# Avengers Assemble - Pre Viewing
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 4, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849 "2012-05-04T09:37:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@illuminati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/illuminati)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849/1 "2012-05-04T09:37:30Z")
Got my tickets for the Avengers movie next week and I was wondering what other Marvel films I should see beforehand.
I have seen Ironman 1 & 2 and both Hulks but not seen Thor or Captain America.
Are these essential to the new Avengers movie or can I skip them and still know whats going on?
Many thanks
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### Author:  [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849/2 "2012-05-04T09:51:14Z")
I don’t think they are necessary pre-viewing, a lot is explained in the Avengers movie, probably to help those that haven’t seen the others!
If you were going to watch a movie first, I would recommend Thor as I feel it’s more central to the plot. But you could equally watch it after.
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### Author:  [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849/3 "2012-05-04T09:57:43Z")
You can probably get by without seeing any of them - the plot isn’t that background-intensive. If you do see one, see Thor, as it explains the main villain. The MacGuffin shows up in Captain America but isn’t important (heck, I forgot it was even in the Captain America movie until it was alluded to).
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849/4 "2012-05-04T11:52:23Z")
Definitely Thor, you won’t get a proper feel for the villain without it, IMO. But it’s not essential, they go over almost all the important bits from the other movies briefly.
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### Author:  [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849/5 "2012-05-04T13:16:06Z")
I’m having a blast watching Iron Man 2 and Thor when I can grab time for them this week - Iron Man 2 on the old laptop hooked into my TV via the S-video cable, and Thor on the iPhone.
As it just so happened this morning, I had the bit from Iron Man where Clark Gregg - Agent Coulson? - told Stark he had to leave because Nick Fury was sending him to New Mexico. And then, on the bus into work - guess who shows up to take away Natalie Portman’s research on her mysterious stranger? 😃 Fun little correspondence.
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### Author:  [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849/6 "2012-05-04T13:20:26Z")
They are fun, see them anyway.
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-assemble-pre-viewing/620849/7 "2012-05-04T16:41:02Z")
I rented _Thor_ to watch tonight, before we see _The Avengers_ at the drive-in tomorrow night. The three of us have been looking forward to this like you wouldn’t believe, but I have a prior commitment that I can’t get out of tonight. So tomorrow, it is! (Besides, we want to get a good parking place, which will be nigh well impossible if we go tonight.)