phoneeko

Excellent cinematography, if maybe a bit too much on the "euro" style (instead of the over saturated colors we see lately). Story is good, but it tries too hard to present you with shocks and twists that can either be seen a mile away or are not significant enough to bring anything interesting to the movie as a whole. Tom cruise is solid as usual, and the rest of the cast supports him accordingly, althou talents like Morgan Freeman and Nicolas Koster Waldau are largely underwritten and underused. Sadly the script sometimes seems borrowed, and as a result the movie reminds you of so many other science fiction movies that it looses its own identity to an otherwise decent reimagining of a "post- disaster" future earth. I did enjoy the movie, it is by no means a waste of your time and/or money, it only leaves that idea in your mind that by tweaking it a little more, or maybe even by shortening it and pacing it a little bit faster, a much stronger movie could have emerged. Anyhow, i'm hoping to see Joseph Kocinsky's next directorial effort as soon as possible (TR30N?), I'm becoming a fan pretty fast.

BB / TDK not withstanding, (to me those 2 are drama/action/thrillers that happen to include a guy with a costume)"The Avengers" is the best super hero movie ever. ...or in other words: This is the best superhero movie ever. And that's because it is the best superhero movie EVER. Script:9, DP:9, Sets:9, Directing:10, Acting:8, Editing:10, FX:10, Score:9, Sound Design:8, Fun:1000. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. There are so many levels of ass-kicking in this movie i cannot begin to describe them. I think i barely blinked for the first act of the movie, stopped breathing altogether during the second act only to have my eyeballs drop and my ears explode for the third act, which made me go AAAAWWWW EEEEHHH OOHHHHH UUUUU and loads of AHAHHAAAHHHAA. At one point i was actually using my t-shirt to wipe teardrops off my face i was laughing so hard. I actually cannot remember the last time i had so much fun at the movies. If you are a comics / superhero or even just a general movie fan, this one is a must-see. Joss Weadon just made himself the uber-god of geek Olympus. Now somebody please give him a billion dollars and let him work his magic on the next 2 installments.

Pretty Bad i'm afraid. Disappointing to say the least. Writing is shallow, 100% clichés, and repetitive, acting is mostly sub-par with few exceptions. Lighting is totally unrealistic, photography in general attempts a "Euro" style but fails. CGI is like a low budget version of BSG. Action sequences are poorly written and badly choreographed. To make it worse the cheap music is omnipresent, empty and terribly annoying. All you want to do is look for a Fast Forward button hoping to find something interesting to watch. It all sums "up" to bad direction and production in general. Yep. It is pretty bad indeed. Maybe, just maybe it can manage to pick itself up in the coming episodes... but at the moment... chances look slim.