Avengers: Endgame

[Otomofan]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Or it could simply be the actors themselves no longer want to play the role. Downey himself said that there's a limit to how long he thinks he should play the character due to his age. Evans also talked about wanting to do other projects after.

Money could be a factor but I doubt that was the only or even the main factor.

And I was bummed as hell to see them both go.

But it was different from watching what they did to Luke and Han.

This WAS Tony's movie. They didn't bring him in as a cameo just do die. He completed his arc...he reconciled with his father, he finally got over his ego and discovered true love, he had a wonderful little girl....and through it all, he remained a selfless hero that saved the universe. To paraphrase Frank Miller's Batman, "This is a good death."

I''m saddened, but not upset.

What they did to Han was just plain repulsive in my opinion. Bring him back to impale him on a lightsaber by his OWN son and then have his dying/lifeless body tossed into a bottomless abyss that will be blown up 5 minutes later. Talk about over kill.

Killing Black Widow really felt like a necessary part of the story, the way it was written. Killing Tony did not, but they went ahead with it and I'll get over it.

But what they did to Han and Luke in SW will forever be unforgivable to me. And I hope in 20 years people are still talking about IW/EG and that the SW experiment will just be remembered as a sad failed footnote in cinematic greed.

 

[Khev]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

I'm glad that Cap helped Spidey out in the final battle so that their one and only interaction wasn't fighting against each other at the airport.

 

[Khev]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Oh man JAWS please don’t read that lol

Here you go JAWS, first deleted scene released. It's Banner celebrating their victory with a glass of wine:

Spoiler

 

[Viking Spawn]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Spoilers tags are now off? Not sure but...

I just wish the Hulk had at least got a few raging shots in before Thanos was defeated. I agree with a lot of you on here had said, its like he got weaker as the movies progressed over time. Growing up in the 70's and 80's, I used to read TIH comics and watched the TV series and always loved the character. I'm saddened he didn't receive more respect than what he did with perhaps the biggest movie in anyone's lifetime.

EG did have some redeeming qualities...

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I felt IM's death was fitting. RDJ was the savior of the franchise and his character died a TRUE hero!

CA also had a satisfying and fitting conclusion. I was happy he finally got to unit with his true love.

I also loved that Thanos KO'ed CM! Sorry to the folks that like her, but her character is like a bag of stale chips. You can try to eat them all you want because you're hungry but in the end, they still taste like $h!t!

I also found Thanos' comment to the SW funny... "Lady I don't even know who you are!" LOL!

Again, overall I like the film. I just like IW better. I will be seeing it again probably next weekend with my teenage daughter.

As for the box office records.... Congrats to Disney and Marvel studios!

Too bad Stan wasn't still here to see this milestone as well.

 

[Khev]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Boy Marvel sure didn't let the toys spoil this movie did they. Lego sets with Thor, BW, and Hawkeye in a Quinjet fighting Chitauri. Cap on a motorcycle battling Thanos' Outriders. What...? lol

 

[generalszabo]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

I'm glad that Cap helped Spidey out in the final battle so that their one and only interaction wasn't fighting against each other at the airport.

That's a good point, the way they handled the interplay between a wide variety of characters over the years was really good, even if it's only a brief 'I am Steve Rogers' to groot or bucky picking up rocket and then both firing their guns etc etc

 

[Star-Crunch]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

A top review from RT that hits the nail on the head lol

“Endgame consists almost entirely of the downtime scenes that were always secretly everyone's favorite parts of these movies anyway.”

 

[Ropen]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Boy Marvel sure didn't let the toys spoil this movie did they. Lego sets with Thor, BW, and Hawkeye in a Quinjet fighting Chitauri. Cap on a motorcycle battling Thanos' Outriders. What...? lol

Im freaking pissed, all those hopes for seeing house protocol on screen again were duped, makes it seem like it was cut all together, dude all the lego sets were innacurate


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[JAWS]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Cap had the shield and the magical hammer. Most of Thanos hits landed on the shield. Thor is stronger than Hulk. And Iron Man was just sneaky. It's not like he beat up Thanos. But Ii agree that Hulk should have gotten angry, which would have made him heal quickly, and then he should have been able to fight Thanos briefly. Drax also never got to land a big blow on Thanos, and his whole "arc" was avenging his family.

Nah that's not an Excuse for Hulk to suck as bad as he did.. Easiest victory for Thanos…

Thanos from IW remains undefeated. The Avengers never beat THAT Thanos. They beat a different Thanos from a different reality/timeline/whatever you call it. So don't sell your HT doll just because there's a new one.

You know one of the things non Hulk related that does not sit well with me it that the final fight with Thanos is not the Thanos from IW.. Its pre IW Thanos.. It loses a bit of Drama.. Red Letter Media said the same thing..

