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And I haven't seen a single one of those movies. Are they worth it for someone not into comics at all and a slightly dislike for superheroes. Of course I saw most of the trailers for the movies but the only one that looked appealing to me was the trailer for the second Captain America movie. Can this movie be watched without having seen the other moviews? I also read good things about the S.h.i.e.l.d series.

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They are very well done summer popcorn flicks. Do you like blockbuster action popcorn movies? If yes, then yes they're worth it. If no, then probably not.

I think you're safe watching Iron Man, the Avengers, Captain America 2, and maybe GOTG (I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard good things). I would skip SHIELD. It's just a B sci-fi series that's inflated by its association with the Marvel universe.

Disclaimer: I'm a comic reader.

Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D. starts out pretty bad. Very flat characters, often cheap plots. About half way through it became good though. It's low-power, so no worries about super heroes.

Capatain America 2 you need to watch for the last third of the show to make sense ;)

Guardians of the Galaxy will be the first comic movie I'm really looking forward to. It's not a superhero comic at all and the main characters have a personality closer to the firefly crew than anything else (That's assuming they are staying close to the comic).

Watched GotG yesterday; I'd rate it an 8.5-9/10. It is easily the funniest one of the Marvel franchise so far in a laugh out loud way, but yet the characters are often subtle making snarky comments rather than outlandish humour (although there is some of that too).

I didn't find the CGI distracting, nor is Rocket treated like Jar Jar Binks (he is actually one of the more "serious" characters). Although I will admit that Groot (the tree) has some Jar Jar Binks style moments, but it isn't as distracting/jarring as Episode 1.

The last movie I laughed this hard at was The Avengers. However much like The Avengers this too might have weak re-watch value as you'll know the jokes are coming.

I am looking forward to the sequel and want to watch it again as soon as it is out on DVD/digital.

It has like 90% on Rotten Tomatoes and 9/10 on IMDB. Safe to say this is another smash hit and another feather in Marvel's cap.

"I didn't find the CGI distracting, nor is Rocket treated like Jar Jar Binks (he is actually one of the more "serious" characters). Although I will admit that Groot (the tree) has some Jar Jar Binks style moments, but it isn't as distracting/jarring as Episode 1."

It's really sad that the star wars prequels may have hampered the adventure/scifi genre for the better part of a decade.

I have no problem with the gimmicky, comic-relief character if there's some actual substance there.

The Phantom Menace came out in 1999. That's a decade and a half ago.

I'm not into comics but still saw The Avengers anyway and thought it was... OK? It passed the time on a flight but I honestly don't understand the excitement over it. I actually found the X-Men movies far more interesting because they deal with topics like prejudice, segregation, etc., while still having the explosions and action pieces you expect from a summer blockbuster.

Edit: and the recent Batman trilogy. Untouchable by comparison.

I watched most of the Marvel movies and I have the same opinion, Avengers was one of the worst IMO, I enjoyed most of the X-Men ones, "First class" in particular.

My favorites super hero movies are not Marvel, I would put The Dark Knight at number 1) and Watchmen at number 2).

Mostly just ok flicks, fun distractions.

I'd say skip them and watch Watchmen from 2009 and/or V for Vendetta (both DC graphic novel adaptations). Both are written by Alan Moore, much more heady/thought provoking than the Marvel offerings.

Also, indirectly 'Comic Related', the excellent BBC show Utopia is worth checking out (it's slate to be remade for HBO coming in 2015 with David Fincher at the helm).

Watch the first Iron Man movie. Branch out from there if you enjoyed it.

> Are they worth it for someone not into comics at all and a slightly dislike for superheroes.

Iron Man is okay standalone, in the same way the first Spiderman movie was okay. Everything else is a skip.

If you're not into comics and dislike superheroes, it's pretty hard to imagine what you'd get out of a superhero movie based on a comic book franchise.

Eh, I'm pretty apathetic to superheros have a dislike (possibly disdain) for comic books. I still enjoyed those of those movies that I have seen. (I liked the first Iron Man the most; and thought that The Avengers was quite good but nevertheless incredibly overrated).

imo, the dark knight is a good movie despite it being a comic book superhero movie. v for vendetta too.

You'd think that until you look at sales stats and see how few people buy comic books compared to the number that watch the movies:

http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2014/2014-06.htm...

I would stay away from the lot. They are like bad Michael Bay movies with costumes.

I watched Avengers and thought it looked old - a 1940s Hollywood vibe but with 2010s CGI. RDJ has made a brilliant career out of rebooting Errol Flynn.

I'll give GOTG a go out of interest.

The sad thing is how welcoming people are of being duped into spending their money on that crap.

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