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zinfamous

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Let me guess...you watched the SD version on your 13" laptop.

regardless of how big the image is for this film, it's still a bunch of invulnerable people being tossed around and bashed into things, constantly, for about two hours, with little to no stakes involved.

I mean, it's nicely-coreographed action, but in no way is it very compelling.
 
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regardless of how big the image is for this film, it's still a bunch of invulnerable people being tossed around and bashed into things, constantly, for about two hours, with little to no stakes involved.

I mean, it's nicely-coreographed action, but in no way is it very compelling.

I don't think you watched the movie. The only one there that is actually invulnerable is the Hulk
 

0roo0roo

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The idea of a comparison video is great. Doing a comparison video with YouTube on the other hand is daft.

eh, depends, problem is he's not zooming, to compare you need a 1:1 crop zoom, sure the compression messes things up, but if the difference is drastic or based on colors or massive levels of grain reduction until people look waxy, or whatever it will show
 

zinfamous

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I don't think you watched the movie. The only one there that is actually invulnerable is the Hulk

I saw a lot of people getting dropped, slammed into walls, tossed around like bean sacks, falling from great heights....no one ever dead...

oh, basically, you're not getting what I'm saying. ;)
 
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The DVD looks outstanding for a DVD, even better than some of the half-assed blu-ray ports I've seen. But it doesn't hold a candle to the blu-ray.
 
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I saw a lot of people getting dropped, slammed into walls, tossed around like bean sacks, falling from great heights....no one ever dead...

oh, basically, you're not getting what I'm saying. ;)

The people who get smacked around are Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, and Iron Man. Thor is a god so he doesn't count, The Hulk is the Hulk, Captain America doesn't get hit around much because he always uses his shield to absorb most of almost every impact. And Iron Man wears his suit.

Black Widow got hit hard once by the hulk, which technically should have made her into jello, but I suppose it didn't for movie purposes. But everywhere else, she is mostly fine.

Hawkeye's only real injury was running through that glass window.

It was classic comic book violence, and it didn't go too far with the pain tolerence. Hell, 3/4 of the fight through, they show all the Avengers getting the crap beat out of them. I think The Raid had less believable violence than this movie in terms of power/relative toughess.
 

Childs

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http://www.xylonhd.com/home/2012/9/20/the-avengers-comparison-pix.html

Screenshots DVD versus Blu-ray.

DVD looks very good . . . for a DVD.

You can actually see hair on Cobie Smulder's (AKA Robin Scherbatsky from How I Met Your Mother) face in the blu ray version.

Theavengersbd6_zps35fa87e0.png
 

zinfamous

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The people who get smacked around are Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, and Iron Man. Thor is a god so he doesn't count, The Hulk is the Hulk, Captain America doesn't get hit around much because he always uses his shield to absorb most of almost every impact. And Iron Man wears his suit.
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let me summarize:

My point


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You


Don't take it personally. ;)
 

thestrangebrew1

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Just picked up the Blu Ray 3D + Blu Ray + DVD + Digital Copy + some random bonus stuff from Target. I guess it's some kind of Target Exclusive for $19.99. Not too bad.
 

zinfamous

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So basically, you're shown to be wrong, and have no answer for it. Got it.

nah, you jsut have a poor grasp of context, so you interpret that as me being wrong? got it.

here, I'm tired of this:

I could have basically made my comment about any superhero Movie--I could have said, All I see is a bunch of X-Men being tossed around and breaking shit, with no one ever really dying or any real consequences...so why the fuck should I care about these people?

(the same, and far, far worse situation with these deplorable transformers flicks, or course.)

My point (which isn't exclusively tied to the specifics--you seem to have a very limited understanding of concepts), is that there are no stakes for the characters. This is what makes any particularl film completely un-compelling. Look up "stakes," and spend as much time in film and story theory as I have and get back to me...

That being said, I never said anything about The Avengers not being fun and entertaining. I said the action is good--but it certainly isn't compelling. These guys are invulnerable. They always will be.
....what's the point? It's a fun jaunt for two hours, but nothing to remember when you're done. It certainly doesn't challenge you in any way. (not that it has to....but why should it be considered any worse or better than the next superhero flick that shoves invulnerable anti-humans in your face?)
 

Aikouka

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Just picked up the Blu Ray 3D + Blu Ray + DVD + Digital Copy + some random bonus stuff from Target. I guess it's some kind of Target Exclusive for $19.99. Not too bad.

It's also $19.99 at Amazon. I'm hoping that I get an awesome pre-order price match as I also had a $5 coupon, so I might get it for $15. That's niiiiiiiice for a 3D Blu-Ray.
 

Childs

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nah, you jsut have a poor grasp of context, so you interpret that as me being wrong? got it.

here, I'm tired of this:

I could have basically made my comment about any superhero Movie--I could have said, All I see is a bunch of X-Men being tossed around and breaking shit, with no one ever really dying or any real consequences...so why the fuck should I care about these people?

(the same, and far, far worse situation with these deplorable transformers flicks, or course.)

My point (which isn't exclusively tied to the specifics--you seem to have a very limited understanding of concepts), is that there are no stakes for the characters. This is what makes any particularl film completely un-compelling. Look up "stakes," and spend as much time in film and story theory as I have and get back to me...

That being said, I never said anything about The Avengers not being fun and entertaining. I said the action is good--but it certainly isn't compelling. These guys are invulnerable. They always will be.
....what's the point? It's a fun jaunt for two hours, but nothing to remember when you're done. It certainly doesn't challenge you in any way. (not that it has to....but why should it be considered any worse or better than the next superhero flick that shoves invulnerable anti-humans in your face?)

What they probably should have done was shown each of them individually losing to the invading army, and then make it so that they had to team up to overcome them. But really, Hulk or Thor probably could have repelled the invasion by themselves. Ironman could have probably thought his way to victory. Loki wasn't a heavy enough bad guy to be considered a threat. Skrulls, Thanos or Dr Doom would have been better. The best part of this movie was seeing everyone on the screen at the same time doing super hero things. Origin stories are usually the weakest, and I'm hoping the next one is the kind of Avengers movie everyone would expect to see.
 
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