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The Avengers - Review by Caleb Acker

Posted by Buddy Acker on May 23, 2012 at 6:50 PM

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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