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Joss Whedon Talks Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch and Iron Man's Roles in Avengers 2
Joss Whedon is certainly keeping busy with Marvel. Having written and directed the mega-blockbuster, The Avengers, he is now launching Marvel’s first live-action TV show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., while also preparing Marvel's The Avengers 2. I spoke to Whedon this week at ABC’s Upfront, where S.H.I.E.L.D. was being announced and asked him a couple of questions about Avengers 2 and some of the characters in it. Whedon had previously alluded to a brother/sister duo being in the film, which EW later said was indeed Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. When I brought up Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch to Whedon, he confirmed they were the characters in question, explaining, “You know, they had a rough beginning. They’re interesting to me because they sort of represent the part of the world that wouldn’t necessarily agree with The Avengers. So they’re not there to make things easier. I’m not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier.” We also know Tony Stark/Iron Man plays another large role in the sequel, but the end of Iron Man 3 saw Tony destroying all the Iron Man suits we knew about, while seemingly stepping back from his time in the armor. When I asked Whedon if that made it a challenge putting Iron Man in Avengers 2, he remarked, “Well, I feel like in Iron Man 3, even though he said, ‘I’ve changed' -- he blew up his remote suits, but I don’t think anybody thinks he doesn’t have one anymore. The question is, if The Avengers are called, does he show up? And the answer is, ‘Yes!’” |
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But I must say, I ordered Winter Soldier on DVD and it was great. Really, really good. Iron Man 3, IMO, was just awesome, which I didn't see until it was on Starz late last year. But Thor 2 just didn't do it for me. Thor had promise but somewhere along the line, whether it was the script or Alan Taylor, Thor 2 was weak (although nowhere near as weak as Iron Man 2) and I'm glad I waited for cable. Guardians of the Galaxy is the best Marvel film I've seen. |
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I was not familiar with Whedon's work whatsoever and was shocked because IMO, he came across as a hack. |
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Hopefully, he's great in Ron Howard's new film but I've yet to see him actually act. He just seems like a good looking guy that's always the same, just saying lines. I need to see him suffer, emotionally or physically. |
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I didn't like IM3 at all. The first act was great, seeing a more emotional and growing Stark was perfect, and then the extremis/Mandarin thing lost me. Just dumb. To me the weak parts in Avengers were the generic Transformer ships and aliens. Just a mess of cgi for the Avengers to throw around. And Banner should have been used more. The updated approach to Banner/Hulk (transforms at will) makes Banner a more interesting character. And the Hulk really hasn't been a stupid beast for the better part of the last 20 years.
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Everybody is entitled to their own opinion regarding movies. But critics and the general populace both agree that Avengers was hands down a much better movie and it's not even close.
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Winter Soldier was near perfect in its tone. It had a few laughs but overall kept the tone right where it needed to be. Guardians did that as well, with a much more comedic and fun tone. |
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I didn't enjoy Winter Soldier that much, though I may have to watch it again to see if it was just a wrong mood for the movie kind of thing. Really enjoyed the cheese of the first Cap movie. Dig Avengers. Dig Man of Steel. Thor 2 was better for me on a second watching, though the first one was much better to me. Guardians was easily the best Marvel movie. Looking forward to more Marvel goodness. Hope that Marvel gets control of Spiderman and Fantasic Four back soon (yes I know that's unlikely).
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I don't dislike Hemsworth. He's a big, charismatic, charming guy onscreen and off. I've actually liked his interviews better than his films. He's really young in terms of being a leading man and carrying a movie so hopefully at some point, it'll all come together for him. In the Heart of the Sea is his next big film and I hope he's great. It's the true story of whale versus the ship that inspired a young Herman Melville to write Moby Dick. My only worry is that it'll become a VFX mess but I'm not going to trip until the reviews come in. |
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The only Marvel movie that I came out of thinking 'meh' was Iron Man 3. First half was decent and then the movie just tanked.
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As someone who never read the comics, I thought it was strong throughout. I've read countless posts like yours from people that felt The Mandarin routine was a copout and disappointing but from my perspective, someone completely unfamiliar the back story, I thought it was great. I really liked how Stark is back to zero at the end of the film.
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