It's here. The comic book event of the decade. The event that Marvel has been leading up to since Iron Man released in 2008. Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, and Thor teaming up to save the world. The Marvel hype machine has been in full gear and it has been really getting our hope up. And let me tell you. It doesn't disappoint.
So a quick recap. The Avengers are a team of super heroes. First seen in September 1963 as Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The team changes on a fairly regular basis. But Iron Man and Captain America are pretty consistently on the team. Another consistency is the fact that the pseudo- government agency S.H.I.E.L.D. (In the movie universe it stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division). The possibility of an Avengers movie was first mentioned in the after credits scene of Iron Man with Director Nick Fury (Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.) asking Iron Man to join the Avengers Initiative. Next we got the Incredible Hulk with General Ross chasing The Hulk all over the world. After that came Iron Man 2 with quick succession Thor and Captain America in the same year. All of these movies are clearly leading up to something. Something very big. That all culminates in this movie.
This movie centers on the tesseract from Captain America: The First Avenger, Loki from Thor, and an alien race known as Chitauri. Marvel fans may know the Chitauri as a common enemy for the Avengers in the comic books. The movie centers largely on the character relationships coupled with incredible and well directed fight sequences. The director for the film is the infamous Joss Whedon. Also to note is the fact that the special effects were done by Industrial Light & Magic as well as Peter Jackson's Weta Digital. One thing to note is that all of the heroes are portrayed by the same actor who played the character in their respective solo movies except for Hulk/Bruce Banner who was recast for this and for another 6 movies is Mark Ruffalo.
One of the best parts about the movie is the fights between the heroes themselves. The fight where Thor and Hulk are going at it in the flight hanger is particularly good. The movie is being received well and in all honesty it might be one of the best movies I've ever had the privilege to watch. I did see it in 3D, but I don't feel like it really needed the 3D. It is also on IMAX. I am very interested to see where the Marvel movies go next. Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 and slated for release in 2013 but after that Marvel hasn't said yet. A sequel to The Avengers is possible but it hasn't been announced yet and it will be difficult to set up story-wise.
I can't recommend this movie enough. If you are at all interested in comic books you must see this movie. I would also recommend buying The Avengers official movie-tie in comic Avengers: Prelude. Available in collected form via Amazon.com or at your local comic book shop. I recommend it as it ties all the previous movies together and shows you how S.H.I.E.L.D was working behind the scenes the whole time.
So buy the book, watch the movie, tell EVERYONE you know how great it is. And then watch it again.
And with that I will leave you with a trailer to get you hyped:
That is all. Carry On!
-Spieg89
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