The Avengers Assemble

Nope. I'm a teacher and it galls me that parents don't talk to their kids. We can't be responsible for everything. The lack of background knowledge is astounding. And it puts the kids at risk of failing because they have no knowledge at all about certain subjects.

My students are so incredibly igorant of so many things, it just saddens me to no end. Lack of history; even lack of culture! I think that is what Manof1000Faces was trying to say. He's into artists of the past because he has sought them out -- it is rather sad that so many of my students seem so UNCURIOUS about the world. It makes me want to cry.

Now, here, in Maryland, in English, 7th grade, we discuss the Holocaust and WWII. Just to let you know. My students would understand Captain America.

Both times I saw The Dictator yesterday, numerous people in both theaters saw the picture of Kim Jong Il and were saying "who the **** is that"

I think parents are more concerned with raising their kids to be functioning adults than worrying about teaching them WWII.

So let me get this straight.

Parents think the teachers teach their kids History

Teachers think parents teach them history?

I GET that you'd be upset about the lack of knowledge a kid has about History, but I say it is more the teachers job than the parent to teach them about those things. Parents are there to assist, they are more concerned with, what I said earlier, making the kid a functioning adult.

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Not trying to knock The Avengers or anything, but I thought this was too funny not to post:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19841...re-honest.html

sadly, a lot of them aren't doing that job very well either!

my point is merely that there are so many adults that know very little and so they don't help their kids -- they don't expose them to history, culture, etc.... they don't even read to them.

I can agree with that.

My source is two of the 17 year olds that I work with. One of them is smart too.

That's crap.

Teaching your kids about politics and the history of their country is extremely important. If parents can't shape and talk to their kids about something as significant as that then shame on them. Between movies and the History Channel there are things you sit around, watch and talk about especially on a weekend such as this.

Laying it all at the feet of teachers is crap.


(BTW- Saw Avengers for the 5th time today and still loved every minute of it!!)

Oh my god this movie is just awesome you can say about it not a single mistake in it.

Sure I can....how many do you want me to list?

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I thought it was quite good. I was concerned that there might be too many strong fan favourites, too many chiefs, not enough indians kinda buzz but it actually worked quite well in my opinion 8 out of 10.

Yes, i's difficult to spot a mistake in a film which is itself a mistake.

Four Stars
At first glance the Avengers seems like another super hero movie. It looked good. But nothing special. Then a few weeks before it came out I spoke to someone who saw the unfinished product and said it was amazing. I was intrigued to say the least. But I had no idea when the next time I would be able to go to the movies again. The last movie I saw was John Carter and it nearly left me broke (I paid $18 to see it IMAX plus spotting my friend three dollars and purchasing a blue raspberry slushie). But I have recently gotten hired by a movie theater (dream job). And what is the first movie I choose to see for free? The Avengers!
Ok so enough about me. The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the leader of an alien race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for retrieving the Tesseract, a powerful energy source of unknown potential, the Other promises Loki a Chitauri army with which he can subjugate the Earth. They also kidnap Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and make him a slave to his madness. Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., and his lieutenant Agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders from How I met your mother) arrive at a remote research facility during an evacuation, where physicist Dr. Erik Selvig is leading a research team experimenting on the Tesseract.
Now there is trouble. A demi god has something that could end the world. Now it is time for a plan of action. In response to the attack, Fury reactivates the "Avengers Initiative". Agent Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) is sent to Calcutta, India to recruit Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo). Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Greg) visits Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) to have him review Selvig's research; Fury approaches Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) with an assignment to retrieve the Tesseract.

While Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power, Loki causes a distraction in Stuttgart, Germany, leading to a confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki's surrender. While Loki is being escorted to S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor (Chris Hemsworth), his adoptive brother, arrives and frees him hoping to convince him to abandon his plan and return to Asgard. This scene plays on the classic bother relationship. Thor knows his brother is evil. But he loves his brother. He wants to protect his brother and get him to stop his evil ways.
The rest of the film surprises you as the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D go through many hardships. Some amazing action scenes happen that you would never think are possible.
The acting is of course top notch. There were a few big draws for me to this film. Robert Downey Jr for starters. The man doesn't play Tony Stark, he is Tony Stark. He embodies everything Stark is and embraces it. Scarlett Johansson is special as Black Widow as she shows her character is just more than a pretty face like her. And Jeremy Renner has emerged as a great actor and doesn't disappoint as a super hero.
Joss Wheldon as the director is a big time Marvel comics fan and it shows. He created something that he knew other fans would enjoy and resonate with us on a different level. If there is such a thing as a super hero/action film being a masterpiece he just created it.
I have always loved Marvel Comics. Spiderman and Iron in particular. But I loved them all. I grew up with them all. Watching the cartoons and the t.v shows. To see the greatest band of heros all together on the big screen is special. And the message is a special one too.

