Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

How sad is this?

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

I had heard that this was one of the worst movies ever made based on a TV show. I admit that in the first twenty or so minutes, but then it got really stupid. A subplot features Sean Connery running a secret society where everyone is dressed as giant technicolor teddy bears. I am not making that up. I had already known about this from the Nostalgia Critic's review, but I was still pretty shocked when I saw it! This features some organization that doesn't allow women in their ranks.That's kind of odd, seeing as how one of their leaders is a woman...who is named "Father"...for some reason? The special effects are quite bad, especially the giant insects (yeah, those are there too). I admit to knowing virtually nothing about the original TV show. Yeah, this isn't Marvel's Avengers, but an Avengers based on a British show. I don't know if things like the bear costumes were in the original series. This movie was very boring with an inspiring plot and characters. *1/2

In London, the agent of the Ministry John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Dr. Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) are summoned by the Mother (Jim Broadbent), who shows a footage where the Prospero Project that controls the weather is damaged by Dr. Peel. They head to meet Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery), who is a weather specialist, but soon they discover that he wants to rule the world, using his machine that controls the weather. I saw "The Avengers" in the 90's and did not like this movie. Today I have just seen it again on DVD and I found again a silly and boring movie that wastes cast and budget. It is hard to believe that Sean Connery accepted to work in this turkey. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "Os Vingadores" ("The Avengers")

It's far too easy to view this film with rose tinted glasses that look back at the old TV series, and then feel that this film is not true to them.Or that this was a modern - well 1998 - remake of a 1960s TV series, but brought up to date, but with no relation to the original other than the names of the characters.It wasn't. and it wasn't meant to be.This was Ralph Fiennes playing Patrick MacNee playing John Steed, and Uma Thurman playing Diana Rigg playing Emma Peel.Yes, it had Eddie Izzard, and Shaun Ryder in it, and they were bad, but ignore them, they didn't either make or break the film.My first memory of The Avengers was probably the Linda Thorson / Tara King series, back in 1968 (when I was 5years old) and I have since seen the Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumley episodes... (a bit out of the original order, but I can't help when I was born)And the Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes version is nothing if not true to those characters, the characterisations, and the story lines from those TV series.Those were every bit as far fetched, over the top, silly, bizarre, illogical, strange, weird and farcical as parts of this film version.Except no-one appears to have watched this film version with the same affection as they would watch the original TV series(s).I like it, and I think if you approach it like you would a re-run of one of the earlier TV series, and divorce yourself from reality, put yourself into the idiom of The Avengers, then I think you can enjoy this film, too. Distance yourself from nostalgia, Since Sean Connery was also in this film - which brings the 1960s James Bond films to mind, think of this film more like the original Casino Royale (with David Niven as James Bond, and Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond) rather than the gritty modern Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. It's not a 1998 film - it's just another episode in a weird 1960s TV series.

I only give it 2 stars for the fact that I love the classic characters and Sean Connery. First off some say it's not worth griping about. Wrong. I could have written a better screenplay. First off they just meet for the first time? Mother was NEVER a character in the Peel series except till the last episode. The relationship between the two was never really brought to light except in hints, but naturally the movie biz can't make a film without the romantic stuff. The intro is bland. The script is awful. I'm sure Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg and even Honor Blackman laughed when they saw it and probably embarrassed. I never liked the Linda Thorson season much although some stories would have benefited Emma Peel. This movie could have made due without the "Mother" character. I thought Ralph Fiennes was acceptable as Steed. Not so much Uma Thurman. The movie is pointless compared to the series and someone should have boxed up that script and buried it. The series is one of my favorite TV shows of all time. Couldn't wait for the film. After seeing it I was devastated. I'm sure not the only fan who was. Skip it.