captain America's shield and Thor's hammer were employed on screen.
- Marvel, I see what you did thar, having Stark come up with new suiting technology in every movie. Good job!
- Hanging a lampshade on the power escalation issue ("the stronger bad guys come b/c we're stronger -- next we'll be fighting aliens") -- har har.
- Wonder how much Shawarma Palace paid for that product placement...
- Wished that Loki had a bigger role in the final battle. Wished Rogers had bigger moments in most battles.
More character-specific comments (Spoilers)
- Some of the Hulk discrepancies frustrated me. You can't spend half the movie being like "Hulk is this scary uncontrollable beast" and then have him be a pretty discriminating smasher for the final battle.
- That said, I loved the acting for Banner/Hulk, and of course, Hulk totally stole the show in the final battle.
- I was disappointed by the missed opportunities for Thor development -- he doesn't get many scenes with Loki, he seemed generically noble without really getting to interact with his girlfriend. He doesn't even get to show off his awesome myth/science knowledge. There was a scene where he's like "Hey don't badmouth Loki -- he may be bad but he's still my brother." And someone says "He killed 80 people", and Thor immediately backtracks and says "He's adopted". Cheap joke, and really undercuts the "Loki's bad but he's MY problem" aspect.
philena on Saturday.General, non-spoilery comments:
- I was impressed by how well the movie was paced, and how well the characters were balanced -- everyone got a word in and differentiated him/herself and were able to utilize their specialties.
- I really loved how each of the characters were introduced in these short scenes that really effectively established their personalities and abilities.
- I loved the interaction/contrast between Captain America and Iron Man, and their gradual grudging respect for each other's method of doing things.
- Most of the humor was good, but some of it felt wrong for the situation, and a lot of it started sounding the same -- as in, multiple characters having the same style of humor. (Phil, Thor and Rogers all had moments where they sounded like Stark)
- I really like Hawkeye's arrow bag system!
- I apparently have a thing for simple weapons -- I got into squeeing fits every time Captain America's shield and Thor's hammer were employed on screen.
- Marvel, I see what you did thar, having Stark come up with new suiting technology in every movie. Good job!
- Hanging a lampshade on the power escalation issue ("the stronger bad guys come b/c we're stronger -- next we'll be fighting aliens") -- har har.
- Wonder how much Shawarma Palace paid for that product placement...
- Wished that Loki had a bigger role in the final battle. Wished Rogers had bigger moments in most battles.
More character-specific comments (Spoilers)
- Some of the Hulk discrepancies frustrated me. You can't spend half the movie being like "Hulk is this scary uncontrollable beast" and then have him be a pretty discriminating smasher for the final battle.
- That said, I loved the acting for Banner/Hulk, and of course, Hulk totally stole the show in the final battle.
- I was disappointed by the missed opportunities for Thor development -- he doesn't get many scenes with Loki, he seemed generically noble without really getting to interact with his girlfriend. He doesn't even get to show off his awesome myth/science knowledge. There was a scene where he's like "Hey don't badmouth Loki -- he may be bad but he's still my brother." And someone says "He killed 80 people", and Thor immediately backtracks and says "He's adopted". Cheap joke, and really undercuts the "Loki's bad but he's MY problem" aspect.