Edward Norton Dropped From Avengers Movie
- Thread starter Logan Westbrook
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Bring back Eric Bana! and Jennifer Connelly! yeh 2003's hulk was terrible but the actors weren't!
Not quite the nail in the coffin for the Avengers, but pretty close (well, to me, anyway). Marvel's been doing a good job stacking up talented actors for their films, and even some good directors (Favreau, Whedon, Branaugh, and Letterier. Joe Johnston's the odd man out there), but let's recap the three movies they've released so far:
-Iron Man: A fun little summer movie, but apart from Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark, and a really awesome 'Gotcha!' ending, it was thoroughly and completely average (except with the blatant product placement. Burger King, really?)
-Incredible Hulk: Again, a good lead actor, but even more ho-hum than Iron Man, especially once the plot leaves South America.
-Iron Man 2: *sigh* Good action, some witty lines, but the plot sucked (most of it's a toy commercial, with a side order of an Avengers commercial), and suffered a bit of the Michael Bay "Let's stuff as many things in and give it five seconds of screentime" syndrome. Oh, and two other strikes against it: Mickey Rourke got the shaft, plotwise, and Bill O'Reilly was put in the movie (yes, just a cameo, but that's more than that guy deserves).
Never mind that Captain America is shaping up to be a below-average movie at best (solid cast, bad director, and crammed to the brim with characters and at least one useless subplot), and Thor is...well, okay, Thor might still be good, but that's because Marvel hasn't released too much of what's in the movie. Still, a series of primarily mediocre films, based more around selling product than telling stories, where the saving-grace has been Robert Downey, Jr., Edward Norton, and Samuel L. Jackson, and they're cutting one-third of them out? Color me skeptical.
-Iron Man: A fun little summer movie, but apart from Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark, and a really awesome 'Gotcha!' ending, it was thoroughly and completely average (except with the blatant product placement. Burger King, really?)
-Incredible Hulk: Again, a good lead actor, but even more ho-hum than Iron Man, especially once the plot leaves South America.
-Iron Man 2: *sigh* Good action, some witty lines, but the plot sucked (most of it's a toy commercial, with a side order of an Avengers commercial), and suffered a bit of the Michael Bay "Let's stuff as many things in and give it five seconds of screentime" syndrome. Oh, and two other strikes against it: Mickey Rourke got the shaft, plotwise, and Bill O'Reilly was put in the movie (yes, just a cameo, but that's more than that guy deserves).
Never mind that Captain America is shaping up to be a below-average movie at best (solid cast, bad director, and crammed to the brim with characters and at least one useless subplot), and Thor is...well, okay, Thor might still be good, but that's because Marvel hasn't released too much of what's in the movie. Still, a series of primarily mediocre films, based more around selling product than telling stories, where the saving-grace has been Robert Downey, Jr., Edward Norton, and Samuel L. Jackson, and they're cutting one-third of them out? Color me skeptical.
This is such a disappointing decision 
. I really cannot see anyone else in that role.
So sad now!
. I really cannot see anyone else in that role. So sad now!
"We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title role of Bruce Banner in The Avengers. Our decision is definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead rooted in the need for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members," - BS. Have none of them watched any of his films?