Wish they would have had a different story where Thanos sent all the stones to different parts of the Galaxy and Avengers had to deal with it from there and end up in one last confrontation with Thanos from IW.

Hulk's final transformation was turning into a hipster.

Here you go JAWS, first deleted scene released. It's Banner celebrating their victory with a glass of wine:

Spoiler

When you get right down to it.. The Hulk is not in IW.

Its Banner..

Hulk has his own personality.

If I go by the comics, Prof Hulk is just one more of Bruce's multiple personalities..

There is no sign of the real Hulk in this movie. Hulk is Hulk not professor Hulk

But Hulk is not in IW... Maybe I can enjoy the film now


Russo's just had no interest in the Hulk character.. They like Banner but not Hulk... Its a shame really.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Is Thanos the most hated villain in movie history...at least as far big mainstream movies, not films like Schindler's List of course? The reason I say that is because in my theater, people were cheering every time Thanos was overwhelmed by the heroes, they gasped whenever Thanos had the upper hand, whether it was during the fights or when he was learning about his future. And most importantly, people clapped, cheered, and a few people shouted things like, "Good! Bye bye! and Good riddance!" when Thanos turned to ashes. There was no sympathy from the audience at all. I don't think I've ever seen a villain get that kind of reaction from an audience in a theater. The Joker in TDK didn't. Darth Vader in RO didn't. The closest thing I can think of was the villain from No Country for Old Men, but that's not a big popcorn movie.

 

[rushmore223]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

It's like a communal thing, wonder what the actual number of tickets sold was?

Not too often (other than holidays) that such a huge number of people are all doing the same thing over the course of a weekend.

$1.2+ billion in ticket sales, that's insane.

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[rushmore223]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

He's joined the ranks of all time greatest villains

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[The Buffinator]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Is Thanos the most hated villain in movie history...at least as far big mainstream movies, not films like Schindler's List of course? The reason I say that is because in my theater, people were cheering every time Thanos was overwhelmed by the heroes, they gasped whenever Thanos had the upper hand, whether it was during the fights or when he was learning about his future. And most importantly, people clapped, cheered, and a few people shouted things like, "Good! Bye bye! and Good riddance!" when Thanos turned to ashes. There was no sympathy from the audience at all. I don't think I've ever seen a villain get that kind of reaction from an audience in a theater. The Joker in TDK didn't. Darth Vader in RO didn't. The closest thing I can think of was the villain from No Country for Old Men, but that's not a big popcorn movie.

It's been like 40 years but I seem to recall a lot of cheering in the first Halloween movie when Donald Pleasance's character shot Michael Myers and he fell off the balcony. Not so much when his body wasn't on the ground when they looked down.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

It's been like 40 years but I seem to recall a lot of cheering in the first Halloween movie when Donald Pleasance's character shot Michael Myers and he fell off the balcony. Not so much when his body wasn't on the ground when they looked down.

I could see that.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

 

[The Buffinator]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

I could see that.

Another one that dawned on me is the shark in Jaws. Not a human villain, but his demise elicited plenty of cheers too.

 

[Viking Spawn]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

Is Thanos the most hated villain in movie history...at least as far big mainstream movies, not films like Schindler's List of course? The reason I say that is because in my theater, people were cheering every time Thanos was overwhelmed by the heroes, they gasped whenever Thanos had the upper hand, whether it was during the fights or when he was learning about his future. And most importantly, people clapped, cheered, and a few people shouted things like, "Good! Bye bye! and Good riddance!" when Thanos turned to ashes. There was no sympathy from the audience at all. I don't think I've ever seen a villain get that kind of reaction from an audience in a theater. The Joker in TDK didn't. Darth Vader in RO didn't. The closest thing I can think of was the villain from No Country for Old Men, but that's not a big popcorn movie.

You may be right. However, I don't agree with the masses. I actually like Thanos despite all of his misguided philosophies. You really got to know him during IW and realize he is a villain with a purpose, no matter if his methods were twisted or not.

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I actually felt a bit of sympathy when in the end, in his defeat, he simply faded to dust.....

Damn, now I want that new HT Thanos figure even MORE!

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

You may be right. However, I don't agree with the masses. I actually like Thanos despite all of his misguided philosophies. You really got to know him during IW and realize he is a villain with a purpose, no matter if his methods were twisted or not.

Spoiler

I actually felt a bit of sympathy when in the end, in his defeat, he simply faded to dust.....

Damn, now I want that new HT Thanos figure even MORE!

I like Thanos. I was cheering for him every time he hit Capt Marvel.

 

[Khev]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

He's joined the ranks of all time greatest villains

He really has.

Vader.
Gruber.
Thanos.

 

[The Buffinator]

Re: Avengers: Endgame (April 26th, 2019)

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I actually felt a bit of sympathy when in the end, in his defeat, he simply faded to dust.....

Did you really? I was like,

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So long scrotum chin - karma's a ******!