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Hello, it's been a while since I've been last active around here. I see that you can now log in using Google or Yahoo accounts, which is cool.
So what's up? Any software architects around here with which I can talk via PM/E-Mail?
Anyone seen The Avengers? (No spoilers, haven't seen it) Is it any good? Also who's waiting on The Expendables 2 (I know Chuck Norris is in it :D)?
So what's up? Any software architects around here with which I can talk via PM/E-Mail?
Anyone seen The Avengers? (No spoilers, haven't seen it) Is it any good? Also who's waiting on The Expendables 2 (I know Chuck Norris is in it :D)?
The Avengers is awesome. I hadn't been to the movies in quite a while (once in the past 3 years, iirc) due to a series of massive disappointments. Then, the long awaited Hunger Games came out, I went, and was thoroughly disappointed with how ridiculously crappy it is. And even more so because everyone else seemed to think it was da bomb.
Then came The Avengers. Now, I'm a fan of superhero stories, but very few of the movies were good. I didn't expect this to be any different. If not for a free ticket that came with a magazine subscription, I probably wouldn't have gone.
The start isn't great. I enjoyed watching it, but it wasn't great, and I was anticipating a serious deal breaker any minute now. The build-up was there. I had seen this many times before: Hollywood was going to take an interesting character and make it a (non-superhero) stereotype. I knew it was coming. And then it did. But then it didn't. (No, I'm not having a stroke.)
It's impossible to explain without spoilers (even if minor), but there's a scene somewhere around the middle that probably meant nothing to most viewers, but for me was a pivotal moment in the movie. Rather than Hollywooding one of the characters, it 180'd back into awesome. From that moment on, I was completely sold.
The action is over the top, as it should be. The characters are far too cool for school, as they should be. The banter is witty, but without becoming dense mumbo jumbo. The cast is great (yes, even the female parts. Sure, they may have casted miss Johansson for her looks, but she delivers. I honestly couldn't think of a better person for the role) and there's some clever dialogue in there.
Don't go in expecting the best movie ever. It's a superhero movie. It's a comic book, written by dreamy nerds for dreamy nerds, turned into a movie. It only does what the genre dictates. But it does so perfectly. In its genre, this movie really is the best example of see it does work.
(P.S.: For the Whedon fans, there are even some sneaky Firefly references. I didn't see them; I heard it through the internetvine.)
(P.P.S.: I can't find anyone who agrees with me on this, but I thought the Spiderman, The Fantastic Four and Transformers movies were really shitty. Again: love the characters and the stories, but the movies were absolutely terrible. The X-men trilogy was pretty good. Can't remember which other ones we have seen...)
Then came The Avengers. Now, I'm a fan of superhero stories, but very few of the movies were good. I didn't expect this to be any different. If not for a free ticket that came with a magazine subscription, I probably wouldn't have gone.
The start isn't great. I enjoyed watching it, but it wasn't great, and I was anticipating a serious deal breaker any minute now. The build-up was there. I had seen this many times before: Hollywood was going to take an interesting character and make it a (non-superhero) stereotype. I knew it was coming. And then it did. But then it didn't. (No, I'm not having a stroke.)
It's impossible to explain without spoilers (even if minor), but there's a scene somewhere around the middle that probably meant nothing to most viewers, but for me was a pivotal moment in the movie. Rather than Hollywooding one of the characters, it 180'd back into awesome. From that moment on, I was completely sold.
The action is over the top, as it should be. The characters are far too cool for school, as they should be. The banter is witty, but without becoming dense mumbo jumbo. The cast is great (yes, even the female parts. Sure, they may have casted miss Johansson for her looks, but she delivers. I honestly couldn't think of a better person for the role) and there's some clever dialogue in there.
Don't go in expecting the best movie ever. It's a superhero movie. It's a comic book, written by dreamy nerds for dreamy nerds, turned into a movie. It only does what the genre dictates. But it does so perfectly. In its genre, this movie really is the best example of see it does work.
(P.S.: For the Whedon fans, there are even some sneaky Firefly references. I didn't see them; I heard it through the internetvine.)
