Joss Whedon can do no wrong in my book so i resigned myself to the fact he was dealing with the line-up Marvel dealt him, and even though the Hulk is my favorite superhero ever ...yes even over Thor, I would have traded him for Vision and Scarlet Witch, or if they wanted to do the first line-up he was in for a couple of issues then Wasp and Ant-man should have been included ,...but getting past that The Hulk held all of the films finest moments. Ruffalo was grudgingly the best Banner yet. The Hulk was acknowledge in his rightful power set. Though the audience where I saw the film was cheering for Thor during their fight, Hulk won the over by the end. Strangely or maybe just to me the audience was cheering for Iron- man when he fought Thor and Iron-man and Capt. America seemed to be the crowd favorites.
While Whedon who is used to ensemble casts gave every one equal spotlight , the shine seemed to be more focused on Stark and Rogers. He kept the sense of urgency through out the film so the Avengers could never get to comfortable. The big climatic battle at the end was well laid out with the heroes overlapping and preforming panel framed action sequences just like it's drawn every week. The dialogue was clever and makes you wish Whedon was back writing for marvel, but with a hit like this he will finally claim his rightful place as the genius he is in Hollywood.
To break down the characters i thought ...
Capt, America ...was well handled and played though his shield would never repel Thor like that .
Iron- man- picked up where the other movies left off, the dynamic between Stark and Banner was great. Never really felt his connection to Hawkeye
Black Widow... a little too tortured , would think she had already been hardened past that
Thor...mmm power set was played down a little , he normally dusts Iron-man in 30 secs, never felt his connection to the individuals was confirmed, how did he feel about Widow or Hawkeye? even Steve? Had the feeling he was the character Joss was the most uncomfortable handling
Hawkeye...well in the comics he started off as a bad guy so that part made sense, though it left him blank at the beginning and he never fleshed out from there
Fury... well this is the jive turkey ultimates version, so he feels just like a character made for the movies and not the real nick fury to me
Loki- well played, though i assume Thor was holding back because they are brothers
Hulk...stole the show both as Banner and the green machine , sometimes looked more like shrek than others the best fully realized version ,didn't know Joss was such a fan or that Ruffalo was that great of an actor , he really knocked it out of the park and then some. Just read he has been signed up for 6 more Marvel films...could at least two of these be solo films ? it felt great to be a Hulk fan.
Expected a few more easter eggs referencing other members to come like Pym and disappointed by the lack of Whedonverse actors who normally make an appearance, I as they will undoubtedly ask Whedon to do a sequel he should bring every one in from Marsters to Felcia Day ...how awesome of a Scarlet Witch could she be? Marsters as Vision thats another post
if i graded movies would give this an A -
an A is Blue Velvet or Psycho ok Psycho might be an A +
WARNING SPOILERS NOW
Why did marvel flat out lie saying no Thanos ? he would not be my first choice as a villain for the sequel but was cool none the less and we have seen the infinity gauntlet
How awesome was the punch Hulk gave Thor in the final fight or the mopping the floor with Loki...too awesome ok it could get an a for those alone
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