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Originally posted by Theodore Stabbington View PostOriginally posted by Captain Russ View PostGentlemen, I like fun, too! I enjoyed the movie (and I definitely didn't think it was brainless!) I just don't think it deserves the monumental gushing of the last few weeks. People who are perhaps closer to the characters or more forgiving of action/superhero fare in general are better placed to enjoy the movie than someone like myself.Originally posted by Theodore Stabbington View Post
It's not like I didn't want to love it. I just couldn't latch on to it the way I could with more focused, character driven blockbusters like the first two Spideys and the original Iron Man.
Not to go all Joe Cabot on you guys, but I know we all like to goof around and tell jokes and bust chops here, but I enjoy a good brainless fun blockbuster as much as the next guy. A good brainless blockbuster. Your Independence Days, your Con Airs, your G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobras. The Avengers isn't even in the same league as those movies, and I'd hate to think I come across as a killjoy just because I felt the flick didn't deserve such extreme hype.
I'm right there with you, Sir Matt. As long as there's nary a hint of Bay or Bay-ness about it.Originally posted by Matt View Post"The bear is a solitary animal. They like their space. They live in a magic circle. They don't mind if you're, like, a mile away. But if you get inside their circle, they will maul you." - AnonymousComment
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I thought Avengers was better than all three of your examples and I love those movies"Looking like Nic Cage dressed in Kurt Cobain's closet. I mean that as a compliment" - BillyG
"Too cunty for wine bars, too dainty for real bars." - AndersonComment
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I don't get the complaints on the plot. I've read them in a few places. Loki is a bad dude. He wanted to do bad shit. He chose his brother's beloved planet to do the bad shit on so he can be an even badder dude. Conflict created, justified, and resolved.Comment
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It is better than them, and I feel exactly the same (when I said The Avengers isn't in the same bracket as those other movies, I meant it was better than them.) I have no problem with a movie being just a brainless fun blockbuster, despite what my sometimes cynical posts might indicate. So long as those brainless blockbusters remember to actually be fun.Originally posted by Theodore Stabbington View Post
Like I said, The Avengers is a cut above that bracket, even though it's far from Joss' best work. I just didn't want to be misrepresented as some sort of anti-fun movie curmudgeon, which I'm definitely not. I mean, come on, how can anyone who loves From Beyond as much as I do be anti-fun?
E.T.A. Billy, your point addressed part of the problem for me. It's all about how that's handled, not the simplicity of what goes into the pot.Last edited by Bobby Bear; 05-09-2012, 04:07 PM."The bear is a solitary animal. They like their space. They live in a magic circle. They don't mind if you're, like, a mile away. But if you get inside their circle, they will maul you." - AnonymousComment
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So wait.... Avengers is better than Independence Days, Con Air, AND G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra by your own admission but doesn't deserve gushing and hype?
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!?"Fuck Rob. Also, he has a podcast called Podcaust. Edgy Holocaust humor lulz indeed." - The Faraci
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Well Joe did have Rachel Nichols...Comment
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Guys I think Bobby's trying to create an international incident.
"Fuck Rob. Also, he has a podcast called Podcaust. Edgy Holocaust humor lulz indeed." - The Faraci
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I experienced an invasion of my mind by a transcendentally rational mind, as if I had been insane all my life and suddenly I had become sane.Comment
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Not that much hype!Originally posted by B_Metal View Post"The bear is a solitary animal. They like their space. They live in a magic circle. They don't mind if you're, like, a mile away. But if you get inside their circle, they will maul you." - AnonymousComment
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hype shmype
"Looking like Nic Cage dressed in Kurt Cobain's closet. I mean that as a compliment" - BillyG
"Too cunty for wine bars, too dainty for real bars." - AndersonComment
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The Avengers lacks drunk-hillbilly Randy Quaid though!Originally posted by AriComment
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Can't argue with that."Looking like Nic Cage dressed in Kurt Cobain's closet. I mean that as a compliment" - BillyG
"Too cunty for wine bars, too dainty for real bars." - AndersonComment
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