Continuing our journey with Marvel universe, and we are still enjoying the ride. On Patreon we already started phase 3 and this weekend we are going to watch "Doctor Strange". Very happy to edit these movies for youtube, next one will be "Iron Man 3", we hope you guys enjoy watching with us. We appreciate you guys, for all your support, so don't forget to hit that subscribe button, it really motivates us to keep up the content. And of course if you are interested in the full reaction, you can find us here : www.patreon.com/takeaticket (You can find the latest uploads of the shows we are watching and much more) Much love Rob and Trin
There are 6 original Avengers; Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (the Big Three), Hulk, Hawkeye, and Black Widow. Others as you know are added. This movie represent many firsts and unprecedented acheivements. No studio has ever crossed franchises like this, taking 4 years to set it up with absolute intent. The MCU is unique. Be careful of spoilers . . . . some people are loose-lipped and too dumb to realize they are spoiling. It is gratifying to see self-described DC fans loving these stories and this adventure so much! Thank you for crossing over and giving Marvel their shot!
Interesting fact Agent Coulson is an original character introduced in the MCU and later added to the comics, video games, and animated series like in a episode of Iron Man: Armored Adventures, a recurring character in Ultimate Spider-Man voiced by the actor, and in the first ep. of the Anime series Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers.
I always thought Nat was so scared of the Hulk because of how powerless she is to him. Her strengths are her ability to manipulate and fight if it becomes necessary. Neither of those would work on Hulk and she knows it. He's truly an unknowable and unstoppable force and that terrifies her.
Banner is also the classic type she’s always dominated, the scientist, the nerd, she manipulates them or terrifies them. Suddenly bang, an ultra nerd she can’t touch cause he’ll rampage. For a trained controller like her, he is like her antithesis.
I've kind of thought about it like she understands monsters, because she feels she is one. So, she can usually quickly assess their threat level and determine ways of fighting or fleeing from them. With the Hulk though, she knows that if he comes out, there's simply nothing she can do. In the shows, she does nearly impossible things all the time. With the Hulk though, she knows she's flat out not going to stand a chance.
"...and when he shouted at her, her eyes watered." To be fair, if the Hulk shouted at me from 10 feet away there'd be water coming out of more than just my eyes...
It's easy now to forget what a risk this movie was. Putting together this caliber of ensemble and separate character stories. It was not done before and changed the cinema landscape. This movie was epic and will forever be one of my top 3 movies of all time. So glad you both are experiencing these movies.
Yeah, I remember that pretty much everyone thought this cannot work with so many heroes and will just flop... especially with TDKR coming a few months later, everyone surely had no need for this and was just gonna watch Batman later that year. And then The Avengers ends up blowing everyone away and ending up as the (at the time) 3rd highest grossing movie of all time just behind Avatar and Titanic. 😮
Bruce’s story is so sad, he truly hates who he is. So much he tried to end it and he couldn’t. So he thought he could try and do one good thing by helping ppl, and then shield drags him into all of this.
One of the reasons I loved this movie is what you said... EVERYONE HAD A MOMENT TO BE AWESOME! Loki had his moments of awesome! Each of the six Avengers had moments of awesome! Nick Fury and Phil Coulson had their moments to be awesome and even Agent Hill got her time to be awesome! And what I LOVE about the whole MCU is the complexity of the characters and their interactions. For example - the relationship between Barton and Romanov is such an incredible bond of trust and friendship and I love every moment with them in the films.
"EVERYONE HAD A MOMENT TO BE AWESOME!" - is exactly how Stan Lee as Chief Editor demanded Marvel comics to be written. All Heroes shined yet could show vulnerability. Villains were truly dangerous and a challenge to overcome.
Fun Comic Book Fact: When Thanos is told that courting the humans would be to court death, and Thanos smiles, in the comics Death is a being and Thanos is in love with Death. He would do anything for her. LOL not the case here, but the smirk he gave after that line at the end credit, made me think of it.
I'm so glad you guys are enjoying these. I forgot the pure joy the first time watching this, but you reminded me. Also the great thing that you'll experience watching these movies as you progress through is not just the emotional journey the characters take from movie to movie, but also the progression of their fighting skills as a team. You commented on some of the great dual fighting moments, like Iron Man shooting his lasers off of Cap's shield. Throughout the movies you see them get more and more talented with each others fighting skills and using them more and more creatively. Which is exactly what you would expect with a team that has fought side by side for years. It's very cool to watch.
There were tons of hints, Easter eggs, and fan services in this one. I'm glad you liked it not every MCU moive pays off as good as this did. Buckle up, the party is just getting started.
Bit of trivia. The whole shawarma bit was an after thought. During editing, Joss Whedon didn't like the ending when Stark wakes up and originally simply says, "What's next?" So Whedon wrote and filmed several other lines including, "Tell me nobody kissed me," and the shawarma lines. When he decided to include the shawarma line he also decided to add the final post credit scene which was filmed after principle filming was complete. 27:20 Chris Evans has his fist obscuring his face because he had grown a mustache and beard for the movie _Snowpiercer_ and couldn't shave it off for the re-shoot.
The shawarma line from stark was improv! They went and filmed that post-credit scene much later, so much that Chris Evans had a beard for another role and he had to hide his face!
I knew that Coulson's death was going to have an impact on both of you. Not as strong, but an impact. I hope that one day you will take a look at the Agents of Shield series, which started right after this film. It’s feasible after the films because the series continues its own story without real direct link with that of the MCU.
