THE AVENGERS - VFX Supervisor Talks about the Film's Epic Awesomeness!
Special effects supervisor on The Avengers movie Chris Wells recently gave a great interview to Star Burst Magazine in which he talks about the film and its opening sequence, which is supposed to be insanely amazing. Here's what he had to say about this pre-intro to the movie, before the opening credits even roll...
We're doing what essentially boils down to the prelude of the movie. There's a whole intro that happens before you start even getting the titles and it's pretty big. There's nothing small in this movie. I went to a screening with all the temporary visual effects and it was pretty fleshed out. It's a long movie but it doesn't feel like it. Out of all the comic book movies and franchises I've worked on, this is the best one I've seen so far.
After seeing what I've seen of the film it's hard for me not to agree. The last Super Bowl trailer really gave us a feel for how big and epic The Avengers is going to be, and I hope it turns out to be the best comic book movie made to date. Wells was then asked if the movie will be more driven by action or the characters and story, here's his response...
I think they nailed both. Joss and I have worked on some projects before and he does a very good job with characters. Since this is the first time that we see these guys together as a unit, he had to address all their personal dealings with one another. I think he did a very good job of setting up the characters based on what we know from the Marvel franchise, integrating them together with all their differences and similarities and then getting on with business. And just when you think the movie is a character piece it just goes nuts.
Well, that's freaking awesome to know! I didn't think I could get any more excited about this movie, but reading this interview with Wells was pretty cool. He goes on to discuss the film a bit more, touching on the kind of Hulk we will be seeing, and a little bit more on how awesome the movie is...
I promise you it's not going to be boring. This thing has gone so big that Marvel are dwarfing their other franchises. For people who enjoy the comics and haven't really liked the way some of the characters were treated in other movies, I think they're going to be a little more appeased by this one. Especially the Hulk. They let the Hulk be Hulk and that's great. He acts more like the comic book Hulk. It's fun. My biggest problem with every single superhero movie is I don't think the payoff ever matches the build up. This one definitely does.
What more is there to say other than The Avengers isn't coming out soon enough!? I can't wait!