This is the second article in the coverage of the movies related to 2012’s The Avengers. To get to the overview click here.
For my original Captain America click here.
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This is the first article in the coverage of the movies related to 2012’s The Avengers. The movie hits the screen this week in Austria, Germany and pretty much the rest of Europe. So this week there will be a coverage of the movies leading up to this event, culminating in an Avengers review this Sunday.
To get to the overview click here.
Before we get into the story of the separate movies this coverage will start with the marketing of the movie because the selling of this storyline was a task not easily achieved.
He has fought his way through immigrants in France, he saved the Jews, he trained both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Batman and has been the ruler over the Olympus twice – Liam Neeson has replaced Chuck Norris as the biggest fighter on the planet. When he crashes somewhere in the Antarctica he and the survivors are chased by wolves. So when he tells the others that they have to kill every single wolf out there you lean back and prepare for…
Four years of advertisement culminating in this movie.
On April 26th the Avengers will have finally assembled after 5 movies who set up this event. To say that the anticipation for this movie is high would be an understatement. Next to The Hobbit and The Dark Knight Rises Avengers is poised to be one of the highest grossing movies of 2012.
The Hunger Games is the story of a dystopian future where a nation called Panem is divided into 12 districts. Every year the title giving Hunger Games are held where each district offers a female and a male competitor who have to kill each other until only one survives…
What happens when you make a comedy about Muslims planning to blow themselves up?
A very strange mix, that is for sure.
The Ghost Rider is back! After having sold his soul to the Devil Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is back to punish the sinners – but this time he goes after everyone, even the people looking at the THREEE DEEE skull in the theater. After all the Ghost Rider is now punishing speeding tickets and illegal movie downloads!
Last week I went into a screening of John Carter (previously titled John Carter of Mars) and thankfully I only paid 7.5 € instead of 12 € for the Austrian excuse for an Imax screening. John Carter is a massive 250 million dollars undertaking – intended to become a new franchise. Directed by Andrew Stanton (writer: Toy Story 1-3, Monsters Inc., writer/director: Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, Wall-E) there is a fair deal of talent behind this project. The question was if it has paid off…
Hugo is a fairy tale about two children finding their place in the world directed by a man who is known for: killing his characters, butchers, mental institutions, guys urinating in glasses, mafia bombing, stalkers, boxers, mentally deranged taxi drivers…
