So here is my semi-review/experience seeing the film at the AMC Ultimate Marvel Movie Marathon.
I had a fun time going to the Ultimate Marvel Movie Marathon, especially since before each film they had Agent Coulson (on the screen) give comments about each of the heros, he made some funny comments about Iron Man and Captain America. All I can say is I'm glad they had candy because watching six movies with twenty minute breaks and watching three of the films in 3D and also staying up till about 2:30 am wasn't easy. It was a really fun experience with a great audience participation. Everyone clapped or cheered when a hero entered the screen, a villain got his butt kicked and also it was funny whenever Black Widow came on and was wearing a sexy outfit the men in the audience whistled. They got a little rowdy right before Avengers film began and started booing when the trailers started (they played trailers only before the Avengers) and would boo at some of the trailers and clap at others. Just thought the Pixar people would like to know they did clap when the Brave trailer started. They booed at the Battleship trailer.
Now on to the semi-review/experience. Well, all I can say is I am conflicted about the film. I really liked the film, until there was one part that was almost ruined the whole film for me.
Which was
Agent Coulson dying. They didn't need to do it. Some people might say oh they needed for it to happen because the Avengers now had something to bring them together, but they could have just had Coulson go to the hospital in critical condition and you don't know if he'll survive or not and then have at the end someone say that Agent Coulson is going to recover, easy to do and it also would have brought some more tension when the Avengers were battling the aliens that they would go back to the hospital and see him in a critical state and they doctors saying that he might not survive. It would have had the same effect but no one would have been ticked off, which about everyone in the audience was and when someone shouted Coulson should be brought back everyone cheered.
Agent Coulson's death made the movie not fun entertainment anymore and instead made it a less enjoyable film because a fan favorite was killed off. I know some people will say it made the film less predictable, more dark, etc, etc but if I wanted to see a film that had a much darker tone or had characters I care about die I'd watch one of the Batman films. Also just to make another point of the stupidity of it, the director Joss Whedon is known for killing off beloved characters so it would have been less predictable for no important good guy to die. When I go see a Marvel film I don't want enjoyable characters to die. Now I'll have to read spoilers before I go see a Marvel movie because they might kill off another character, are they going to have in Iron Man 3 Pepper Potts die? They did a similar thing in Dark Knight with the romantic interest. I know Bucky died in Captain America but he was in just one film, so you never got really attached to him and also it is possible he could still be alive and become the Winter Soldier but Coulson isn't in the comics so I won't know if he could come technical back or not.
So now I'm going to be more cautious about seeing a Marvel film and not just see it because it is by Marvel and they also have ticked me and lots of people off.
I'm considering sending a letter to Marvel or someone and mentioning how they ticked me off and other people as well and that they should bring Agent Coulson back somehow. I know he's dead but they've brought back many characters back to life in the comics, so I'm sure they can do it with Coulson. I'd still be mad but at least I'd feel better and be much more likely to see a Marvel film without having to read the spoilers.
That's the end of my rant and now I'll mention what I thought of the film excluding what I just ranted about.
I really enjoyed the film until
Coulson died, and it was a very epic film. I mean probably about 70% of the film was either people fighting physical or verbally and there really wasn't a middle ground for the tone of the film, you either were laughing or sitting at the edge of your seat trying not to bite your fingernails. Most of the Avengers were really well developed, so I could see someone who has never seen any of the films understand them. The only one who really wasn't was Hawkeye because he was
under Loki's control for a good portion of the film. So I didn't really know his character.
Let me break down some of the characters one by one. Iron Man was the same egotistical fun character that you like even though he has an ego the size of the Hulk. I really liked an upgrade they added to his suit which was
when Loki pushed him off the building and Tony sent a suit to himself when he was falling and he was wearing a bracelet that sent red lasers to the suit which scanned his body so it knew where to put his suit on for him.
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk did a great job and is the best actor who has played the Hulk in the films. I liked that he didn't mind if someone made a wisecrack at his Hulk persona, it didn't seem to bother him and the Hulk actually had the best scene in the film, I'm not going to spoil it but lets just say that you shouldn't mess with the Hulk.
Captain America was still a great character even though he had some verbal spars that were not particularly mature. I was surprised though that you never really got his take on the modern world, it was just a few lines then dropped. So hopefully the sequel will have him playing with an iPad.
Glad that they kept his American idealism in and didn't make him a complete cynic, I really just got the vibe that he was miffed about being in the future and not that he was becoming less idealistic. He had a great line about God.
Thor was kind of confusing. Because on the one hand he was very humble in some scenes but in others he showed some signs of his previous arrogance. Which was kind of surprising but I guess they needed him to be less humble so the Avengers team wouldn't work so good as a team.
Black Widow was awesome again even though she sometimes used puny looking guns. There was one scene where I thought they were going to make her not such a fun/smart character but she turned the scene around 360 degrees.
Hawkeye I never really got as a character. It wasn't like Black Widow where she is very mysterious but you at least know her personality. Hawkeye I never really got what his personality was, okay maybe a rogue type but I would really have preferred to see more of him
not under Loki's control.
Nick Fury was interesting because from the previous scenes in the other films he was in, I thought he wasn't the type to manipulate people but he did in this film but then he was back to being the cool spy with an eyepatch that you don't mess with.
Agent Coulson was the best and it was great to see much more of him in this film, he and also Iron Man had the best lines in the film.
whoever had the idea that he had a man crush on Captain America should get a promotion. As I mentioned before he shouldn't have died, so I'm praying that they somehow bring him back alive in the next films and not just flashbacks.
In this film Loki was mad, bad and dangerous to know. In Thor I felt he maybe could be redeemed but in this film he was way too far gone to be redeemed. So I did very much relish every time Loki was pwned in someway. I do have to admit his hair looked weird in this film, it looked very oily.
I'd probably give the film a 9.5/10 without the part I didn't like and with it I'd give it a 6/10. So if you don't care about the part I was ranting about, then I think people will really enjoy it, but if you do care then you may be ticked at the director for a good portion of the film.
Btw do stay till after the credits.
The point is, you pretty much gave it away already, so please, for the sake of people who dislike spoilers (I'm not one of them), spoiler-tag your post.
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