The season opens with probably one of the most anticipated movie team-ups of the summer. With years of planning, and five movies leading up to it, Marvel has finally released The Avengers!!
Back in 2008, when Iron Man was released, not many believed that a movie like Avengers would be possible. Doubters stated that Avengers has too many central characters with deep back stories and it couldn't be pulled off. Then Marvel decided to make a bunch of individual movies to help tell those stories of the central characters. Iron Man was a hit that hinted at the team-up, followed by Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America.
All these previous movies began laying the story path for Avengers by connecting the movies to each other with small cameo crossovers. Still doubters would say, "How do you get these characters to intermingle in one movie?"
Answer: Flawlessly
Without giving away too much of the movie, (I'm not going to describe scenes from the movie to you like most reviews. i.e. Entertainment Weekly) director Joss Whedon found a way merge all the characters together and make the movie flow. He did this by giving each character equal screen time. I didn't feel like one character was more important than another. Each had a pivotal role to play in the movie, and it shows.
RDJr was spectacular as Tony Stark/Iron Man, as usual. Chris Evans also plays Captain America superbly. I was really surprised by Scarlett Johansson. She had a more beefed up role in this movie, and her acting sold her character on many levels throughout the film.
The Avengers is witty and action packed. You will catch yourself getting more and more excited throughout the movie. I was very impressed on how the action scenes play out. It was like organized chaos. No punches are pulled everyone takes a beating.
So lets face it, if you have already seen the five previous Marvel movies, you are going to see The Avengers. You're sorta committed. Sprinkled throughout are hints form those other movies. So look for them.
I give The Avengers - A - Awesome!! I was close to going Legendary because they pulled out the ultimate team-up movie, and it is going to be hard to beat. (TDK just made the bar so damn high) This maybe a little bit too late, Go see The Avengers! IF you haven't seen the other Marvel movies? See those movies NOW!! Then go see Avengers. You don't want to be the only who hasn't, do you?
- note - I am much more of a fan of Iron Man now than I was when the first Iron Man film was released. Since my post from 2008, I've done a lot more back issue reading on the character. If you were wondering that is??
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