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Hi, I thought this was a very good movie. Was slightly worried beforehand as Joss Whedon hadn't directed anything of this scale before (as far as I know anyway). Only a few minutes into the movie though and my worries departed.

Iron man again steals the show in my opinion but thats not necessarily a bad thing, but the Hulk isn't too far behind which was a realy surprise to me as the previous Hulk movies just hadn't really done it for me.

Looking forward to the next one!

Thought the Avengers was fantastic and I've seen it twice. Very well done movie. Not sure if this has been answered for the OP but the bad guy at the end of the credits is a character by the name of, Thanos. I did some research on the Marvel character and sounds like a real bad ass.

Then let's do away with History classes.

I found the film entertaining despite the fact that I've never seen a superhero movie all the way through. Near the end I realised why I've never seen one all the way through- loads of people in costumes bashing up things and trying to destroy bad guy and magical object that is going to kill us all- but the bashing up was more entertaining this time considering that there was more superheroes.

It was interesting how Whedon tried to portray them as misfit humans rather than super humans and how they had their own personalities. The dialogue was very good for a superhero film, although the audience I was in were easily amused.

I think Tom Hiddleston as Loki was the most interesting character. I felt sorry when the other people were trying to kill him, especially Captain America and Thor as they were both boring.

Geeks will totally geek out on this but your average punter should enjoy it as well.

If you've read old Avengers comic books, this is exactly how they were portrayed in print. Joss simply evoked this in film.....brilliantly done movie.

The latest installment in Marvels comic series movies, The Avengers, is sure to fulfill any passionate followers of the Marvel series while also satisfying the appetite of any action aficionado. It’s an action adventure/sci-fi movie for the ages.

The movie, filmed in various locations within the U.S., starts somewhat slow, laying the foundation for viewers not familiar with the Ironman, Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and other Marvel movies and characters. Whedon does this effectively; He feeds unfamiliar viewers just enough information to keep them, “in the loop” while creating suspense and anticipation for those already accustomed to the Marvel series. I can admit that if it weren’t for certain characters witty banter, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Thor, (Chris Hemmsworth) the film may come off a little dull at times. I found myself waiting for the next funny punch line from Stark and Thor. Both Downey and Hemmsworth display brilliant performances helping mask any poor performances from other characters. Just as in the self-titled film with Captain America (Chris Evans) Evans character is dull, boring and quite lackluster. Evans action scenes and dialogue were mostly excruciatingly painful to watch. Thankfully Downey’s character which is full of memorable quotes really steals the show. For instance when Loki attempts to put Stark under a, “spell” by tapping him with his scepter, Stark responds to his failed attempts by begging the question, “performance issues?” Associating his scepter to male genitalia.

Continuity was sure to be an issue as Whedon took on the task of combining so many difference hero’s and movies in to one movie. The makers of the Avengers addressed this discreetly, making connections directly and indirectly to the other movies. For instance, Stark’s character in Ironman 2 ends with a romantic relationship with Pepper Pots, this trend continues and see’s Starks character slowly becoming less ego-centric and more of a team player. Or when Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) notes the last time he was in New York he, “kind of broke Harlem” making reference the Abomination in, “The Incredible Hulk” released in 2008. Sure any comic enthusiast will understand the use of intertextuality, but one would argue that even for the average viewer the references to other movies (even if you hadn’t seen them) are seamless and easy to put together.

The Avengers follows the atypical superhero format (evil rise, good concur) but isn’t that what we expect from these movies? Without creating any spoilers, The Avengers keeps you glued to the screen with use of thrilling action scenes and the emotional ups and downs as the power struggle between good and evil is in constant limbo. I strongly recommend The Avengers to all types of movie aficionados. This is a must see!