May 7, 2012
The Avengers (2012) - Directed by Joss Whedon - Rating: 4/5
The long awaited “Avengers” movie has finally been released in the US, and it broke the 200 million dollar mark opening weekend (becoming the first movie to do so). A lot has been said about...

The Avengers (2012) - Directed by Joss Whedon - Rating: 4/5

The long awaited “Avengers” movie has finally been released in the US, and it broke the 200 million dollar mark opening weekend (becoming the first movie to do so). A lot has been said about it already, mostly great things. The Avengers is definitely a good movie, that does what many thought to be impossible, creating a coherent story that involves so many heroes and personalities. Joss Whedon who directed the film, did a great job giving each superhero their own moment to shine during the movie, also managing to sprinkle in some humor. However, with all the great response that the Avengers has gotten, I’ve noticed somewhat of an overreaction to it as well. I read some comments of people saying the Avengers is the “greatest superhero movie ever”. Which is odd to say since it may not even be the best Marvel superhero movie ever, the original Spider-Man is still pretty damn good. After seeing all the recent Marvel movies that led up to the Avengers, in terms of quality, they all seem to be around the same. The Avengers suffers from a pretty long run time, and a lot of cliché moments. Without spoiling too much, the Agent Coulson storyline was ridiculous and quite literally manipulative to the Avengers and to the audience. How many times have we seen that happen in a movie before, especially a superhero/action movie? The third act was something right out of a Michael Bay movie, just a ton of inconsequential CGI destruction and explosions to buildings. I never got the sense the stakes meant anything, or that the Avengers were actually fighting in a real environment. Again, I really liked the movie, I’m just nitpicking at the negatives. I give Whedon a lot of credit for creating perhaps the most difficult of the Marvel movie to make with all the different elements. The performances were pretty good as well, Robert Downey Jr. owns Iron Man so well. Tom Hiddleston as Loki was great, definitely one of the better villains from the Marvel universe. I would highly recommend this movie, if you’re one of the few who hasn’t seen it by this point.

//post by scott

  1. betaadamantium said: He’s trying to say that the first Spider-Man movie was better. All arguments are rendered invalid.
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