Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Dagobert: I'm still not sure if I'm going to see the movies, but since the critics aren't bad, I might watch it.<< If you love a good "Summer-popcorn" flick ... you'll enjoy yourself. Plenty of special effects. >> I'm not a big superhero movie fan, except for Nolan's Batman and X-Men, and I haven't seen either Thor nor Captain America, Iron Man 2 or one of the Hulk movies. I've only seen the first Iron Man movie. Is it possible to see the movie without knowing the films mentioned above? << It would have helped. But I think it will be alright. But "Thor"!! That one would have helped to explain the central plot of this Avengers film. Trying not to throw any spoilers out here: Go to the wikipedia page for the movie Thor .. and read up what happens in the film regarding Thor's BROTHER! One thing I want to say ... (staying away from spoilers) ..... I kept expecting LOTS of BIG battles .. good vs. evil. Right from the very beginning! But what I should have expected from minute 1: Is the DEVELOPING RELATIONS between the multiple super heroes. I wish I knew that from the start. After watching so many Good vs. Evil films for over 2 decades ... with these giant battles, you just sort of expect everyone to already be buddy-pals with no explanation .. and jump into battle against all the bad guys. ....... It's not a spoiler to expect the FIRST Avengers film .. to be about HOW THEY ALL COME TOGETHER for the first time.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I'm not surprised. Joss Whedon does good action, but he's really all about the characters. The man knows how to develop interesting relationships on screen.
Originally Posted By dagobert Thanks oc_dean! We have already decided to watch it, but we want to see it in the OV, so we have to wait until next week when it's shown in English. I've already read all the infos on Captain America, Iron Man and Thor on Wikipedia.
Originally Posted By xrayvision Avengers was such a fun movie! I loved it. I expect that it will do well in the U.S.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper New favorite movie. Pitch perfect characterization for every character in the film, great action, comedy, and heart. That's the biggest thing I took away from this. The heart, the caring, and the teamwork showed in the movie. Completely and utterly blown away. This is one not to be missed.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Great, waiting a week to see this for my son's birthday just got harder ;-).
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 18.7 million for midnights. <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/avengers-now-260-5m-overseas-could-reach-585m-worldwide-through-sunday-with-u-s-canada-russia-china-openings/" target="_blank">http://www.deadline.com/2012/0...penings/</a>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Great midnight gross considering the kiddies are still in school. The weekend gross will be huge.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Yep it could break the opening weekend record of 169 million by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA So if The Avengers becomes a giant mega-hit, then a theme park invasion certainly makes sense. Where do they belong in the Disney Theme Parks?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Tomorrowland is such a hodge podge these days that Stark Expo in the old carousel building really does suck the least for a Marvel presence in the Disney parks. And it *could* actually be sort of cool if done like the Howard Stark presentation in Ironman 2 which was reminescent of WED presenting EPCOT.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper As much as it would kill people, a 3rd gate at Disneyland dedicated to Marvel would be my choice. DHS/WDSP would also be good choices, but with Universal having the rights to the characters in Florida DHS is out of the question. I wouldn't be surprised to see Shanghai get them as well.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<So if The Avengers becomes a giant mega-hit, then a theme park invasion certainly makes sense.>> I think you wanted to so say: So now that Avengers is a giant mega-hit, then a theme park invasion certainly makes sense.
Originally Posted By xrayvision "DHS/WDSP would also be good choices, but with Universal having the rights to the characters in Florida DHS is out of the question." It may be out of the question at WDW. But, Disney did get away with placing the Avengers on a WDW monorail, with much fanfare including on Orlando's local news outlets (TV and print). The local news outlets were almost touting new The Avengers monorail wrap like it was a new attraction. So, since they got away with the monorail, and got some good advertising and PR out of it, why stop there?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^Because the wrap doesn't violate the contract with Universal. An attraction would.
Originally Posted By xrayvision Maybe they can an area or attraction called "Marvel Studios" at DHS (just like they have Pixar Place).
Originally Posted By xrayvision Hopie, we were entering posts 56 and 57 at the same time. Disregard my post 57...although a Marvel Studios area/attraction would be cool.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper I agree it would be cool. I just don't think it's going to happen for a long time.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 And people said 4 billion was too much for Disney to pay... I say from merchandising, movie sales etc... they'll probably profit a cool 750 million to 1 billion from 1 movie alone...
