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Warning: *May contain spoilers*
Even before being acquired by Disney, long gone were the days in which Marvel Comics ventured into ultra-low budget animation. I’m still a DC fan at heart, but I recognize that Marvel learned from that zero-budget embarrassments and learned to aim big, while DC Comics forget entirely how to compete and now relies completely in what Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale may have done with Batman.
The X-Men and Spider-Man raised the bar in what to be expected from superhero movies: better settings and production values than the rest of movies. The Dark Night made things a little bit even, but now The Avengers have raised the bar again. DC can’t surpass its most recognizable characters: No Wonder Woman, Flash or Green Arrow movies, a Green Lantern huge fiasco while Marvel set the template for the already most successful movie of this year: Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man franchises were well established before the ensemble-cast film was shot.
Not that the moviegoer needs to watch the previous movies or read the entire comics catalog to figure out what happens in the movie: in two hours, the director and writer Joss Whedon finds the way to make the audience feel were comfortable with the cast, enjoy lots of action sequences and fights, and even have a glimpse into the psychology of heroes and villains. A terrific job, indeed, because there’s no way to get bored with this movie.
Captain America can be sometimes painful to watch as he is portrayed like a simpleton, but still he is the one that directs the Avengers in the battlefield. Tony Stark once in a while becomes annoying but most of the time is a terrific comedian making Iron Man a John McClane with armor. Scartlett Johansson as the Black Widow is very convincing, showing a very lethal and fearsome character. Hawkeye avoids the destiny that Aquaman and Green Arrow normally suffer at the expense of bad scripts, being casted both as villain and hero in the film. The current Bruce Banner/Hulk is one of the best choices of the movie. His fights with the dignified Thor are remarkable.
As for Nick Fury, he shows how he handles the team mostly with mind games, the same way he handles his superior. It becomes evident in the movie, that power brings mistrust and in that group there is a lot of power. Fury never attempts diplomacy, like a Charles Xavier, but tries to outsmart everybody.
Something DC should try for their own good.
Even before being acquired by Disney, long gone were the days in which Marvel Comics ventured into ultra-low budget animation. I’m still a DC fan at heart, but I recognize that Marvel learned from that zero-budget embarrassments and learned to aim big, while DC Comics forget entirely how to compete and now relies completely in what Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale may have done with Batman.
The X-Men and Spider-Man raised the bar in what to be expected from superhero movies: better settings and production values than the rest of movies. The Dark Night made things a little bit even, but now The Avengers have raised the bar again. DC can’t surpass its most recognizable characters: No Wonder Woman, Flash or Green Arrow movies, a Green Lantern huge fiasco while Marvel set the template for the already most successful movie of this year: Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man franchises were well established before the ensemble-cast film was shot.
Not that the moviegoer needs to watch the previous movies or read the entire comics catalog to figure out what happens in the movie: in two hours, the director and writer Joss Whedon finds the way to make the audience feel were comfortable with the cast, enjoy lots of action sequences and fights, and even have a glimpse into the psychology of heroes and villains. A terrific job, indeed, because there’s no way to get bored with this movie.
Captain America can be sometimes painful to watch as he is portrayed like a simpleton, but still he is the one that directs the Avengers in the battlefield. Tony Stark once in a while becomes annoying but most of the time is a terrific comedian making Iron Man a John McClane with armor. Scartlett Johansson as the Black Widow is very convincing, showing a very lethal and fearsome character. Hawkeye avoids the destiny that Aquaman and Green Arrow normally suffer at the expense of bad scripts, being casted both as villain and hero in the film. The current Bruce Banner/Hulk is one of the best choices of the movie. His fights with the dignified Thor are remarkable.
As for Nick Fury, he shows how he handles the team mostly with mind games, the same way he handles his superior. It becomes evident in the movie, that power brings mistrust and in that group there is a lot of power. Fury never attempts diplomacy, like a Charles Xavier, but tries to outsmart everybody.
Something DC should try for their own good.
