With the expected box office reaching one billion dollars the weekend, The Avengers movie can sure be considered a mega, mega, mega hit! Critics and fans alike have heaped praise on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as they grace the silver screen on their way to possibly the highest grossing film of all time. I personally loved the film, I thought The Incredible Hulk stole the show. Action from beginning to end. So with all this praise, we thought…is there anything we, as Fanboys and Fangirls could actually hate about this film? We came up with 10 possible things that can irk us as “Avenger Disciples”
See if you agree. Again, we don’t need any hate mail coming our way, just playing Devil’s Advocate…
1) NO ANT MAN OR WASP
To not have 2 of the 5 founding members of “Earths Mightiest Heroes” not represented in the film kind of sucks! It was reported early on in the pre production of The Avengers movie that Eva Longoria was to be cast as Janet Van Dyne aka The Wasp. But seems Joss Whedon put the kibosh on that idea for what ever reason. Ant Man the movie on the other hand has been stuck in development hell for several years now and has only just gotten the supposed green light to begin production this year. Still some up in the air if it will be Hank Pym or Scott Lang. This might have played great to have Ant Man in the film as it would have been a great way to jump start the Ant Man film.
2) WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL TO HAVE ED NORTON PLAY BANNER/HULK
Being that he is the only one of the cast that has no multi-picture deal for these Marvel films, it will be safe to say that Mr. Downey will e rolling in it soon enough! With that said, it would have been nice to see another high profile actor (besides Mr. Jackson) to have Mr. Downey bounce off of.
3) CAPTAIN AMERICAS SUIT…THE OLD ONE WAS BETTER
Is it just me, or did this new version of the Captain America seem a bit odd? The 40 version was spot on with it’s iconic helmet and satchel belt. This new one looked quirky and disproportionate. Come on Marvel…lets get Cap back in the old garb. It will make him feel comfortable in this new 21st Century crazy he’s in!
4) MARIA HILL WAS A NON FACTOR
For all the hoopla surrounding the casting of Maria Hill in the Avengers (played by Colby Smothers) it sure didn’t seem like such a fruit full roll. For the exception of the opening sequence of the film, she really didn’t have any meat to her character. Here’s hoping that Ms. Hill will play a more significant roll in future installments of the film.
5) WHEN IS THOR GOING TO WEAR THAT DAMN HELMET?
For the exception of a 30 second sequence in 2010’s Thor film, the God Of Thunder never wears his darn helmet. I want to see Chris Hemsworth wearing those wings on his head as he puts the beat down on alien scum trying to invade the earth.
6) WHERE IS HUMAN JARVIS? HATE THE COMPUTER VERSION.
Paul Bettany is great as the voice of Jarvis, but not having the real thing around sucks. Jarvis is a integral part of Avengers lore. He has actually fought major villains along side the Avengers, Kang, Ultron…all the baddies. With out Jarvis, The Avengers would be lost at the mansion. Who would be there to bring Thor his mead, or set up the mansion for Tony’s guests. Or make sure there’s enough food stocked for a ravenous Hulk. making sure Hawkeye has enough arrows in his quiver or that The Black Widow gets a warm bath from an exhausting night busting up bad guys. Real Jarvis is a pivitol part of Avengers history and should be reflected as such!
7) WHAT NO AVENGERS MANSION ON 5TH AVE?
When I was a kid living in NYC, I used to love taking the train and going to the actual address of the Avengers mansion from the comic books. 890 Fifth ave. is actually the location of The Frick Building. The cool thing about that building is that like Avengers Mansion, it takes up the whloe city block on 70th street. Yeah, yeah, the Avenger will have STARK TOWER, whatever, but for fanboys like me, having Jarvis answering the door…the mansion can never be replaced, and you see, yet another job Jarvis is made for!
8) WE NEED A BLACK GUY…PANTHER, FALCON, LUKE CAGE!
The lack of diversity in the film kind of sucks (for the exception of Nick Fury, which actually falls into the catagory of classic “Police Chief” in every cop show or sitcom in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Google It!) We need to see the “King Of Wakanda” T’Challa, inventor of the Quinjets and royal monarch. Or Captain Americas second partner Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon. I guess we can make an argument for Luke Cage, but that wouldn’t be my first choice, wouldn’t want 50 Cent being hired for the next Avenger film.
9) MAN, IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SKRULLS!
I guess I can get why the movie makers didn’t want to add the Skrulls to an already full, jam packed movie. With all the shape shifting and all, confusion about who is real and who is a Skrull. Not to mention that there’s a rumor that Fox owns the rights to the Skrulls when they optioned the Fantastic Four films. It would be cool to see them in up coming Avengers films.
10) MORE EASTER EGGS!!!
Crap, Kevin Fiege and Joss decided that adding Easter Eggs to the movie would create a distraction to an already packed movie. Hopefully this won’t start becoming the norm for future Marvel Films. We like seeing the Infinitiy Gauntlet in Thor and the original Human Torch in Captain America and Caps Shield in the first Iron Man film. Fan boys and girls live for this stuff. Come on guys…EASTER EGG US!!!!
