If you have not seen Looper and plan to, I’d suggest leaving this post. That is, if you like being surprised by film elements. If you want my non-spoiler review of Looper, [looper movie review], it’s there for the reading.
But in writing that review, I had to skip around many aspects of the story. Here, I’m letting loose with story aspects and behind the scenes details or insights from the writer/director of Looper, Rian Johnson.
Please… don’t spoil it for yourself. This is one movie where a spoiler really does ruin the surprise aspect of this movie.
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Wow, that gang from Io9 spent some time at Industrial Light and Magic and got the low-down on many behind-the-scenes EFX aspects of The Avengers, and some if it is pretty insightful material, giving you a feel on how some aspects of the the movie were shot.
Let’s check it out, and don’t worry too much, I’ve scrubbed a lot of what could be spoilers from The Avengers movie… mostly:
The Hulk
For some shots, The Hulk started out as a bodybuilder wearing green body paint. This way they could get a feel for how Hulk looked or fitted in a scene.
They had an athlete wearing the mo-cap suit for some scenes, and they based Hulk’s his motion off of apes.
They also chose to keep the Hulk at near normal (sort of) size and limited some of his strength, all in the focus of staying as close to real-world as possible… with a big, green, gamma radiated guy.
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Iron Man
Joss Whedon took the training wheels off of Iron Man. They added the backpack thruster so he would stop needing to use his hands for stability. (I kind of got used to that, but I like how Whedon brought IM back to his core comic visual self.)
Robert Downey Jr. rarely wears a full Iron Man suit because it’s pretty uncomfortable. But there is a get up called the football suit that mimics most of the suit that he does wear.
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Other Goodies
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