The Avengers held its premiere in Los Angeles last night, and movie bloggers were in attendance. Full reviews are embargoed (although probably not for long), but tweeting was A-OK, and so a flood of tweets were unleashed. Besides, who wants to read a full review when you can get the opinion in 140 characters or less!
Hit the jump to read the positive things movie bloggers had to say about the movie. The rest of us will get to see The Avengers on May 4th.
Absolutely loved THE AVENGERS. Was smiling from beginning to end. If you’re a Marvel fan you’re going to lose your shit in the theater.
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) April 12, 2012
Also, the two things that made #THEAVENGERS amazing: the Hulk and the humor. Joss Whedon gets a 10 out of 10 on both of those.
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) April 12, 2012
Just saw #Avengers!Holy crap!!!#HULKSMASH!!!!
— JennaBusch (@JennaBusch) April 12, 2012
THE AVENGERS. Finally, a Marvel film with a rousing finish. I’ll deal with the first two acts in my review.
— Jeremy Smith (@mrbeaks) April 12, 2012
And that third act is more than enough to make THE AVENGERS the best Marvel movie yet.
— Jeremy Smith (@mrbeaks) April 12, 2012
I’d tweet about The Avengers but my body is still recovering from non-stop geeking out. So, so, so much fun (for the most part).
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) April 12, 2012
Literally still getting goosebumps writing about The Avengers. So many chill scenes. Problems for sure but they’re overshadowed by the good.
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) April 12, 2012
@GermainLussier Agree the more that I think about it. I have a lot of nitpicks in the first half. But second half is pretty solid.
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) April 12, 2012
The Avengers is pretty epic. There is probably more action in this film’s climax than all the other Marvel movie combines!
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) April 12, 2012
Avengers was big, messy, fun. More importantly there’s now nothing but Hawkeye fanfic swimming around in my head. #mmmrenner
— jen yamato (@jenyamato) April 12, 2012
I just can’t stop thinking about the Hulk…. Bruce Banner and I could totally get married, right? & Make cool Hulk babies? HULK. I LOVE YOU
— All Things Fangirl (@loquaciousmuse) April 12, 2012
Does it break embargo to say the Avengers is ScarJo’s best/close to best work? Like legit town USA, Joss knows how to direct women. I <3 Nat
— All Things Fangirl (@loquaciousmuse) April 12, 2012
Seriously, if comic book movies are your thing, you will be fully satisfied by the concoction Joss Whedob has fixed for you with #AVENGERS.
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) April 12, 2012
That’ll do, Joss, that’ll do.
— Devin Faraci (@devincf) April 12, 2012
AVENGERS is good enough to make me forgive IRON MAN 2.
— Devin Faraci (@devincf) April 12, 2012
I mean, IRON MAN 2 still sucks, but I’m less mad about it.
— Devin Faraci (@devincf) April 12, 2012
GAHHHHH!!!! Avengers was delightful kick-assery with whipped fun on top!!! Well done Joss et al! twitpic.com/98rbj7
— Chris Hardwick (@nerdist) April 12, 2012
Also, here’s what Edgar Wright, Seth Green, and Damon Lindelof had to say about the flick:
‘The Avengers’ is a big tub of popcorn heaven. A huge grin on my face throughout and much applause from the crowd too. Well done Mr. Whedon.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) April 12, 2012
So that was AMAZING. Like, double plus awesome. Thank you Joss Whedon for giving us all the #Avengers movie we deserve. #OnlyYou
— Seth Green (@SethGreen) April 12, 2012
The Hulk we have been waiting for has at last arrived. #AvengersFuckYeah
— Damon Lindelof (@DamonLindelof) April 12, 2012
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So, not only is the movie awesome, but The Hulk is specifically awesome as well? All my other friends bitched about Mark Ruffalo as opposed to Ed Norton (personally, I could care less) getting cast for Hulk. This is beginning to get interesting. Between this and TDKR, if 2012 is in fact the year the world will end, I’m sure I’ll die a happy man
Very encouraging. Can’t wait!
I’m even more excited to see it now. Can’t wait!
Yeah now I’m even more curious to see what Ruffalo does with the Hulk, especially since he’s the first to actually provide mo-cap for it. I loved Bana in Ang Lee’s Hulk (I loved that movie in general), and Norton did a decent job in the other one (a decent movie overall), but this just ramped up my anticipation for the Avengers exponentially. Can’t wait!
Did you know that Ang Lee actually did the motion capture for the Hulk in his version? Fascinating, but true!
Very good news indeed. For someone like myself who is and has always been a huge fan of the Hulk hopefully this will result in another crack at the Jade Giant on the big screen as a solo act. Hell let Joss do it since he obviously gets the character.
Wonder if there will be fanboys still wailing over Norton’s departure after they watch this.
Seriously, one of the most annoying things was seeing criticizing the actor (Ruffalo) who, OH NOES!, had “stolen” the role from Norton (a well known control freak — his brawl with Marvel executives wasn’t over money, people, his publicists were flat out lying).
Hmm…I’m kind of worried. It seems like everyone is liking it for what it is, a fun action movie. It’s not amazing on a Dark Knight level. Know what I mean?
