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team. However Hawkeye the archer will always been seen as a key part of the team and I really look forward to seeing what he can do in Avengers 2 when he is not being controlled by a crazy god. Point to note though is that Renner’s Hawkeye is by far the worst archer on the screen discussed so far, mainly due to his really bad form and stance, but he is an Avenger so we will let him off this time.
Image © Marvel, 2012

ers also should just how skilled she is with it. The shame of it was the actual film had no more archery than what was in the trailer so a real lost opportunity there because the bits she is doing the sport the animators’ got her form spot on every time.

will always allow for wind and distance to allow for the arrow to drop in the air. One of the coolest things he does in the movie is his various arrow heads he selects from his bow which then sends a signal to his quiver that then attaches the required effect for that arrow. This was something I never saw in the comic-book Hawkeye. The archer in the comic books was always seen as an outsider with many people dismissing him as a nonsuper powered member of the

DC’s Green Arrow
The other well known archer in comics is Green Arrow, the Emerald Archer who has been seen on screen in both Smallville, played by Justin Hartley, and in his own series, Arrow, this time portrayed by Stephen Amell. In my opinion the comic GA was always a bit of an arrogant grumpy hothead who I could never relate to. However in Smallville we got see how good an archer could be on a small scale. Sure, he can’t stop
Image © Warner Bros, 2012

Avengers Assemble
The other main film of 2012 that featured an archer was what some people called the best comic book movie ever. Marvel’s Avengers Assemble is now the third grossing film of all time behind Avatar and Titanic. It featured a host of super powered heroes and some with no super powers apart from keen fighting skills. One of these “lesser” heroes was Clint Barton also known as Hawkeye, Marvel’s answer to Robin Hood as played by Jeremy Renner. Hawkeye is known as a master marksman and S.H.I.E.L.D’s right hand man to their master assassin the Black Widow. In the movie Hawkeye uses a type of recurve bow and his ability to track targets all around him. A typical archer

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