The Avengers. Dir. Joss Whedon. Perf. Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Chris Hemsworth. 2012. Blu-Ray. Walt Disney Video, 2012.Sometimes, it's the briefest allusions that help make the film.
Surely, you'll agree that, without the lines in the clip below, The Avengers would not be as aesthetically pleasing—though it probably would be as popular—as it is.
It also lets us know that Joss Whedon is unlikely to forget about Shakespeare.
And it lets us know what Robert Downey, Jr. has been up to since he played Rivers in the Ian McKellen / Loncraine Richard III.
No one's fooled by Downey's attempt at fake Shakespeare ("Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?")—we know he knows the real Shakespeare and how to deliver his lines.
The dismissive "tourist" at the end is just the icing on the cake.
And I'm not sure, but I think I can make out a diagram of the Globe Theatre on the helmet display—just for a second.
And I'm not sure, but I think I can make out a diagram of the Globe Theatre on the helmet display—just for a second.
Links: The Film at IMDB.
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