Yeah, X-Men First Class was quite well put together.

Angel, Firefly, Serenity, Dollhouse, Cabin in the Woods (which is awesome btw), and now The Avengers.

He also wrote the original Toy Story and Alien: Resurrection.

Well honestly, after hearing how Michael Bay was approaching the TMNT reboot with alien turtles instead, any other director would be better at this point. =P The Avengers alone proved him capable lol

not at all

5th on my list, a great popcorn flix, not a great movie

i agree completely, hated the dark knight and the sequel wont beat the avengers when its all said and done either.

You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Ruffalo's Banner/Hulk is the only adaptation of the character that has done the duo justice. Ruffalo spoke, acted, and felt like a tormented man. Hell, his hair and clothes were even scraggly. The Hulk, well... He was just a bad-ass that didn't care who he got to hit just so long as he got to hit somebody.

You're blasting Whedon's movie when he's the only guy to touch those characters who ever bothered to pick up a comic book and actually read about them. He so fucking stuck the landing on the Hulk that it made my inner comic geek heart just about burst out of my chest. After watching 30 years of shitty television shows, cartoons, and films about the character, it was nice to see somebody finally get it right.

Some people in this thread need a wake-up call. The Avengers is a superhero movie. It features an 80 year old super soldier, a god, a guy who build ridiculous armor in his spare time, and a dude who turns into a half-ton green beast.

The brilliance of the movie is that Whedon never forgot any of that. Yes, Cap's shield reflects Thor's hammer because it's made of vibranium, an alloy that deflects any hit given to it. Realistic? No, of course not. But it's accurate to the damned source material. Whedon knew that if he didn't come at this movie completely bat-shit-crazy-balls-to-the-wall, it would fail miserably. So he took all the stories from the comics he has read over the years and made a brilliant fucking movie using the characters. Is Thor a god? Sure, but he's still not as strong as The Hulk when he's pissed. It's in the comic. Whedon knows that. Can Cap always catch his shield when he throws it and can he deflect any hit with the thing? Sure, it's in the comic. Whedon knows that.

The Avengers couldn't be The Dark Knight. Batman is a unique comic character in that real-world, grounded stories can be told with the character. He lives in a relatively realistic world and is nothing more than a guy in a suit. It makes for a great movie character but not one that would work in The Avengers.

This was a comic book movie in its purest form. If you couldn't suspend disbelief for two hours to get through the thing, you shouldn't be watching this kind of movie. It's that simple. Your literalism is your own failing, not Whedon's.

Dude, Snyder changed the entire ending of The Watchmen.

Whedon wrote a new story for this movie but you'll be hard pressed to find a truer adaptation of the characters themselves. 

I somewhat agree that the story was thin but Whedon was juggling ten characters in the movie and had to give every one their time to shine. I really don't know how he could have done a better job in ~150 minutes. He decided to make it a character piece and just kinda let the story roll along with their actions. Given all he had to do in the film while also making it a fun summer blockbuster, I can't fault him for making the choices he did. 

The great thing about the movie is that anyone can enjoy it. My gf loved it but only has a passing interest in comics. Her friends enjoyed it and they have no interest in comics at all. On top of that, comic fans, real comic fans, have almost unanimously raved about the movie because Whedon got it so right. The movie is just a shitload of fun. I haven't seen an audience that into a movie in years. I couldn't even hear a lot of the dialogue because people were cheering and laughing so much. 

Btw, Thor isn't close to a Superman character. He's not even as strong as the Hulk, though control of lightning and Mjolnir come close to evening it out. Powers-wise, Whedon got every character pretty much perfect, though Iron Man may have been just slightly overpowered.