The Avengers Assemble

I'm pretty sure Green Lantern is DC Comics, though I could be wrong.

kindly post the link, would love to read that review.

well yeah its source material is a comic book cannon going back 50 years.

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"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo.

Yup, he is.

It was a newspaper review, even
Tho that's the writers personal opinion he still got me pumped.

I've only seen Thor and Iron Man. Didn't like the latter, but the former was actually alright. Didn't bother watching Captain America but i'm thinking that having seen those other films would be enough to prepare me for Avengers, surely?

It does prepare you in a way. I didn't see Captain America before Avengers (actually haven't seen Captain) but I felt he had the least story ties to the movie, though I could be wrong and just didn't catch a lot of it.

I actually just watched Thor today and wish I would have seen it before I'd seen Avengers. There was a lot in that film that would have been useful going in.

I still think Iron Man is the best of the bunch, probably followed by The Avengers itself. Thor and Hulk were entertaining for me, and Iron Man 2 was entertaining but not without its flaws.

Thor the only one you really need and an understanding of the characters

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Aye, with emphasis on the word "characters," seeing as how the Captain America movie explains the object that's central to The Avengers.

I didn't really see Captain America, in fact watching it tonight. It's seen at the end of Thor, though, isn't it? It was just essentially a MacGuffin. Obviously it's worth seeing them all but I think understanding Loki's the main thing you can't get from any of others and the thing that'll effect your enjoyment the most.

Absolutely loved it! Just tremendous entertainment. Working on a review just now, should be up sometime tomorrow hopefully

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A friend of mine said when he saw The Avengers he said it was boring, it dragged on too long and get this...he fell asleep. LMFAO. I cracked up laughing

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Give him a slap!!!

And now I'd like to shamelessly plug my review. JayDee's Avengers Review

Meh. it followed the typical structure of any hero film, but it was still very fun to watch oh and do not go and watch it in 3D i did and as usual it did not add anything of any note.

I loved it. Far better than Thor and Captain America (nothing against those films).

The bit after the credits had me rolling.

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I'll be writing a full review later, but to briefly sum it up I'd say I enjoyed it. Definitely a fun, entertaining movie, though ultimately kind of forgettable. I don't think I'll remember it in two days. One of the biggest issues is the lack of story which was all but thrown out the window. Nevertheless, the action was great and Whedon's humor was on-point as always. I'll admit, it was a little disappointing given Whedon's involvement.

I enjoyed it a lot. Not perfect though, I thought far too much time was spent inside the SHIELD aircraft, it just wasn't that interesting a location and I was getting fidgety towards the end of it.

I also thought it suffered from the same problem I have with a lot of ensembles where by trying to be fair and equal to everyone, they all end up feeling like guest stars in their own movie. Not being a comic book reader I would have assumed that Captain America (the first Avenger) would have taken the central role (well, slightly more so than anyone else perhaps).

Saying that, all the characters seemed pretty cool to me. Tony Stark was back to his Iron Man 1 best, 'Cap Am was likeable and heroic, and I actually preferred the Loki/Thor relationship here than I did in Thor's own film (their scene on the mountain was quite touching).

Oh, and what a wonderfully timid and mild mannered performance from Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, he nailed it the second he appeared on screen. Just the way he rubs his hands together tells you everything we need to know about him.
His transformation too seemed more graphic here than it did in the previous 2 Hulk movies, where instead of simply getting angry and then turning green, here he appears to be fighting history's worst hangover and then SMASH!

Some HUGE laughs too, most of them courtesy of Mr Hulk himself Throwing bad guys around like rag dolls had me in tears, I've not laughed at a gag that much in a cinema in a long time.

Not perfect, some flaws, but when it's good it's good! Seriously good fun, I'm planning on seeing it again on Wednesday.

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Absolutely STELLAR stuff. Well done, Whedon!

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Ruffalo is one of those guys that's going to win an Oscar someday. He is to put it simply a very good actor. And I'd agree, he's the best banner yet. The difference in this movie and this just goes to show how much Whedon understands fans and the comics is this is the Marvel Avengers version of The Hulk. Not the ridiculous watered down version that's been presented in the first two films. The Hulk is bad ass and there's a reason why he's usually the last one standing when all else has failed.

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Samuel L. Jackson fury over bad Avengers review
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/-samuel-l...rs-review.html

Looks like Jackson belongs on the internet