Avengers = Movie of the Year :trollface :smug :umad

[Himu]

I fucking miss drive-ins. I gotta find one in houston.

[BlueTsunami]

Ghostbusters II was the first time I went to the theater and realized that films can be absolute shit. Same with Alien 3.

Why you shittin' on my nostalgia  :'(

[blame space]

this movie was cool

[Spurgeon]

My cousins were a special case. I remember visiting them, and their parents would be okay with them watching shit like Cobra and Predator on HBO. But as soon as a movie had a romance scene, their parents would go apeshit and yell to change the channel until said offending scene was over.

I'm lucky that I had bad parents.

[Mr. Gundam]

I fucking miss drive-ins. I gotta find one in houston.

There is a 6 screen drive-in in my hometown just south of Seattle. We try to go at least once or twice every summer.

[Great Rumbler]

One of the first movies I remember seeing in theaters was Super Mario Bros. 

[Eel O'Brian]

a partial list of films my dad or someone from my family took me to see:

jaws
andy warhol's frankenstein
halloween II
halloween III
the beast within
piranha
revenge of the ninja
48 hrs
the terminator
the road warrior
aliens
alligator
dressed to kill
an american werewolf in london
the howling
the thing
creepshow
beverly hills cop
porky's

 

[Brehvolution]

Porky's on the big screen as a kid must have been eye opening or confusing depending on your age.

[MrAngryFace]

cause if it doesnt its a bad superhero movie!

[Himu]

Porky's on the big screen as a kid must have been eye opening or confusing depending on your age.

Feelbad: What movie are we going to see, dad?
Feelbad Dad: Porky's.
Feelbad: Great! I love Porky Pig!


Later that night:

[Joe Molotov]

Complete list of R-rated movies my parents took me to see or rented to watch with me:










Yep.

[Verdigris Murder]

I'm shocked guys. What about Care Bears.

Also you don't develop the sense of disgust until you're 8 or 9, and it stays with you until dementia kicks in.

well, in the late 80's/early 90's liking kiddy shit on top of adult shit was pretty fucking standard. We are a generation of boys brought up on cuddly Teddy Ruxbin stuff but not to mention violent GI Joe-esque Predator and Terminator stuff.

At school, we'd go from "playing" Bill and Ted to Ninja Turtles, to how rad Robocop was, how much we hated ACHY BREAKY HEART, then we'd play with Care Bears, break out the donated He-Man toys Toy Story 3 style,  to "playing" Back to the Future and then Conan The Barbarian.

What you say here. America sounds like a country heading for a HUGE mental breakdown. Dave Gibbons masterwork 'Give Me Liberty' is a view of what will sort of happen.

[Himu]

rofl

this was over 20 years ago. Parents tend to not take their kids to r-rated films anymore.

[Eel O'Brian]

listen to you guys, tongue-clucking like bluehairs at a bingo parlor

[demi]

Complete list of R-rated movies my parents took me to see or rented to watch with me:










Yep.

Puritan family, I see. Only in the bible belt.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I'm shocked guys. What about Care Bears.

Also you don't develop the sense of disgust until you're 8 or 9, and it stays with you until dementia kicks in.

well, in the late 80's/early 90's liking kiddy shit on top of adult shit was pretty fucking standard. We are a generation of boys brought up on cuddly Teddy Ruxbin stuff but not to mention violent GI Joe-esque Predator and Terminator stuff.

At school, we'd go from "playing" Bill and Ted to Ninja Turtles, to how rad Robocop was, how much we hated ACHY BREAKY HEART, then we'd play with Care Bears, break out the donated He-Man toys Toy Story 3 style,  to "playing" Back to the Future and then Conan The Barbarian.

I had none of this.  I guess when your family is too poor to afford those toys or go to see movies, you're pretty limited on options.

[Eel O'Brian]

we were pretty poor - movies were still affordable mass entertainment when i was a kid, though

[MrAngryFace]

I got in trouble for tricking my grandparents into taking me to see TMNT2 when my stepmom and dad were all anti ninja turtles

[blame space]

i didn't have cable and my parents didn't like rugrats because they disobeyed their parents. all i was allowed to watch were bible story animated VHS and veggie tales.

[MrAngryFace]

Oh god veggie tales

[blame space]

i must have watched this one 50 times



and this one



oh man orson scott card wrote these

[TakingBackSunday]

I remember asking my mom which movie was my first theater experience.  I recall her telling me it was Oliver and Company at a drive in in '91.  Don't remember it though.

I do distinctly remember going to see Batman Forever.  Back then I thought it was awesome, and the acid scene scared the shit out of me.

[cool breeze]

I got in trouble for tricking my grandparents into taking me to see TMNT2 when my stepmom and dad were all anti ninja turtles

I saw TMNT2 in theaters when I was really young because my older brother wanted to see it.  All I remember is being scared of super shredder :'(

[Himu]

I'm shocked guys. What about Care Bears.

