Rated PG-13
Based on the
1963 comic book series, Marvel Studios and director Joss Whedon (Thor) bring to
the big screen the assemblage of the ultimate team of super heroes, “The
Avengers”. Fans can rejoice, “The
Avengers” is everything they hoped it would be and a bag of chips. It’s that
good!
When mankind
is threatened by Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) adoptive brother Loki (Tom
Hiddleston), who steals and harnesses the powerful energy derived from an
ominous cube called the Tesseract, he calls upon other alien life forces to help
destroy and ultimately dominate the Earth. Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson) who heads
SHIELD, the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division,
must gather together the only team that can put a stop to such forces.
Nicknamed after an earlier project, The Avengers consists of Iron Man (Robert
Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Hulk
(Mark Rufallo), the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy
Renner). Oh, but this is not your run of
the mill strategic operative team, this is a convergence of awesomeness that reeks
of snarky banter and self indulgence, but ultimately, a will to do what is
right and protect the balance of the universe by kicking some major alien… You
get the picture!
Ultimately,
Loki unleashes his foreign friends through a portal that is created using the
tesseract, sending beasts and alien soldiers upon the unsuspecting inhabitants
of Manhattan. The Avengers and their skills are tested, as they must first
learn to trust each other and work together, if they have any hope of saving
the world… or at the very least most of New York.
When
thinking of super hero films, one tends to find the plot very formulaic.
Reluctant hero pitted against a villain with daddy issues who believes taking
over the world will help ease the pain. Hero prevails, but not without getting
really beat up. The End.
But, what
makes “The Avengers” so much better than its predecessors; the ability to bring
together many super heroes in the same universe and time, with plenty of
destructive action from the beginning to the end accompanied with well written
dialogue that seems to poke fun at each hero’s abilities. It is in a sense,
capitalizing on its own past achievements and Whedon makes no qualms about it.
If you got it, flaunt it! That is why the film works so well--the sum of all
its parts making for one incredible ride, and you don’t have to be comic geek
to enjoy it. We might add that we were
especially impressed with the visuals (including fit super heroes in tights)
and thought the fight sequences were exceptionally exciting (not to mention
some unreal fighting by Black Widow). In the end, I loved it and found a new adoration
for The Hulk who had me laughing out loud at his antics. He is by far, my new
favorite Avenger!
The Avengers
hits theaters Friday May 4, 2012. Don’t miss it!
Cast and
Credit:
Directed and
Co-written by Joss Whedon
Robert
Downey Jr. -Tony Stark / Iron Man
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers / Captain America
Mark Ruffalo - Bruce Banner / The Hulk
Chris Hemsworth - Thor
Scarlett Johansson - Natasha Romanoff / Black
Widow
Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Tom Hiddleston - Loki
Clark Gregg - Agent Phil Coulson
3 comments:
I am SO thoroughly excited for this! Already have my tickets purchased for tomorrow night (can't do the midnight cause of work). Even if it sucked I would still go and see it, but the fact that it lives up the hype is so much better! Great review!
I can't believe i have to wait until next weekend to see this. Arrrg
I loved The Avengers - I'm not big on super hero or action movies, but this one is different, funny, and exciting. great review!
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