The Avengers
2012, 143 minutes
Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett
Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders,
Stellan Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow...
- Directed by
- Joss Whedon
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- PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Movie review
Blasphemy? Perhaps. But the best thing about what may be the most rousing and well-crafted superhero movie since The Dark Knight
is not the boffo action scenes that culminate in a New York
City-destroying finale that rivals Michael Bay's obliteration of the
Chicago skyline in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. No, the real appeal of The Avengers
comes from the quiet moments among a group of decidedly unquiet humans,
extra-humans, mutants, and demigods. In no particular order those are
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America
(Chris Evans), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett
Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), S.H.I.E.L.D. world-government
commander Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), and indispensable functionary
Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg). That's a superstar lineup both in and out
of character, and The Avengers brilliantly integrates the cast of
ensemble egos into a story that snaps and crackles--not to mention
smashes, trashes, and destroys--at breakneck pace, never sacrificing
visual dazzle or hard-earned story dynamics. Writer-director Joss Whedon
is no slouch when it comes to being a comic geek and he handles the
heavy duty reins with efficient panache. The effects are of course
spectacular. They include a monstrous flying aircraft carrier that is
home base to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury's Avenger Initiative; Tony
Stark's gleaming skyscraper in midtown Manhattan; off-world scenes of
malignant evil; as well as blindingly apocalyptic fights and the
above-mentioned showdown that leaves New York a virtual ruin. Yet it's
the deeply personal conversations and confrontations among the very
reluctant team of Avengers that makes the movie pop. Full of humor,
snappy dialogue, and little asides that include inside jokes, eye rolls,
and personal grudge matches, the script makes these superhumans real
beings with sincere passion or feelings of disillusionment. The
conviction of the actors as they fully commit to their clever lines
gives credibility to what comes off as more than simple banter, even
during the more incredible moments among them (of which are many). The
plot involves the appearance of Loki, disgraced villain and brother of
Thor, who was also a key player in his eponymous movie. Loki has come to
Earth to retrieve the Tesseract, a blue-glowing energy cube that is
valuable beyond compare to forces good and evil throughout the universe.
As Loki, Tom Hiddleston is supremely, yea gloriously appealing as the
brilliantly wicked regal charmer who captures minds from S.H.I.E.L.D.
and attempts to conquer Earth with the hideous army at his command. To
say he is foiled is an understatement. His face-off with the Hulk is one
of the giddiest moments in a movie filled with lightheaded mayhem, and
is a perfect example of Whedon's throwaway approach to translating the
mythic mystique of the Marvel comics universe. Though at times deadly
serious (as deadly serious as an outrageous superhero
destructo/fight-fest movie can be, that is), The Avengers is best
when it lightens up and lets the fun fly alongside the powerhouse
punches. By the way, a single blink-and-you'll-miss-it powerhouse punch
is another moment that makes Hulk the most loveable underdog of a
smashing green rage monster ever. That spirit of fun and pure adventure
makes The Avengers the greatest kind of escapist Hollywood fantasy $250 million can buy. A blockbuster in the most literal sense. --Ted Fry
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