Joss Whedon: 'The Avengers' Will Be Told From The Eyes Of Captain America

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First Posted: 01/13/12 01:14 PM ET Updated: 01/13/12 02:35 PM ET

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While the superhero-packed film "The Avengers" has every comic book lover's heart aflutter, a concern lingers on just how the coming blockbuster will rangle a story with so many characters and backstories.

"The Avengers" has the awesome and difficult task of combining Marvel's VIPs -- Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow -- into a single story line. Tough, but movie vet (and clandestine Shakespearean daredevil) Joss Whedon has found a way around this too-many-cooks-spoil-the-pot thing.

“I set out with a very simple problem," Whedon said in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. "There is no reason for these people to be in the same movie. So that’s what my movie has to be about. So much of the movie takes place from Steve Rogers’ (Chris Evans) perspective, since he’s the guy who just woke up and sees this weird ass world. Everyone else has been living in it.”

Clever, very clever! The film also boasts some of Hollywood's biggest names: Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson.

"The Avengers" opens in 3D on May 4th.

[EW via Collider]

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While the superhero-packed film "The Avengers" has every comic book lover's heart aflutter, a concern lingers on just how the coming blockbuster will rangle a story with so many characters and backsto...
While the superhero-packed film "The Avengers" has every comic book lover's heart aflutter, a concern lingers on just how the coming blockbuster will rangle a story with so many characters and backsto...
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Steve Te Tai
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11:42 PM on 01/23/2012
Bad idea to focus on Captain America. Robert Downey Jr. is the draw in this entire series. This is like focusing on Orlando Bloom for a Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
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jerichomccune
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11:01 AM on 01/22/2012
No reason for them to be in the same movie together? When did that become how we tell stories? I thought the reason they were "in the same movie together" was because there was a threat to the Earth that no single one of them could face alone.

I like the idea of the story being told from Steve Rogers perspective, as he's the character most people can relate to easiest, I just think saying it's because "these people shouldn't be in the same movie together" is a piss-poor excuse.
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MarsAmbassador
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06:21 PM on 01/23/2012
They shouldn't be in the movie together because they're all individuals and resist forming a team, which forms the basis of the group dynamic friction and therefore the overall character arc. Pull your head out.
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jerichomccune
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06:46 PM on 01/23/2012
Rude much?

The movie is called "The Avengers" for a reason. I'll repeat, since you seem to have reading comprehension trouble as well as rude, that they're in the same movie together because "there was a threat to the Earth that no single one of them could face alone."

As for "the basis of the group dynamic friction and therefore the overall character arc," to which character are you referring? Does every character have the exact same character arc? What you're describing is a story arc. In a well-crafted story, each character arc will affect how the story arc plays out.

If the characters shouldn't be in the same movie together, then why put them in the same movie? A more apt observation would be "The Avengers are a group that shouldn't work well together, but they do." Saying that they shouldn't even be in the same movie together shows a lack of confidence in your story.
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buhback
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10:34 AM on 01/20/2012
"Clever, very clever!" Yeah, but c'mon that's nothing new. A lot of the first X-Men movie was told from Wolverine's perspective because the mutant school and population were all new to him.
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