Comic Book Team Makes It To Movies

Rating: 8/10 (21 May 2012)

I remember the Avengers comic books from when I was a kid, a while ago. While this movie is not perfect, it does catch the spirit of the comic book quite well. The characters are drawn like they are supposed to be because there is not a lot of emotional stuff in comic books (except the love triangle of Archie, Betty & Veronica.
This movie takes a talented cast and puts together the story of a threat from Odin, another world no less. It does not really get to showing what Odin looks like, but it does have a couple of big time residents from that world, one good and one evil, that the fights center around.
There is some light comedy which is always needed to break up the action. A particular comedy blackout scene is Thor and Hulk beating up some bad guys. Then when the bad guys are done, Hulk and Thor are standing together and suddenly Hulk punches Thor out.
There is some confusion about bringing everyone together to wage this battle. Some of the battle sequences get a little muddy which is why I can't give this movie a perfect rating. All in all, it does well enough. This Marvel film holds up better than some of the early ones in that the action is spaced with pauses at the right times to refresh the viewer. To me the original Iron Man had this problem, so much action in the latter half that the mind went numb.
As for the women, well tight leather on well rounded women always goes over well in my mind. The only woman not in leather is Starks girl. Still there is something to be said for the imagination a tight leather outfit can bring to the screen. Helps the pg rating too. I was able to stay awake for this one which says something too.
I will not ID the entire cast here as that has already been done. What I am amazed at is the way the movie entertains without 4 letter words, much like the comic books of old. This is very much the traditional Saturday Afternoon movie that a whole generation was brought up on before face-book, cell phones, and all the change took place.