I forgot to mention that I did see the Avengers movie last Saturday, and I will admit that I did like it. That is to say that I did enjoy it. It was a fun movie. I know I was thinking it would suck, as the movie people usually drop the ball when it comes to making movies about comic book superheroes.
But not this time. The Avengers can rank up there with Christopher Nolan's Batman Franchise as a very well-made superhero movie. It does capture the essence of the Avengers, and unlike the X-men movies, it remained true to the characters and basic storyline.
Would I have changed anything? Well, yeah. Nick Fury, for instance, was not a black man. If they wanted a black hero in there, which obviously they did, and I have no objection to that, btw, they should have just created another character who was black, that's all. Not take an already established white character and change his race. That reeked of "tokenism."
But it didn't ruin the movie. Not for me. It was still real good. And Samuel Jackson did portray the part well. I've always liked him as an actor, so, whatever.
And there was one more thing I would have changed. Ever since the Hulk TV show, the hulk has never been allowed to speak any lines. In the comics, he actually talked, and had a personality. The TV show only had him growl and roar. Same thing with the two Hulk movies. He only growls and roars, like nothing more than a wild animal. But he wasn't an animal. He really had a charming personality, and the movies (and TV show) have robbed him of that. It's such a shame they have reduced the great Hulk character to little more than a mindless rampaging monster. (Qualifier: In The Avengers, the Hulk did speak one line. It consisted of two words. So my point is valid, thank you.)
But anyway, it was a good movie. Worth seeing. Maybe worth seeing twice.
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