The Avengers is definitely one of the most highly anticipated movies for 2012. If you’re a fan or at least an avid movie-goer, you would know that the buildup of this movie started all the way back to the first Iron Man movie. And now, it’s here! After watching it last night, all I could say is that all those years was definitely worth the wait!
Avengers!
Right now, it’s the perfect superhero movie for me. The movie is just THAT awesome. There are a lot of reasons why, and here’s mine.
Balance. The movie was able to balance the presence of the four alpha-superheroes AND give enough screen time for the supporting characters. With Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Hulk already dominating the screen, Joss Whedon could have easily set aside any character development for the rest of the S.H.I.E.L.D. and Avengers team. Surprisingly, the movie was able to show enough scenes for these supporting characters to actually flesh out. I didn’t feel like I was cheated out of a character, who I expected to play a major role in the film because they were in the poster, only to find that they had just one line and one scene in the movie. The way they presented these supporting characters – from their background to motivations – was really impressive.
For example, if this was just another superhero movie, Hawkeye would just be a background badass hero Legolas-ing his way during the fight scenes. Fortunately, he’s in this movie; we got enough hints of his background to understand why he’s there. And this is coming from someone with minimal knowledge of the Marvel Universe (aside from the ones shown in film or TV shows).
Kick-ass women. (Well, fine, woman) For once, I finally saw a super hero movie where the female superhero actually kicked-ass. I was initially peeved that this already testosterone heavy movie only had one room for a female Avenger. (I mean, come on, there are female superheroes too!) But after watching the movie, I have to give ScarJo’s Black Widow the credit. She held her own despite being the only female in a group of alpha-males. I was glad that they didn’t gave her any scenes where she becomes the hero-turned-damsel-in-distress. They didn’t even use her seductress persona that much. My only critic is that they could have given her a bigger gun. All in all, I’m really happy with how this one female hero turned out. (This makes me officially a fan of Joss Whedon).
Action-packed with coherent narrative. With action films, there is always the danger of totally ignoring any semblance of a story line and just throw all the fights, and explosions scenes together*coughTransformerscough*. I’m glad that wasn’t the case for Avengers. Yeah, they had the whole Marvel Universe for source material, but it still does take skill to translate the story in a 2-hour film. And again, coming from someone with little knowledge of the Marvel Universe, I understood the whole story, and the motivations of each character. I didn’t come out of the movie theater bombarding my boyfriend with questions about why this character is like this and that, etcetera.
Memorable lines. I guarantee that after watching this film, you’re head will be brimming with funny lines from the movie. Hulk, SMASH and Puny god are internet memes waiting to happen (or already did).
Right after the movie, my boyfriend and I were on an Avengers-high that we stopped by the nearest Petron station and got their limited edition Avengers tumbler collection. Yeah, that’s how good the movie is; it makes you want to get any Avengers-related collectibles. I predict I’ll be watching it again this week.
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