(P.P.S.: I can't find anyone who agrees with me on this, but I thought the Spiderman, The Fantastic Four and Transformers movies were really shitty. Again: love the characters and the stories, but the movies were absolutely terrible. The X-men trilogy was pretty good. Can't remember which other ones we have seen...)
Holywood is beating the comic book movie genre to death, IMO. I've seen several of them and most were mediocre at best. About the only ones I really thought were good were the new Batman movies.
The Spidermans were entertaining enough to watch, but not really all that spectacular. Watchmen was boooooooring. I have no plans to see the Avengers, even though a lot of people seem to rate it highly.
The Spidermans were entertaining enough to watch, but not really all that spectacular. Watchmen was boooooooring. I have no plans to see the Avengers, even though a lot of people seem to rate it highly.
I'm a big Marvel fan from way back when - I don't go to see any of the movies because I think they will all dissappoint.
| I can't find anyone who agrees with me on this, but I thought the Spiderman, The Fantastic Four and Transformers movies were really shitty. Again: love the characters and the stories, but the movies were absolutely terrible. The X-men trilogy was pretty good. Can't remember which other ones we have seen...) |
I liked Tranformers, didn't care for Fantastic Four (but the comic I thought was stupid to begin with), Spiderman was okay. X-Men and X2 were okay, but X3 Last Stand blew. Bad part is that even the actors making it didn't like it. I love Wolverine and can't wait for Wolverine 2. Last Stand was done half assed, the actors revealed in interviews that the script wasn't even written in full, but rather done per scene and ready a few hours before they were scheduled to shoot the scene.
I liked Iron Man and Iron Man 2, Captain America, Green Lantern, and the list goes on. Problem is that I'm a novelist at heart and look at the story and not the execution of it. For that reason I like all movies, but when I know how they are done (like Last Stand) I rate them on other levels. Last Stand story wise was good, execution wise it blew, special effects were good, as a whole I like everything I watch.
@Disch: The Batman movies were good, but in a completely different way. I never got the feeling I was looking at a moviefied comicbook (which in itself isn't good or bad; it just gives the movie an entirely different feel). The Avengers is exactly that. I think it stays very true to the genre.
The newer ones (Iron Man, Cpt. America, The Avengers) are all done by Josh Whedon and they have (apparently) all been way above standard. I didn't like the first Iron Man (didn't like the characters), but I think I just didn't understand it. Stark's arrogance annoyed me, but having seen The Avengers (and reading some background) I discovered that that's actually the point and there's some depth to it.
Not saying you'll love this movie. Only saying that if you're going to see one, I'd definitely suggest The Avengers.
@BHXSpecter: I thought X-Men 3 was the best (but again: they weren't great). It had the most character development and the gritty feeling that whatever the outcome is, neither side will have won.
I think Spiderman and Transformers were by far the worst of the bunch. Didn't like the actors and everything in them was stereotypical, starting with the nerdy kid and his love interest and ending with the ridiculously bad "witty" dialogue. Any superhero movie where I find myself rooting for the bad guys.
The newer ones (Iron Man, Cpt. America, The Avengers) are all done by Josh Whedon and they have (apparently) all been way above standard. I didn't like the first Iron Man (didn't like the characters), but I think I just didn't understand it. Stark's arrogance annoyed me, but having seen The Avengers (and reading some background) I discovered that that's actually the point and there's some depth to it.
Not saying you'll love this movie. Only saying that if you're going to see one, I'd definitely suggest The Avengers.
@BHXSpecter: I thought X-Men 3 was the best (but again: they weren't great). It had the most character development and the gritty feeling that whatever the outcome is, neither side will have won.
I think Spiderman and Transformers were by far the worst of the bunch. Didn't like the actors and everything in them was stereotypical, starting with the nerdy kid and his love interest and ending with the ridiculously bad "witty" dialogue. Any superhero movie where I find myself rooting for the bad guys.
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Sounds interesting, I should watch The Avengers. I've seen The Dark Knight and I really liked it, surprising for me from a Batman movie.
The last X-Men, well the story is interesting until a point, but the scenario is easy to predict.
I heard that Ghost Rider 2 didn't end up so good...
The last X-Men, well the story is interesting until a point, but the scenario is easy to predict.
I heard that Ghost Rider 2 didn't end up so good...
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