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The Avengers (Written and Directed by Joss Whedon, music by Alan Silvestri)


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While i don't would apply the word 'interesting' to SUPERMAN (it's rousing, alright, but interesting?)

It's "interesting" because it's good because it's rousing.

Fanboy!

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No I'm not trolling, but am I the only one who isn't that huge into williams superman? Also, along with that, I enjoy Zimmer/JNH's bat-scores?

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You're not alone.

While i don't would apply the word 'interesting' to SUPERMAN (it's rousing, alright, but interesting?)

It's "interesting" because it's good because it's rousing.

Fanboy!

;)

Probably. ;)

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I like Elfman's Hulk.

And Armstrong's Incredible Hulk isn't too bad either. And I like Doyle's Thor.

Doyle's Thor has cool stuff. In fact, picking composers for rescoring some films, my choice for Thor was Doyle himself again, without being restrained by Marvel.

Iron Man should sound like Poledouris.

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No I'm not trolling, but am I the only one who isn't that huge into williams superman? Also, along with that, I enjoy Zimmer/JNH's bat-scores?

you like garbage but you don't like Greatness???

zimmer on his best day while holding the hand of God couldn't compose anything as good as Superman!

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And the cool thing about Zimmer is he'd be the first person to agree.

he himself is a huge fan of the Superman score.

it seems that US Avenger filmgoers will be treated to a second mid/post credit sequence that hasn't been seen overseas.

www.darkhorizons.com linky for Jason's satisfaction.

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BTW guys, KOTCS is awesome, dont taint it with including it in thi conversation....

What he said.

Karol

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It is a worthy equal to its sister scores, and its only fault is that the movie was released 19 years after the last one, so the cut and paste job of familiar themes and renditions of the march was obligatory (more than in TOD and LC where only the march was needed - but hey remember basket chase and ark theme ), much like in the visuals they have to mimick some scenes or bring cameos. That's because people want to see that at the cinema and not be alienated (no pun intended...)

(almost?) Every sequel released more than 10 years after the last film does this musically.

And remember 'flight FROM peru' was used for a flight TO peru. So its fitting, specially since it is a map-travel scene.

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No I'm not trolling, but am I the only one who isn't that huge into williams superman? Also, along with that, I enjoy Zimmer/JNH's bat-scores?

you like garbage but you don't like Greatness???

zimmer on his best day while holding the hand of God couldn't compose anything as good as Superman!

Agree, agree and agree! William's Superman is a hair-raising classic. And Zimmer is a borderline hack.
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Saw this movie last night at midnight and absolutely loved it. Not being a huge fan of Whedon, I never though his television sensibilities could handle such a big movie with the scale it would have but I was entirely wrong. The action scenes were all very well done and whoever edited the final battle deserves an award just for keeping track of everything going on, let alone making it one of my favorite action sequences in quite some time. The humor that is typical of Whedon was well placed and never felt out of character nor did it ever feel forced. It was also nice to see cameos from a few people that Whedon's worked with in the past.

Basically, it was like the perfect summer blockbuster. Their was really only 5 action sequences, all of them well done and felt like comic book panels coming to life, but without that terrible CGI look that happened so much in Spider-Man 3. Yes its 2.5 hours, but honestly I wish that the extra half hour of scenes cut were left back in as I didn't want the movie to end. And for those seeing it in the U.S., make sure to stay to the very end. The extra scene is definitely worth it.

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The movie works (OH MY FUCKING GOD DOES IT WORK, IT WAS AWESOME... sorry) on its own terms, but it's a little like dessert without dinner... you really should have dinner first. ;-)

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I forgot about Captain America; I did see it.

I don't goddamn understand why Netflix hasn't put Thor up for streaming. Iron Man 2 is up.

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It was actually a solid fun film. It was very enjoyable and with the exceptions of some poor visual effects, I was entertained and found the film enjoyable. Of course I fear that it might soon become overrated, but it was enjoyable indeed.

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it is definately less than the sum of it's parts.

there is nothing great here. I wont say I'm disappointed because I didn't expect all that much.

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It' just another movie, in the same vein as previous Marvel movies, as it was to be expected. Tomorrow I will have forgotten about it. There's just nothing great, peculiar or unique in this movie

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Ok, I just watched Iron Man 2. It had me going until Tony Stark created "a new element" in all of three minutes using a giant laser beam to imbue a blue triangle with power.

