Is it time for us nerds to start anticipating THE AVENGERS, directed by Joss Whedon?

(Fingers crossed)

That would be pretty sick, or rad, or however you kids say it.

xp to forks

The laughing at Hulk-Loki was so hard that I couldn't tell if Hulk said "puny god" or "demigod" after the money shot. The character's intellect level is conveniently variable and at first I thought he said "demigod".

Hunger Games won't count as summer, but this will. Batman will be big, though maybe not as big as this. 2012 should stomp 2011 in overall box office at this rate though.

This movie is unthinkable without RDJ.

A screenplay question, and I'm not saying this script is deserving at all of an Oscar nom, but if it got one, would it be for original or adapted?

Original, right? It features existing characters, but it is not adapting anything specific. But don't worry, it won't get nominated for that.

I kept thinking throughout that Iron Man totally holds it together as the most versatile problem solver. The others are all variations of smash/kick, but his character is the only one who is smart *and* strong.

I think The Dark Knight was considered an adapted screenplay

Was it?

By the way, the more they show of "Brave," the more I think it has the potential to be my fave Pixar after a couple of relatively meh outtings (imo). At the least, it looks gorgeous.

just checked and it was nominated for best adapted screenplay by the WGA

Avengers would definitely be adapted. Established characters are enough I think.

i was just thinking that Downey has kinda saved marvel. xmen was winding down and hulk was a bomb but iron man bridged the gap.
ten years ago, who woulda thought RDJ would save hollywood

when they first announced the avengers, i was like "they do realize that this entire billion dollar enterprise rests on the shoulders of robert downey jr" but hey so far so good

the avengers movie alone is gonna do a billion dollars in box office
funny that as a kid we all knew this would work and it only took 25 years for hollywood to catch up

If Prometheus and Dark Knight Rises are up to scratch this could be the best Hollywood summer in an age

what a disaster for nollywood

xpost Hell, it took nearly 25 years for Whedon to get a shot at something of this scale!

Forgot about Prometheus. And Brave will be big, as usual.

Thank goodness Hollywood will take all this money and spread it around smaller filmmakers and their modest, personal visions.

the avengers movie alone is gonna do a billion dollars in box office
funny that as a kid we all knew this would work and it only took 25 years for hollywood to catch up

― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, May 6, 2012 4:27 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

man, if this came out when i was 11...

yeah but RDJ was starring in Hearts and Souls and Only You

man, if this came out when i was 11...

If it had, it would been directed by Tim Burton or someone and featured lots of terrible costumes and limited effects. Thankfully, it took as long as it did, because this looked yowza.

Yeah, I think this would have been refried ass if it had happened before Marvel created Marvel Studios.

The friend I saw it with thought it was going to be Red Skull at the end. Which would have been awesome, but I see why they went with a universe-class villain to set up Avengers 2.

Also: post-credits FTW.

One theory is that it is actually a set-up for Thor 2.

Thanos was never a Thor villain, though. He's always been a cosmic/team-up villain.

marvel has a Guardians Of The Galaxy movie in the pipeline, which could act as a leadup to thanos in Avengers 2

Apparently he has been a Thor villain! I are wrong. I feel like he's a little too much of a heavy hitter for Thor 2, though.

Thanos was never a Thor villain, though. He's always been a cosmic/team-up villain.

and the envy of dentists across the multiverse.

Thanos seems to be a pretty big "all in" crossover villain, though, bigger than the Avengers.

I think some eagle-eyed dork spied the Infinity Gauntlet on Asgaard in "Thor" ...

Who's excited for the Adam Warlock movie?! Anyone? Anyone?

Kevin Feige says some stuff

http://collider.com/kevin-feige-thor-2-iron-man-3-avengers-sequel-interview/158942/

yeah, i heard about that.
i was really thankful they didn't make this a movie that required you to see cap or thor cuz there's no way i was doing homework
was thinking a more personal one-on-one warren ellis style "get inside the minds of the heros" followup with infinity gauntlet and thanos fucking with them as they fight to come together as a team would be a good look
also FUCK A TESSERACT, THAT IS A COSMIC CUBE KIRBY 4 LIFE

be glad you didn't do homework like i did, thor and cap movies both assembly line prologues

yeah, they really did look like it

so why not cosmic cube btw? too comic book-y for this hip audience? so they decide to go wrinkle in time instead?

Captain America was OK.

i was just thinking that Downey has kinda saved marvel. xmen was winding down and hulk was a bomb but iron man bridged the gap.
ten years ago, who woulda thought RDJ would save hollywood

Forks otm here. I thought Thor was pretty good too.

they're both fairly entertaining assembly-line prologues, as far as such things go. especially CA.

Movie sucked and was no different from any other superhero movie - the end.

well when you put it like that...

when you went to see it like that...

one complaint i guess i had was how all these whipsmart awesome heroes kept having to ask captain america where they should stand for the next battle, because he's kinda lame really and whedon didn't seem to know what else to do with him.

Captain America is their leader though

Movie sucked and was no different from any other superhero movie - the end.

OTM. I don't get the raves for this at all.

difference from other superhero movie = it had all the superheroes

Captain America is the only of these loner dudes who is a team player, which is why he's the default leader.

OTM. I don't get the raves for this at all.

What the hell were you expecting? Maybe you need to see a truly shitty superhero music to recognize one done well. Might I recommend either recent "Fantastic Four?" "X-Men 3?"

yup, anyone who thinks this isn't better than the norm hasn't seen the real horrors that are out there

Spawn (1997): I think this might be one of the worst filns I've ever seen

(Hah, I meant superhero movie, not superhero music)

Though I will say the score to this was pretty boilerplate.

Forget it, Jake, it's Alan Silvestri.