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One of a few movies I could watch again and again and I was never really interested in the characters or impressed by the previous, non-Iron Man movies. Everyone said Downey would steal it, but I really think it balanced well.
That Hulk-Thor scene is solidly planted in my memory and that's saying a lot with my memory.
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I saw the movie again the other day--free at the college where I teach! It still holds up well, with all the humor in the right places.
I agree, the movie is balanced and each of the leads holds his or her own with Downey. Hemsworth is growing on me as Thor; initially, I thought he was too weak looking and the accent forced.
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From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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It doesn't look like the video being released on the 25th will have the 'director's cut' extras cut from the movie, since the run time is listed as 143 minutes, same as the 'cut' version that was shown on-screen.
I really, really want to see the director's cut stuff, which (rumors suggest) includes a bit more on Captain America adjusting to the modern day, including a previous meeting with the waitress at the end who speaks up for him, and a reunion with Peggy Carter (from the Captain America movie), who, most likely, is in no condition to remember him...
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We got the Blu-Ray/DVD combo and the extra Captain America bits are on the Blu-Ray as part of the deleted scenes. There's some poignant moments there. Almost as good: more Bruce Banner/Harry Dean Stanton interaction.
Overall I was a little underwhelmed at the extras. There's a director's commentary I haven't listened to yet but I'd have liked a bit more behind-the-scenes stuff. To be honest the extras on the Blu-Ray are more on par with what you'd have gotten on a decent DVD a few years back.
From: Douglasville, GA | Registered: Jul 2003
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Okay, I got the movie for sam and we watched it together.
gotta say, on second viewing, the movies seems a lot...clunkier. A lot of the dialog was great, but then there were some real...well, shitty is the best word, spots. And unfortunately, a lot of it was the Cap stuff. Look, I don't make it bones about trying to translate a 1940's character into the ought/eens being difficult, but some things just didn't fit.
Example 1-- "Son, just don't!" or something like that. Cap, Hawk and Widow were taking a Quinjet and there's some maintanence/pilot guy on the ship. He's gonna object to them taking it and Evans as Cap says the previous. It might work in the comics, where the reader puts it into more...."heroic" context. But in the movie, the Guy seems a might...lightweight to be saying that, especially the 'son...' part. Just sayin.
Example 2- Cap makes the heroic pose while telling cops where to place officers and assist the random innocent civilians. Then, when they doubt him, he proceeds to beat up a few badguys and they jump to. Yes, I know, Cap is the "ulitmate" leader in the MU comics proper. But the same problem as above is here, as well as Evans just seems to light and slight to pull off cap in this movie.
Other things, like "puny god" were hifrickin'larious. But there were definitely some clunky parts.
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