The Avengers

Genre: Action /Adventure / Sci-fi // Running Time: 142 minutes // Release Date: April 25, 2012
Cast & Crew at IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/

Overall Rating 9.5 out of 10

Synopsis: All those heroes you've been watching in movies over the past couple of years (Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, Black Widow & Hawkeye) are joined together to form one kick-ass team with one simple goal - saving the world. However, for the sake of those who don't consume every comic book movie being made, Thor's half-brother Loki returns to earth to steal a power source of unlimited potential, the Tesseract, which will open a portal to another part of space allowing an army of Chitauri to invade and ultimately conquer earth and it's in the hands of Earth's greatest heroes to stop Loki and save the day.

First of all, I personally would give this movie a 5. If I'm ever going to give a movie a 5, which I'm not, this would be the movie. In my mind, this is one of the best movies ever made - for it's genre. This is the comic book action movie to end all comic book action movies. I have my doubts that even the sequel, and yes there will be at the very least one sequel, will be as good as this one.

This movie is awesome from start to finish. The plot is complex, but not overly so for an action flick. The characters are already pre-established so there isn't a lot of time wasted developing them, aside from Black Widow and Hawkeye who have only been seen in limited doses in prior Marvel films. What this means for the audience is that there's more time for action. Which is good, since you have to get all of these big name heroes in on the action sequences. Also, the acting is as good as it gets for an action movie. I mean Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, and Mark Ruffalo, would do pretty well in any movie, but everyone seems to hold their own. Sammy owns his role as Nick Fury and Chris Hemsworth also makes a great Thor, but obviously the character with the most successful franchise is bound to take over. Robert Downey Jr. definitely steals this film. He's charismatic, funny, and demeaning to just about everyone, but in a semi-charming kind of way. His nicknames for other characters are absolutely hillarious, and similar to the Iron Man films, he makes being a hero seem pretty damn cool!

I should also mention that Joss Whedon does a really great job with this movie. The timing and pace are all very well put together. And there's no shortage of funny one-liners and glib remarks to lighten the mood, which works very well for this type of movie. He attempted to pull off something massive in scope by making this movie, especially in terms of special effects, and I would say he accomplished it and then some. The CGI is obviously top-notch and what surprised me, was that the 3D stuff was actually pretty good. Not the usual half-assed attempts at 3D we've seen attempted by multiple movies since the success of Avatar.

Go see it, you'll love it! If you don't ... stop reading my blog, because obviously our tastes in movies are extremely opposite!