"Marvel's The Avengers"

I will admit; this was fun to watch. Earth’s mightiest heroes join forces for the first time, Captain America, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. But gathering the heroes doesn’t come without its share of arguments. Loki returns from the dead, steals the Tesseract, and takes Agent Barton/Hawkeye and Dr. Selvig prisoner. Steve Rogers was sent to engage Loki in Germany only to be saved/interrupted by Tony Stark. Then Thor shows up and steals Loki. The three of them duke it out for a bit before reuniting at the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft. Then the argument escalates, this time involving Dr. Bruce Banner, when Stark reveals S.H.I.E.L.D.’s intentions of using the Tesseract to fuel weapons of mass destruction. Their argument is cut short as Agent Barton leads a rescue mission of Loki. Agent Romanoff/Black Widow was able to rescue Barton from his “Black Sleep” of Loki, but Loki still managed to escape, along with displacing Thor and Dr. Banner. Agent Coulson also buys it when Loki’s duplicate self stabs him from behind. While brooding with Rogers, Stark realizes the place with a massive energy source to open a portal, powered by the Tesseract, is none other than his own Stark Tower. The heroes reunite under the newly respected leadership of Captain America and succeed in bringing down Loki and his army. Then they disappear, leaving New York City in a way worse shape than they found it.

The movie needs to pick a lane as to how to stand on an aircraft and not get sucked out of an open hanger. Agents fly away in gaping holes while Agent Barton is able to stand on the aircraft carrier with no effort.

Since AC/DC is obviously Stark’s favorite band, why was he wearing a Black Sabbath T-shirt? But then again, we’ve seen him dance to The Clash and Queen, so I guess he likes foreign bands.

The movie did an unfair justice to Clint Barton as Loki took him in his first major role movie to be used as a flying monkey. Speaking of which, that line was only funny because Rogers saw The Wizard of Oz.

Though I’ve learned of Edward Norton leaving because payment negotiations went south, the film made a good move in casting Mark Ruffalo as a more charismatic, awkwardly charming Dr. Banner. (Update! Looper released a video stating the real reason Edward Norton left the MCU.) But I have a question, Doctor, when you said your secret is that you’re always angry, why aren’t you the other guy the whole time? Does this mean you can turn your power on and off like a light switch? Is that what you mean in the trailer, “If I can control it, I can use it?” I’m still confused about you doing yoga turns you into the other guy. And you tried to kill yourself? Good God, there are kids watching this. They don’t want to hear the Hulk contemplating suicide.

Remember at the end of Thor when Thor destroyed the Bifrost, and Thor was not able to return to Jane? Now Odin can summon dark matter to transport Thor? Thor is the worse boyfriend ever.

Black Widow was badass, but in the beginning, after her “This Is Sparta” chest kick to one of the Russian guys, she should have gone splat on the concrete floor. Her very specific skill set, not borrowed from Brian Mills, shouldn’t be able to protect her from that, but they did.

This film’s end credits scene gives a sneak peek at a purple alien before the screen went black, then we see the Avengers having lunch at a destroyed diner. I didn’t find the scene funny or enjoyable at all. It was not relevant to the plot. In fact, why did they scatter like that in the end? I was like, “that’s it?”

Tony and Pepper’s relationship seems to be going more smoothly, but Tony is still the same old butthole we’re accustomed to. He gives Pepper 12% of the credit for the conception of Stark Tower. He’s jealous that Pepper and Agent Coulson are on a first name basis. So she knows about the Avengers, but not officially. And since when was the Initiative scrapped? Was it when they deemed Tony incapable of assembling the Avengers?

You know, by now, my feelings on Agent Coulson. I’m unsure of whether or not he deserved to die, and even unsure of whether or not he died a hero or just an arrogant moron. And if Screen Junkies was right about Coulson being on ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I’d like to know the story behind that.

It was weird seeing Robin Scherbatsky being a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Now she’s not abusing Barney or playing on-again-off-again with Ted, she’s Director Fury’s second in command.

I have one other thing. When Tony asks what is Phase Two, was that for our benefit? The Avengers is the end of Phase One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
At this point, this was the biggest film ever released. There were a lot in the past, Citizen Kane, Dr. No, Jaws, Star Wars, The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Titanic, all of The Lord of the Rings, but this movie surpasses them all. There's no way anything can surpass this, right?

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Released On: May 4, 2012
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston
Director: Joss Whedon Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.1/10

Awards
Academy Awards

• Best Visual Effects Janek Sirrs Jeff White, Guy Williams & Dan Sudick - Nominated

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Videos
How It Should Have Ended - How The Avengers Should Have Ended
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