It only makes sense. In Cap's perception, it was just a week ago that he was leading teams against Nazi Germany. Nobody there has a better leadership resume, they were all loners besides Thor who obviously isn't the best strategic thinker between of the two of them.
I love how attached you got to Coulson. He's one of the best characters. Fortunately, if you want, you can see more of him, because he's brought back to life in the show Agents of Shield. He leads a special team and the first season is partially about exploring how and why he's alive again. It's made by the same production company that made both the first two Avenger movies. It's also, in my opinion, excellent. The first season is a bit slow for the first half, bit picks up pace quickly half way through. Each subsequent season gets better and crazier. Coulson and his team get to be basically Avenger level heroes doing their work in the shadows. Also, just for added bonus, the show ties in with most of the major MCU films along the way, so when things change in the MCU, it affects the world in the show as it goes along. If you guys are liking these movies and really like Coulson, you really should check out the show.
This was ONE of the epic movies. Many great ones and a few epics still to come. Loki is great (mostly because of Tom Huddleston) The smashing that Hulk gave him and then "Puny god" line had me cracking up in the theater. Many fans (me included) have mentioned Agents of Shield, an ABC weekly show. It's not tightly connected the movies and now that you've seen this movie, you may want to simply check out the pilot episode. There's a surprise that you're going to LOVE. Don't look up ANYTHING on the show, so as to avoid the big surprise. Just watch the pilot, it'll make you 😃
Everything you see with Iron Man ties together, you mentioned it in this movie... he figured out the 'icing problem', then he tried to make a more mobile version ie 'suitcase' for the second movie, and here he was working on a way to get his main suit to come to him, hence the bracelets.
Natasha is terrified of the hulk. She is not scared of men yelling. she was terrified that Bruce was maybe about to turn into the hulk and there was nothing that she could do to stop him from destroying her. The hulk is a terrifying character.
Up to now, the Avengers is still my favorite movie in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's a very fun ride, and it was the very first movie to bring all these different heroes together. It was the first time we had a true idea of what this huge, shared, cinematic universe could be. And it only got bigger from here.
So glad you caught "Loki's Play" aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier. Many reactors strangely miss this. Using the Scepter to agitate everyone, separate them & most importantly - to release an angry Hulk geared to destroy. Even Thor was getting smacked around until the jet took away Hulk's attention. In old school Marvel comics (pre-Disney) - Hulk / Thor fights were amazing. Only Thor's hammer Mjolnir and his fighting skills would keep him in battle against the Incredible Hulk - The Strongest One There Is.
Avengers is peak-Joss Whedon. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is where he cut his teeth (and you can see a lot of that show's DNA in this film too). Whedon is far from being a role-model these days (and rightly so), but Buffy (the character and show) is iconic...and I know now you two would love it. (It's a great show for reactors too.)
Yeah, say what you need to about him, but Whedon knows how to make a weird ensemble work. The franchise totally needed this movie to be exactly what it was.
27:21 The fun fact about that scene is that it was filmed just before the movie's premiere, literally an hour before red carpet time. That's why Captain America isn't eating, because he grew a beard for Snowpiercer and couldn't shave it off. It's also why Black Widow's hair is straighter than in the movie, as she had it curled for the scene and the subsequent premiere, but her natural hair is actually quite straight. It was never planned during filming, but it was Robert Downey Jr's improvised "lets get shawarma" line that prompted it, so they set it up, did it in one take, and then everyone scattered to get into their formal stuff for the premiere.
Fun fact: In the Shawarma credit scene, this was a reshoot, and Chris Evans was already filming Snow Piercer, where he grew his own beard. So in this scene he had to wear a prosthetic over his face and used his hand to hide it.
Except for the earlier Spiderman & Hulk movies, this was my first MCU film. I wanted to see it because I used to subscribe to the Avengers comic thru the 1970s to 80s; & because an issue of The Avengers was the first comic book I ever bought! (And being young & distracted, I'd misread the title, thinking it was "The Adventures of" someone! I was very surprised when I'd pulled it out of the bag walking home, & saw the title was The Avengers. I probably had to get out my dictionary & look up the word. I was probably around 10 when I bought it. For 15¢.) Anyone here remember when comics sold for 15¢? It went up to 25¢, then 50 & 75! I finally had to stop buying comics when each issue sold for $1.50. X-Men was on their "spread the story thru as many titles as there are, to promote sales" binge; & I simply didn't have the income to support that. At that time, I was buying all 3 Superman titles, Justice League, Justice League International, R.E.B.E.L.S, Lobo, & the post Crisis reboot Wonder Woman; as well as the assorted X-Men books (X-Men, X-Man, Alpha Flight, Excalibur, Cable, New Mutants, & a couple others), Spiderman, Daredevil, The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers, Thor, Hulk & a couple others. The cost adds up!!! If you had fun with this movie, wait til Guardians of the Galaxy!!! It's a riot! (And, with CGI & excellent makeup design, the characters look *exactly* how they were drawn in the comic!)
Fun fact, Hulks countermeasure is named Veronica because in the Archie comics, Veronica is the best friend to Betty. Which is also the name of Hulks love interest.
Fun fact: when tey were eating schawama captain america was holding his hand pver his face because chris evans has grown a beard for an other movie he was filming. And another when the Government droped the nuke the pilot said inpact in 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the movie the nuke explodes after 2:30 minutes
Ive never heard of shawarma before so had to google it.... But i have indeed had it almost every weekend, The local Takeaway near me its called "Doner Kebab" which is indeed cooked as rotisserie style (which is what google said this is how shawarma is actually cooked) Google said that Doner is normally Meat on Skewers but my local gives the option for Skewered or sliced.
i knew everyone would be waiting for your reaction to the hulk hitting thor and especially wiping the floor with Loki. lol... hilarious! great reaction. Great movie, huh????
