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Originally Posted by Locke

It's genuinely a good movie if you're able to ignore Whedon knows nothing about the language of film, that the film had poor pacing, a lack of clear direction, flat characters and lack of any convincing arcs or that the film had no real villain and instead climaxed as soon as the Avengers sorted out their hierarchy but then included a tacked on, bloated and artificial action sequence (which included the closest thing to a focused villain being taken down in a gag) that if done by Michael Bay would currently be the target on the proverbial dartboard of the internet everywhere.

How did Avengers have poor pacing, a lack of clear direction or flat characters? The movie seemed rather well paced and had a diverse collection of characters that all were all given proper screen time and allowed to grow as well as had personalities that everyone enjoyed. I don't understand "no real villain" either. Loki was clearly the villain of the movie, considering he was the antagonist for the entire movie and the entire movie revolved around and was pushed along by his plans. Sure, it was a downward spiral for him once the Avengers assembled, but the main plot of the movie was about the Avengers assembling together, so I don't see how that was a bad thing. I also don't understand what an "artificial action sequence" is. The movie was leading up to the invasion, the invasion happened, the Avengers reacted in their own unique way in order to save the world and they saved the world each using their own unique skills. I don't see what was artificial about it? Should the invasion the movie has been leading up to not have happened? Should we have gone through the movie without seeing the super heroes do super hero things?

Maybe you don't like the movie, fine, although I personally think that's crazy because its the best comic book movie ever since X2, but having an opinion is fine, it's just I don't your reasons backed up by the movie proper. Also, the movie had excellent critical reception, I don't see why that has anything to do with nerds "accepting it" or whatever. It's just because it was a legitimately well done, fun movie all around with excellent characters and great action.

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Originally Posted by MnemonicSyntax

He'd draw in a crowd because he's hilarious.

Oh, wow. I didn't know people who actually thought that current Sandler was even slightly funny actually existed. What was your opinion on such trash like "Chuck and Larry"? He's unfunny at best, offensive at worst.

Anyway, on the actual topic, I will be really sad if this movie flops, but in the end it's not surprising. Here in Australia I have not see a single TV ad for the film, my knowledge of its existence was just by seeing someone mention the first trailer on a forum. Not to mention here in Australia on opening night and every night afterwards we only have 2 sessions in 3D and 2 in 2D, which to me, is very disappointing.
It was a great film and I want to see it do well so badly, but they really slacked on the marketing for it.