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Summary: Stop being so mean!
Review: This movie is cool and very entertaining! Sean Connery is always the best, and Ralph Fiennes was great! So stop being so mean to it! It truly rocks!
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Summary: Is equal to both the good and bad episodes
Review: I don't know how a lot of poeple can bad mouth the Avengers movie. In my opinion a lot of adults were using to much Nostalgia before going into this film, and that is why when they came out they were dissapointed. While actually compared against other episodes of the Avengers this movie is quite equal in comparrison to the shows natural quirkiness.
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Summary: Nice Visuals
Review: Sadly, "The Avengers" is one of the only films I've ever walked out on in the theater, but upon re-watching a fresh copy of the finally-released video I just purchased, I find that the movie has it's good points. Sure, the script is abysmal and really makes no sense whatsoever, but Ralph Fiennes certainly looks very good and Uma was never costumed better. The special effects are really interesting and kind of fun to look at. However, I can only recommend this one if you're a huge fan of Mr. Fiennes, Mr. Connery, or Ms. Thurman, and don't mind watching videos with the mute button on.
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Summary: A trifle that's as fun as you want it to be...
Review: I watched the original series with MacNee and Rigg (and even caught Honor Blackman in it). It was cheeky, weird and campy. All these elements make the transition to the big screen version. What's missing is the soul of the television series. I'm not sure, though, that the original would play well today without some updating. Like many things from the 60's, it was something very much of its time. Look at the Connery Bond films...they wouldn't be as accepted today as they were then. The time frame within gives us a context. Without the context, the material doesn't always work. The original series for all of the well written episodes had episodes that were poorly plotted messes. Like the Star Trek series of films, the past seems to add an luster to these dramas that they don't always deserve. Still, the original series was always a cut above the average American television programs. It was always witty and the cast, more often than not, could pull off the show precisely because of their charm. This along with the bizarre elements that would crop up in the scripts made The Avengers always good fun. The film doesn't completely pull it off, but there are moments that work as well as the original series. Fiennes brings his own intrepetation to Steed. To have expected him to play it like MacNee is pretty unrealistic and it probably wouldn't have worked. The same goes for Thurman. However, for me she's the weak link in the cast. Connery plays his part over the top. It works precisely because it worked in the original series. Expectations can be daunting and this film had too many expectations. Time will soften the blow...
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Summary: fun for kids
Review: I liked The Avengers because the plot was easy to follow. I think that one of the elements that made this movie good was the great chemistry between Emma Peel and John Steed. They really worked well together. Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes were a good pick to play these two characters. They were a great team against such a diabolical villain such as Sir August de Wynter. It was like a 90 minute cartoon. When I saw it for sale at a store for only $6.99 I jumped all over it. Just a litte tip: rent it before you buy it.
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Summary: One for the record books...
Review: You know how some movies are so badly done that they're actually funny in their awfulness... well, this is NOT one of them - it's much worse than that - it's TRULY worthless. It has NO redeeming features. Don't buy it! Don't rent it! Instead, spend your money on copies of the old Avenger series starring Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg. You'll find genuine campy humour, British style, and the wonderful, sexy interaction between Steed and Peel that made the original show so inimitable. I'll take one of Rigg's tantalizing smiles over a rear view of Thurman in a leather cat suit, any day.
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Summary: Not as bad as "Lost In Space" but close!
Review: Being a huge fan of the 60s cult series I feared the worst. "The Avengers" was also voted the worst film of last year in lots of magazines and I can't blame them. Fiennes and Thurman has got absolutely no chemistry together which was partly why the series worked so good. The FX is okay but watching Sean Connery in a teddybear suit...I mean, even as a so-bad-it's-good movie it doesn't work. Patrick McNee sold his soul by telling viewers in a behind-the-scene doc. that it's even better than the series! Needed cash that bad? To hell with this bomb and long live Diane Rigg!
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Summary: Ghastly. What Were They Thinking?
Review: Don't buy it, don't rent it, don't even think about it. It has a plot so thin it is nearly invisible, a story so incomprehensible that the word "confused" barely scratches the surface, dialog that wants to be witty but falls completely flat, and characters you could care less about. The only thing worth mentioning is how much work in must have taken to make Sean Connery look so bad on screen. Patrick McNee, the original John Steed, appears as an invisible man. He probably asked to be blotted out after he saw the film! If you are a fan of the Avengers, go get one of the DVD's of the old Avengers series. If you are not a fan, look for something, anything, else.
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Summary: movie o.k., but doesn't doe series justice
Review: when hereing about this movie i hurried up to watch origanal series epispodes first. Bad idea! You might like this movie only if you have not seen the series. Thurman played horrible version of MRS. Peel, also neither fiennes or thurman captured the origanl personality traits of Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg. The movie hints towards romance which the series barely even hinted at. recomend only to new avenger watchers, and warn away avid avenger series lovers.
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Summary: A very disappointed Avengers fan.
Review: I am an avid "Avengers" fan, from the first B&W TV series with Honor Blackman to the "New Avengers" series with Joanna Lumely I saw in the UK. This movie was a major disappointment. Wait for cable before investing in this movie. Uma Thurmon beautiful as usual, and Sean Connery seemed ready to laugh in some segments. I do NOT recommend this movie.
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