Also you don't develop the sense of disgust until you're 8 or 9, and it stays with you until dementia kicks in.

well, in the late 80's/early 90's liking kiddy shit on top of adult shit was pretty fucking standard. We are a generation of boys brought up on cuddly Teddy Ruxbin stuff but not to mention violent GI Joe-esque Predator and Terminator stuff.

At school, we'd go from "playing" Bill and Ted to Ninja Turtles, to how rad Robocop was, how much we hated ACHY BREAKY HEART, then we'd play with Care Bears, break out the donated He-Man toys Toy Story 3 style,  to "playing" Back to the Future and then Conan The Barbarian.

I had none of this.  I guess when your family is too poor to afford those toys or go to see movies, you're pretty limited on options.

Well I specifically said at school. By this point in my life, we took advantage of the Pharmor rental service which was like 1 buck a movie rental so I'd rent the entire Back to the Future trilogy for three bucks. In the early 90's my family was far from well off and we struggled a lot because my mom was going back to school for her masters and my dad was being underpaid. The toys I brought up were at the daycare, donated Toy Story 3 style. Most of the movies I watched were rented from Blockbuster or Pharmor but we'd go to the movies occasionally as rewards and I'd see Bill and Ted and Conan in theatres and we'd (as in the boys) would talk about what we saw in school and try to act out our favorite parts. Apparently my experience wasn't far off from the other boys', so I don't know what the fuck.

As for Achy Breaky Heart, the teachers were OBSESSED with that song.

My family was too poor to afford me an nes, so...

[Verdigris Murder]

There's some seriously amazing claymation done by Islam with Jews turning into pigs. It's on YouTube.

[Owl-faced Wizard]

I went to see Dune with my mum and my sister when I was 6.  My sister wanted to see Karate Kid but I insisted.  It was pretty great, but some scenes were a bit much.  Same year my mum left me in the theatre to watch Ghostbusters while she did some shopping (because she was mentally unstable and thought that was a good idea).  Movie scared me out of my mind.  It was a day session and there was one other dude in there with me.  I was running up and down the aisles panicking.  Love that movie.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I'm shocked guys. What about Care Bears.

Also you don't develop the sense of disgust until you're 8 or 9, and it stays with you until dementia kicks in.

well, in the late 80's/early 90's liking kiddy shit on top of adult shit was pretty fucking standard. We are a generation of boys brought up on cuddly Teddy Ruxbin stuff but not to mention violent GI Joe-esque Predator and Terminator stuff.

At school, we'd go from "playing" Bill and Ted to Ninja Turtles, to how rad Robocop was, how much we hated ACHY BREAKY HEART, then we'd play with Care Bears, break out the donated He-Man toys Toy Story 3 style,  to "playing" Back to the Future and then Conan The Barbarian.

I had none of this.  I guess when your family is too poor to afford those toys or go to see movies, you're pretty limited on options.

Well I specifically said at school. By this point in my life, we took advantage of the Pharmor rental service which was like 1 buck a movie rental so I'd rent the entire Back to the Future trilogy for three bucks. In the early 90's my family was far from well off and we struggled a lot because my mom was going back to school for her masters and my dad was being underpaid. The toys I brought up were at the daycare, donated Toy Story 3 style. Most of the movies I watched were rented from Blockbuster or Pharmor but we'd go to the movies occasionally as rewards and I'd see Bill and Ted and Conan in theatres and we'd (as in the boys) would talk about what we saw in school and try to act out our favorite parts. Apparently my experience wasn't far off from the other boys', so I don't know what the fuck.

As for Achy Breaky Heart, the teachers were OBSESSED with that song.

My family was too poor to afford me an nes, so...

Sorry.  I was just being a dick.  I had an all nighter at work and I'm even more of a douche than usual.  I got what you were saying in your original post.

[Himu]

You weren't being a dick, I was just saying how I managed to accumulate a "healthy" knowledge of pop culture at a young age even though I wasn't exactly from a rich family either

i miss those 1 dollar rentals. wait, we have red box these days. I dunno. lol

[Phoenix Dark]

First movie I saw in theaters was Aladdin in 1992. The first R rated film I saw in a theater was Eraser. My uncle didn't know it was rated R and took me and some other kids to see it lmao

[Himu]

the only time the r-rating thing backfired for my dad was when he took me to see Rising Sun.

That movie had a crazy scene where a chick milks her tits and then this dude drinks it.

My world was shattered.

[Phoenix Dark]

My mom took my brothers and I to see Passion Of The Christ. I've never heard so many small children crying at the same time.

She also took me to see Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. dat sex scene  :'( :'(

[Himu]

CTHD's sex scene is tame.

I still haven't seen Passion of the Christ.

[blame space]

[blame space]

i'm about to smoke some crack and watch the passion of the christ

[bork]

Am I posting in the right thread?   

Saw Avengers and enjoyed it.  They did a good job of making the movie feel like a double-sequel to Captain America and Thor.  Liked pretty much everyone, but Iron Man was the stand-out here.  Black Widow and Hawkeye were just sort of there.  There was a bit too much dialog for this kind of movie, but I suppose that's staying true to form if you look at a lot of the recent Avengers comics. 

The scene after the credits was predictable but AWESOME.  One of the villains reminded me of the character who shows up, and when he popped up all the people who recognized him went nuts, and most the crowd just went "HUH!?"

[fistfulofmetal]

Avengers was pretty awesome.

[BlueTsunami]

Great, great movie. As action packed as you can get without aborting any semblance of a plot. Hammer smash to Captains shield was when the woahs kept coming. The way they handled the Hulk was masterful. In Whedon I trust.

[Shaka Khan]

People talking about the movie, FINALLY!

[Positive Touch]

FUUUUUUUUCK YES THAT WAS AWESOME!  EXACTLY WHAT A COMIC BOOK MOVIE SHOULD BE

no boring backstory, no bullshit love stuff (ok well just a little bit), but really this was all FUN ACTION.  SO MUCH FUN

[Great Rumbler]

Gonna watch this tomorrow! Not in 3D.

[ManaByte]

Fuck Batman. Fuck Spider-Man. No other comic book movie matters anymore.

[Enl]

It's rare that the 90s comic book kid in me geeks out over a comic book movie but

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Mother Fucking Thanos! Bring on the Infinity Gauntlet!

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[Shaka Khan]

Yeah, I'm not a big comic fan so I struggled with identifying him

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My guesses were: Thanos, Skrulls, Kang the Conqueror.

[close]

But that bit drew huge cheers from the crowd.

[Owl-faced Wizard]

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Wait, that was Thanos?  I thought it was Darkseid. 

[close]

[Momo]

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Wait, that was Thanos?  I thought it was Darkseid. 

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My friend that was watching with me was all OMG THANOS!!! HHUURR HHAAAARR. I could not let his excited happiness fly so I sent a quip his way - "Oh you mean that Darkseid rip-off guy?" I looked away immediately as I could feel his hateful gaze burning a hole in the side of my skull. He was dead quiet afterwards and as we were leaving I took the opportunity that was people rattling, talking and being noisy  to exhale all the laughter I held back.

[close]

I did tell him afterwards I was fucking with him though, he had a face longer than a horse

[Shaka Khan]

Is that a popular argument between fans? I've seen it everywhere. I wonder if it's as old as the characters themselves.

[Owl-faced Wizard]

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It's not so much an argument as it is a brute fact with a few people just not wanting to accept it.  Starlin admits Darkseid was the inspiration.  Then he went over to DC and did Mongul who was basically DC's answer to Thanos so lol.  I expect people are just sick of hearing it now though as opposed to actually disagreeing.

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[Tasty]

I think I saw T2 when I was 8. Or maybe it wasn't T2 but whatever 3D movie thing they have at Universal Studios. What freaked me out the most was the pre-movie thing on the TVs while you were waiting in line, made it totally seem like Skynet was real. I was all WTF this is fricking scary.

Then in the theater a bunch of T-800s on either side started firing (fake) machine guns but it sounded like the real deal. Was pretty intense.

I remember the 3D being pretty cool back then.

[ManaByte]

FYI, Chitauri = Skrulls.

They are the Ultimate universe version of them. Fox has the rights to the "Skrulls" name with Fantastic Four for a while. A little while ago in the comics they then tried to say that the Chitauri aren't Skrulls by having the Ultimate Reed Richards see real Skrulls in an alternate universe, but once they started making Marvel Studios movies they were retconned back to being the Ultimate universe Skrulls.

[bork]

So there was ANOTHER bonus scene after all the credits finished that I mised...d'oh!

[cool breeze]

Pretty awesome movie.  Great action and surprisingly funny.  The interactions were all really well done, specifically Tony and Bruce.  I went into it only really liking the first Iron Man.  This was better.

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Hulk

'puny god' moment was so good

[close]

also for a family movie, attaching trailers for training day 3 and prometheus was an odd choice. 

[Enl]

So there was ANOTHER bonus scene after all the credits finished that I mised...d'oh!

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[Verdigris Murder]

Thats actually really shit, without the context.

[cool breeze]

So there was ANOTHER bonus scene after all the credits finished that I mised...d'oh!

yeah, almost everyone left after the first scene.  It's short flashy credits > first scene > long regular credits > second scene.

And another reason I dislike 3D is that the only IMAX showings were for the 3d-converted version.