I worked in one of those buildings that gets wrecked in the final battle. I always loved watching this movie and then joking how well it was repaired. 😂😂 I could look out my window onto that bridge where they were fighting.
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This movie is such a masterful payoff for the Phase One of the MCU. You have the bad guy from Thor using the macguffin from Captain America to open a portal on top of Tony Stark's tower, and the only way to find it is with Hulk's technobabble. Brilliant.
Another great video, good job. Loved to see your excitement with Iron Man´s appareance and one thing that touch me was your reaction to Coulson´s death, was so heartbreaking to see it and to see you, it expose that you two have a sincere and goood heart, what else can I say I love this channel.
A lot gets said about how good the Hulk model is, for good reason, but not enough gets said about his animation, the way he moves is so distinctly not-quite-human, it's taking a lot of inspiration from other Great Apes like gorillas and how they can use their arms for locomotion when they want to.
The Marvel Universe is definitely a big place. All the mayhem and destruction in the Avengers was over the top, punctuated here and there with wonderful humor. I laughed hardest when Loki started bragging and the Hulk was not impressed. Since the last Marvel movie I saw was Dr. Strange, I have some catching up to do. Can't wait to see how far you two go. Thanks for such an entertaining day.
Found this channel through your TWD reactions and this is just such a huge bonus and probably now my favourite series! I often wish I could watch Marvel for the first time again and this is the next best thing :) Keep up the great work
The first after credit scene promissed what was never delivered on. In the comics, Thanos has a stalker-level crush on Death, who is a Marvel character. When he smiles after being warned that challenging humans is courting death, all the Marvel fans thought, he meant Capital-D Death.
This was a good movie back then and it is still a good one now, especially through your reaction with fresh perspective. Looking forward to the next one!
I first saw your channel during your reaction to The Lord of the Rings and loved that! I'm thrilled you're getting into the MCU as much as you did LotR! I'm curious if you're considering watching any of the television series connected to the MCU. It wouldn't be absolutely necessary to see them in chronological order with the films. For example, if I remember correctly, season one of "Agents of Shield" started right after this film, but if you watched multiple seasons in a row, you would get spoilers for later films. If you're thinking about seeing them, it might be best to save them for after so you're not bouncing back and forth from series to films.
I definitely agree they should start the show after finishing with the Avengers timeline so as to see it as its own separate thing not tied to this universe of marvel. They might miss a few small references here and there since it would be a long time but I think its better to watch it after everything.
You can't imagine the fun, seeing this in theaters opening night, cheering at all these scenes. As PERFECT as this movie is, Infinity War is 10 times better.. ...You. Are. Not. Ready!
The most epic movie until this point. Watching all of these superheros from their own movies coming together. But things only get bigger and more epic from here. So many more heros introduced as the movies go on.
I don't think this is very obvious, I didn't really get it until I'd watched the movie a couple of times, but when Maria Hill tells the pilot to execute Wishbone, I'm pretty sure that was just a plan to get the Hulk to jump off of the carrier and fall to his death. I don't think they thought shooting him was going to do anything other than get his attention, the plan was just to get him to jump off of the carrier. Unfortunately the pilot got a little bit too close LOL
the details that Loki used on Natasha were all true.. its just, she is too good to be affected by it.. funny you mentioned Richard E. Grant..hold that thought.. yes, this is the end of Phase 1.. Phase 2 will be Iron Man 3, Thor: Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man.. yes, Spiderman is Marvel but the rights falls into Sony Pictures, not Disney/ Marvel Studios..we'll get into that soon.. great reaction guys..
There’s a lot of really fun, interesting, and sometimes smart & surprising movies in this franchise, but this is the one I’ll go back to when I just want to enjoy every single moment.
If y'all like Cap now, just wait until you get to Winter Soldier, and then... well, everything from there that he's in. He becomes much more complex as the franchise builds.
Fun fact: After credit scene was shot after the red carpet premiere. They all got back to the studio, Evans already had full beard so they had to cover it with prosthetics and that's why Cap has a hand on his chin. Evans, Hemsworth, and Scarlett wore wigs because they already changed their hairstyle. Hemsworth felt sick after the shooting cuz he ate too much of shawarma during the many takes.
The one thing I didn’t like with this movie is that Loki should have been able to wipe the floor with everyone at once while wielding the staff since we now know he’s technically wielding the Mind Stone and the Space Stone at the same time.
Joss Whedon did the impossible with this movie, he set a blueprint that allowed other directors to improve upon leading to a great series of films all the way up to Endgame. Master of the ensemble cast in both film and tv.
