Comments on: New Pics From ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Plus Joss Whedon Compares ‘The Dark Knight’ To ‘The Godfather’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/new-pics-from-guardians-of-the-galaxy-plus-joss-whedon-compares-the-dark-knight-to-the-godfather-20140619/ Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: jawsnnn https://staging2.theplaylist.net/new-pics-from-guardians-of-the-galaxy-plus-joss-whedon-compares-the-dark-knight-to-the-godfather-20140619/#comment-29898 Fri, 13 May 2016 07:16:17 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/new-pics-from-guardians-of-the-galaxy-plus-joss-whedon-compares-the-dark-knight-to-the-godfather-84679/#comment-29898 Well, I hate to sound fan-boyish and I love Joss Whedon when he is in his element (FireFly, Much ado about nothing) but The Dark Knight could wipe the floor with Avengers and still get its hands dirty. Avengers was a good one time watch, with great CGI action and good dialogue between characters. However it was no better than a sitcom with unlimited budget, and it had its fair share of misfires. I found the whole notion of superheroes quipping funny one liners amidst mass destruction of a metropolis completely disconcerting and off tone. At least Man of Steel showed the effects of a city's destruction. Avengers played it like "Tony Stark quip, Captain America quip, Black widow's butt, Hulk is cool". The story – though packaged neatly and in a fun manner – made no sense, and there was not one performance that you would remember after the end credits rolled (except to some extent – Tom Hiddleston's).

It was a nice movie – warts and all. But it was not "the great superhero movie" that Joss Whedon wanted to make.

I will be damned if I can find a single reason to speak of TDK – which is probably the best mainstream movie to come out in the last 5 years – and Avengers – which is a just another summer tentpole – in the same breath.

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