The Avengers

Hey everyone! As you can tell by the enthusiasm, I am in a great mood today. Why, you ask? Because Captain America: Civil War comes out TOMORROW! I have been waiting for it’s release for almost 8 months now. The worst part is, I had tickets to go see it today, before its actual release date, but I had to cancel due to a more important playoff game all the way in Logan. But no big deal, now I’ll just get to see it tomorrow along with the rest of the population. Now I’m not writing about Civil War because I haven't even seen it yet (although I could). Instead, I am writing about a movie that is probably Marvel’s greatest installment so far: The Avengers. I have been watching a bunch of Marvel movies this past week to get pumped up for the release of Civil War, which might just dethrone The Avengers’ position of best Marvel movie so far. Many movie critique websites along with myself place The Avengers (2012) at the top of the list. It is just such a great movie. Let’s break it down.

movie cover courtesy of http://www.imdb.com

First, the cast. The Avengers was the first superhero team up movie. This means it brought together all of the heroes from Marvel’s previous installments. Superhero team up means only one thing: super cast team up. Avengers brought together the talents of Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye). I know, that’s a lot of bad-assery in one list. And they lived up to their reputation. The cast came together to bring the characters to life and develop the relationships between the characters. They nailed all of their scenes and lines. One of the most memorable things about this movie were the great quotes. Avengers was jam-packed with a bunch of quotes and one-liners that were anywhere from dramatic to funny. The thing that made these quotes and scenes so good was how the talented cast delivered them.

To sum things up, the Avengers is a story about all of the Marvel superheroes coming together to do things an individual can’t. In this case, it was fighting Thor’s evil brother Loki and his army of Chitauri warriors. The Avengers is based off of the popular comic book of the 60s. Known by many as the “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”, the Avengers comic books were a hit from the first release in 1963 all the way until now. Although Marvel did an amazing job bringing the Avengers into the cinematic universe, there is one thing I would change. In the original Avengers comic book #1, the superhero team consisted of Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man and the Wasp. That’s right, no Captain America. Even fellow avengers Hawkeye and Black Widow did’t come until later in the comics. Marvel had to work with the installments that they already had, which were Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America. So that’s what they did. They would later incorporate Ant-Man, Wasp and the rest of the team, so nothing to freak out about.

The Avengers "Assembling" for the first time. Image courtesy of http://www.sky.com

Today I will be giving you guys my favorite lines from The Avengers. Trust me, it was very hard to come up with this list.

#5 Thor: Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother!

Natasha Romanoff: He killed eighty people in two days.

Thor: He's adopted.

#4 Tony Stark: What's the stat, Rogers?

Steve Rogers: [looks at the Helicarrier tech] It seems to be powered by some sort of electricity!

Tony Stark: ...well, you're not wrong.

#3 Steve Rogers: Big man in a suit of armour. Take that off, what are you?

Tony Stark: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.

#2 Tony Stark: You're missing the point! There's no throne, there is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it!

#1 Loki: Enough! You are, all of you are beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by...

[Hulk flattens Loki with repeated smashes into the floor]

The Hulk: Puny god.

That’s it for another mediocre review of such a fantastic movie. I would give this movie an overall score of 9/10. Stay tuned for more reviews!