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The Avengers (2012) *spoilers from post 1181*

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    #782
    titan18
    Registered Users Posts: 11,933 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    Saw that Mahon Point are charging a euro extra for 3D - without the glasses. Imax excluded, if done with the format anyway.

    Ya,it's not worth it, I ended up paying €5 to go in as it was a screening in conjunction with a society in college. I'd be more pissed if I paid a lot to go to a 3D screening.


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    #783
    cursai
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    titan18 wrote: »
    Not for me, we had Promotheus and Spiderman reboot

    Thanks going at half five at an imc. Maybe they have it. Prometheus is not a bad trade though......................i feel like a child again.


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    #784
    titan18
    Registered Users Posts: 11,933 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    waterglass305 wrote: »
    I hadn't expected much from Marvel and to be honest, based on a lot of their previous films. I was not optimistic.
    But I was pleasently surprised, while having cheesy clique moments, the film rocked!
    The acting was good (I can't fault Samuel L. Jackson) and the speacal effects were very good.
    Delighted to have gone even though the crowd I was with in the cinema kept clapping and laughing at jokes.

    [/SPOILER]

    Gate in Cork at 10.30 screening? Can understand the laughter even if they went on a bit too long, but the cheering and clapping was stupid


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    #785
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,486 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    I thought the clapping during the advance screening was great. I'm not a 'cinema clapper' myself but it gave the place a good atomosphere, it shows you are surrounded by fans instead of random knacks on their phones.


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    #786
    Rabies
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    not on my viewing


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    #787
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    going to see it in ISENSE tonight. I have been waiting so long to see it and today i am not feeling it. Maybe thats good, i will come out loving it. Will see.


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    #788
    Otacon
    Registered Users Posts: 6,721 ✭✭✭Otacon


    sheehy83 wrote: »
    I thought the clapping during the advance screening was great. I'm not a 'cinema clapper' myself but it gave the place a good atomosphere, it shows you are surrounded by fans instead of random knacks on their phones.

    I've no problem with enthusiasm, but if you want to clap, do it at the start and/or finish.

    Otherwise you end up missing dialogue and such.


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    #789
    Liam O
    Registered Users Posts: 19,075 ✭✭✭✭Liam O


    so, the overrun? Anyone have any ideas?


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    #790
    Knifey Spoony
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    I was at the screening in the Gate as well and I thought the clapping stuff was great. Really added to the atmosphere of the film.

    Thought the film was fun, a nice balance of action and humour, but I was a little lost at the start as I haven't seen Thor, but it was some film when it did get going for me. Was really glad that it didn't turn out the mess that I thought it would given the amount of heros that would be in it.

    Anyone want to fill me in on the scene after the credits
    or is it something that might spoil Thor for me?


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    #791
    Zero-Cool
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    Knifey Spoony wrote: »

    Anyone want to fill me in on the scene after the credits or is it something that might spoil Thor for me?

    After credits spoiler!

    Google
    Thanos

    I just want to know what the extra scene is where they filmed it after the film was finished. It wasn't shown at the advanced screening.


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    #792
    Liam O
    Registered Users Posts: 19,075 ✭✭✭✭Liam O


    Knifey Spoony wrote: »
    I was at the screening in the Gate as well and I thought the clapping stuff was great. Really added to the atmosphere of the film.

    Thought the film was fun, a nice balance of action and humour, but I was a little lost at the start as I haven't seen Thor, but it was some film when it did get going for me. Was really glad that it didn't turn out the mess that I thought it would given the amount of heros that would be in it.

    Anyone want to fill me in on the scene after the credits or is it something that might spoil Thor for me?
    Thor was pretty much ruined by the Avengers no? By far the best of the pre-movies was Thor imo. Captain America wasn't great, didnt really buy into the Iron Mans the way everyone else did. Thor was so much better than expected.


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    #793
    Handsome Bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    Can't believe I'm saying this but I thought it was only okay. Maybe all the positive reviews so far have blown my expectations sky high, but I thought that the film suffered from pacing issues. Of the scarce negative reviews I've read, one critic said that the film is a mess until the last 40 minutes and I would actually agree with that.

    The pace is so frenetic and not in a good way, this in turn has a knock on effect on key scenes such as
    Coulson dying. I just didn't feel the emotional punch that this scene should of had and this, in my opinion, is down to poor build up to the moment.

    I also didn't think much of the character interaction bar the work between RDJ and Ruffalo, the latter actually stealing the show for me both as Banner and his monstrous counterpart. But even Hulk is effected by the poor pacing, he randomly goes from
    being an uncontrollable monster in one scene to taking orders in another scene, from not being able to distinguish between good and bad in one scene to saving the good guys in another scene. There's no pay off between these scenes to show us Banner learning how to control the monster

    All in all, an entertaining 2 hours but no more than a 3/5 IMO. Disappointing as I was so excited to see this film.

    EDIT Oh and
    the 3D really pissed me off in regards to the space scenes, could make fcuk all out.


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    #794
    Bullseye1
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    4 hours to go.


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    #795
    titan18
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    Knifey Spoony wrote: »
    I was at the screening in the Gate as well and I thought the clapping stuff was great. Really added to the atmosphere of the film.

