The Avengers Juggernaut

I've seen it twice. Once in 2D and once in 3D. The 2D experience is better.

It's a great flick. Joss Whedon got the formula/mix just right.

I think I will probably enjoy Prometheus more because it'll have a more serious and interesting story, but I don't think anything is likely to beat The Avengers for box office returns. The Avengers is almost custom tailored to hit the broadest swath of audience possible.

I only seen The Avengers once (in 2D). Prometheus still is my most anticipated film this year followed by The Dark Knight Rises but you're right. Prometheus has no chance to keep up at the box office. Not a snowball's chance in a supernova explosion.

I think the Dark Knight will be good, but I don't think it'll be as good as the last one, so I'm not really anticipating it very much.

I also think The Amazing Spiderman will be good, and I think it'll actually be better than its predecessors, even the first one. But it still won't touch The Avengers for Box Office draw.

Avengers is just fun - no plot, nothing to think about other than watching the characters riff off each other and things explode. I can't even remember seeing a non-CGI alien die throughout the entire movie (except the nerdy aid to Fury and he was practically made a martyr) even though NY was trashed. I saw it once, it was fun and I have no desire to watch it again. I can see kids wanting to go over and over again and parents letting them. I liked Hunger Games a lot more but Hunger Games requires some thought and there were all those children dying on screen and a fair amount of political content. I don't think it has to do with a young, female protagonist and more to do with it being a more adult movie even though it is based on a young adult book. Unlike Avengers wholesome goodness, Batman (done well) has always been dark and brooding so I don't think there is any way that it will come close to matching the Avengers' box office take and from the trailers I expect a high body count. I expect it will be successful but not a way that will have preteens watching it three and four times.

My problem with all these news stories about The Avengers and other block-busters is that after a film begins to generate that kind of revenue, nobody cares about the content and/or quality of the film any more. It's all about the cash at the box office, not about the movie at all. I'm tired of seeing all the stories about how many hundreds of millions of dollars a movie has grossed on its opening weekend. I want to know whether it's a movie I might possibly want to see or not. But it seems to be assumed, somehow, that just because a lot of people spent their money to rush to the multiplex I better plan on seeing this flick.

Know something? I doubt I'll go see the Avengers at all. It's not my kind of flick.

They have those things. They're called movie reviews.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/marvels_the_avengers/





That's reasonable and nothing wrong with that.

The parts I enjoyed from the Avengers were not the action scenes; some of those are downright silly. The humor sells it. Some of the one liners are delivered so well that you end up laughing out loud. The other part for me was that I saw it in India where my ticket, popcorn and a drink added up to less than $5 and I got bragging rights by seeing it before my kids could in the US.

Watching 'The Avengers' In India, With A Twist
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/03/151854647/watching-the-avengers-in-india-with-a-twist

Isn't that the description of all US blockbusters, E? Were there cameos from Sylvester, the Rock and Steven Seagull?

Only $77,181,664 from surpassing the last Harry Potter film and its still going strong in the box office. Give it one more month and it's in the number 3 spot.
http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross?region=world-wide

The Dark Knight Rises

The Avengers premiered on April 11, 2012, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. The film received positive reviews from most film critics and set numerous box office records, including the biggest opening weekend in North America, tied the record for the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide and became the third highest-grossing film of all time.

Good news this week:
'The Avengers 2' will be directed by Joss Whedon
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Culture-Cafe/2012/0808/The-Avengers-2-will-be-directed-by-Joss-Whedon

Avengers 2 Dated for May 1, 2015
http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/avengers-2-dated-for-may-1-2015.html

Hugh Jackman Wants Wolverine to Join ‘Avengers’
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/wolverine-in-the-avengers-1201186428/
Not sure how an actor would get two highly competitive studios to compromise on this collaboration and allow this to happen. Twould be a lovely thing if it happens.

How The Avengers Should Have Ended:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QZkqC4Lz8dU

what do you feel about the representation of the black widow in avengers

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3412#comic

We have a long way to Avengers 2 so technically this relatively old College Humor video is still fresh: