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"Put on the suit."
May. 9th, 2012 01:17 pmI went to see "The Avengers" on Monday, as part of pre-screening it for my son. The result of which was that N. won't be seeing it for a few years. I liked it, although it was definitely a Joss Whedon show, with the good and bad that involves: It was fun. Dialog was snappy. The plot did a good job of balancing several main characters. And something happens halfway through the movie that pissed me off. But I do recommend it for folks who are at least 7 years old. :)
Jim Hines made an interesting point about Black Widow being vulnerable in a way the male characters weren't. And with all the quote marks, I'm not sure who originally wrote this great essay about Banner and Stark's relationship, though it sounds like something that @jacobTWOP would have written.
If you go see it, there is a tag at the very end of the credits, so stay until the lights come all the way up.
The surprise for me was Mark Ruffalo's performance as Bruce Banner. I've watched Edward Norton play that role, and he did okay. I suffered through the Ang Lee "Hulk" movie too, so I've seen Eric Bana's performance. And I've never found Hulk to be at all interesting anyway. But Ruffalo plays it like a guy who takes nothing seriously, who's always got an easygoing smile, because, well, the alternative is bad. Robert Downey Jr. also plays a genius scientist who doesn't take anything seriously, but with Tony Stark, there's this negativity to it as he mocks everyone, including himself. With Ruffalo's Bruce Banner, there's no negativity. He just seems like a genuinely nice guy. Because all the not-niceness is in "The Other Guy", as Banner refers to him.
Jim Hines made an interesting point about Black Widow being vulnerable in a way the male characters weren't. And with all the quote marks, I'm not sure who originally wrote this great essay about Banner and Stark's relationship, though it sounds like something that @jacobTWOP would have written.
If you go see it, there is a tag at the very end of the credits, so stay until the lights come all the way up.
The surprise for me was Mark Ruffalo's performance as Bruce Banner. I've watched Edward Norton play that role, and he did okay. I suffered through the Ang Lee "Hulk" movie too, so I've seen Eric Bana's performance. And I've never found Hulk to be at all interesting anyway. But Ruffalo plays it like a guy who takes nothing seriously, who's always got an easygoing smile, because, well, the alternative is bad. Robert Downey Jr. also plays a genius scientist who doesn't take anything seriously, but with Tony Stark, there's this negativity to it as he mocks everyone, including himself. With Ruffalo's Bruce Banner, there's no negativity. He just seems like a genuinely nice guy. Because all the not-niceness is in "The Other Guy", as Banner refers to him.
