![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sister_luckNot quite coherent enough for a full review, but here is my reaction with a few comments thrown in.
For The Avengers I popped my 3D cherry - I don't think it gets shown in 2D here - and I must say I wasn't quite prepared for the effect at the beginning. You get used to it and there are some scenes where it adds to the viewing experience. As a whole I'd say that it remains a gimmick, but one that can be quite stunning.
Yay, reading on screen "A Joss Whedon film".
I was happy about the one-liners and enjoyed Loki being evil. I was surprised that Stuttgart has got such a pretty opera house (I know it was filmed elsewhere, but the building looks authentic, I checked). Still I think that Bayreuth would have been a much better venue what with Norse gods hanging around. Why didn't they choose that? Too obvious or do people get it confused with Beirut?
I appreciated spy Black Widow and it made me have "secret agent dreams" in which I had to smuggle stuff in and out of buildings and so on. Very inspiring. Also: I might ship Black Widow and Hawkeye.
One line has become a family saying: "I'm always angry". It fits Bruce Banner and it fits someone else I know as well. He wants the t-shirt.
The plot was really rather predictable, but I don't think that surprising twists are what you want from a superhero film. Also, with one plot element it's important that the audience is ahead of the characters as it shows off their flaws nicely.
There's character stuff. No one is boring. Not even Captain America. Well, yes, he's a little one-note, but that's the point.
Read a German review that wondered whether Americans had forgotten about 9/11 regarding a certain plot sequence. Nope, they haven't. Neither have the people who made this film. I think there is some analysis to be had there - I might think a little more about that.
Managed to enjoy the action sequences, too. Which I don't always do in this type of films.
Adding two more things:
Foot fetishism alert!
Now that's what I call a Hellmouth!
As a whole: Popcorn movie at its best.
For The Avengers I popped my 3D cherry - I don't think it gets shown in 2D here - and I must say I wasn't quite prepared for the effect at the beginning. You get used to it and there are some scenes where it adds to the viewing experience. As a whole I'd say that it remains a gimmick, but one that can be quite stunning.
Yay, reading on screen "A Joss Whedon film".
I was happy about the one-liners and enjoyed Loki being evil. I was surprised that Stuttgart has got such a pretty opera house (I know it was filmed elsewhere, but the building looks authentic, I checked). Still I think that Bayreuth would have been a much better venue what with Norse gods hanging around. Why didn't they choose that? Too obvious or do people get it confused with Beirut?
I appreciated spy Black Widow and it made me have "secret agent dreams" in which I had to smuggle stuff in and out of buildings and so on. Very inspiring. Also: I might ship Black Widow and Hawkeye.
One line has become a family saying: "I'm always angry". It fits Bruce Banner and it fits someone else I know as well. He wants the t-shirt.
The plot was really rather predictable, but I don't think that surprising twists are what you want from a superhero film. Also, with one plot element it's important that the audience is ahead of the characters as it shows off their flaws nicely.
There's character stuff. No one is boring. Not even Captain America. Well, yes, he's a little one-note, but that's the point.
Read a German review that wondered whether Americans had forgotten about 9/11 regarding a certain plot sequence. Nope, they haven't. Neither have the people who made this film. I think there is some analysis to be had there - I might think a little more about that.
Managed to enjoy the action sequences, too. Which I don't always do in this type of films.
Adding two more things:
Foot fetishism alert!
Now that's what I call a Hellmouth!
As a whole: Popcorn movie at its best.
