Joss Whedon Talks The Avengers; Comments On His "Comic Book" Directing Style!

Joss Whedon Talks The Avengers; Comments On His "Comic Book" Directing Style!

The director comments briefly on respecting the past movies while bringing his own unique style to The Avengers, while also comparing his job to "hiring all the composers of all the other movies to work together on the score"...

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By JoshWilding - Aug 31, 2011 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: Total Film



Talking to Total Film, director Joss Whedon has opened up a little more about his ongoing work on The Avengers, which is just a few more shooting days away from wrapping up filming altogether. Discussing what it's been like bringing his own unique directorial style to the movie, he also points out that he's being careful not to lazily blend the superheroes together.

"You have to respect the realities of the other movies. But visually this is very much my own thing. My style is very comic-book-like anyway, so I’m trying to do things the way I always do".

"Part of Iron Man’s thing was, 'Wow, this feels just like us! Asgard, less so, and Captain America was a nostalgia piece, so basically it would have been like hiring all the composers of all the other movies to work together on the score."


What do you guys make of Whedon's comments? I don't think we need to worry too much about any Ang Lee style comic book panels popping up throughout the movie, as it seems like Whedon is instead referring to his directing style as a whole. Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place!

STARRING:

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Tom Hiddleston as Loki

RELEASE DATE: May 4th, 2012. (US)




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ksommer
ksommer - 8/31/2011, 9:45 AM
Joss is awesome!!! Let's go clock... Fast Forward to May 4th.
Greengo
Greengo - 8/31/2011, 9:45 AM
Comic book syle ala Ang Lee?
MarkV
MarkV - 8/31/2011, 9:47 AM
D23 FOOOOOOOOTAAAAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MarkV
MarkV - 8/31/2011, 9:47 AM
Sweet, I have a troll badge, lol. Not sure what I did, I had a few brewskies last night.
StarkRaving
StarkRaving - 8/31/2011, 9:48 AM
I am very curious about how Whedon will handle Tony Stark's reaction to aliens, technology that appears to be magic, and other things that out to turn Stark's world upside down.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 8/31/2011, 9:52 AM
oh god i hope by comic book directing he dosnet put panels in the movie like ang lee did with that shitty hulk film
StarkRaving
StarkRaving - 8/31/2011, 9:56 AM
I doubt JW plans to use comic book panels.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 8/31/2011, 9:59 AM
I hope he does make it somewhat similar to ang lee's hulk I liked the use of the panels.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/31/2011, 10:01 AM
comic book style directing sounds shit hot to me.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 8/31/2011, 10:07 AM
With a whole team movie like the Avengers we get to see all the characters interacting all at once on the screen at different moments. What made the panels so great is they worked just like a comic book should make each moment, and each characters dialogue that more dynamic.
brittaniethekid
brittaniethekid - 8/31/2011, 10:20 AM
I figured this movie was going to feel more like Iron Man in style than the other ones. But that's good! Iron Man was totally an action movie and that's what I expect.
JayTopStix
JayTopStix - 8/31/2011, 10:27 AM
What are you talking about? The panels are win, so was HULK.Watch it again, it gets better and better.
AlanWarlock
AlanWarlock - 8/31/2011, 10:28 AM
It's not his directing that concerns me, it's his writing. His tendency toward "hip" dialogue has me worried that this will be "Buffy the Avenger."
Luther
Luther - 8/31/2011, 10:34 AM
smh..I dunno about Joss. We'll see
Greengo
Greengo - 8/31/2011, 10:37 AM
"Buffy the Avenger" lmao

Avalanche: lol you crazy

Mavel72: is that a good thing? :)
Talontd
Talontd - 8/31/2011, 10:42 AM
I wouldn't mind the panels, a la, ANG LEE. That wasn't the problem with his movie, that was actaully pretty cool. The problem with that film was that it was BORING at times, BANA always had this vacant look in his eyes, and the last 20min were atrocious!
Shaman
Shaman - 8/31/2011, 10:49 AM
He means in the storytelling sort of way. Not the "visual" way like Ang Lee did. Come on, every one in the business thought it sucked, they aren't about to repeat the same mistake on a film they've been hyping through five different other ones. That would be called suicide.
Greengo
Greengo - 8/31/2011, 11:03 AM
The more this guy talks the more nervous I get.

All Joss has to do is not drop the ball.

DON'T [frick] IT UP WHEDON!!!!!!
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 8/31/2011, 11:07 AM
Speaking of composers, who WILL be doing the music for this movie? And will they be creating all new themes for each character or incorporating the previous scores?

I wonder if they've already been shopping around for composers.
Shaman
Shaman - 8/31/2011, 11:12 AM
Until he brings us a true box office flop, i'm fine with him. There are a LOT worse choices, honestly. I'm sure Gavin Hood's free at the moment.
jjmeylar
jjmeylar - 8/31/2011, 11:13 AM
I hope that he doesn't mean he'll be doing panels like every episode of "Beetleborgs".......or what Ang Lee did to "Hulk".
Greengo
Greengo - 8/31/2011, 11:18 AM
@Shaman I really hope he doesn't bring us a true box office flop with Avengers. *fingers crossed*
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/31/2011, 11:19 AM
if they could get a piece of each score in the movie that would make it 1000X better
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/31/2011, 11:19 AM
they better play AC-DC when iron man shows up lol
TheStranger
TheStranger - 8/31/2011, 11:24 AM
He is talking about his directing style, the comic book panels that Ang Lee did are not a directing style that is another part of the process entirely that has nothing to do with what happens on set, and they aren't even done filming yet, get a grip people.
ksommer
ksommer - 8/31/2011, 11:28 AM
The really important thing about this is that it's Marvel Studios!!

Do you think that Marvel would let Joss do that? Conversation would go like this:
Joss: "So I'm thinking of doing the panels like in Hulk"
Marvel: "Oh really? Do you remember that movie? Box office failure. Not so much."
Joss: "Please"
Marvel: "Yeah no..."
Greengo
Greengo - 8/31/2011, 11:36 AM
What is a comic book directing style anyways?
phoe1
phoe1 - 8/31/2011, 11:56 AM
i think he means his general directing style is a bit comic booky. i doubt he means any specific visuals or techniques with that. he s talkin about his whole back catalogue. i guess u cud say his style is "poppy" as well. its new and relatively easy on the eyes. hes no branagh who will have certain angles and reverse shot combinations that come off as very classical.
Greengo
Greengo - 8/31/2011, 12:19 PM
CATFA seemed to have a subtle comic book vibe, imo.
Bigbywolf
Bigbywolf - 8/31/2011, 12:34 PM
If the Avengers turns out anything like serenity/Firefly than that would be awesome. He knows there is a lot of pressure on him and I can't wait to see what he creates.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 8/31/2011, 12:40 PM
Whedon's movie directing resume is so thin that it is tough to tell what he will do with the Avengers, good or bad.
spidey1994
spidey1994 - 8/31/2011, 12:41 PM
Please no panels! They were really uneccasary in Hulk.
Seejay
Seejay - 8/31/2011, 1:00 PM
Ang Lee - comic book style - directing ?

Serenity was a nice surprise of a movie. And Ang Lees "The Hulk" deserves more credit.

Anyways, can't wait!
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 8/31/2011, 1:11 PM
Hope he lives up to his word
Talontd
Talontd - 8/31/2011, 1:13 PM
I'm REALLY surprised to see so many COMIC fans HATED the panels in ANG LEE'S HULK!!!

It was a shody film, but not because of the panels...
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