No Hawkeye Love? *Avengers Movie Spoilers*

**The Animal Man** · 05-13-2012, 01:22 AM

is it just me or did hawkeye not have enough screen time in the movie as opposed to black widow? it just seemed like we didn't get much time to know hawkeye

**KurtW95** · 05-13-2012, 01:24 AM

Sadly, the movie Hawkeye didn't really act like 616 Hawkeye unfortunately.

**The Animal Man** · 05-13-2012, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by KurtW95

Sadly, the movie Hawkeye didn't really act like 616 Hawkeye unfortunately.

He Didn't seem to have much time to really build a personality of any kind....too bad because he deserves better

**KurtW95** · 05-13-2012, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by The Animal Man

He Didn't seem to have much time to really build a personality of any kind....too bad because he deserves better

And a better costume.

**The Animal Man** · 05-13-2012, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by KurtW95

And a better costume.

Yeah....but they probably thought his 616 costume was too goofy.....honestly they could of removed black widow from the lineup and added wasp(yes i know wasp has not been in any marvel movies but Widow has it's just she seemed to only serve the purpose of being there so people can say Scarlet's Uber Hot)while keeping hawkeye because to me in a movie like this A Master Marksmen with Various special arrows needs all the screen time he can get

not only that but Hawkeye's more well known as An Avenger than Black Widow so why put her above him?

**GokaiRed** · 05-13-2012, 01:41 AM

I have no problem with the movie choosing to have him more like Ultimate Hawkeye. Nor do I have a problem with them using the scaled-down costume, in keeping with the personality and feel of SHIELD in the movieverse.

I don't think they intentionally reduced his screentime, but rather, having him be turned evil was in itself a way to use him in the film for something that is different from everyone else. It's the thing that needs to be overcome for him, and through this, we learn about not only Black Widow, but his connection to her. He saved her from a bad situation, and thus there's this sort of half-unspoken sexual tension between them.

I honestly loved Hawkeye in the movie. His portrayal and interaction with Widow makes me want to see a Hawkeye/Widow/SHIELD film in the future. The two of them could definitely benefit from the extra exposure, and considering how well they've been received by the general public, I think a (well-handled) movie focusing on them could be quite successful. Sort of a comic booky "Mission: Impossible."

**BartonisHawkeye88** · 05-13-2012, 02:08 AM

I loved the film and hawkeyes role obviously i wouldve loved to see more from him but i think the scenes he was in were well done...

**Hulk_Is** · 05-13-2012, 03:09 AM

I felt like all of the characters had equal screentime. Hawkeye - even under Loki's control still had the same personality. I even see him getting a solo film before evn Black Widow - and BW was pretty cool in Avengers.

**KurtW95** · 05-13-2012, 03:12 AM

I wish Black Widow would've at least slipped into a Russian accent.

**NamorsTrident** · 05-13-2012, 03:33 AM

I too thought Hawkeye was portrayed pretty well in the Avengers. I also don't mind ht emerging of the Ult. verse with his is 616 personality. (he was't a total Ult. character)
However, I do wish he had more screen time. His "work load" wasn't really less than the others (especially the Widow) but him starting out as a brainwashed villain did have us missing out on some team interactions in the film.

**The Animal Man** · 05-13-2012, 03:35 AM

He just didn't have that many memorable scenes

**GokaiRed** · 05-13-2012, 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by The Animal Man

He just didn't have that many memorable scenes

For me, he had:

His attack on the Hellicarrier
His fight with Widow
His "rehab" with Widow
His overseeing of the final battle
Leaping off the roof, grappling his way through a window to safety
The "no-look" shot on an alien behind him

**Walsh06** · 05-13-2012, 04:23 AM

The shot at Loki ^^

If you think he wasnt used enough well then be happy it was Joss Whedon doing the film. He loves his side characters and balanced all of them very well. Most directors and he would have gotten no screen time at all. So be grateful he was given his chance and his gained a lot of new fans now.

**CMBMOOL** · 05-13-2012, 05:14 AM

While he was portray as the pawn to the villains overall scheme, it did sort of relates back to Hawkeye's 616 Avengers comic book origins in a way. So that was a small comic book Easter Egg for fans to catch on.

**XPac** · 05-13-2012, 07:57 AM

I think it's a given that the primary characters in this movie were the ones that had their own individual movies going into it. Hawkeye and Black Widow were truthfully secondary to the "Big Guns" assembling.

That said, I thought Widow and Clint actually were used well in the movie. Overall I think it did a very good job giving everyone their moments. And for a movie with that many characters moving at the pace that it did, that's actually no small feat.