Cool. From the clips, the only CGI that looks oddly bad to me is the Hulk when he approaches Widow in the woods (in what I'm assuming is the opening scene) so glad that's the only occurrence. Strange how out of place he looks there though, considering how ILM nailed him in the first movie.
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Cool. From the clips, the only CGI that looks oddly bad to me is the Hulk when he approaches Widow in the woods (in what I'm assuming is the opening scene) so glad that's the only occurrence. Strange how out of place he looks there though, considering how ILM nailed him in the first movie.
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The Hulk CGI is bloody amazing in the rest of the film, especially in the Hulkbuster fight. In my head I was saying "Gawd dayum!".
longdi
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In A2, it seems more like devolution of Ultron as the film wore on.
Imo A1 was a better film, it was a nice culmination of the phase1 MCU, and our heroes just get together to kick ass and crack witty one-liners.
In A2, it was too much of world building for phase3, that a lot of things was touch and go within the short 2hrs runtime. And the one-liners aren't as good this round. GoTG was better fun. A2 seems to sit between WS and GoTG, tone was neither too serious as WS and adventure was neither as fun as GoTG.
Wheldon was still able to give everyone enough screen time. Thats a good thing.
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Incredible CGI. Aside from the cape, he was amazing looking.
longdi
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He was pretty cool. Like DoFP QS cool imo.
Broken Joystick
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Amazing both character wise and CGI wise. Absolutely hit the nail on the head.
So he sucks and serves absolutely no purpose outside of one amazing set pieces after which he promptly leaves never to be heard from again?
TacticalFox88
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So we're talking about a potential break out character here?
George Oscar Bluth II
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Fantastic.
Honestly one of the coolest parts for me, he looked so awesome when he first appeared
No villain will be terrifying in the Marvel universe given the way they have made the movies so far. Only DC can do something about it now.
Perfect.
Finaika
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I'm sure Thanos will be far, far more terrifying than the Joker.
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If Thanos cracks one fucking joke i swear i will slap him infinitely with his own gauntlet
I see Vision and the Scarlet Witch being the breakout characters of this film.
The Vision is great, effects wise, though it should be noted he's mostly practical effects, at least when just standing around. The only part of his regular costume that's CG according to Bettany are his eyes.
the winter soldier didn't crack jokes, the russo brothers will probably treat him with a lot of respect.
Neither dc nor marvel has ever made a movie with a legit scary villain though.
As much flack Nolan gets for his for scenes, I still feel his biggest sin is wasting Scarecrow.
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all three villains in WS were pretty good honestly. Even if one didn't have all that much screen time.
call me crazy, but I don't think "terrifying" is really what marvel is going for with the Avengers. You might have to wait for Dr. Strange, Moon Knight, or a Ghost Rider relaunch for that one.
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Zod in Supes II was a legit threat. So was that trucker guy in the dinner, that dude fucked supes up. And cmon now, the Joker in TDK was menacing.
I wonder if the trucker guy ever got his own one off
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The movie was alright. The wife remarked that it felt like an episode of something, and I tend to agree. It wasn't bad or anything, but it tried to do too much and in the end didn't end up telling much of a story. The visions thing lead to nowhere, Wanda and Pietro were fan service, but ultimately not needed, there were too many useless fight scenes and Ultron was completely wasted. But it was still okay for a summer blockbuster. RDJ was definitely phoning that shit in this time around. You can definitely tell he's done with the role.
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Tws had at least for villains
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Donner cut Zod was, but the theatrical release Zod was played a lot on the lighter side.
the trucker was just a trucker.
I was thinking of
Pierce, Zola, and Winter Soldier
set up to fail, since fury hired him in the first place
I don't mean there haven't been good villains, just none that are actually frightening.
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again, I don't think "frightening" really fits what they're trying to do with these movies- with the possible exception of Blade 2.
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first off, that trucker messed up supes worse than anyone else ever has in any supes movie.
second, yeah, Donner cut Zod is definitely more ruthless than the regular cut. Dude didnt give an eff
I honestly have no hype for Thanos at all. He looks goofy as fuck, did not come off intimidating at all in Guardians, and I'm not even sure what they're going to do with him. Unlike most, I really don't believe at all that Infinity War will actually be about Thanos becoming the god of all reality and killing off half the universe -- not only is that too loopy for a movie, I also have no idea how you'd have the Avengers realistically stand against that.
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I feel like American reviewers will ravage this.
I'm guessing low 70s to high 60s
What's everyone's predictions?
Indeed. Hearing the comments on this movie, I may be happy that those guys take on the Infinity War. I thought the villains in Winter Soldier were great and were very close to succesfully reaching their goal, requiring the heroes to give their absolute best. And the tie-in of AoS was done very well too.
Also, while being a series, Daredevil portrayed villains well too. And I thought Iron Man 3 was not too shabby either. I liked that whole play with the twist and thought Killian was solid. Different threat than initially thought, but well done with the bad guys having a solid backstory/threat. And Loki was one of the few great things in Thor 2 (Elves were too bland though). So I think phase 2 is a clear improvement on phase 1, in all of the movies.
Still, I hope MCU gets moments like Bane breaking Bats or Magneto moving that stadium and threatening the whole world. Too bad Ultron does not seem to have a defining moment like that.
Yeah, I hope they refrain a bit from the source material. I would like Thanos to be a bit more grounded.
Same goes for Civil War, aside from the conflict between Cap and Iron Man, I hope they write a plot that suits the cinematic universe better in it's current state.
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One of the best things about the film. Probably my favorite Marvel character on screen since Iron Man in 2008.
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So what's the GAF consensus so far?
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I was expecting Ultron to, but with no Whedon you may be right.
There's no consensus.
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He should do this to the Nova Corp when GOTG spoilers:
he goes to collect one of the stones.
IbukiLordSA
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Movie was ok, no where near as good as the first one, left disappointed with the story and the portrayal of the characters, a lot of stuff just felt off. Worth a first time watch wouldn't watch it again unless it's on TV at some time.
peanutbutterlatte
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Was an incredibly strange movie, but overall better than the first one I feel. None of that awkward team build up, just some lovely character moments/action scenes. Just like the first movie, it's an excellent comic book adaptation, warts and all.
just came back from watching AOU. Much better than the first, more confident, better action, Vision was awesome (I was not expecting his secret to be what it was), still lots of flaws - Quicksilver and Wanda were mere extras, which was sad, Ultron failed to bring enough gravitas and danger to the screen, just to name two- but overall it ironed out what went wrong with the first and it's been a much more pleasant experience. I see myself rewatching it a few times, as opposed to Avengers
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I feel like people who liked the first better are blinded by how much they enjoyed the novelty of seeing these heroes together for the first time on screen, where as now it's a known factor. Ultron is very obviously a better film. Whilst Ultron himself is a bit of a letdown as a villain, that I see people lamenting he couldn't be as threatening as Loki is hilarious to me. Loki is the biggest cookie cutter villain ever and I'm actually relieved they'd didn't roll him out yet again.
I can see your complaint about Quicksilver, maybe, but Wanda? She was pretty well developed and important to the second half of the film (
probably because she was the one joining at the end
I wouldn't be surprised -- and would probably more prefer -- if they took pages out of Infinity rather than Infinity Gauntlet.
It'd also make sense as a lead in to Inhumans.
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The BlackBolt fight is amazing. I'd like to see that on film. Infinity had way to much space politics so I don't see them adapting that.
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