I watched The Avengers last night, mostly out of boredom. While Iron Man (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008) were fucking awesome movies (The Incredible Hulk in particular was just top shelf). Captain America, Iron Man 2, and Thor all kind of sucked and I don't know much about Hawkeye or Black Widow so I wasn't expecting much. Perhaps if I was a fan/more familiar with The Avengers I'd be more involved in the movie but I ain't so I wasn't*.
The first half bordered on nap time. There was a dust-up between egomaniacal Thor and Iron Man, which was cool. I'm not sure if the whole Loki thing is the way the Avengers assembled for the first time in the comic but damn if I don't give a shit about Loki.
The second half was pretty awesome and the action was genuinely satisfying.
I'm not sure why people were pissing their underoos about The Avengers. At least it was better than Thor.
*I didn't grow up with comics besides stuff like Sgt. Rock and The 'Nam and horror comics. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of "superheroes" (Batman and the Punisher are okay in my book) and missed out on a lot of comic book nostalgia that probably fuels fandom for dickbags like Thor or Superman.
The first half bordered on nap time. There was a dust-up between egomaniacal Thor and Iron Man, which was cool. I'm not sure if the whole Loki thing is the way the Avengers assembled for the first time in the comic but damn if I don't give a shit about Loki.
The second half was pretty awesome and the action was genuinely satisfying.
I'm not sure why people were pissing their underoos about The Avengers. At least it was better than Thor.
*I didn't grow up with comics besides stuff like Sgt. Rock and The 'Nam and horror comics. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of "superheroes" (Batman and the Punisher are okay in my book) and missed out on a lot of comic book nostalgia that probably fuels fandom for dickbags like Thor or Superman.
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