Marvel's The Avengers |OT| (Dir. Joss Whedon) [Spoilers unmarked]

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I haven't caught a handful of the recent Marvel films lately, do they make the viewing experience of this one better if I've seen them or not?
 
XiaNaphryz said:
I'm not sure what the specifics are for this particular project, but generally when a studio puts out something for vfx bidding each vfx house puts in their estimates for how much it would cost for them to do each shot, and if possible some samples of what it could look like. There's a bit of back and forth as scripts/storyboards/screenplays are adjusted as well as the usual price haggling. Eventually the studio makes the final call and gives out contracts for each sequence or set of sequences, usually with one vfx house getting a good portion of the work and the other companies splitting the rest with the main vfx house overseeing the rest of the vendors (to try and help keep a consistent look across vendors).


Pretty sure the first one was Digital Domain, the second one was shared between ILM and Weta.
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Very interesting thanks for the info.
 
Angry Fork said:
Unfortunately there are dickheads though who laugh and do stupid shit during serious scenes and ruin the moment. I stopped going to theaters because of this but still go for big movies/directors
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I had that happen once (and they hadsaid been talking the whole time)I and I told them to shut up and they said fuck you. So I got up turned around and in the strongest possible terms told them to fuck off. They were like sit down, but I told them if they didn't shut up I'd shove a copy of pitchfork up their hipster asses (no idea how I thought of that) and sat down...they didn't say shit for the rest of the movie. lol
 
Hawkian said:
I like all of them too. I think there's a big gap between the others and the Avengers though. They raised the bar.
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Yeah, this is true but even though I watched Hulk, Thor and Captain America after Avengers I didn't feel they were poor in comparison. Marvel set out to do something specific with every single film and they did it well. I should have ignored the GAF backlash and watched them on the big screen.
 
Nikki Finke said:
FRIDAY 12:45 PM… My sources are giving very early estimates for Marvel’s The Avengers of between $65 million and $67 million for Friday (including $18.7M midnights) based on matinee trends. Not a record. That would bring the worldwide total to $371 million so far… and counting. More later.
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Not encouraging but midnight number is still impressive.
 
BTW, I need to fucking know where I can buy Tony Stark's original shirt.

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Not that I have a smidge of RDJ's swagger, but still.
 
aliencowz7 said:
Damn, I kind of wanted to see it but I don't handle crowds well at all so I guess its off the table for a while.
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I usually hate crowds, but mine was absolutely awesome and actually added to the experience. There were no jackasses, just people having a ball, howling at all the good moments, cheering and clapping. It was contagious.

Best crowd ever.
 
Funky Papa said:
I usually hate crowds, but mine was absolutely awesome and actually added to the experience. There were no jackasses, just people having a ball, howling at all the good moments, cheering and clapping. It was contagious.

Best crowd ever.
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Its not so much how people act as me having agoraphobia and pretty severe social anxiety disorder. Haven't been to the theater in like, 8 years or so I would guess. I wish I could go for a movie launch, seems like fun.
 
Funky Papa said:
I usually hate crowds, but mine was absolutely awesome and actually added to the experience. There were no jackasses, just people having a ball, howling at all the good moments, cheering and clapping. It was contagious.

Best crowd ever.
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Same. Just an outstanding group, my favorite night at the movies ever.

edit: I did, like many here, miss out on
PUNY GOD
as a result of mass cheering and hollering (actually continued for several seconds after that as well, and I was right there with them. What a satisfying damn moment that was).
 
I still remember the crowd when I went to see The Golden Compass. Didn't seem anything remarkable, wasn't even sold out - but during the fight between the two bears, when Iorek knocks Iofur's jaw off and breaks his neck, the place just fucking erupted with cheering and applause. It was bizarre.

The scene in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyH4ijgFbA

Yes, that is all.
 
aliencowz7 said:
Its not so much how people act as me having agoraphobia and pretty severe social anxiety disorder. Haven't been to the theater in like, 8 years or so I would guess. I wish I could go for a movie launch, seems like fun.
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I would wait a couple of weeks then, and catch an early afternoon/morning showing. That being said, it really can be fun to see a movie at launch, but if you expect the anxiety to dominate over your potential enjoyment of the film, it would be best to wait.
 
Hawkian said:
Same. Just an outstanding group, my favorite night at the movies ever.

edit: I did, like many here, miss out on
PUNY GOD
as a result of mass cheering and hollering (actually continued for several seconds after that as well, and I was right there with them. What a satisfying damn moment that was).
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Yup same here. Just a theater of fans. I haven't been to a midnight showing that pumped up and fun since ROTK.
 
Okay, favorite Moment of Awesome, GO!

Iron Man reflecting a repulsor cross-beam off of Cap's shield. So unnecessarily bad. ass.
 
I saw it at midnight here in Sacramento and we got...
DKR (HUGE cheers)
Prometheus (nothing)
Dictator (laughs of course)
Spider-man (light cheers. could tell nobody is excited to see another reboot)
Frankenweenie
Brave
Battleship (nothing.)

Pretty sure that was it.
Do people NOT cheer at trailers in other countries? I mean midnight showings are usually full of nerds here, and there is definitely loudness when another nerdy movie has a trailer.

You could tell this movie appealed to EVERYONE. there were no idiots making fun of anything, no loud obnoxious kids, nothing. All of the hugest laughs and cheers I've ever heard at a movie, and I've been to a lot of midnight premieres in my time. Perfect moviegoing experience.
 
Mr. Sam said:
I still remember the crowd when I went to see The Golden Compass. Didn't seem anything remarkable, wasn't even sold out - but during the fight between the two bears, when Iorek knocks Iofur's jaw off and breaks his neck, the place just fucking erupted with cheering and applause. It was bizarre.

The scene in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyH4ijgFbA

Yes, that is all.
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I meant in trailers and comments. Sure, that scene deserves cheering (fucking HATED the movie, except that scene which stood out so much it's the only thing I remember), as well as some (a lot) in Avengers. But trying to be the funny guy and yelling jokes or people booing at a trailer? It's completely alien and ridiculous to me. People would tell those to shut the fuck up.
 
Hawkian said:
Same. Just an outstanding group, my favorite night at the movies ever.

edit: I did, like many here, miss out on
PUNY GOD
as a result of mass cheering and hollering (actually continued for several seconds after that as well, and I was right there with them. What a satisfying damn moment that was).
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that whole thing was pure fan service and was AMAZING!!!!
 
Even though the movie is obviously popular and going to be pretty busy, I think it depends on your theater on how packed it will be. For example, mine has like 5 screens or something showing the 2D version. There is a showing like every 20-30 minutes. So if one is packed, go to the next.

Unlike IMAX showings, where theres only the one screen and you have to wait 1-2 hours early to get a good seat.
 
The Anti-Monitor said:
I meant in trailers and comments. Sure, that scene deserves cheering (fucking HATED the movie, except that scene which stood out so much it's the only thing I remember), as well as some (a lot) in Avengers. But trying to be the funny guy and yelling jokes or people booing at a trailer? It's completely alien and ridiculous to me. People would tell those to shut the fuck up.
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Jokes during trailers provide levity while everyone is waiting for the movie to start. Why would you tell someone to shut up?
We had three intense trailers in a row with DKR and spiderman and then they threw in Frankenweenie, and when the Disney logo came up some guy was like "FUCK YEAH DISNEY" obviously in jest and we all laughed, nobody cared about that trailer so why not do it.
 
Haha, same here. We had the typical trailers and laughter and loud cheering for each one. When Expendibles came on, though, it was an absolute explosion of applause when Arnold and Chuck Norris appeared. It wa pretty hilarious.
 
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