THE AVENGERS Review/Discussion Thread [Beware Spoilers]

[ingu]

      THE AVENGERS REVIEW/DISCUSSION THREAD

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[ingu]

NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE ITS EPICNESS. I'M STILL TRYING TO PROCESS IT ALL, I CAN'T PROCESS IT ALL. I NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN, GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH...

[ingu]

Is there anything in particular you're curious about? I just... the entire thing is so amazing. Everyone literally fights EVERYONE, and the sheer amount of CMOA is insane, and I can't even count the amount of times just about everyone in the theater burst into spontaneous clapping or laughter (at least a dozen times throughout). There are so many times that Loki very nearly hit the top of sheer badassery only to be subverted by the Avengers. I just... I'll put a list below if you're sure about spoilers.

[clairebear_nz]

New Zealander here. I went to see it this morning (what a wonderful way to honour our Anzac soldiers...), and it was bloody fantastic. My friend and I flailed a lot, and now have weekend plans. The other movies, and The Avengers again....

[ingu]

Yes! I'm planning on seeing it again with my Dad, and possibly more times by myself or with other friends who haven't seen it. It's just... so amazing I need to see it all again, and there were so many missed lines when the audience was too busy cheering/clapping/laughing. xD

[clairebear_nz]

Yep, I'm definitely going again! At least once! I actually got seriously concerned that important characters were going to get killed off , thanks to years of watching Joss Whedon stuff (scarred for life after watching Serenity a few years ago!), and so I lost a big chunk of the happy flailing while silently freaking out.

Plus I got really distracted in trying to work out where I'd seen the bloke who played Loki before. Turns out, it was War Horse.

[ingu]

Okay, now that it's the afternoon and I'm more coherent, ALL FAVOURITE AMAZING MOMENTS OF AWESOME BELOW, beware MAJOR SPOILERS since it's basically the entire movie. Also, apologies for absurd length

[ingu]

Nothing on wasp/ant-man that I've noticed I'm afraid, but knowing Marvel once we get an Ant-man movie out (or even after a second viewing) we might start noticing a heap of hints. The ending was left incredibly open so any sort of sequel is acceptable.

And I'm glad you liked? the post, it turns out to be not nearly as coherent as I'd hoped, mostly reaction, but there really are so many good moments. It's not like a regular movie where you might remember probably one or two badass moments, this movie is just packed full of them one right after the other, because it has so many characters. :D

[flo_nelja]

I've seen it this morning, laughed out loud again reading your post. :-)

[cellophanecity]

Most of everything said above covers it for me. Can't fault a movie that makes you laugh AND hold your breath with the tension! I'm a relatively new Avengers fan, I was so overjoyed by it. Really, so good.

Can anyone tell me though, is ere anything at the very end of the credits? I know that bit after the character credits (which were awesome too), but at the very end is there another bit? I wanted to stay but the cinema staff are quite zealous.

[flo_nelja]

No, nothing.

[shingo_the_pest]

Woah! Yes there was! (Maybe US only?????)

After the decorative credits, there was a scene where the not-Skrulls were talking about invading Earth. (How do you say the Ultimate word? Chi-something or other? But the leader was obviously a true full out Skrull, had the chin and the eyes and everything.)

Then after the long credits, at the very very end, there was a clip of all the Avengers, in a Swarthe (wrong sp, can't find it on Google) restaurant. They were all beat up, and it was obviously immediately after the NYC battle, and they were tired and hungry and eating at the Swarthe place Tony mentioned.