But all that is to be expected it’s hard to make a comic book movie that’s rooted in fantasy without that kind of stuff (as opposed to a more realistic one, like, say, The Dark Knight). Like any comic book movie, there’s a lot of high-fallutin’ exposition (mostly having to do with the Tesseract, the blue cube that allows Loki to cross over), the plot follows a reasonably predictable arc, and the dialogue is oftentimes delivered in an overly serious manner. It’s really no contest - Downey can take Evans and Hemsworth any day - but all these guys bow down to the Hulk, who here is finally the likable character that he wasn’t in the Ang Lee or Edward Norton versions. And what a kick it is to see them all jockey for supremacy, as characters and actors. No offense to Joss, though, but the real stars of this film are the stars themselves. That climactic battle in New York alone is worth the price of admission. But just as important, he also shows he knows his way around ass-kicking action.
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Joss Whedon, who directed and cowrote The Avengers, and has earned his geek cred over the years with TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, knows his material well, and not surprisingly, he’s infused the film with wit and intelligence. That’s a lot of buildup and anticipation, and thankfully it was not entirely for naught. Much as I don’t like New York, just once I’d like to see a more random place destroyed.)įor the past few years now, films like Iron Man (the original and the sequel), Thor, and The Incredible Hulk have been laying the groundwork for this one, with each including a short epilogue where the characters were recruited for a secret mission. Because if aliens descend on Earth, where else would they go?
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(Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye, too, but not until he can break free from Loki’s mind control.) Of course, it doesn’t go well at first, but eventually they get their act together and they take on the Big Bad in New York City. So Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and the Hulk (now played by Mark Ruffalo), all with their own egos and issues, are forced to work together. Jackson’s Nick Fury, head of the peace-keeping alliance S.H.I.E.L.D., that a global war is coming, Fury assembles the Avengers to defend the planet - even though, really, it’s only the U.S.
The movie begins with a portal to another universe opening (how does that keep happening?), and Loki, Thor’s megalomaniacal adoptive brother, arriving to cause mischief. Personally, I’m more a DC universe / Justice League fan. With The Avengers now in theaters, we have our first big slam-bang, star-studded, popcorn action film of the season.īringing together more than a half-dozen of the brightest stars in the Marvel universe, The Avengers is kind of like Ocean’s 11 for comic book geeks.
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