'Avengers' boss mines mirth in Marvel idols

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UPDATED: Thursday, May 3, 2012 09:47
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HAKEN

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:45 AM

MORNINGJOURNAL.COM - LOS ANGELES (AP) — You better know how to wisecrack if you’re going to save the world, Joss Whedon-style. Whedon, creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” its spinoff “Angel” and other witty TV ensembles such as “Firefly” and “Dollhouse,” applies his own superpower — playful dialogue and group camaraderie — as writer and director of the superhero mash-up “The Avengers.” ...

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SIMONWHO

Thursday, May 3, 2012 9:47 AM

The two bits that got the biggest laughs at my screening weren't actually dialogue - actions speaking louder than words. Especially the actions of a green giant.

A slightly less positive review here but one that talks in very familiar (and praising) terms about Serenity:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/movies/robert-downey-jr-in-the-aveng
ers-directed-by-joss-whedon.html