Good but not Perfect

Rating: 9/10 (10 November 2012)

"The Marvel Avengers", directed by Joss Whedon, has its own take on the many different types of the Avenger's team that cannot be defeated by any foe. For instance the first Avenger's team (which should have been in the movie if going in chronological order) features Iron Man, Ant-Man, The Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk. In "The Marvel Avengers" the team consisted of Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Hulk, Thor, and Nick Fury. I say it has its own take because in the episode that the Avengers take on the villain Loki, the Avenger's #1, there are no aliens. The episode with Loki is actually how he tricks the Hulk to destroy train tracks, however, with the more action packed society today this story wouldn't have gone over as well.
The new story of Marvel's Avengers might be better than the old but the characters need some work. If the history of the characters is taking into consideration the movie is way off base. First of all the first Avenger, Captain America, is suppose to be a man from Brooklyn but he does not have the typical "r-less" speech we hear from New Yorkers. Further on this idea is Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) is suppose to be a highly trained spy from Russia, yet she doesn't sound like a Russian. On a better note though I think that the avengers Hulk is by far the best so far and even hoping they try a third time to get it right, starring Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk. A couple characters I think that "Marvel's Avengers" depicts very well are Thor, Iron Man, and of course the Hulk.
Another drawback of "Marvel's Avengers" is the relationship between Hawkeye and Black Widow. In the comics Hawkeye and Black widow are both in love; however, Hawkeye is clearly more in love as he follows Black Widow to steal Stark's technology. In the movie they depict Black Widow as the one following Hawkeye around completely switching the roles of their relationship. Furthermore the relationship between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts was brief but spot on. Pepper Potts is the calm one that is realistic behind the irrational, volatile, Tony Stark, the true proof that opposites attract.
In conclusion, in "Marvel's Avengers" there may be small setbacks in the characters but it still does not take away from it being a very good movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has not seen it yet but it does help to watch the marvel movies that precede it such as, Captain America, Iron Man 1 and 2, Thor, and the Incredible Hulk. The changes that Joss Whedon has made to the Avengers I feel relates to today's society very well as how many Avengers teams have changed to adapt to society. I will be in line awaiting the Avengers 2 in May of 2015 (the due date so far).