I have seen dead fish give better performances than Scarlett Johannsen in this film. Fortunately as deadpan as her voice is, it's in an alto that I find sexy. And she's hot as hell. That saves it.

Best part was when all the drones flew by and activated the car alarms.

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I like Elfman's Hulk.

And Armstrong's Incredible Hulk isn't too bad either. And I like Doyle's Thor.

And we were fogetting this one!

[cue Gut Grenade with edits, I think that is] In its complete form, this score of the most fun things ever.

Elfman's sequel score was perfectly listenable, but doesn't hold a candle to this.

There are indeed suitable people today to write action adventure music for films in general. The thing is they don't get hired.

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No I'm not trolling, but am I the only one who isn't that huge into williams superman? Also, along with that, I enjoy Zimmer/JNH's bat-scores?

you like garbage but you don't like Greatness???

zimmer on his best day while holding the hand of God couldn't compose anything as good as Superman!

Despite the fact that I love williams, I don't really care for some of his music. (GASP!)

Sorry.

Saw this at midnight...loved it! Going back again today :D

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It' just another movie, in the same vein as previous Marvel movies, as it was to be expected. Tomorrow I will have forgotten about it. There's just nothing great, peculiar or unique in this movie

Marvel's The Avengers was far from forgettable. I'm thinking about this movie all day and I saw it yesterday. I'm still trying to think of the next time I should see it. It's definitely worth another viewing it was that good. The score (as much as I want to like it) was nothing special from Silvestri, imo. The theme was decent but forgettable, imo. The movie deserved a better score overall. It was just playing in the background not leaving much impact, imo. But I'll still pick up the Intrada cd b/c I usually like silvestri's music. And am hoping I missed something in the film regarding the music.

No offense but you sound like a hater. You seem to dislike the other Marvel films too.

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It' just another movie, in the same vein as previous Marvel movies, as it was to be expected. Tomorrow I will have forgotten about it. There's just nothing great, peculiar or unique in this movie

Marvel's The Avengers was far from forgettable. I'm thinking about this movie all day and I saw it yesterday. I'm still trying to think of the next time I should see it. It's definitely worth another viewing it was that good. The score (as much as I want to like it) was nothing special from Silvestri, imo. The theme was decent but forgettable, imo. The movie deserved a better score overall. It was just playing in the background not leaving much impact, imo. But I'll still pick up the Intrada cd b/c I usually like silvestri's music. And am hoping I missed something in the film regarding the music.

No offense but you sound like a hater. You seem to dislike the other Marvel films too.

The only Marvel movie I've really enjoyed was Ang Lee's Hulk, so you know where I'm coming from. I thought the first Iron Man was fairly enjoyable, all the movies that followed were totally pedestrian. This one feels no different. There's just such a sense of packaged product. In many ways, it's a comic book brought to life, with all the qualities and flaws that come with it. I'm actually flabbergast with the reaction this movie has been getting, it brought absolutely nothing new to the table

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It' just another movie, in the same vein as previous Marvel movies, as it was to be expected. Tomorrow I will have forgotten about it. There's just nothing great, peculiar or unique in this movie

I pretty much agree. I did enjoy it more than you though by sounds of it.

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The only Marvel movie I've really enjoyed was Ang Lee's Hulk, so you know where I'm coming from.

I quite liked this movie too, I don't know why so many people shit on it, like it's in fashion to do so. Yeah, so Hulk fighting a bunch of mutant dogs isn't exactly a great set piece, but the movie is edited very uniquely and Bana does a great job. Pretty decent story. The whole thing is certainly much better than the second attempt Incredible Hulk.

Iron Man was great, I thought, as well as X2 and Spider-man 2.

Most of them are pretty cookie-cutter, but a few stand out a little more than the others. I haven't seen The Avengers yet, maybe next week.

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Yeah, I forgot about X2, that one was quite good. Not a big fan of Rami's Spiderman films, though I must say the non action parts actually worked quite well and there was a peculiar atmosphere in those movies

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I do agree with Merkel, I found the movie very derivative. I am not a fan, or a non-fan of the director so I don't know of any Whedon-isms.

I liked Thor, I liked the Hulk, I liked them all. I even thought Scarlet Johansson was really good.

One of the MAJOR PROBLEM of the film is the many perils they put the major characters in. Does anyone think Thor, Captain America, or Iron Man are in true peril???? Not with sequels already announced. Yet the film builds part of the drama around whether the characters might meet an untimely end. Loki was fun a meglomaniac but as a truly dangerous villain he lacked something.