The Hulk/ Bruce Banner will forever be my favorite Avenger I LOVE Mark Ruffalo he's fantastic! Such a shame we'll never get to see a Hulk movie with him as the lead
Steve and Nat have one of my favourite relationships in the MCU. Also, i think Nat and Clint are some of the most impressive members in the avengers, especially in these early days, because unlike everyone else, they don't have super powers or ridiculously powerful technology. In this film, the most advanced technology between them is Hawkeye's arrow heads. Nat only has pistols and her martial arts skills in this film. I also love the role steve plays here as the leader, he's able to show the police what to do and how to best utilise the powers of each of his teammates instead of all of them running wild doing their own thing. It goes back to the big 4's origin movies, he's the only one that had experience leading a team successfully. The only other to lead a team was thor and that was a spectacular fuck up with the frost giants
Plenty of negative things to say about Joss Whedon's management style, but this movie would not have been anywhere near as good without him directing. The reason the interactions were so good despite having such a large cast is it was directed by the same guy who did Firefly
Fun facts. Hulk gets angry if someone calls him Banner, something Cap notices and uses several times in the saga starting on that moment when they finally gather round and gives orders to each one, and to hulk says: Hulk, Smash! probably the reason Hulk cheeky smiles back to Cap. Hulk punches Thor cause he is now on same side but he does remember the fight in the Helicarrier of SHIELD when Loki unleashes him. Banner falls from the Sky and it's called an alien refering to the many other races will come from the stars, and he then again falls from above again on Infinity War this time from outer space but in the same way. Tony calls Steve a laboratory product wortless otherwise and Steve tells tony to stop pretending being a Hero and accept he is selfish. By the end of the movie and the saga both prove each other wrong. Steve real power is similar to Clark Kent's: their capacity to understand what is good and do the right thing. Along the saga Tony improves every Mark Armor as we seee from Iron Man I that includes reusing the bolts Thor makes hit on him what he learnt on this movie. Also he made the Nanotech one for Infinity War afterfacing Ant Man on Civil War thing he learnt to use on... well you'll see...
In addition to Cobie Smulders ("Robin"/Maria Hill), Thanos's henchman is played by Alexis Denisof, who was "Sandy Rivers" on "How I Met Your Mother". (Denisof worked for Joss Whedon back on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; that's where he met his wife, Alyson Hannigan [Lily].) And yes, we'll miss Phil. Whedon always did love killing sympathetic supporting characters. (It's arguable he became a bit too dependent on it, through the years, but it works here.) Technically, they could have killed Tony Stark and "Iron Man 3" could have had Jim Rhodes in the suit. We already saw Rhodey as War Machine in the last film, and Don Cheadle can carry a film. (Just like RDJ, he's been nominated for Best Actor.) But Downey does such a great job in making Tony so appealing, it's understandable they want to use him as much as possible.
Just realized, it's weird that I forgot the last line in this movie. "To challenge them is to court death." In the comics, Thanos literally courted the personification of Death, he was in love with "her". Now I think this movie may have been initially intending to set up that storyline, like Thanos may have planned to do the same thing with the gauntlet, but with the goal of winning Death's affection. Of course, some of the story threads Joss set up were abandoned when the Russos took over, so that may have happened here. In all fairness, that might have been a bit too esoteric a goal to adapt to screen successfully.
Another Great reaction, one show to consider that came out in Phase 2 "Marvels Agents of Shield" the first few seasons sort of fill in the gaps between the movies of Phase 2 Up to Season 6 it was considered cannon however this all changed because of writters of the movies no longer working with writers of the show. So the show is now not considered cannon even though it does great build up to the movies
Continuing our journey with Marvel universe, and we are still enjoying the ride.
On Patreon we already started phase 3 and this weekend we are going to watch "Doctor Strange".
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Have you seen Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog?
Three Acts. 15 minutes each. Supervillain origin musical.
Have you watched "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Thor's Hammer"?
y'all should watch the tv show Agents of shield
There are 6 original Avengers; Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (the Big Three), Hulk, Hawkeye, and Black Widow. Others as you know are added. This movie represent many firsts and unprecedented acheivements. No studio has ever crossed franchises like this, taking 4 years to set it up with absolute intent. The MCU is unique. Be careful of spoilers . . . . some people are loose-lipped and too dumb to realize they are spoiling. It is gratifying to see self-described DC fans loving these stories and this adventure so much! Thank you for crossing over and giving Marvel their shot!
Interesting fact Agent Coulson is an original character introduced in the MCU and later added to the comics, video games, and animated series like in a episode of Iron Man: Armored Adventures, a recurring character in Ultimate Spider-Man voiced by the actor, and in the first ep. of the Anime series Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers.
I always thought Nat was so scared of the Hulk because of how powerless she is to him. Her strengths are her ability to manipulate and fight if it becomes necessary. Neither of those would work on Hulk and she knows it. He's truly an unknowable and unstoppable force and that terrifies her.
Yep, this exactly.
Banner is also the classic type she’s always dominated, the scientist, the nerd, she manipulates them or terrifies them. Suddenly bang, an ultra nerd she can’t touch cause he’ll rampage. For a trained controller like her, he is like her antithesis.
Retro actively once we get more of her back story with Drakov (sp?) It helps explain a lot
I kind of thought Natasha was afraid of Bruce because he's the same kind of man as the ones that experimented on her.
I've kind of thought about it like she understands monsters, because she feels she is one. So, she can usually quickly assess their threat level and determine ways of fighting or fleeing from them. With the Hulk though, she knows that if he comes out, there's simply nothing she can do. In the shows, she does nearly impossible things all the time. With the Hulk though, she knows she's flat out not going to stand a chance.
"...and when he shouted at her, her eyes watered." To be fair, if the Hulk shouted at me from 10 feet away there'd be water coming out of more than just my eyes...
THIS COMMENT IS SENDING ME LMAOO
Yeah, I agree Richard E. Grant would make an excellent Loki.
I highly agree
Lol I understood that reference.
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Wow. You have no idea how right you are.
