In Your Face Jam - Sep 26, 2012

[CBR News]

Brett takes a breather while re-watching "The Avengers" to break down the valuable writing lessons that can be taken away from the film. Also, this is another excuse for him to write about "The Avengers."


Full article here.

[ultraaman]

This movie was awesome for two reasons:

#1 Joss
#2 Whedon

nuff said.

[turtletrekker]

...whether or not you were the kind of hardcore fan that caught that K'un-L'un reference...

OK, I'm hardcore. Saw the movie 5 times in the theater and already again on DVD myself. But I still have to ask... What "K'un-L'un reference"?

[rigmutton]

OK, I'm hardcore. Saw the movie 5 times in the theater and already again on DVD myself. But I still have to ask... What "K'un-L'un reference"?

OMG me too; immediately stopped reading the article and scouring Google to no avail

[cbjones]

I second (third) this. Where is the K'un L'un reference in the movie? I want to tease my brother for not catching it.

[Codah]

OMG me too; immediately stopped reading the article and scouring Google to no avail

This.

10char

[Sighphi]

This guy is just a tremendous super fan creaming on the movie.
The movie was an average film that did what i needed to do to not mess up, but it still a super hero movie and it has all the problems that super hero movies have. The plan of the villains doesnt make sense, it just doesnt. It really just an excuse to have a big fight at the end.

[mischance55]

The people who are fanatical about this movie are the most delusional nut-cases I've seen. Case and point, this very article. The Avengers was a mediocre kids movie. That doesn't mean that it can't be enjoyable, but every single point the author of the article made was just flat out wrong. Look at something like this http://problemswithavengers.blogspot.com and try to still make the argument about how great and perfect this movie is.

[President Kang]

Simplest reason why Avengers was the best movie of summer 2012 is Batman didn't lie about the autopilot for no reason!

[RolandJP]

This guy is just a tremendous super fan creaming on the movie.
The movie was an average film that did what i needed to do to not mess up, but it still a super hero movie and it has all the problems that super hero movies have. The plan of the villains doesnt make sense, it just doesnt. It really just an excuse to have a big fight at the end.

And I hate the fact Nick Fury is never mentioned in reviews. It seems minority characters really are INVISIBLE to comic fans.

[40yearoldnovafan]

The people who are fanatical about this movie are the most delusional nut-cases I've seen. Case and point, this very article. The Avengers was a mediocre kids movie. That doesn't mean that it can't be enjoyable, but every single point the author of the article made was just flat out wrong. Look at something like this http://problemswithavengers.blogspot.com and try to still make the argument about how great and perfect this movie is.

Why do people always try and crap on someone else's parade? A person cannot talk about how much they enjoy anything without a bunch of killjoys piling on. Grow up and let people have their moments of fun. Oh my goodness - just bitter, angry people.

[The_Ronin]

Why do people always try and crap on someone else's parade? A person cannot talk about how much they enjoy anything without a bunch of killjoys piling on. Grow up and let people have their moments of fun. Oh my goodness - just bitter, angry people.

Well he registered to post once in a thread about the avengers to plug what I presume is his blog. I wouldn't take it very seriously.

What I do take seriously is this. K'un L'un reference? What the hell? Where?

[anthony!]

I loved Avengers, and I don't even care much at all for Joss Whedon.

The move is just FUN, and it understands that we want to see these characters interact mentally as well as physically. I want to know what Tony thinks of Banner, what his opinion of Cap is, and his take on Thor... and vice versa. Part of the joy of a movie like this is seeing the ensemble riff off each other. Hopefully by the sequel Hawkeye will be in a better position to participate in all that.

The last thing I want is for the Avengers movies to become too serious or too strained to be logical.

That said, I think the big challenge for the sequels is in the villain territory. They can't do the "alien-battle-over-a-city" again.

[kalorama]

This guy is just a tremendous super fan creaming on the movie.
The movie was an average film that did what i needed to do to not mess up, but it still a super hero movie and it has all the problems that super hero movies have. The plan of the villains doesnt make sense, it just doesnt. It really just an excuse to have a big fight at the end.

How does it "not make sense"? It's basically standard villain plot #1: storm in with overwhelming force and kill anyone who stands against you with enough bloody mayhem to make anyone who's left to scared to defy you. It's certainly not original or innovative; but it's been a proven winner many times, not just in movies but throughout actual human history. Many nations have built impressive empires using it.

[mischance55]

How does it "not make sense"? It's basically standard villain plot #1: storm in with overwhelming force and kill anyone who stands against you with enough bloody mayhem to make anyone who's left to scared to defy you. It's certainly not original or innovative; but it's been a proven winner many times, not just in movies but throughout actual human history. Many nations have built impressive empires using it.

If that was his plan, then why was his "overwhelming force" a few dozen weak alien soldiers who get knocked out with one punch, and who just fly around not shooting anybody? How was that going to be successful?