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Watch The Haunting, Misguided Alternate Opening to The Avengers

29 Aug

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The Avengers, for all its greatness, did not run completely smoothly. The opening is somewhat clunky and offers little in the way of genuine drama and excitement - it's a testament to the movie's greatness that it course corrects and produces the best superhero movie of the summer (Yeah, that's right, I said it).

Things could have been very different, had they used the original opening sequence, which shows Cobie Smulders' Agent Maria Hill delivering a debriefing to her superiors on the events that transpired. It's a haunting moment, offering a hint of darkness and loss which paints Loki's invasion in a much darker light.

As a curiosity, it's a great piece. As a part of the finished film, it just wouldn't work. The scene is contrary to the lighter, more exciting tone of the rest of the film. It shows no signs of the humour and guilt-free thrills that inform the best moments of Joss Whedon's super-blockbuster.

Despite a bumpy beginning, I think they made the right call.

Source: Yahoo

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Andy Shaw

Andy Shaw

When he isn't writing for the prestigious site you currently find yourself reading, Andrew is busy either writing for EatSleepLiveFilm or posting pictures of dogs in hats on Facebook. He fell in love with movies after a double-bill of The Empire Strikes Back & Return of The Jedi at the tender age of four. His favourite film is Goodfellas, his favourite director is Martin Scorsese, his favourite actor is Paul Newman. Caught you off guard there, eh? You were expecting Robert De Niro or something.

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