The Avengers (1998)

[MifuneFan]

Warner will be releasing The Avengers (1998) on August 12th.

The Avengers (1998) Blu-ray Pre-Order

Synopsis

Jeremiah Chechick directed this $60 million adaptation of the whimsical 1961 British TV spy series, imported to the United States five years later for ABC airing (beginning 3/28/66), followed by The New Avengers (CBS, 1978-79). In the feature-length version, secret agent John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) face a meteorological menace as they track sinister super-villain Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery), threatening to blitz Britain with blizzards and other extreme weather. Vocal cameo by Patrick Macnee (the original TV Steed)

[captveg]

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by captveg

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Agreed.

I much prefer Marvel's 2012 remake.

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Agreed.

I much prefer Marvel's 2012 remake.

Yeah, they really took the essence of this movie and expanded on it, like any good remake should.

[rickah88]

Just have a great picture of Uma on the cover, and I'll probably buy it!

[Rizor]

I guess there probably isn't enough interest for them to give this a proper director's cut. From most accounts, this was butchered by the studio. http://web.archive.org/web/200003030.../avmissng.html

I can't say I liked it much myself, but I am a big Ralph Fiennes and Sean Connery fan. And Ms. Thurman in that costume....

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by mrr1

Agreed.

I much prefer Marvel's 2012 remake.

Marvels movie isn't a remake. It's a DIFFERENT "The Avengers" universe. Plus the comics predate the Britist TV show by a couple of years.


Now on topic: This 1998 movie is terrible, the UK TV show from the '60s is better.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Marvels movie isn't a remake. It's a DIFFERENT "The Avengers" universe. Plus the comics predate the Britist TV show by a couple of years.


Now on topic: This 1998 movie is terrible, the UK TV show from the '60s is better.

Sarcasm, it was sarcasm.

[Tyger]

If only it was the Director's Cut

But Uma

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Marvels movie isn't a remake. It's a DIFFERENT "The Avengers" universe.

I'm pretty sure you are wrong.

[klauswhereareyou]

Man don't want to offend anyone who actually likes this, but how does Warner release this POS movie when they've got tons of stuff that people actually want.

Gotta admit though Uma did look good in this one. At least she wasn't drag queened up like in Batman and Robin.

[Forever Knight]

Originally Posted by mrr1

agreed.

I much prefer marvel's 2012 remake.

:d

[format916]

i always loved that promotional stand alone poster of uma.

[Seymour]

Damn, what are those dudes over at WB smoking lately? What's up with some of these catalog announcements? Torque, Exit Wounds, The Man Who Knew Too Little, The Avengers??!? Some really bizarre choices right there...

Even the Paramount side of things has been a bit lackluster. I guess they're happy selling DVDs and DVD-Rs for most of those titles...

[John_Drake]

Originally Posted by captveg

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

This.

And yet we still don't have a BD release of Greed (1925)

[toddly6666]

Did anyone notice that the title of this movie sounds the same as that superhero movie starring the Irin man, Throw, Hulk and The captain? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[JimDiGriz]

I can imagine lots of superhero fans clicking this thread and getting ...confused

[indisposed]

I remember seeing this on opening weekend back in 98 and being super excited for it, despite knowing that there where no screenings held for critics. I was 15 at the time and a lot less cynical and more susceptible to hype... I remember watching it with my mother (who used to watch the show when she was a kid) and when the credits hit the screen at the end, we both looked at each other in a bewildered sate and left the cinema... we didn't even say anything to each other on the way out! This film more than any other has made me a lot less excited by trailers ever since ; at least 50% of what you see in the trailer isn't in the finished film! I used to think the 2 1/2 hour cut would improve things, but in retrospect this was badly thought out from the beginning ; Finnes just doesn't have that lightness of touch for the role and Uma (as gorgeous as she is) doesn't seem flirty enough to make it work... And Sean should have known better!

[robgmun]

Originally Posted by captveg

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

What, word for word, passed through my head before i clicked the link

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by robgmun

What, word for word, passed through my head before i clicked the link

Absolutely agree. In fact it was the last film I considered walking out of (that and Strange Days).

I don't understand why people assume a DC would be any better, then again the film has nowhere to go but up in current form. Is there a website that details the footage that was excluded from the released version?