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"He's such a slimey little bastard.. I still love him" - Loki summed up perfectly 😆
It feels common now having all these heroes appearing together, but this was such a huge deal at the time, and it absolutely delivered.
It's easy now to forget what a risk this movie was. Putting together this caliber of ensemble and separate character stories. It was not done before and changed the cinema landscape. This movie was epic and will forever be one of my top 3 movies of all time. So glad you both are experiencing these movies.
Yeah, I remember that pretty much everyone thought this cannot work with so many heroes and will just flop... especially with TDKR coming a few months later, everyone surely had no need for this and was just gonna watch Batman later that year.
And then The Avengers ends up blowing everyone away and ending up as the (at the time) 3rd highest grossing movie of all time just behind Avatar and Titanic. 😮
I don't know how many times I have said of Loki, "He's such a dick and I love him"
Cap: We stay here on the ground.
Nat: Uh, yeah, where else are we gonna go bud?
“Puny God”😂😂😂😂
Kills me every time
Bruce’s story is so sad, he truly hates who he is. So much he tried to end it and he couldn’t. So he thought he could try and do one good thing by helping ppl, and then shield drags him into all of this.
Capt telling Tony that he's not the sacrificing himself type of guy , but at the end he did exactly that.
One of the reasons I loved this movie is what you said...
EVERYONE HAD A MOMENT TO BE AWESOME!
Loki had his moments of awesome!
Each of the six Avengers had moments of awesome!
Nick Fury and Phil Coulson had their moments to be awesome
and even Agent Hill got her time to be awesome!
And what I LOVE about the whole MCU is the complexity of the characters and their interactions. For example - the relationship between Barton and Romanov is such an incredible bond of trust and friendship and I love every moment with them in the films.
"EVERYONE HAD A MOMENT TO BE AWESOME!" - is exactly how Stan Lee as Chief Editor demanded Marvel comics to be written. All Heroes shined yet could show vulnerability. Villains were truly dangerous and a challenge to overcome.
I think you’ll be happy to see how Richard E Grant was used in the MCU.
I agree. Brilliant actor.
I started chuckling myself
Subtle as a shotgun
I was like, "wait when was this recorded?"
Fun Comic Book Fact: When Thanos is told that courting the humans would be to court death, and Thanos smiles, in the comics Death is a being and Thanos is in love with Death. He would do anything for her. LOL not the case here, but the smirk he gave after that line at the end credit, made me think of it.
That’s my secret captain, I’m always angry. *insert bad ass Banner to Hulk transition* My favorite part 😂
I'm so glad you guys are enjoying these. I forgot the pure joy the first time watching this, but you reminded me. Also the great thing that you'll experience watching these movies as you progress through is not just the emotional journey the characters take from movie to movie, but also the progression of their fighting skills as a team. You commented on some of the great dual fighting moments, like Iron Man shooting his lasers off of Cap's shield. Throughout the movies you see them get more and more talented with each others fighting skills and using them more and more creatively. Which is exactly what you would expect with a team that has fought side by side for years. It's very cool to watch.
Loki as young Richard E. Grant is a very interesting comparison, but I see it
There were tons of hints, Easter eggs, and fan services in this one. I'm glad you liked it not every MCU moive pays off as good as this did. Buckle up, the party is just getting started.
"Puny god." bestest line.
Bit of trivia. The whole shawarma bit was an after thought. During editing, Joss Whedon didn't like the ending when Stark wakes up and originally simply says, "What's next?" So Whedon wrote and filmed several other lines including, "Tell me nobody kissed me," and the shawarma lines. When he decided to include the shawarma line he also decided to add the final post credit scene which was filmed after principle filming was complete. 27:20 Chris Evans has his fist obscuring his face because he had grown a mustache and beard for the movie _Snowpiercer_ and couldn't shave it off for the re-shoot.
The shawarma line from stark was improv! They went and filmed that post-credit scene much later, so much that Chris Evans had a beard for another role and he had to hide his face!
Good thing they didn't try to CGI the beard off
shes not 'triggered' by men, shes scared of the friggin hulk which is a pretty good reason.
OMG! Richard E Grant! You were spot on with that one.
I knew that Coulson's death was going to have an impact on both of you. Not as strong, but an impact.
I hope that one day you will take a look at the Agents of Shield series, which started right after this film. It’s feasible after the films because the series continues its own story without real direct link with that of the MCU.
I just came here to say this!
Also highly recommend is Agent Carter, sadly cancelled too soon but still two pretty good seasons.
@@krondarr8865 great idea too.
Its in my top 3 favourite shows! Kind of a comfort watch for me now.
@@jamuntae exactly
the second end scene was shot later, Evans had a beard he didn't want to shave, thats why he was covering his jaw with his hand.
I love how they all default to Cap as the leader giving orders. Even Stark and Hulk follow him.
It only makes sense. In Cap's perception, it was just a week ago that he was leading teams against Nazi Germany. Nobody there has a better leadership resume, they were all loners besides Thor who obviously isn't the best strategic thinker between of the two of them.
Hehe, they used Loki’s love of talking against him.
I love how attached you got to Coulson. He's one of the best characters. Fortunately, if you want, you can see more of him, because he's brought back to life in the show Agents of Shield. He leads a special team and the first season is partially about exploring how and why he's alive again.
It's made by the same production company that made both the first two Avenger movies. It's also, in my opinion, excellent. The first season is a bit slow for the first half, bit picks up pace quickly half way through. Each subsequent season gets better and crazier. Coulson and his team get to be basically Avenger level heroes doing their work in the shadows.
