DKR is supposedly set in the US. I assume it was filmed in the US. It's based on properties that are owned by US companies, and produced / distributed by Warner Bros. How is DKR an "English film?"I think we should get the english films first. E.g. Prometheus, Dark Knight Rises and Skyfall.
You know, it's directed by an Englishman, starring an Englishman, written by an Englishman, co-starring an Englishman, the villain is played by an Englishman a hell of a lot of it is shot in the UK...
The money might be American but the talent is English.
Edit: and two thirds of the producers are English.
I take issue with that author credit. I'm particularly pleased to hear that David S. Goyer co-developed the story. I always felt that BB was much better than TDK (contradicting general opinion)...and TDK would have been much better if Goyer worked on the story as he did in BB. Goyer was raised in Michigan.
With Nolan as the only story writer for TDK, the story was a jumbled mess and the movie went on way too long.
Anyway, you could pick a bunch of high-level Englishmen on most Hollywood movies.
I take issue with that author credit. I'm particularly pleased to hear that David S. Goyer co-developed the story. I always felt that BB was much better than TDK (contradicting general opinion)...and TDK would have been much better if Goyer worked on the story as he did in BB. Goyer was raised in Michigan.
With Nolan as the only story writer for TDK, the story was a jumbled mess and the movie went on way too long.
Anyway, you could pick a bunch of high-level Englishmen on most Hollywood movies.
Since Goyer's name was featured in the trailer for DKR, I think he had more input than he did on TDK. In the commentary for BB, it's obvious that Goyer and Nolan collaborated closely and Goyer's input had a much greater influence. I get the impression that, in TDK, Nolan just went crazy w/ the story and didn't collaborate very much.
The one interesting thing about Avengers so far is that they have like 3 movie lead players in this movie. Iron Man, Thor, and Capt. America looks like the actors already were in their own feature films.
The others? Am I missing something?
There should definitely be more. the box office outside of the states already covered the production costs and them some. After next weekend the promotion costs might be covered as well.
This movie was bad.
I want my $23 ticket refunded.
This movie was bad.
I want my $23 ticket refunded.
it will be awhile...they are doing sequels to Iron Man, Thor and Captain America which starting filming this year...
I forget where it was but somebody had a write up about how the individual movies were suffering in order to establish The Avengers.
First, did that come with a BJ or something? Otherwise you got ripped off.
Second, if you didn't like it I can't imagine you should have bothered in the first place. It was everything a fan of the recent Marvel movies would want. What did you expect?
I feel this exact same way, IM1 and this were the two best of all of theseI rarely see movies in theater/care about comic book movies, but I was as pleasantly surprised by the Avengers as I was when I saw the first Iron Man.
Awesome flick - loved how they used the hulk.
It was £14 including tax. No popcorn or anything, just the ticket.
I did like the recent Marvel movies. I guess I didn't like the Iron Man movies, but I really did like Thor. I felt that individually these stories are great because you go in depth, but trying to mush a bunch of characters together in 2 hours is not good.
That was my worry at first, but I thought they balanced it out well. Since the characters were already established they didn't have to waste time introducing anything. Ah well... different strokes
That's my point. There was no story or background or fleshing out people.
It was entirely these guys just shooting shit for 2 hours. There was literally zero development of the characters and zero additional information given from the comics. Maybe some people enjoy that, but I don't.
I thought Banner and Stark had some decent development; the stuff with Black Widow and Hawkeye failed miserably though. However most of the character development was done in the earlier films; this story was about the group and their development, going from a bunch of in-fighting egomaniacs to a cohesive unit. Worked for me.
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That's my point. There was no story or background or fleshing out people.
It was entirely these guys just shooting shit for 2 hours. There was literally zero development of the characters and zero additional information given from the comics. Maybe some people enjoy that, but I don't.
That's my point. There was no story or background or fleshing out people.
It was entirely these guys just shooting shit for 2 hours. There was literally zero development of the characters and zero additional information given from the comics. Maybe some people enjoy that, but I don't.
I believe it. Iron Man 1 was great. Iron Man 2 wasn't so much. Capt America was lacking, and the latest Hulk movie was "meh" as well (I just think the Hulk is a stupid character all together so my view is biased). Haven't seen the Thor movie because I didn't hear good things.
I believe it. Iron Man 1 was great. Iron Man 2 wasn't so much. Capt America was lacking, and the latest Hulk movie was "meh" as well (I just think the Hulk is a stupid character all together so my view is biased). Haven't seen the Thor movie because I didn't hear good things. The Avengers was awesome, and I want to see it again already. So, I know they're capable of making good movies with these characters... they just rushed the origin stories. Which is a bummer because the origin stories are usually my favorite