If I were to rank this among the comic book films this one rates nowhere near the top.

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One of the MAJOR PROBLEM of the film is the many perils they put the major characters in. Does anyone think Thor, Captain America, or Iron Man are in true peril???? Not with sequels already announced. Yet the film builds part of the drama around whether the characters might meet and untimely end.

Couldn't one say that is true of installments in the James Bond franchise? I don't know about the early movies when the series was finding its way, but haven't we reached the point where it's a gimme that Mister Bond will not die? The same idea also unfortunately robs megafranchise superhero movies of all tension.

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yes that is true but Bond can at least be injured, the Hulk cannot die, and thor is virtually invulnerable, though not Superman invulnerable. I wanted to like this movie so much more than I did. The endless hordes of whatever those things were did not impress.

The score was nothing impressive but we'd already determined that. There is nothing magical in this movie. Everything is just flat.

There are many very good moments but they do not make the film better as a whole. The editing is weak. It should have been 20, 30 minutes shorter. The set up is too long. The giant carrier is ridiculous. The bits that feel wasted are the short cameo's. I love Harry Dean Stanton and he enhances everything he does yet his scene was kind of a throw away. So many of the one liners are just that one liners, they do not flow. They are not natural. Worst of all they are not memorable. Thankfully we did not choose to waste any extra money on 3D. It is clear from the 2D version there is no reason for it. The destruction of New York was yawn, been there done that and did it better in numerous films. I don't plan on buying this on blu unless Dave wants it. I think Spiderman and the Bat look more better.

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Saw this last night. I knew it was going to be good going in, but I was honestly blown away. Several laugh-out-loud moments, tight pacing, and there's something magical and tangible that Whedon brings to the movie. It's not just his signature dialogue, but the way he corrals the actors and gives EVERYONE a chance to shine. He and Marvel Studios have raised the superhero genre to an unprecedented level... they give the audience what they want without sacrificing plot or focus.

Honestly, they should go straight for The Avengers 2. The next 3-4 Marvel Studios sequels leading into the second film almost certainly won't be as good. But Silvestri's score works gangbusters in the film, and I originally didn't care much of it. The theme isn't classic Silvestri, but it is catchy and Silvestri wisely uses it often. I'll definitely be ordering Intrada/Disney's score album in the coming weeks.

And if your theater only has the 3D show, it's worth shelling out the extra money. It feels like native 3D, with some appreciable depth to the quieter scenes and the Battle Royale finale in NYC is wonderfully rendered.

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My dad and little brother saw the film tonight. Last night I had planned on going with them today but I was not feeling well at all today. I've had an ear infection this past week...fourth one this year. Luckily I'm seeing an ears, throat and nose specialist on Monday. I'll most likely get ear tubes put in my ears, even though I haven't had those in a long time.

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Well, I REALLY enjoyed the movie tonight.

Lots of fun, great action, and the characters were nicely handled all round.

Just ordered the score based on what I heard in the movie. :)

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I've enjoyed Marvel's Movies for the most part - Daredevil's directors cut was great, I love AngHulk, I enjoy Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, X-Men 1/2/First Class are great, and the Marvel Studios movies all range from good-great.

The rest are either shit, or not worth mentioning.

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The only Marvel movie I've really enjoyed was Ang Lee's Hulk, so you know where I'm coming from. I thought the first Iron Man was fairly enjoyable, all the movies that followed were totally pedestrian.

Data has a lot of things that "rubs him the wrong way", you have a lot of things that you find to be pedestrian, I noticed...

Honestly, I am unable to find the appeal of Gia's music. It just sounds pedestrian and predictable to my untrained ears

It sounds better when the melody's resolution is played on the woodwinds, instead of the strings like in that clip. Still, good stuff. Too bad it is followed by the Fellowship theme, and theme I find utterly pedestrian

Seven Years in Tibet

The score is a masterwork. The movie is very pedestrian.

1492 is totally pedestrian, the artistry of the director behind the camera is invisible, like the director had absolutely nothing to say, no passion whatsoever.

It sounds totally pedestrian indeed.

Saw it tonight, and I thought it was a very enjoyable movie with an inspired cast, making the most out of rather pedestrian plot.

The movie is so pedestrian I can imagine myself playing Carmageddon with it

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