Also, just for added bonus, the show ties in with most of the major MCU films along the way, so when things change in the MCU, it affects the world in the show as it goes along. If you guys are liking these movies and really like Coulson, you really should check out the show.
I'm amazed you predicted Richard E. Grant would play a varient of Loki in the Loki Series.
When Rob mentioned Richard E Grant could play Loki I had to grin! 😂
One of your comments here is downright prophetic. No spoilers, but I’m impressed.
This was ONE of the epic movies. Many great ones and a few epics still to come.
Loki is great (mostly because of Tom Huddleston) The smashing that Hulk gave him and then "Puny god" line had me cracking up in the theater.
Many fans (me included) have mentioned Agents of Shield, an ABC weekly show. It's not tightly connected the movies and now that you've seen this movie, you may want to simply check out the pilot episode. There's a surprise that you're going to LOVE. Don't look up ANYTHING on the show, so as to avoid the big surprise. Just watch the pilot, it'll make you 😃
Richard E Grant.... That's all I'll say. I love that you brought that up...
Everything you see with Iron Man ties together, you mentioned it in this movie... he figured out the 'icing problem', then he tried to make a more mobile version ie 'suitcase' for the second movie, and here he was working on a way to get his main suit to come to him, hence the bracelets.
Natasha is terrified of the hulk. She is not scared of men yelling. she was terrified that Bruce was maybe about to turn into the hulk and there was nothing that she could do to stop him from destroying her. The hulk is a terrifying character.
the Black Widow movie kinda shows otherwise
Up to now, the Avengers is still my favorite movie in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's a very fun ride, and it was the very first movie to bring all these different heroes together. It was the first time we had a true idea of what this huge, shared, cinematic universe could be. And it only got bigger from here.
It is so well written.
I suppose you are now Marvel fans now too? You can absolutely love them both. DC and Marvel. I love them both.
Funny you've mentioned Richard E. Grant, really funny ... 🙃
the actor who asked banner 'are you an alien' was harry dean stanton, who among many other roles, happened to be in the first Alien movie.
So glad you caught "Loki's Play" aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier. Many reactors strangely miss this. Using the Scepter to agitate everyone, separate them & most importantly - to release an angry Hulk geared to destroy. Even Thor was getting smacked around until the jet took away Hulk's attention.
In old school Marvel comics (pre-Disney) - Hulk / Thor fights were amazing. Only Thor's hammer Mjolnir and his fighting skills would keep him in battle against the Incredible Hulk - The Strongest One There Is.
I cannot wait till you guys get further with these movies and this franchise
Avengers is peak-Joss Whedon. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is where he cut his teeth (and you can see a lot of that show's DNA in this film too). Whedon is far from being a role-model these days (and rightly so), but Buffy (the character and show) is iconic...and I know now you two would love it. (It's a great show for reactors too.)
Yeah, say what you need to about him, but Whedon knows how to make a weird ensemble work. The franchise totally needed this movie to be exactly what it was.
27:21 The fun fact about that scene is that it was filmed just before the movie's premiere, literally an hour before red carpet time. That's why Captain America isn't eating, because he grew a beard for Snowpiercer and couldn't shave it off. It's also why Black Widow's hair is straighter than in the movie, as she had it curled for the scene and the subsequent premiere, but her natural hair is actually quite straight. It was never planned during filming, but it was Robert Downey Jr's improvised "lets get shawarma" line that prompted it, so they set it up, did it in one take, and then everyone scattered to get into their formal stuff for the premiere.
*Rip Coulson 😢*
but i’m still not mad at Loki cos he’s my fav character lol 😂
I love that the MCU exposes their heroes' weaknesses. Their humanity and allows them to overcome them.
You really can't be ready for what's to come! I'm so excited for you to take this ride! It gets so much better.
Fun fact: In the Shawarma credit scene, this was a reshoot, and Chris Evans was already filming Snow Piercer, where he grew his own beard. So in this scene he had to wear a prosthetic over his face and used his hand to hide it.
Except for the earlier Spiderman & Hulk movies, this was my first MCU film. I wanted to see it because I used to subscribe to the Avengers comic thru the 1970s to 80s; & because an issue of The Avengers was the first comic book I ever bought! (And being young & distracted, I'd misread the title, thinking it was "The Adventures of" someone! I was very surprised when I'd pulled it out of the bag walking home, & saw the title was The Avengers. I probably had to get out my dictionary & look up the word. I was probably around 10 when I bought it. For 15¢.)
Anyone here remember when comics sold for 15¢? It went up to 25¢, then 50 & 75! I finally had to stop buying comics when each issue sold for $1.50. X-Men was on their "spread the story thru as many titles as there are, to promote sales" binge; & I simply didn't have the income to support that.
At that time, I was buying all 3 Superman titles, Justice League, Justice League International, R.E.B.E.L.S, Lobo, & the post Crisis reboot Wonder Woman; as well as the assorted X-Men books (X-Men, X-Man, Alpha Flight, Excalibur, Cable, New Mutants, & a couple others), Spiderman, Daredevil, The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers, Thor, Hulk & a couple others. The cost adds up!!!
If you had fun with this movie, wait til Guardians of the Galaxy!!! It's a riot! (And, with CGI & excellent makeup design, the characters look *exactly* how they were drawn in the comic!)
Woohooo ... welcome to the Avengers! At this point every movie has the potential to be your favorite.
