Marvel Phase 2 Plans @ Comic Con

Lots of news from the Marvel panel from Comic Con

First off is that Marvel's Phase Two will begin in 2013 and 4 movies are currently in development.

Iron Man 3 (May 3 2013)
Robert Downey returns for the sequel ,and the movie will be directed and co-written by Shane Black (director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang).
The Mandarin is confirmed as the villain of the movie,and will be played by Ben Kingsley.

Thor: The Dark World (November 8, 2013)
The story continues after the events of The Avengers,and will be directed by Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones).Chris Hemsworth will return as Thor ,and Zachary Levi (from TV show Chuck) will replace Joshua Dallas to play Fandral (one of Thor's friends in the movie)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014)
Chris Evans will return to play the superhero and the movie is to be directed by brothers ,Anthony & Joe Russo (both have directed episodes of TV shows such as Community ,Arrested Development).The Winter Soldier could be a reference to the story in the comics in which Bucky (Captain's close friend who dies in the Captain America movie) was found to be alive, and operating as a brainwashed Soviet assassin.

Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1, 2014)
This is more of a new set of superheroes to be introduced into the Marvel's Movie universe.
For those not familiar with the guardians,heres a short synopsis:
The story centers on a group of alien beings in the 31st century who are each the last of their kind. They eventually travel back in time and interact with 20th century Marvel characters.
For the movie,the team will consist of StarLord, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon and Groot.

concept art of Guardians of the Galaxy

 Ant-Man
The next surprise was from Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz ,Scott Pilgrim) ,who showed an unfinished (a scene without any effects) clip featuring Ant Man in action. So far no actor has been reveled for the movie.

Avengers Bluray Phase One

Trailer for the Avengers Bluray Pack featuring the rest of the Avenger hero movies.

Avengers Phase One

Avenger Timeline

Timeline of the 5 movies before The Avengers [IronMan 1&2 ,Hulk ,Thor & Captain America] 

HQ version - AVENGER TIMELINE

Marvel's The Avengers (2012)

[Action packed & Unlimited Fun]

Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
IMDB -8.8 (Top 250: #30)
Rotten Tomatoes -93
RJG Rating-90

A group of superheroes have to unite in order to take down an Intergalactic attack that aims to destroy the Earth.

Starring- Robert Downey Jr.,Chris Evans,Mark Ruffalo,Chris Hemsworth,Scarlett Johansson,Jeremy Renner,Tom Hiddleston,Samuel L. Jackson
Directing- Joss Whedon

Avengers had one of the longest marketing technique used in the movie industry.Its marketing started way back in 2008 with the release of Iron-Man.After 4 years and 5 movies later, that movie is finally released.The Avengers fulfills all the expectations that were raised in this 4 year duration.All the main actors have returned (except Edward Norton ,replaced by Mark Ruffalo for The Hulk) ,and the story is fun ,witty and action packed.

The biggest drawbacks most star-studded movies encounter is giving the comparatively more famous actor the biggest chunk of role.Thankfully this was not the deal for Avengers.All the main heroes (IronMan,Captain America ,Thor & Hulk) got equally big as well as important part in the story.The secondary actors (Nick Fury & Black Widow) were not brushed off ,and even with all the superheroes getting the good parts ,these 2 still had major roles.The only character felt unused and a bit expendable was Hawkeye.
This speaks volumes of how the story has been handled.Juggling 6-7 heroes and giving each ample screentime is no easy task.

In the acting department ,Robert Downey stole the show as he usually does.He was born to play IronMan.In every scene he appears he is in total style and gives IronMan his soul.
Both Chris Evans(Captain America) & Chris Hemsworth (Thor) were not bad.Both did equal justice to their roles.Tom Hiddleston (Loki) delivered yet another excellent villainous role ,similar to the one he did in Thor.Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) had a surprisingly longer and major role and she too gives her best.Jeremy Renner (HawkEye) was too rigid ,this may be due to his role not being fully fledged.Samuel J(Nick Fury) was good.
But the true show stealer was Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk.The Hulk will indeed be EVERYONE's favourite character once they have seen Avengers.Every scene & action scene by Hulk is just Pure Awesomeness.

Story as i previously said is truly noteworthy because of the huge juggling acting of giving each Hero their own connection with the movie.But in terms of story telling ,it falters just a bit.The story makes way for the action and takes the backseat.While the first half concentrates on the story ,the second is completely action based.

Action scenes are superb.The numerous fight scenes,hero vs hero,hero vs hoardes ,heroes vs the villain ,ALL are properly choreographed and exciting.

Direction was great.The way Joss Whedon managed to direct this movie with these many superheroes and mixing them and giving one solid movie is truly remarkable.On the downside the first half was riddled with pacing issues.Some dragging scenes in the first half drained the excitement after some great fights.But once the Hulk appears ,the movie just blasts off to high levels of awesomeness never to go down again.The real Avengers movie starts with The Hulk and ends with him too.
The dialogues were witty and funny ,and Robert Downey's style of delivery & Hulk's grunts of words steal many scenes away.

Overall Avengers is a colourful,funny,action packed movie that delivers its promise of a United Super Heroes movie.The movie might not be legendary ,but The Hulk & Robert Downey will not be forgotten. A must watch movie.

Acting-4.5/5
Story-4/5
Direction-4.5/5
Action-5/5
Comedy-4.5/5

Avengers Flashback

A Short Flashback into the 5 feature movies that lead to The Avengers.

Flashback

Captain America 2 release date

Captain America 2 in 2014

Marvel has announced that Captain America 2 is set for a release date on April 4 (2014).....The movie will pick up from where The Avengers end.....