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Apr 22nd 2012, 18:21
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I'm certainly not lolling around wishing and hoping for the movie to bomb.


So, you finally found my webcam, did you? It's true, I do a lot of "lolling around, wishing and hoping," especially for overhyped "superhero" movies like AVENGERS to get their comeuppance. Another fight, another cliché, another ripoff. If you've seen one, you've seen them all.

Apr 22nd 2012, 18:29
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Unlike you, Josh Whedon has earned the benefit of the doubt.

 
Apr 22nd 2012, 23:42
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Pardon me if I remain skeptical about a writer/director whose medium is usually (gasp) TV shows! Or about the genre itself. Which one of these films wasn't a disappointment:
  • Captain America (66*)
  • X-Men: First Class (65)
  • Iron Man 2 (57)
  • Thor (57)
  • Green Lantern (39)
  • "All of the above"

 

(*Metacritic Metascore)

 
Apr 24th 2012, 11:18
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Pardon me if I remain skeptical about a writer/director whose medium is usually (gasp) TV shows!


Yet the state of TV these past few years is better than film, so I'm not sure what kind of point you're trying to make (if you're even making one).

Related news: Jessica Chastain is reportedly joining the cast of Iron Man 3. Crossing my fingers she's Janet van Dyne.
Apr 24th 2012, 13:44
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Quote by Poubelle
Pardon me if I remain skeptical about a writer/director whose medium is usually (gasp) TV shows! Or about the genre itself. Which one of these films wasn't a disappointment:
  • Captain America (66*)
  • X-Men: First Class (65)
  • Iron Man 2 (57)
  • Thor (57)
  • Green Lantern (39)
  • "All of the above"

 

(*Metacritic Metascore)

 



It's ironic that the highest MC score you listed is my least favorite one, although I admire the tech aspects. But I loved Toy Story, Serenity, and liked the second Lion King, as well as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
We'll see, as I am going to watch Avengers in the theatre. If I dont care for it, fine. But I wont be going in with that expectation. On the contrary.
Lol Vamp! I will laugh (not at you, of course) if you see it on DVD/Blue Ray and begrudgingly like it afterall. Funnier things have happened.

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Apr 25th 2012, 21:40
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Most encouraging foreign debuts today from Deadline.com:

It earned in US $ an estimated $6.2M in Australia, $3m in France, $1.3m in the Philippines, $1.2m in Taiwan, and $800,000 in New Zealand for a total $12.5m start. Australia and New Zealand both celebrated the ANZAC Day holiday, which helped boxoffice there. 

Australia: 2nd-highest opening of all time there behind only the final Harry Potter (A$7M).  Also the highest Marvel opening day ever, 214% ahead of Iron Man 2 (A$1.8M Thursday open), 136% ahead of The Dark Knight (A$2.5M Thursday open), and the highest opening day ever for a Disney film.

Taiwan: biggest industry Wednesday opening ever, biggest opening day of 2012 (173% above Battleship) and 2nd-biggest opening day for any Marvel film (after only Spider-Man 3).

New Zealand: highest opening day ever, beating Harry Potter Deathly Hallows 2 (NZ$975L)
Apr 25th 2012, 22:12
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Yet the state of TV these past few years is better than film, so I'm not sure what kind of point you're trying to make (if you're even making one).


Please, no blasphemy!

Apr 26th 2012, 11:59
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The best American TV drama is vastly superior to most American film today.

For the rest of the world, film is still much superior, even in the UK (home to so-called "quality" TV, although this is not remotely as good as best American these days. 

 
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The best American TV drama is vastly superior to most American film today.

For the rest of the world, film is still much superior, even in the UK (home to so-called "quality" TV, although this is not remotely as good as best American these days. 


What American TV drama, pray tell?

Apr 26th 2012, 15:35
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I think if people mixed TV programs with films in their top 10 lists, shows like Breaking Bad, Homeland and Mad Men would all get mentions.
Apr 27th 2012, 21:46
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Hollywood Reporter updates the overseas total to $36 million.  

United Kingdom:  $4.1m, third best Thursday opening ever;
Argentina: $600,000, 3rd best opening ever in that country;
South Korea: $2.3m, 3rd biggest opening of all time for a non-local title 
Apr 28th 2012, 00:21
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I'm not watching this movie partly because I haven't bothered watching some of the prequel movies to this, and partly because this just seems like a giant Hollywood commercialism bait that everyone MUST see.
Apr 28th 2012, 09:55
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See it because it's a good movie. I saw it last night and loved every second of it. The story is told well, every cast member gets their chance to shine without hogging up the screen, and its not an effects driven film like some of the crap blockbusters that have come out the past few years. The only prequels you should see are Thor and Captain America as plot points from those two carry over to this moreso than the Hulk and Iron Man films.

I'm hoping this gets remembered for some ensemble awards at the end of the year. They had some great chemistry.
Apr 28th 2012, 14:00
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Encouraging! I'ma goin'!

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Apr 28th 2012, 17:56
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not a big fan of the avengers but the movie was definitely fun.