Fun fact, Hulks countermeasure is named Veronica because in the Archie comics, Veronica is the best friend to Betty. Which is also the name of Hulks love interest.
Fun fact: when tey were eating schawama captain america was holding his hand pver his face because chris evans has grown a beard for an other movie he was filming. And another when the Government droped the nuke the pilot said inpact in 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the movie the nuke explodes after 2:30 minutes
Ive never heard of shawarma before so had to google it.... But i have indeed had it almost every weekend, The local Takeaway near me its called "Doner Kebab" which is indeed cooked as rotisserie style (which is what google said this is how shawarma is actually cooked) Google said that Doner is normally Meat on Skewers but my local gives the option for Skewered or sliced.
i knew everyone would be waiting for your reaction to the hulk hitting thor and especially wiping the floor with Loki. lol... hilarious! great reaction. Great movie, huh????
Maybe she’s just scared of the hulk lol I mean I don’t blame her. The hulk isn’t bruce banner they are two separate beings living in one body.
I worked in one of those buildings that gets wrecked in the final battle. I always loved watching this movie and then joking how well it was repaired. 😂😂 I could look out my window onto that bridge where they were fighting.
This movie is such a masterful payoff for the Phase One of the MCU. You have the bad guy from Thor using the macguffin from Captain America to open a portal on top of Tony Stark's tower, and the only way to find it is with Hulk's technobabble. Brilliant.
Another great video, good job. Loved to see your excitement with Iron Man´s appareance and one thing that touch me was your reaction to Coulson´s death, was so heartbreaking to see it and to see you, it expose that you two have a sincere and goood heart, what else can I say I love this channel.
Still, even in 2023, this is still in my top 5 Marvel movies. It's just so good.
A lot gets said about how good the Hulk model is, for good reason, but not enough gets said about his animation, the way he moves is so distinctly not-quite-human, it's taking a lot of inspiration from other Great Apes like gorillas and how they can use their arms for locomotion when they want to.
Wonderful journey we're on with you two, thanks for this one.
I found a place near me that does shawarma chicken pizza. Yummm.
The Marvel Universe is definitely a big place. All the mayhem and destruction in the Avengers was over the top, punctuated here and there with wonderful humor. I laughed hardest when Loki started bragging and the Hulk was not impressed. Since the last Marvel movie I saw was Dr. Strange, I have some catching up to do. Can't wait to see how far you two go. Thanks for such an entertaining day.
Found this channel through your TWD reactions and this is just such a huge bonus and probably now my favourite series! I often wish I could watch Marvel for the first time again and this is the next best thing :) Keep up the great work
"...it appears to run on some form of electricity"
My family and I went out and had Shawarma immediately after we got out of the theater 😂. I wonder how much their business boosted following this film
The first after credit scene promissed what was never delivered on. In the comics, Thanos has a stalker-level crush on Death, who is a Marvel character. When he smiles after being warned that challenging humans is courting death, all the Marvel fans thought, he meant Capital-D Death.
I can't explain how much I'm enjoying these reactions! These movies are so much fun & they get even better! You 2 are the best 😎
This was a good movie back then and it is still a good one now, especially through your reaction with fresh perspective.
Looking forward to the next one!
I first saw your channel during your reaction to The Lord of the Rings and loved that! I'm thrilled you're getting into the MCU as much as you did LotR! I'm curious if you're considering watching any of the television series connected to the MCU. It wouldn't be absolutely necessary to see them in chronological order with the films. For example, if I remember correctly, season one of "Agents of Shield" started right after this film, but if you watched multiple seasons in a row, you would get spoilers for later films. If you're thinking about seeing them, it might be best to save them for after so you're not bouncing back and forth from series to films.
I definitely agree they should start the show after finishing with the Avengers timeline so as to see it as its own separate thing not tied to this universe of marvel. They might miss a few small references here and there since it would be a long time but I think its better to watch it after everything.
You can't imagine the fun, seeing this in theaters opening night, cheering at all these scenes. As PERFECT as this movie is, Infinity War is 10 times better..
...You. Are. Not. Ready!
The most epic movie until this point. Watching all of these superheros from their own movies coming together. But things only get bigger and more epic from here. So many more heros introduced as the movies go on.
TRIVIA: The old security guard that finds Banner was played by Harry Dean Stanton who played Brett in the movie ALIEN.
I remember watching this for the first time thinking "there's no way they can pull this off". And yet, they did.
16:50 i wonder if Rob noticed the younger cop was in the Walking Dead he's the guy the Governor kills and leaves in the lake.
You’re in the thick of it now just gets crazier from here
I don't think this is very obvious, I didn't really get it until I'd watched the movie a couple of times, but when Maria Hill tells the pilot to execute Wishbone, I'm pretty sure that was just a plan to get the Hulk to jump off of the carrier and fall to his death. I don't think they thought shooting him was going to do anything other than get his attention, the plan was just to get him to jump off of the carrier. Unfortunately the pilot got a little bit too close LOL
I enjoyed this reaction so much!! Im here to watch everything with you guys cant wait for what’s next
i love your reactions and when you laugh. its so contagious and makes good mood. :) i am excited to see more MCU Stuff
the details that Loki used on Natasha were all true.. its just, she is too good to be affected by it..
funny you mentioned Richard E. Grant..hold that thought..
yes, this is the end of Phase 1..
Phase 2 will be Iron Man 3, Thor: Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man..
yes, Spiderman is Marvel but the rights falls into Sony Pictures, not Disney/ Marvel Studios..we'll get into that soon..
great reaction guys..
