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The Avengers
Like "Transformers," but with a story

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow and Clark Gregg
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-if violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference)
Perhaps
the most anticipated summer movie of 2012 has finally arrived. However, did “The
Avengers” live up to the hype? Well, I will answer that question and offer my
comments on the film right now.
I think we all knew this was coming. When “Iron Man” released it was a thought.
When “Iron Man 2” released it was probable. When Marvel announced the releases
of “Thor” and “Captain America: The First Avenger” it was a sure thing.
“The Avengers” starts off in a very big way with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)
and numerous government scientists studying a blue cube called the Tesseract, which
controls the portals between earth and other worlds (or something like that).
Out of nowhere Loki (Tom Hiddleston), the villain from “Thor,” appears. In “Thor,”
Loki was thrown off the edge of the universe, but in “The Avengers” he makes
his return. I’m not going to spoil what happened to Loki because I feel like it’s
a big part of the film. Anyway, he forces the scientists to join him. Then he
steals the Tesseract and leaves.
Nick Fury begins to call upon The Avengers.
This is where the film began to drag for me. We get brief introductions of Natasha
Romanoff/Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey
Jr.), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris
Evans). They capture Loki and board him on a plane to hold him until the Tesseract
is retrieved. Then, out of nowhere, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) shows up.
My biggest gripe with the film was that there is a lot more Avenger versus
Avenger action than there is The Avengers versus the bad guys. I also thought
Jeremy Renner sucked as Hawkeye.
I remember seeing the trailer for this film and thinking it looked too similar to
the “Transformers” films to be good. However, this film does something that “Transformers”
didn’t. It starts with a story to actually make you give a shit about the
action.
My favorite part in the film was a back and forth argument between Tony Stark
and Thor, in which Stark goes on to say, "Doth mother know that you weareth
her drapes?"
All in all I would say it was a good movie, and one I would watch again.
Score: 4 out of 5
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