Marvel's The Defenders
Marvel's The Defenders
TV-MA | 18 August 2017 (USA)

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    Solemplex

    To me, this movie is perfection.

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    Moustroll

    Good movie but grossly overrated

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    Claysaba

    Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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    TrueHello

    Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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    riteshshergill

    After having seen the defenders I would like to get those hours of my life back. Fairly generic villains with generic motivations who serve as cannon fodder for the protagonists, coupled with weak dialog and a wafer thin plot make this show one of the dumbest things I have seen on the small screen in a long long time. The first thing that rankles me is people's inability to believe that people have abilities - this in a universe where they have acknowledged the presence of the Avengers and aliens. The sheer ineptitude of the cops in this show baffles me. The Hand being a crime syndicate has somehow escaped the purview of the FBI but a day of investigating by a street level PI is enough to expose them. My second problem is with Jessica Jones whose powers seem to come and go as and when the plot demands it. She has superhuman strength in patches and the only time she uses her powers is when she has to move stuff around or block doorways. She can fly but she uses that ability once in her first season and then the writers must have yawned and decided that it was too much so she never uses that ability again. Luke trying to 'protect' the police force by not giving them details about the Hand is beguiling. I mean, sure it would have been helpful if he would have told them more but they are cops and just having a name and a location - Midland Circle should have been enough for them to find out for themselves what the defenders knew. And its laughable that they don't believe in the concept of resurrection - in a universe where Loki exists and Thor exists and super soldiers exist - and the list goes on. I mean these must the most ignorant idiots on the face of the planet. This is a ridiculous cash grab effort and I notice that the seasons are getting progressively worse along with the villians' ineptitude. Daredevil Season 1 was amazing, Jessica Jones season 1 was watchable particularly because of the villain. Luke Cage season 1 was terrible and don't even get me started on Iron Fist. And now we keep getting these generic brain dead seasons and I think its time to give up on the franchise because its too dumb and it makes my brain numb. Please avoid this show like the plague because time is precious and you dont want to be wasting it on this bilge. That cop - Misty is so dumb, I'm surprised she survived the first season of Luke Cage. I guess she's called Misty because she has really clouded judgement.

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    Caglatureray

    I love Jessica jones. That's why I watched it. Defenders idea is good. But the execution fails in many points. Fighting (Kung-fu style) scenes are not realistic, careography is poor. They could have done more Jackie Chen style. That intro music is so annoying. Is it game of thrones that they have such a low-energy music? Action characters do so much bs talking. Iron fist character is such an emotional dude it annoys. The finale of season 1 was super annoying, still there had to be 15 more minutes of bs talking at the end until we see the twist. I give it a 7star because I like the concept. But we need something more realistic. For second season (if there's one), the producers need to decide if they want to make an emotional drama or an action series or they find a way to work it together (which obviously doesn't work now)

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    igravas

    It couldn't be more amazing, having all the great characters in the same series working together.

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    venomfan3412

    I honestly don't know where all the hate for this series stemmed from. The only thing I can really guess is that people set up extremely high expectations and expected Avengers-quality fight scenes and whatnot. I really don't know. But this series delivered everything I wanted it to, and I was left extremely satisfied and wanting more. Matt Murdock and Jessica Jones interacting is hands-down the best part of the series. Their characters are so interesting and similar, and yet so different. Their banter is very enjoyable, and Charlie Cox and Krysten Ritter incredible chemistry. Same for Mike Colter and Finn Jones, playing Luke Cage and Danny Rand. To those hating on Finn Jones, I can understand where you're coming from, but I think it's moreso the character. I haven't seen Iron Fist yet, but people have told me that he was MUCH better in Defenders, and I believe them. The action had every thing I loved about the previous shows, and I love how each Defender has a different way of fighting. Matt and Danny are more martial-arts-based, while Luke and Jessica just mow down guys and throw them around like rag dolls. Despite these differences in fighting, the team work incredibly well together, and have a good sense of synergy. Sigourney Weaver as Alexandria was inspired casting, she was absolutely the perfect choice for the character. However, the fact that she got killed off two episodes before the end was a bit disappointing, as I had hoped for her to carry out until then. But in the end, it made sense, because it was the self-destructive final battle between Matt and Elektra, which was absolutely poetic. And good god, that ending ripped straight out of Born Again has me extremely excited for what Daredevil Season 3 has to offer. Overall, like I said, Defenders is a very underrated series. It has great pacing, a good story, great characters, and entertaining action. Expecting it to be like the final battle for New York in Avengers 1 in any capacity is the fault of the viewers, in my opinion. It is a huge shame that Krysten Ritter believes that we will not get a Season 2, because there's so much more that can be done with this team, and they shouldn't be held back by some disappointed viewers. Defenders isn't perfect, yes, but neither are any of the other Marvel Netflix shows, not even Daredevil Season 1. If you truly believe that Defenders is complete shit with no merit whatsoever, and you believe that it should never get a second season, then I honestly feel sorry for you. To each their own, yeah, but still. Bottom line, Defenders is a really really good series, and anyone who had negative first impressions should give it another go in my opinion, and take it for what it is. A personal story about broken people coming together and doing what's right.

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