Simply put ... I'm having a ball with you guys. As great as these movies are, they only get better.
There’s a lot of really fun, interesting, and sometimes smart & surprising movies in this franchise, but this is the one I’ll go back to when I just want to enjoy every single moment.
If y'all like Cap now, just wait until you get to Winter Soldier, and then... well, everything from there that he's in. He becomes much more complex as the franchise builds.
Fun fact: After credit scene was shot after the red carpet premiere. They all got back to the studio, Evans already had full beard so they had to cover it with prosthetics and that's why Cap has a hand on his chin. Evans, Hemsworth, and Scarlett wore wigs because they already changed their hairstyle. Hemsworth felt sick after the shooting cuz he ate too much of shawarma during the many takes.
The one thing I didn’t like with this movie is that Loki should have been able to wipe the floor with everyone at once while wielding the staff since we now know he’s technically wielding the Mind Stone and the Space Stone at the same time.
Joss Whedon did the impossible with this movie, he set a blueprint that allowed other directors to improve upon leading to a great series of films all the way up to Endgame. Master of the ensemble cast in both film and tv.
Fun Fact : Captain America had his lower face covered in the shwarma scene because he had grown facial hair for another movie he was shooting
"hi step sis"
yeeeeaaahhh... we'dallwatchthat
shh ;)
Step?
Hulk no like 'step' prefix in smash-talk.
Hulk no realise we making romcom.
The Hulk/ Bruce Banner will forever be my favorite Avenger I LOVE Mark Ruffalo he's fantastic! Such a shame we'll never get to see a Hulk movie with him as the lead
This was so much fun!!!
I always enjoy your reactions, and this makes me want to watch all of these fantastic movies again. Thanks so much!!
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Steve and Nat have one of my favourite relationships in the MCU.
Also, i think Nat and Clint are some of the most impressive members in the avengers, especially in these early days, because unlike everyone else, they don't have super powers or ridiculously powerful technology. In this film, the most advanced technology between them is Hawkeye's arrow heads. Nat only has pistols and her martial arts skills in this film.
I also love the role steve plays here as the leader, he's able to show the police what to do and how to best utilise the powers of each of his teammates instead of all of them running wild doing their own thing. It goes back to the big 4's origin movies, he's the only one that had experience leading a team successfully. The only other to lead a team was thor and that was a spectacular fuck up with the frost giants
Plenty of negative things to say about Joss Whedon's management style, but this movie would not have been anywhere near as good without him directing. The reason the interactions were so good despite having such a large cast is it was directed by the same guy who did Firefly
Yup.
Mark Ruffalo's face is used for the Hulk ( dunno if you already know that or not ).
Fun facts. Hulk gets angry if someone calls him Banner, something Cap notices and uses several times in the saga starting on that moment when they finally gather round and gives orders to each one, and to hulk says: Hulk, Smash! probably the reason Hulk cheeky smiles back to Cap. Hulk punches Thor cause he is now on same side but he does remember the fight in the Helicarrier of SHIELD when Loki unleashes him. Banner falls from the Sky and it's called an alien refering to the many other races will come from the stars, and he then again falls from above again on Infinity War this time from outer space but in the same way. Tony calls Steve a laboratory product wortless otherwise and Steve tells tony to stop pretending being a Hero and accept he is selfish. By the end of the movie and the saga both prove each other wrong. Steve real power is similar to Clark Kent's: their capacity to understand what is good and do the right thing. Along the saga Tony improves every Mark Armor as we seee from Iron Man I that includes reusing the bolts Thor makes hit on him what he learnt on this movie. Also he made the Nanotech one for Infinity War afterfacing Ant Man on Civil War thing he learnt to use on... well you'll see...
great! looking forward to your journey
In addition to Cobie Smulders ("Robin"/Maria Hill), Thanos's henchman is played by Alexis Denisof, who was "Sandy Rivers" on "How I Met Your Mother". (Denisof worked for Joss Whedon back on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; that's where he met his wife, Alyson Hannigan [Lily].)
And yes, we'll miss Phil. Whedon always did love killing sympathetic supporting characters. (It's arguable he became a bit too dependent on it, through the years, but it works here.)
Technically, they could have killed Tony Stark and "Iron Man 3" could have had Jim Rhodes in the suit. We already saw Rhodey as War Machine in the last film, and Don Cheadle can carry a film. (Just like RDJ, he's been nominated for Best Actor.) But Downey does such a great job in making Tony so appealing, it's understandable they want to use him as much as possible.
Richard E Grant is Old Loki in the Loki show.
If you loved this movie, you’re just dipping your toe in the water. There’s more to come 🤩🤩
Just realized, it's weird that I forgot the last line in this movie.
"To challenge them is to court death."
In the comics, Thanos literally courted the personification of Death, he was in love with "her". Now I think this movie may have been initially intending to set up that storyline, like Thanos may have planned to do the same thing with the gauntlet, but with the goal of winning Death's affection.
Of course, some of the story threads Joss set up were abandoned when the Russos took over, so that may have happened here.
In all fairness, that might have been a bit too esoteric a goal to adapt to screen successfully.
Another Great reaction, one show to consider that came out in Phase 2 "Marvels Agents of Shield" the first few seasons sort of fill in the gaps between the movies of Phase 2 Up to Season 6 it was considered cannon however this all changed because of writters of the movies no longer working with writers of the show. So the show is now not considered cannon even though it does great build up to the movies
Great reaction. Cant get enough