[Great Rumbler]

Avengers was awesome, best superhero movie I've seen since Dark Knight. Sorry, that sounds like faint praise, doesn't it? It had a great balance of action and humor, handled the team of superheroes really well, and succeeded in plain just being a whole heck of a lot of fun that doesn't require much commitment or though but also doesn't make you feel stupid. Would watch again.

Loki is kinda lame, though.

[Joe Molotov]

Avengers = Movie of the Year :trollface :smug :umad

[Great Rumbler]

Day 1 for Avengers = $80 million

[Great Rumbler]

The Master has spoken:

Previous Marvel Comics superhero movies such as Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and Thor were like roughly cut puzzle pieces that looked odd and unfinished by themselves—pretend movies derived from already established brands. Most of them, particularly Jon Favreau’s dung-colored Iron Man, were poorly directed.

Now, fitted together in Marvel’s The Avengers, the superhero tales still don’t quite cohere; instead, each superhero’s traits and powers have been simultaneously inflated and streamlined (Scarlett Johannson’s Black Widow, barely a cameo in last year’s Iron Man 2, is almost a character here) with the sole intent to overwhelm, not merely entertain. That’s why a corporate brand is part of the title.

A live-action version of the comic book series about “The Earth’s Mightiest Heroes,” Marvel’s The Avengers is promoted as the ultimate Comic-Con—the franchise of franchises, the movie contemporary audiences have been trained to anticipate and genuflect to.

This whopping sales campaign manipulates immature, undeveloped adolescent taste into the mistaken notion of cultural fulfillment. The Avengers is neither good nor important, yet the more it consummates Marvel Comics’ current strategy to secure the adolescent comic book/graphic novel/video game market, the more it illustrates Hollywood’s shameless insufficiencies.

To discuss The Avengers as a story—or even a thrill ride—is delusional. Best to tally some of the actors’ deceits—which parallel the media’s complicit self-deception—as they trivialize the emotional satisfaction that is supposed to come from modernizing myth and legend.

The Captain America role traps Chris Evans, who was a great tease as the Human Torch, in an uninteresting anachronism, now a truly faded idea of American Exceptionalism. The same holds for the Halloween freakazoids Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Bruce Banner/The Hulk (a CGIed Mark Ruffalo).

As villainous Loki, Tom Hiddleston, who was so moving in Spielberg’s War Horse and Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea, comes closest to giving a performance. He suggests the intense young aspirant Peter O’Toole, though without the glorious voice and no story details to frame his petulance, just a pretext for the superheroes to fight his plan for world domination.

The film’s only probable hero is zillionaire gadgeteer Tony Stark, who Robert Downey has finally learned to make his own using hipster witticisms that lend this basically unhip movie erratic self-satire.

Only a capitalist icon with Stark’s endless resources makes sense to an audience of semi-illiterate consumers catered to by the leisure industries and discouraged from an interest in characterization, theme or ideas. That’s why Sam Jackson’s Nick Fury can simply watch action from the sidelines (occasionally firing off a gunshot or an epithet), pretending to be a leader in his ghetto eye patch. (Insert convenient Obama comment here.)

Director Joss Whedon brings TV squalor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) to this, his second big screen superhero outing. Whedon doesn’t have Zack Snyder’s personal style, the élan that at least made Watchmen and Sucker Punch thoroughly idiosyncratic and fitfully compelling. Whedon directs impersonally, which is to say he manages the proceedings as one runs a fast-food joint.

This analogy ought to appall the very fast-food patrons who flock to The Avengers, yet cannot accept that an artistic enterprise should be more than ground patties of optional substance. Like Whedon, they can’t tell the difference between art and conviction-less product.

This proves the brainwashing that has happened to pop audiences in the generations since comic books and TV stole their imaginations from cinema and literature. Much of this tragedy has to do with the impact of TV (Whedon’s background), which has destroyed popular understanding of narrative complexity.

Each superhero should represent overcoming some social difficulty; now they’re just gimmicks. Whedon simply makes the action go on and on. He has no sense of dramatic build or rising to a climax. He overloads the spectator with one climax after another (imitating Michael Bay angles, particularly the same skyscraper-devouring turbine f/x from the last Transformers flick).

Unlike the lyrical teen fantasy Chronicle or Neveldine/Taylor’s daring Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which addressed life, death and morality, Marvel’s The Avengers has little to say other than “Buy me!” Millions of mentally hijacked moviegoers will respond like Pavlov’s dog, barking “Wow!”

http://cityarts.info/2012/05/02/pavlov%E2%80%99s-franchise-2/

[Shaka Khan]

Thats actually really shit, without the context.

Yup, it was hilarious in context though.

[CajoleJuice]

should I watch Thor and Iron Man 2 and Norton Hulk and Captain America (Christ, so many superhero movies) before watching this?