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Saw the dictator, and although it wasn't as good as Borat, I thought it was really good. I like that it felt more like a movie than a series of clips 'punking' real folks. "Boy or Abortion?"

Also gotta recommend a German flick called "The Wave" -- caught in on Netflix. I think it's from 2009. Check it out.
 
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Avengers was fun, like both Iron Man movies were fun.

Was a decent fanboy movie, but never really felt like the earth was in danger.

Flying fish that run into buildings, really?
 
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BG said:
Avengers was fun, like both Iron Man movies were fun.

Was a decent fanboy movie, but never really felt like the earth was in danger.

Flying fish that run into buildings, really?
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Agreed with you on the threat posed by the aliens. I had no clue who they were and didn't understand why we should feel threatened by them?

The rest of the movie was very good but the villains were lame as hell IMO.
 
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As far as I'm concerned, the Avengers might as well have been Ironman 3. "The Avengers" title sold a lot more tickets though...
 
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I'm actually surprised that the film has done as financially well as it has. I never heard the casual film-goer or comic book person really ever mention them.

It was always X-Men, Batman, and Spider-Man.
 
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JaysCyYoung said:
Agreed with you on the threat posed by the aliens. I had no clue who they were and didn't understand why we should feel threatened by them?

The rest of the movie was very good but the villains were lame as hell IMO.
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The "alien army" was lame, Loki (Hiddleston) was great.

Without Downey Jr and Hiddleston, this movie would have been better on paper.
 
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JaysCyYoung said:
I'm actually surprised that the film has done as financially well as it has. I never heard the casual film-goer or comic book person really ever mention them.

It was always X-Men, Batman, and Spider-Man.
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The other movies have all built up to this, summer after summer - shouldn't be a surprise.

Marvel did it right, no doubt about it.

How many comic books do you need to sell to top $1 billion? WOw.
 
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BG said:
The "alien army" was lame, Loki (Hiddleston) was great.

Without Downey Jr and Hiddleston, this movie would have been better on paper.
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Agreed on all fronts really....but that was the strength of the Avengers lineup obviously...Downey absolutley murders it as Stark at all times.

I think the point of that army was nothing more than an excuse to introduce Thanos....who could be an absolutely sick lead villain as the series progresses.

I don't think the earth being in 'danger' was ever supposed to be the main catalyst in the movie, but instead the death of Agent Coulson, who was a very likeable character across most of the lead up Marvel movies. As well as Stark's near death experience (one of many in the Marvel story arc) to show that he's willing to make the sacrifices that Cap accuses him of being unable to (remembering of course that Stark goes from debauched alcholic to leader of the Avengers over a period of years in the comic story arc)
 
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Alfamale said:
they'll keep putting stupid movies out if you guys keep watchin em.
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and if they want to keep basing CGI filled movies on the shit I loved as a kid/teenager....I'll keep going, and I'm not ashamed to admit that. You want cinema? There are film festivals full of it as the cost of producing low budget movies falls through the floor. The cost of filming and editing, now that digital gear is so reasonably priced and professional editing can be done on just about any decently powered Mac or PC, is nada.
 
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JaysCyYoung said:
I'm actually surprised that the film has done as financially well as it has. I never heard the casual film-goer or comic book person really ever mention them.

It was always X-Men, Batman, and Spider-Man.
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It's geek porn. They've been building up for this movie for 4 years.
 
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Alfamale said:
i expect more from you.
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The medium of film has never done much for me for storytelling.

Books >>> Film when it comes to that.

So when I want to be told a story, I'll read a book. When I want to see cool shit doing cooler shit, I'll watch a movie.
 
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I think the "nerds" understood the aliens more than the average movie-goer. I mean did anyone here recognize the blue dude at the end of the film? I didn't. But my super-nerd friend did.
 
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Metalleaf said:
I think the "nerds" understood the aliens more than the average movie-goer. I mean did anyone here recognize the blue dude at the end of the film? I didn't. But my super-nerd friend did.
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Yeah...was Thanos, one of the top 5 baddest sumbitches in the universe.
 
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MindzEye said:
Agreed on all fronts really....but that was the strength of the Avengers lineup obviously...Downey absolutley murders it as Stark at all times.

I think the point of that army was nothing more than an excuse to introduce Thanos....who could be an absolutely sick lead villain as the series progresses.

I don't think the earth being in 'danger' was ever supposed to be the main catalyst in the movie, but instead the death of Agent Coulson, who was a very likeable character across most of the lead up Marvel movies. As well as Stark's near death experience (one of many in the Marvel story arc) to show that he's willing to make the sacrifices that Cap accuses him of being unable to (remembering of course that Stark goes from debauched alcholic to leader of the Avengers over a period of years in the comic story arc)
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Wasn't the point of assembling the Avengers, to fight a global threat?
 
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