Being a diehard Avengers fan from the 80’s I was ecstatic
to hear that they were making an Avengers movie. Having started reading the book since the mid
80’s and having a complete run of the comic book from issue 200 to present day
with about a whole bunch from the 100’s that
are scattered around with holes that need to be filled. So being a true fan of The Avengers comic book
this movie was a fanboys dream comes true.
So did it hold up to expectations or was it a fanboys nightmare.
Well it was definitely not a nightmare. There are not enough words to describe how
awesome this movie was. If I typed them
down then this review would go on forever and people would stop reading. So to simplify, yes, The Avengers was
awesome. It had everything you could
want in a superhero movie. Action, drama and the right amount of humor. Joss
Whedon made use of all the aspects in making this film and did a great job in
bringing The Avengers together.
This movie had it all and it made use of it to help bolster
the strength of the movie. The action was nonstop something that commonly
happens in comic books and wasn’t really in your face for the most part. Well except for the movies climax which you
expected the action to be nonstop and furious. The buildup of the drama was excellent
as there were lots of things going on.
Like the buildup of how to get all those egos to work together and the
point they needed to rally around to be successful and work as a team. 
The comedy was perfect also. It wasn’t over the top or in
your face. It was perfectly timed and
place to make the action sequences more enjoyable. I mean the comedy was really well timed and
came at the right moments like during the big fight scene at the end when the
Hulk just punches Thor right after they beat up the bad guys at Grand Central
Station.
Yes that is all and good but what about the story you
say. Well it was one of the best stories
I have seen in a superhero movie. Well
it was loosely based on The Ultimate’s from Marvels Ultimate Universe and The
Avengers number 1 from the original run.
Well at least that is where the idea to use Loki from and also the
aliens they fought the Chitauri who was introduced in The Ultimate’s. Also it
explains the appearance of Thanos during the post credit sequence. This was kind of neat as Marvels Superhero
movies have mirrored the Ultimate Universe for the most part.
What I really enjoyed about the movie’s story and this
was my biggest worry coming into the movie was that one of the characters would
be regulated to just standing around in the background and forgotten. Well that didn’t happen with The
Avengers. All of the characters all had
equal time and had plenty to do. That
was really refreshing as is the case in team movies someone gets the Checkov
treatment. 
Another worry I had going into this movie was Mark
Ruffalo playing Bruce Banner aka The Hulk. Well my fears were relinquished as
Mark Ruffalo so far has been the best actor to play the Hulk since Bill Bixby
in the 70’s. He was really good and I hope
to see him in a Hulk movie pretty soon.
I also liked the time they gave to Agent Coulson. He was really good and added some timely
comic relief in the movie. But I was
really heartbroken to see him killed off.
I really enjoyed this character and he was really good in all his other
appearances in the other movies. But it
did work to further the plot in killing him off. It was his death that snapped The Avengers
into action and start acting like a team. His death gave them something to
rally around and a team was born.
I loved this movie.
It was everything a diehard Avengers fan could ever want in a movie
about their favorite superhero comic book.
As a fan I had chills going up and down my spine and felt very in awe
that what I was seeing was finally a reality.
After growing up in the 70’s to those really bad Marvel Superhero TV
movies I’m glad that longtime fans have finally gotten the superhero movie that
we have been clamoring for from Marvel for a long time. So thank you Marvel and hey DC Comics you’re
on the clock. Give us that Justice
League of America movie. Marvel has just
raised the bar.
Grade A+
Nice write-up. With over billions and billions of comic book fans and Marvel practically breathing down his neck, Joss Whedon was given one job and one job only and that was to not screw this up. Thankfully, he doesn’t even come close to screwing it up and makes this one of the funnest superhero movies in recent time.
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