The Avengers: My Review - Non-spoiler and spoilered stuff.
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UPDATED: Thursday, January 10, 2013 23:41
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The aliens were the big flaw IMO. They were not established well at all. They're just the faceless bad guys who are there to be cannon fodder and are bad for the sake of being bad. I think they could have used a lot more exposition and purpose.
I tentatively agree, I liked that plot towards the end of the movie, but at the very beginning there's a scene that really had me thinking it felt too Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers for Joss. Plus, why were they speaking English? Make up some dark speech of Mordor for them or something and then subtitle it, you avoid some of the easy pitfalls.
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Plus, why were they speaking English? Make up some dark speech of Mordor for them or something and then subtitle it, you avoid some of the easy pitfalls.
For a guy who holds to the truism of 'no sound in space', that the aliens speak English does seem a bit out of place. Of course, I also thought the same of those from Asgard. Wouldn't they speak in some Nordic or Sweedish sounding tongue ?
But then, we wouldn't get such great lines as, " Doth mother know thy wear her drapes? "
Saw it again. Despite a few issues w/ the movie I had, minor ones, it was a blast. The 1st time, it was more to a geeky, hard core audience, and in the day. The second time, it was at night, to a bigger audience. Really LOUD reaction and approval from the audience at certain times. Been a while since I've been at the movies where so many folks instantly start hooting and laughing... twas fun!
And I stayed to the VERY end of the credits. Very clever.
( Also... I was very impressed with Cobie Smulders, playing Maria Hill. I knew her primarily as 'Scherbatsky ', from How I met your Mother fame. At first, I wondered .. " How'd she end up here ? ". Then it dawned on me... 2 of her co-stars from the show have ties to Joss.(Alyson and NPH. )
Duh!
I've always found Cobie to be smokin hot, but she really came through on the big screen. Nicely done!
" We're all just folk. " - Mal
" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein
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I guess they could have had universal translators on them or something. So that they can yell out "WE WILL BE YOUR DOOM" to any race they come across at any moment. But I could really have gone with some of those lines being delivered in something growling and gutteral. The delivery is almost distracting in English.
Other than that, I have no complaints. The movie brought the entertainment and the funny, and seemed to stay true to the roots of each superhero and the ensemble itself.
Some of those places serve great falafel. That stuff is delicious.
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Lets remember, just because we, as an audience, hear English - it does not automatically mean that is what the characters are supposed to be speaking when they are talking to each other (Asgaudians, Chitauri, etc.).
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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True. It was just... noticeable. And I think some of the lines might have come across better if they'd done something like that. I guess I can accept the Asgardians speaking English, because they're basically mythological gods, and who's to say they didn't influence the evolution of English and German and etc.
But, just not so sure about all them other shiny robe guys and the English. Universal translators is my best guess.
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I was very impressed with Cobie Smulders...
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I actually expected her to be the one to bite it rather than Coulson.
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True. It was just... noticeable. And I think some of the lines might have come across better if they'd done something like that. I guess I can accept the Asgardians speaking English, because they're basically mythological gods, and who's to say they didn't influence the evolution of English and German and etc.
But, just not so sure about all them other shiny robe guys and the English. Universal translators is my best guess.
But that's my point - they may not have been speaking English - the filmmakers just did the scenes in English so that we could follow.
For example - the film The 13th Warrior - the majority of the film is in English - yet not a single character speaks English. They spoke Arabic and old Norse. But we still heard English.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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They really only had a few lines in the movie, it wouldn't have hurt anything to make up a language and put in subtitles, and it's not like Joss didn't have a scene in Russian with subtitles. Anyway, it was just a thought.
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I was very impressed with Cobie Smulders...Select to view spoiler:
I actually expected her to be the one to bite it rather than Coulson.
I know! I was completely caught off guard too by that!
Well, we know what the means, at least....
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" We're all just folk. " - Mal
" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein
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I was very impressed with Cobie Smulders...Select to view spoiler:
I actually expected her to be the one to bite it rather than Coulson.
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I actually expected her to have a bigger role. I thought I heard she signed on for 5 movies. I guess this was just her intro. Maybe she'll be showing up in some of the individual movies instead of Nick Fury.
I'm betting she'll turn out to be a skrull at some point though. So, expect to get the fake out death. She'll get killed. We'll feel bad. Body will turn into a skrull. *gasp*
Then again I was hoping we'd get that with Coulston.
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