@rogueshadow: Sorry dude, but you think the Russo's have a "better grasp" of all these characters than Whedon? Based on what, exactly? Winter Soldier? While that's certainly a very good film, they've only proved that they can do Captain America (and Black Widow). We have no idea whether they'll be able to cope with directing effectively three Avengers movies (CW and IW 1+2).
I didn't literally mean all of the characters, but of the characters they've done and the relationships between them, they are far more identifiable, individual and have dynamics truer to the characters (for example Hulk and Widow really wasn't very good). Joss Whedon's characters often suffer from being basically segmented portions of Joss Whedon's own personality, this is a clear through line in all of his work, they all have that same snarky attitude and dialogue, with many of his characters, you can give any one of his lines to another character and it would sound appropriate. This isn't always the case, but it is something I see a lot.
Avengers was a good film, but flawed, these flaws will not translate nearly as well to A:IW at all, I like what he did with it, and enjoy them for what they were, but based on what I've seen, the Russos have a greater handle on their properties. Of course we have to see how they do juggling far more characters, that's just a given.
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