No, I don’t know what you mean. It doesn’t have to be anything like The Dark Knight at all. The Dark Knight is completely different kind of comic book movie. The Marvel films are awesome popcorn style fun, where as The Dark Knight is a much more serious take on the comic books in general. There’s no reason The Avengers would have to be like that way. And the general thought seems to be the movie is pretty damn good and fun. That’s exactly how it should be. It doesn’t have to be like The Dark Knight to be good. It seems it’s completely amazing in a different way.
After years of build up, all those characters in ONE movie, I’d expect a little more than “yeah, it was fun.”
EXACTLY.
People saying its the best marvel movie and has to most action are really just admitting how lackluster previous movies were.
And yet for some reason everyone thinks Iron Man was as good as Batman Begins. Iron Monger better than Raz al Ghul and Scarecrow?No way!
I don’t know how Marvel manages to fool people each time by saying every new movie is their best.
Everyone’s satisfied with Avengers being a fun popcorn movie, well then the same people shouldn’t be criticizing Transformers or John Carter.
Yeah, that’s what I meant.
EXACTLY.
People saying its the best marvel movie and has the most action are really just admitting how lackluster previous movies were.
I don’t know how Marvel manages to fool people each time by saying every new movie is their best.
Everyone’s satisfied with Avengers being a fun popcorn movie, well then the same people shouldn’t be criticizing Transformers, John Carter, or Wrath of the Titans.
Seriously? You’re grouping this with Transformers and the like? Those movies are absolutely mindless, lacking any character development whatsoever and with terrible attempts at comedy. The only purpose they server is to put cgi action sequences on the big screen. I have faith that Joss made something far superior to those movies.
I am excited
so funny how people have completely different standards when it comes to marvel movies
Wow! Hand-picked positive quotes for a media-only screening! Sure sounds like unbiased, unmotivated commentary to me!!
Seriously, this is the media-machine we live in, and I doubt we’ll get any real reactions until the general public starts to trickle in. I wish, wish, WISH that Collider wouldn’t play this silly game as I know they are better than this, but them’s the rules.
btw: having your “Frosty” editor rave about anything is about as difficult as having a puppy ‘rave’ about a chewtoy. It’s expected at this point for access.
I agree. I generally like Frosty and his interview stuff but dude LOVES everything.
Fantastic early applause.
Hope it holds up.
On the note of the better Hulk…its Ruffalo…& that’s just on sight unseen.
The guy’s got chops & he looks the “Banner/Bill Bixby” part.
Cant wait.
LOL Who is the amazon next to Seth Green? Wait a minute…WTF is Seth Green doing there????
That’s his wife Clare Grant…but yeah, HOLY CRAP at the two of them next to each other lmao. The sex has to be so much fun for him
Seth Green appeared in Whedon’s Buffy series and is a friend, so of course he is there.
So what I’m getting from all this is that the movie is big,loud,dumb and fun……..eh I guess that’s alright, but I kinda have Battleship to fill that void. Was expecting The Avengers to deliver much more considering the insane amount of build up for these characters and the hype.
all you ppl complaining n making comparisons to the dark knight just shut up already if you are an avengers fan then im pretty sure you will love it! regardless of anybodys opinion n i wanna kno who actually complain about the transformers that franchise was awsome! n plz dont even try to compare john carter n wrath of the titans the avengers is on another level! and as for the dark knight we get it it was awsome but very different comics from marvels so just shut up n learn how to accept it n appreciate it!
Can’t believe there’s a random picture of Soundgarden and Chris Cornell at the premiere!
Most of these positive comments are less than what I was hoping for, which was a ton of “BEST MOVIE EVER!” ‘s
Soundgarden has a new song on the soundtrack.
Tom is so beautiful!! So psyched for this movie, my bro is gonna have the best B-Day of his life!! >:D
Sure, this will probably make alot of money, but it probably be so-so…
I love how the 3 actors from Thor in the group photo are like a foot taller than everybody else, haha.
of course people pick the good tweets lmao
Why is it that Joss could’t afford to wear a properly cut suit, properly tied necktie and proper shoes? He looks a little ridiculous. He might as well just have worn a t-shirt with his jeans.
Oh btw, where is the obligatory Kardashian slut pic?
Can’t wait to see the Justice League movie. lmao. that will never happen. Green Lantern sucked major std alien cock. All you batman fan boys bring it dwn a notch. Its Avengers time to shine!
WAH!! April 25 is A day for us here!
Can’t effing wait for this one!XD
I was at the premier last night and was absolutely thrilled at what an amazing film this was. Finally… someone managed to let the HULK really cut loose. The dialogue was a little heavy handed during the second act. But The final act AND the closing “bonus” scene made this whole movie completely satisfying. What a blast!
Wait a minute… was that picture of Richard Grieco on the red carpet or were my eyes deceiving me?????
It is Richard Grieco. Sadly, he is one of the few people I recognized (aside from the Avengers cast).
Just the premiere pics for this film look awesome.. Really hope this gives Whedon the clout to pursue whatever project he wants in Hollywood from now on. Can’t wait to see it!