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I know I'm supposed to be cautious about this; after all it's sort of like angry group sex with a stack of dudes, but there's almost a patois to the trailer that makes me wonder if it's all going to turn out alright.
The Avengers as an idea is retarded. It's a blend of mythology and origin stories that really don't have a place in the same universe. What gives me hope is the special sauce of Whedon and Downey Jr. If ever there was a perfect writey guy-speakey guy combination, that's got to be it. If there's some reasonable themes underpinning the action then I think this could be a pleasant surprise.
Or we the collective audience are going to wind up with really sore bums.
I've only seen two of her Japanese fights on youtube, and she just demolishes her opponents through size. It would be good to see her fighting someone of a similar size and weight.
Part biography, part schmultz; I loved this as a love story about film. I could have happily skipped the child-friendly aspects and watched a 2 hour dramatisation of Georges Méliès' life, but I don't think that film would have been made as well as this was.
I came away from this with the thought that if I had children, it would be nice if they liked this film. These imaginary children would then watch old pictures with me, and learn where the stories came from.
