Okay, if you’ve been on the internet at all today, you know that the first trailer for The Avengers is tearing thing up.
(Although, oddly, when I tweeted about it without linking to it, several people wrote back “Uh, link?”)
So that’s what this blog post is for. If you haven’t seen the trailer for The Avengers yet, here it is:
INITIAL REACTIONS
Immediately I was impressed that there was an adversarial tone between the individual members of the team. “I don’t play well with others,” Tony Stark quips. “Big man in a suit of armor – take that away and what are you?” Captain America sneers. Oh, and is that Thor taking a flying leap, about to smash Captain America’s shield?
This is all very much in keeping with the comics. The “friendly misunderstandings” that lead to heroes battling each other before banding together to fight the common enemy. Total “Who Would Win in a Fight” geek bad-assery on display here.
Clearly Joss Wheadon is giving Tony Stark all the best lines – at least in the trailer. I hope this is the case throughout the movie. One of the biggest advantages to the Iron Man films was Robert Downey Jr’s motormouth style. With a script by Wheadon, you’ve got the best of both worlds when it comes to words and delivery.
What I really like is how close to the vest they’re keeping Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk. Barely any screen time or dialogue for either of them in this trailer. Everyone else we’ve seen in action in other movies. But these two are the last unknown variables. Expect Marvel to continue to keep fans on a string regarding those two.
What’s you reaction to the trailer? Personally, I think it was perfectly executed and it gives me high hopes for May 2012. Why don’t you leave your comments below. C’mon. You know you wanna…
I’m eagerly anticipating the movie. I love Wheadon’s work, and the crop of Marvel movies that have come out in the last few years (Emo Thor my least favorite, but still enjoyable). This trailer looks decent, but the music turned me off. It felt like a 1996 action film or something. I would have rather had the film’s score or something with less lyrics maybe.
I’m looking forward to seeing how Wheadon can toss that melting pot together dialog-wise in only under 2 hours of play time.. It’s going to have to not give much of any backstory, it’s going to hurt new watchers of the franchise in understanding; can’t wait to see how it gets pulled off.
I don’t think there’s going to be that much to juggle. The lead-up to The Avengers has assumed a focus on The Big Three – Cap, Iron Man and Thor.
That said, I can’t imagine Wheadon giving a bunch of dialogue to Thor. He’s the muscle – central to the plot largely because Loki is the villain and not because he has much of anything interesting to say.
I agree that the music didn’t work too well. However I’ve been excited about this movie, and still am. Still a little bummed about the lack of Ant-Man and Wasp, but oh well. Something to look forward to later.
I got that 1996 action movie vibe, too. But damn if chills didn’t go up my spine when the music scaled up and the title card appeared.
Maybe a little cliche use of the music, but effective.
Maybe I don’t read the text on this site enough (go comics!), but is there a reason everyone is spelling “Whedon” “Wheadon”? Some inside joke?
Nope! Just crappy copy editing on my part!
You’re soaking in it!