The Avengers: NR #24

Well this is a HUGE and innovative week for Hollywood. This is the first huge superhero movie of the summer and the first time 4 different film franchises have been in the same movie together. I've been excited for this for a long time. It's been teased to us, it's been in our face for 3 years, and it's finally here. And I'm happy to say, like so many people have already said... YOU WERE WRONG LEON, HA HA!!! ...Sorry, I lost my cool there for a second. This week's movie is...

Let's Begin

PLOT

The Tesseract is a device of unknown origin that is a doorway to worlds not yet discovered by man, and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, Nick Fury, has it until Loki, brother of Thor, steals it away. Loki intends to use the Tesseract to bring an alien army he's made a deal with to take over Earth in an act of peace (WHAT?!). With all hope lost, Nick Fury assembles a team of the greatest warriors and minds of our time. Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. They must defeat Loki, take back the Tesseract, and try not not to let their ego's get in the way.

PROS

Joss Whedon's writing and directing is what make this whole movie work. Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel", and "Firefly" is a master of ensemble casts, giving them all something to do, and comedy. It all works perfectly here and everyone gets a moment to shine.

The writing style for the characters are no different than from their own movies. Iron Man sounds like Iron Man, Thor like Thor, and Captain America like...well you get it.

The ones that don't sound like themselves? Well they become awesome. Black Widow, who was boring and worthless in "Iron Man 2" becomes one of the most interesting and cool characters in the film along with Hawkeye.

The Hulk is done right in this film. They do something new with him, making it seem more like a threat to have him around then a God send. They even make it scary and sad at points. Until the third act of course. At that point, he becomes the most awesome thing that you have ever seen. My three favorite moments are all from The Hulk.

With Whedon being the master a comedy he is, you'd think the movie would be funny right? Wrong, IT'S ABSOLUTELY LAUGH OUT LOUD FALL OUT OF YOUR SEAT FUNNY. I missed a ton of dialogue because either I or the audience was laughing so long and hard. 

The action is fun and exciting. I found myself at the edge of my seat and staring in awe at many points.

CONS

All of my CONS are nitpicks that mean nothing when compared to the film as a whole, so just skip this.

CONCLUSION

This is what Summer blockbusters used to be. It has all of the stuff of big dumb action movies that we get every year, but what makes it different is the writing and characters. It makes this 2 hr and 22 min. movie seem like an hour and a half. You never want it to end. This was such a fun movie, I believe the audience was a big part, laughing and clapping along with the film. I love this movie and is a very promising start to this badass looking Summer.

RATING

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P.S. To understand the joke at the beginning, go to this link

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blogs/the-avengers-audio-review