OK, Rick Moranis would be a bad idea here…but I got to that point by thinking of an Ant-Man movie starting from the “Man in the Ant Hill” story which was Hank Pym’s first comics appearance, and then it occurred to me that that’s pretty much exactly how “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” played out.
Hulk can guide his fall just as much, if not more so, than a skydiver pre-chute. With that kind of altitude, miles of horizontal travel aren’t out of the question. Those wing suit guys go even further, and certainly Hulk’s mass catches even more air.
Ooh, that’s right, and “clench” is the funniest possible word to use in that line. Joss wins again!
As for CA’s and Thor’s characterization, yeah, it sounds like it helped a lot to have seen the previous movies. For me, they paled so much in comparison to Iron Man and Hulk that it really showed. If those two had been weaker, I wouldn’t have noticed so much.
Some math requested for someone who knows the math.
When Hulk punched the giant flying centipede in the nose and brought to a stop on a dime, how fast would his fist have had to be moving to counteract that momentum so that the Hulk wasn’t thrown backwards?
I really enjoyed this movie and really only have minor quibbles that might just be subjective.
One of those quibbles was the approach to Hawkeye. While I LOVED the treatment of his equipment (quiver loading payloads) and demonstrated the idea of tricked-out arrowheads without it looking goofball (ala boxing glove arrows); I thought using the Ultimates-version of the character left his character being just a bit dour. Some of the key defining characteristics of the comics version is that he’s a bit of a smart-alecky scoundrel who doesn’t always look before he leaps. I think those character traits are an ideal “feet of clay” for a person whose skills are all about accuracy and control. The Ultimates-assassin incarnation feels a bit one-dimensional by contrast. (Also, for some reason, I can’t help but see Josh Lucas as Clint Barton, but I know that’s just something I’ve sculpted in my head).
A secret-agent Hawkeye and Black Widow movie? Yes. Emphatically. Show me where to sign up.
Thinking about it, they may have missed the mark a bit by not making Hawkeye the snarky quipster, but Iron Man seemed to fill that role more than needed.
That depends on the mass of the serpent and the mass of the Hulk. In the case of the latter, the only thing known for sure is that it varies wildly as the plot requires
Anybody else think Agent Coulson isn’t dead? Yes, he stopped breathing right as help arrived but the camera cut away before anybody started to work on him. We only found out that the medics “called it” over the speakerphone. Add to that that Fury followed his advice and used him as the lightning rod to bring the Avengers together as a team (even going so far as to take the cards from his locker before showing them to CA). Finally, we never actually saw a body nor a funeral. I expected to see him recovering at the end of the movie but suspect he’ll make an appearance in the next one.
I’m not sure if I’m misunderstanding your question, but Hulk was driven backwards in that scene. His feet dug through several feet – possibly even a few yards – of asphalt before he came to a stop.