Reviewed by Danny the Demented
Updated May 1 2012
After the promise of a superhero all-you-can-watch was made back in 2008 when the first "Iron Man" movie came out, fans all over the world have been waiting for this ensemble of awesomeness to arrive. Well wait no more, the Avengers are here and I need to go change my pants because I made a peepee, yeah that's right, I am still THAT excited after seeing this 2hr plus fun-time freight train. "The Avengers" is the story of awesomeness. Oh you need me to elaborate? Fine, you kids are so needy. The movie opens with Loki (Tom Hiddleston), who is back with a vengeance with the aide of an alien race called Chitauri- aiming to take over earth and in exchange for their help- bring Chitauri the source of unlimited power, the Tesseract. To take back the Tesseract and defend earth- our home- Director Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) brings in Captain America (Chris Evans aka the Human Torch), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), The Hulk (Mark Rufallo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) to fight for our survival. You might be asking yourself: what is a Tesseract? who are the Chitauri? why does Danny know all these and does that make him a geek? Well WHO CARES? This movie is filled with awesome sauce and that is all you need to know.
This is the ultimate superhero movie, period, both in quantity and quality. Each hero has his or her moment, each plays an important part to the development of the plot, and each is in his/her own right a lead. Iron man is funny and charming, Thor and Captain America are strong and fearless, the Hulk smashes and then smashes some more, even characters without superhuman abilities, Hawkeye and Black Widow, fight with unbelievable technique and style. Seriously, what is not to like? Sure the plot is predictable and to be perfectly honest a little dull, but you don't go to a pop corn movie like this looking for surprises. You go hoping to see cool CGI effects and funny yet meaningless banters. You go expecting heroics in the most exaggerated way. You go, basically, for a good time. And "The Avengers" delivers, the whole nine yard.
The director Joss Whedon has long been a favorite of mine. It's a shame that this guy doesn't get carte blanche every time he wants to make a movie or a show. And I will bet most of you reading this review (all 3 of you) don't have the first clue of who he is, which is a crime, really. He is the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse (all four TV shows), and the director of Serenity (underrated sci-fi) and now The Avengers. To you young minds eager for tv fun time, check out any of the shows I just mentioned and you are guaranteed a good time. This guy is THAT good.
Not taking the chance to spoil the movie for you, I shall stop the review here. This movie has nearly everything you'd want in an enjoyable cinematic experience. No your minds will not be blown (INCEPTION!), no you will not weep (Grave of the Fireflies), no you will not want to kill someone after viewing it (Tree of Life, ARRRRGH), but what you will have is a fantastic time. My only regret is, where the F is War Machine? Well there's always the sequel. If you don't like The Avengers, then *&^% you. My name is Danny and I endorse this message.
You saw Tree of Life?!?!?!?!!?
ReplyDeleteSpoil the plot for me please.
I can't even if I wanted to, there's no plot. Easily the worst movie I've ever seen and I include David Lynch's works when I make that statement so you know how much I hated the Tree of Life. It's suppose to be about the meaning of existence and life and family bond and all that, through the lives of a family of 5 headed by Brad Pitt. He is still ridiculously good looking but my goodness what a mess of a film. To call it overrated is the understatement of the decade. I am a firm believer that if you like this film, you are pretentious, because there's no way anybody can understand this movie, because there's nothing to understand. I hate it when ppl say "ooh the director made it this way for ppl to interpret in any which way they see fit". Nonsense. Anyway, bad film, avoid at all cost or you will never see those 2 hrs plus of your life ever again.
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