Overall: A
Cast: A+
Plot: B+
Special Effects/Stunts: A
Similarity to Comic: A
Director: Joss Whedon
Comic Company: Marvel
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson,
Rating: PG-13
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The Idea behind this movie series almost seemed impossible a few years ago. Making a series of movies and then tying all of them together into one mega-movie while retaining most if not all of the major cast members seemed highly improbable. Add onto that how well done and successful each movie was and I'd say this idea and these movies far exceeded expectations.
The Good: The cast of this movie was one the best I have ever seen. Every actor played their role perfectly, giving the movie a great mix of bad-ass, cocky, conniving, mysterious and sexy players. I was particularly impressed with Mark Ruffalo. Nobody thought he could outdo Edward Norton's Bruce Banner, but he sure did. I enjoyed how well all of the actors seemed to understand the fragile relationships between their respective characters and the rest of the team. In the comic books the Avengers hardly ever get along unless they have to in order to defeat a common foe, and this movie displays that well.
The special effects and stunts were amazing in this movie, which was to be expected, but I also thought the 3D was superior to some of the other movies. It was used in the right places, not overdone, and high quality to boot. This film was also very funny, probably more so than any of the other Marvel movies, which it had to be in order to downplay the ridiculousness of having all the strong personalities in one movie.
The Bad: If the was any part of this movie that was "bad" it would probably have to be the plot. I shouldn't even call it bad, I think "not nearly as spectacular" sums it up better. It's as if the movie was so focused on developing the team and character relationships that it kind of left out a good villain and diabolical world ruling plan. The villain and their evil plan was basically just Loki summoning things from another world to wreak havoc on Earth. A realistic plan given the circumstances and the characters but not super creative. It was done well though and it was simple enough to lead to an obvious sequel.
My other big ding on this movie was that Loki never really puts up a fight. He executes his plan but once the Avengers get to him the Hulk just thrashes him around for a couple seconds and its over, no big finale or epic battle.
The Interesting: The most interesting thing about this movie (since they didn't deviate much from the comics) is what they're going to do for the sequel. It would be nice to see some more villains (which they allude to), but it would also be interesting to add more Avengers, like Ant-man, and give them smaller roles. I would also like to see them further develop the relationship between Black Widow and Hawkeye.
It looked like they changed how they animated the Hulk, like they made his features more like Mark Ruffalo instead of what he used to look like. And the only part of the movie where the comedy was a little too much was when the Hulk punched Thor, I didn't think that was entirely necessary.
Conclusion: You have to see this movie. You don't even have to see the other movies first its done so well. And after you see it once, go see it again, its THAT good.
Cast: A+Plot: B+
Special Effects/Stunts: A
Similarity to Comic: A
Director: Joss Whedon
Comic Company: Marvel
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson,
Rating: PG-13
See the IMDB page
See the Rotten Tomatoes page
The Idea behind this movie series almost seemed impossible a few years ago. Making a series of movies and then tying all of them together into one mega-movie while retaining most if not all of the major cast members seemed highly improbable. Add onto that how well done and successful each movie was and I'd say this idea and these movies far exceeded expectations.
The Good: The cast of this movie was one the best I have ever seen. Every actor played their role perfectly, giving the movie a great mix of bad-ass, cocky, conniving, mysterious and sexy players. I was particularly impressed with Mark Ruffalo. Nobody thought he could outdo Edward Norton's Bruce Banner, but he sure did. I enjoyed how well all of the actors seemed to understand the fragile relationships between their respective characters and the rest of the team. In the comic books the Avengers hardly ever get along unless they have to in order to defeat a common foe, and this movie displays that well.
The special effects and stunts were amazing in this movie, which was to be expected, but I also thought the 3D was superior to some of the other movies. It was used in the right places, not overdone, and high quality to boot. This film was also very funny, probably more so than any of the other Marvel movies, which it had to be in order to downplay the ridiculousness of having all the strong personalities in one movie.
The Bad: If the was any part of this movie that was "bad" it would probably have to be the plot. I shouldn't even call it bad, I think "not nearly as spectacular" sums it up better. It's as if the movie was so focused on developing the team and character relationships that it kind of left out a good villain and diabolical world ruling plan. The villain and their evil plan was basically just Loki summoning things from another world to wreak havoc on Earth. A realistic plan given the circumstances and the characters but not super creative. It was done well though and it was simple enough to lead to an obvious sequel.
My other big ding on this movie was that Loki never really puts up a fight. He executes his plan but once the Avengers get to him the Hulk just thrashes him around for a couple seconds and its over, no big finale or epic battle.
The Interesting: The most interesting thing about this movie (since they didn't deviate much from the comics) is what they're going to do for the sequel. It would be nice to see some more villains (which they allude to), but it would also be interesting to add more Avengers, like Ant-man, and give them smaller roles. I would also like to see them further develop the relationship between Black Widow and Hawkeye.
It looked like they changed how they animated the Hulk, like they made his features more like Mark Ruffalo instead of what he used to look like. And the only part of the movie where the comedy was a little too much was when the Hulk punched Thor, I didn't think that was entirely necessary.
Conclusion: You have to see this movie. You don't even have to see the other movies first its done so well. And after you see it once, go see it again, its THAT good.
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