Thor 2 should have been subtitled "Thor and Loki re awesome together, and Frigga kicks ass."
I own Iron Man 2, and I fast forward through the birthday party. I love the particle accelerator parts. "We're back in hardware mode!"
Okay, um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm angry, and I'm armed, so if you two have something that you need to work out --
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Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2014 9:22:27 am PDT #27528 of 30000
brillig
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2014 9:23:35 am PDT #27529 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I loved Iron Man 3 and The Incredible Hulk isn't bad, just mediocre in comparison to all the others.
He was suitably angry and threatening for me.
Me too.
§ ita § - Aug 03, 2014 9:28:50 am PDT #27530 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thor 2 should have been subtitled "Thor and Loki re awesome together, and Frigga kicks ass."
"And everything that can go wrong does"
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 03, 2014 9:35:13 am PDT #27531 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I did not see Hobbitts 2: Electric Boogaloo, so maybe my assessment would be different, but I just don't see him as a bad guy...much less a super-world-killing monster.
I thought he did a good job as Thranduil, bringing some depth to his character's expectations of Legolas, grudge against the dwarves, etc. He can do a good cold antagonist that's hiding seething anger under a noble facade. Thuggish bruiser, not so much.
I think there was a similar error of approach for Michael Rooker's character. He did a great backwoods psycho on The Walking Dead, but playing Yondu as Redneck Smurf felt really out of place.
amyth - Aug 03, 2014 11:28:29 am PDT #27532 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
My top three:
Cap 2, Cap 1, GOTG
Worst:
IM2
But I haven't seen The Hulk.
Calli - Aug 03, 2014 2:04:25 pm PDT #27533 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'd rate the top Marvelverse as:
1. Avengers 2. Iron Man 3 3. Guardians of the Galaxy
With an honorable mention: 4. Captain America
Last: Incredible Hulk
Steph L. - Aug 03, 2014 2:13:59 pm PDT #27534 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm inclined to rank Iron Man 1 pretty highly, because I think as an origin story, it totally nails it. I also have a soft spot for Thor 1, because it's so straightforward and structured really well. (And it surprised me with how much I liked it, having gone into it knowing nothing about Thor.)
I think Iron Man 2 and Thor 2 disappointed me so much because their predecessors were so good. And since Iron Man 2 and Thor 2 were so disappointing, I was braced for Cap 2 to be a letdown, but DAMN, was that killer.
Avengers is probably easily my #1. Though I haven't seen GotG yet.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2014 2:40:57 pm PDT #27535 of 30000
brillig
I think I'd put Cap 2 very near the top because it builds so well on Cap 1 and the Avengers and the others. The past is significant, and the state of the world advances.
beekaytee - Aug 03, 2014 4:15:37 pm PDT #27536 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
playing Yondu as Redneck Smurf felt really out of place
Heh.
DebetEsse - Aug 03, 2014 6:25:07 pm PDT #27537 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Just got back from GotG. Both I and the guy sitting next to me reacted at the give a shit line because it was so obviously metaphorical and that never got called out by Mr Literal.