Avengers.

[Pappy13]

I watched over the weekend and it was pretty good. I still like the first Iron Man the best of any of the Marvel comic movies though and it's really not close after that.

[Dave Gray]

How I rank the Marvel films:
1) Avengers
2) Iron Man
3) Captain America: The First Avenger
4) The Incredible Hulk
5) Thor
6) Iron Man 2

[Pappy13]

^^The Avengers storyline is just way too weak to put it that high. The first 30 mins of Iron Man you wouldn't even know it was a Marvel comics movie if you didn't know it was. You really get inside Tony Starks character. None of the other movies have anything even remotely close to a great storyline like that. Captain America is probably the next best after that.

The action in Avengers is probably better than most of the others and I would put it above Captain America in that regard, so I guess a little depends on why you go see these movies. If you just like to see Marvel comic book characters, they are all pretty good, but for something more the first Iron Man was way better.

I'd rank them this way:

Iron Man 1
Avengers
Iron Man 2
Captain America
Thor
Hulk

I'm just not a Hulk guy.

[Dave Gray]

I don't disagree that the story of the Avengers is all that compelling.  But I really get behind the character interaction.  I think that the way that all of the characters are framed and how they play off each other is the real strength of the film.  It isn't a film that's driven by story, I would argue.

I understand that some feel that Hulk is the weakest of the films, but I like it more than most.  I felt Iron Man 2 to be aimless in the 2nd half and resort to silly plot points (like creating an element based off of a world's fair exhibit).  I found the villain of Whiplash to have really poor motivation, as well.

[Pappy13]

^^True but I just love the interaction between Stark, Rhodey and Pepper Potts. Throw in Black Widow and you got a lot of great character interaction going on there. I even liked the weasily Justin Hammer character and the minor character that Gary Shandling plays to perfection Senator Stern, so overall there were some great characters there.

[bsmooth]

The Avengers is not about character development though. The individual movies are to lay the groundwork for each hero, and Avengers is about them overcoming their own egos/demons to work together.
As such it was better than I had hoped. I hope that they redo Hulk with Ruffalo as he nailed Bruce Banner and the anguish he suffers.

[Sunstroke]

*** Bumpty-Bump ***

I "finally" saw The Avengers today...waited until it came out on Netflix.

Greatest.comic.book.movie.EVE R!!

One of the few movies I have ever seen that wildly exceeded my expectations. Joss Whedon has always been an idol for me...and he definitely created a masterpiece with this film.

Holy shit... I need to watch it again.

[CF DolFan]

^^^^ That's the reason I haven't seen the last Iron Man. It seems silly to me to go backwards at this point.

[bsfins]

It's free on Amazon Prime right now also...I think I have a movie to watch tonight...Thanks for the bumpty-bump Stroke...

[Sunstroke]

Have to admit, I watched The Avengers again...this time after watching Captain America and Thor before it. Basically, the Tesseract saga.  A little over 6 hours of complete and total fucking awesomeness.

No disrespect to the Iron Man character, which, oddly enough, was my favorite comic book series as a kid, but I'd have to rate the three movies I just watched as my favorite Marvel films. Avenger, then Captain America, then Thor.

[mecadonzilla]

I really enjoyed the Thor movie also.  Can't wait for the sequel in the fall.

The Avengers is just awesome all the way around.  Just watched it again this weekend, and was still blown away.

[TonyB0D]

So I haven't seen Captain America or Thor yet, but I've seen Ironman 1 & 2 and the Avengers.  Which one do I need to watch first in order to get the most storyline continuity?

[Brian Fein]

Thor, for sure.  It has more info about the plot line for Avengers.  Captain America was not as integral to the story, but the villain in the Avengers is continued from Thor.

[Dave Gray]

The Avengers combines elements from each of the films before it:

Iron Man - Both Stark Tower and SHIELD are integral to the story, both examined in IM1 and IM2.  Black Widow is introduced.
Hulk - Hulk is the catalyst for conflict.
Thor - The villain, Loki, is the puppet-master in the Avengers.  Hawkeye is introduced here.
Captain America - The technology that gives Loki power is a little cube that comes from CA.

[bsfins]

Sad I went to go Watch the Avengers on Amazon prime,and went...Shit I saw this before...I couldn't have thought it was great,if I don't remember if I saw it or not. 

I do remember liking Captain America,better than the Iron man series...Thor was...kinda boring for me..

Most special effect movies are,I see them like watching homework..."Ohhh I love how they lit that!" ,"Where is that light coming from to cast that shadow?","I love they way that's textured","That was rendered in Vray.." Etc,etc...So the story has to be REALLY interesting to keep my mind in the movie,superhero movies can't be that interesting,they aren't going to kill them in most movies.Good usually beats the bad guy...