Casey's Movie Mania: THE AVENGERS (2012) review

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2012)

Spanning three years of building long-anticipated convergence -- from 2008's IRON MAN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, 2010's IRON MAN 2 to last year's THOR and CAPTAIN America: THE FIRST AVENGER -- Marvel's most lavish (at an estimated $220 million budget) and highly-ambitious comic-book movie project to date is finally here. The good news is, after years of Marvel teasing the fanboys with post-credits teasers from each aforementioned movies, it's a relief that THE AVENGERS is well worth the wait. Credit should goes firsthand to writer-director Joss Whedon (TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse) for fulfilling the promise of creating a hugely entertaining comic-book movie that is both appealing to fanboys and mainstream viewers looking for an all-out, dazzling summer movie extravaganza...
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