    Thought the film was fun, a nice balance of action and humour, but I was a little lost at the start as I haven't seen Thor, but it was some film when it did get going for me. Was really glad that it didn't turn out the mess that I thought it would given the amount of heros that would be in it.

    Anyone want to fill me in on the scene after the credits
    or is it something that might spoil Thor for me?

    Had to google it afterwards, the combination of the darkness with the 3D and the lights being turned on meant I couldn't see who it was at all inside there


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    #796
    thebostoncrab
    Registered Users Posts: 3,491 ✭✭✭thebostoncrab


    Cannot wait, tickets are booked for tomorrow night in Isence!

    Quick question, I know Cineworld are giving out the special 3D glasses, is Oddon doing the same? If not I may have to see this a second time :D


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    #797
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    Pretty good film. I agree with an earlier poster saying about the pacing issues, it seemed a bit off in places. Also a lot of the interaction between characters seemed very forced, like it was done just to have one Avenger talk to another, like one would just step in from out of scene, this happened a few times.
    The fixing the engine bit was a waste of time I thought, it was like "lets repair the engine that was blown to in incineration"

    Enjoyed it though, the final scene (well 30 minutes) is relentless. Thor had the best line in it I thought
    "You wan't me to put the hammer down!
    Like the post credits scene too, Thanos should be a great Avengers 2 villain


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    #798
    krudler
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    heading to this in an hour, excitedface!


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    #799
    Ape X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 460 ✭✭Ape X


    Going in the morning....

    One more sleep.

    Only one more sleep.


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    #800
    waterglass305
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭waterglass305


    titan18 wrote: »
    Gate in Cork at 10.30 screening? Can understand the laughter even if they went on a bit too long, but the cheering and clapping was stupid

    Yes I was there. I was taken aback by the clapping/laughing at every single reference to the the Marvel universe or some of the one liners by Iron man. Some of it was funny, but it earned no more than a chuckle IMO.
    But I did like the atmosphere a lot, kinda made up for the early morning screening :P


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    #801
    Thanos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,389 ✭✭✭Thanos


    sheehy83 wrote: »
    After credits spoiler!

    Google
    Thanos

    Hello :>


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    #802
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    just back from this, one word .AWESOME


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    #803
    what the hell!
    Registered Users Posts: 822 ✭✭✭what the hell!


    Just back from it it's so good! Really really excellent!
    Loki getting his ass kicked by Hulk was hilarious!


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    #804
    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    what the hell! wrote: »
    Just back from it it's so good! Really really excellent!
    Loki getting his ass kicked by Hulk was hilarious!

    It was actually one of those moments where I didn't mind someone else spilling their coca cola on me. (Perhaps, that had something to do with me not noticing it straight away, but I like to think it was the hilarity of the moment. :))


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    #805
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    The one problem with this movie is that its going to really dilute the further solo adventures of all the characters


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    #806
    mrsoundie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭mrsoundie


    Going with my son, tomorrow. Talk about up for it.

    Saw the chat about the earlier films and asked him to rank them,

    1. Iron Man 2
    2. Captain America
    3. Iron Man
    4. Thor
    5. The Incredible Hulk

    Re-watched the trailers and in his words "I feel awesome about the Avengers"

    I will post his verdict tomorrow after the movie.:cool:


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    #807
    shadowcomplex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,097 ✭✭✭shadowcomplex


    How would Thanos compare to Thor and the Hulk, power wise?


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    #808
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Thinking of going to see this tomorrow. Don't know whether to go for the 3D or not. My mother is coming with me, and she's never seen a 3D movie (not sure she's missing out on much, really). Is the 3D worth it?


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    #809
    Tindie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭Tindie


    This movie getting some good reviews but I not fan of the new Hulk at all, I can not stand it, I was Huge HUGE fan the old Hulk! When I was kid! (That the reason I won't be seeing this!)

    (I loved it and I still do) Mum Told me later on in life, that I cried when died in last movie lol
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhXPdHsWaA&feature=relmfu



    I still a bit MAD at Hulk 2003 as soon as I found out what did to the Hulk, I was gutted!


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    #810
    FortuneChip
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    shadowcomplex wrote: »
    The one problem with this movie is that its going to really dilute the further solo adventures of all the characters

    Very valid! No individual threat can match up, and if it did, it would seem illogical for the hero to battle it alone

    Great movie, really enjoyable. A lot more humour than I would have expected which really was great. Hulk works so much better as a part of a group rather than individual. Not usually that much of a fan, but I'd say my favourite scenes involved Banner or Hulk. The one spoilered early in particular, was actually brilliant

    They could have doubled Tom Hiddleston's screen time and I wouldn't have bored of him. They turned a good villain in Thor into a Great Villain.

    I'm a big Renner fan, but I thought Hawkeye was probably one of the weaker characters, hope they don't give him his own movie because I can't imagine them fleshing out his character enough. Plus, no threat a "skilled human" could handle would hold up against what the other Avengers have tackled either together or in this movie


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    #811
    titan18
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    Ya, I don't think Hawkeye should get his own film. However, I think a SHIELD pre-Avengers could be good, show more of Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury and Coulson.


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