just below i pretty much said the same shit you did with way fewer words. hi-five


>1. The Thor water-of-spirits stuff. Clearly there were scenes
>cut here, because this led absolutely nowhere and ended up not
>even being an efficient set-up to Thor 3. It just... existed.
>Didn't take away from the whole, but compared to what everyone
>else saw, it had less than zero impact.
>
not all the way true. it's what cause him to jump on the life-casket thingy that's making Vision. But I feel you. It felt forced in.

>2. Aaron Taylor-Johnson still sucks.

Say it two times

Even though the twins
>weren't really given a ton to work with, Scarlet Witch at
>least feels like flesh and blood (though she is given more to
>do, since, y'know, they care more about her going forward).
>Quicksilver is a non-entity, especially compared to how
>Quicksilver was absolutely the highlight of DOFP-- though
>Quicksilver is probably still better here, since they, y'know,
>USE him for the whole film instead of just for one cool scene
>and then bench him on the sideline. Then again, that's to
>Whedon's credit, not to ATJ's credit. He brings basically
>nothing to a relatively thankless role.
>
agreed. But your hate of DOFP must stop here Longo!

>3. I liked the execution, mostly due to the witty banter, but
>on a conceptual level, I do not like that they made Black
>Widow fawn over Banner like some lovestruck school girl. Not
>only does it feel terribly out of character for her, it causes
>Banner to do something that feels out of character from what
>he'd done for the film and two thirds preceding: right as
>thousands of civilians were in danger, he wanted to run away
>with her. It still worked for me in execution, because both
>actors are strong... but conceptually, I really hate that the
>female character has to fawn over a guy. (Similarly, the scene
>in which Scarlet Witch is suddenly a coward and Hawkeye has to
>give her some male motivation to actually be brave also rubs
>me the wrong way conceptually.)
>
get our my head man, word.

>4. We're reeeeeeeeeally starting to verge on too crowded here.
>Like, Quicksilver was one character too many, and they really
>only pulled him off because they made his character a
>one-trick pony with very little character development. To
>Whedon's credit, the movie really fucking rocks because he
>knows *how* to balance so much shit (woe be DC for having
>SNYDER of all people to balance the dozens of characters
>they're going to try to throw into the mix all of a sudden--
>at least Whedon had the benefit of several films of character
>development on his side before he had to start his juggling
>act). The movie still works exceptionally well... but I don't
>know if anyone would dispute that it's starting to feel...
>stuffed.

again, agreed.

>- Veronica, even if it's only tied into the plot by the
>thinnest of threads, because who really the fuck cares

she eye candy yo

>- the giant-sized fuck you to Man of Steel, which must have
>been intentional, by dedicating so much time of the action to
>making sure all of the civilians get to safety
>
here we disagree, 'cause again DC ain't trying to do what Marvel is