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When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
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Character
Epic, contemporary, classical in form and resolved.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
Who loves it, who doesn't
82 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Empaths.
Reviews
We read them all: the case for is devontae's, the case against is mara_k's. Marked below.
- mara_kThe case againstThe Empath½
Competent, loud, and forgettable within the hour. It is a product demo for a business model. That it works as one is not a point in its favour.
- devontaeThe case forThe Thrill Chaser★★★★★
The hallway shot where the camera goes around the whole team still gives me chills. People who call this a product demo are the same people who think fun is a character flaw.
- hollisThe Empath★
I saw it. It is a cartoon with a budget. I am told this is the point.
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr.Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Chris EvansSteve Rogers / Captain America
- Mark RuffaloBruce Banner / The Hulk
- Chris HemsworthThor
- Scarlett JohanssonNatasha Romanoff / Black Widow
- Jeremy RennerClint Barton / Hawkeye
- Tom HiddlestonLoki
- Clark GreggAgent Phil Coulson
- Cobie SmuldersAgent Maria Hill
- Stellan SkarsgårdSelvig
Crew
- Joss WhedonDirector
- Joss WhedonScreenplay
- Seamus McGarveyDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Jeffrey FordEditor
- Lisa LassekEditor
- Kevin FeigeProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Both contemporary, epic, classical in form.
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Thor: The Dark World 201374% alikeBoth epic, classical in form, contemporary.
Avengers: Age of Ultron 201574% alikeBoth epic, contemporary, classical in form.
Both epic, classical in form, contemporary.
Doctor Strange 201672% alikeBoth contemporary, epic.
Both classical in form, epic, contemporary.
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Creature Commandos 202468% alikeSeries · Both contemporary, classical in form.
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