The merge with uniformity plenty of action, humor through dialogues fast and truly entertaining, and manages very well a huge amount of characters in the scene simultaneously

Rating: 9/10 (5 October 2016)

There are movies that surprise the audience and get a smashing success so unexpected even up to its makers, especially the budget not so generous studio and names in the cast who supposedly would not be able to attract a large audience. There are, however, cases of productions that since there is the news that will come out of the role of expectation are surrounded by everything around him: big stars, big budget, and with an almost certain success at the box office. It is this second option that fits the Avengers, a complex project that had the responsibility to unite all the worlds' own superheroes of Marvel gathered at the same time and same place, making the characters interact with all their differences and similarities.
Whedon and Zak Penn may perhaps be placed as the true heroes of this great gathering of superheroes. The script is developed in exact measure, knowing incorporate various elements, references, characteristics and situations of comic characters as antagonistic, in a precise dose of action, humor and technology. If you think about it, the task of the writers was nothing simple: gather all the big superhero films presented in their soil in previous years to fight a villain with potential to wipe out life on Earth. Would even join a Norse god who lives in another dimension, a monster irrational and powerful, a billionaire egomaniac, a super soldier dormant for decades, a skilled archer, and a spy fatal and deadly. All these characters living in the same space and time, having to deal with different personalities, motivations and skills towards a greater good. As if that were not enough, the villain would have to represent a real threat, large scale and immediate to justify the gathering of notable fighters.
One of the factors that help in the design of the plot is that there is no need to introduce the characters, since the task of establishing the characters in the films was made of individual heroes. Thus, the action is played on the screen directly from the first minutes, divided into several large sequences of all kinds (heroes vs villains, heroes v heroes, heroes vs Chitauri).
In addition to the struggles between the components of the Avengers, the Joss Whedon film has great action sequence blocks, idealized in different places. In the first few minutes, we see Loki coming to Earth and a large following of escape from the labs of SHIELD entitled to chase through the streets, through a tunnel and a helicopter, and culminating in a huge explosion at the base of the agency in the soil. Soon later, we have to pass in Germany, and even a huge sequence that goes on in the SHIELD ship occupies large space in the film, forcing the heroes to understand after a discussion, to save everyone on the ship of a large and devastating onslaught of enemies led by Loki. Until finally the worst happens and the Avengers must face the Chitauri to invade Earth after a portal is opened in space. Just this last sequence occupied almost the last 40 minutes of the film. The best is the domain Whedon conducting the action scenes, while maintaining the interaction and dynamics between all the heroes, making the story move forward. As the action scenes were being shown, everything was getting bigger and better, both in the duration of the fights, and in its technical complexity.
In a film of such monumental scale, is essential in the preparation of flawless harmony effects made by Industrial Light & Magic, which earned the film a well deserved nominee on the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. With an estimated budget is $ 150 million and filmed almost entire green screen, highlight the meticulous construction of the nave of SHIELD and the other ships that attacked her in airspace, creating impressive 3D features and more human than Hulk; the creation of Stark Tower, the construction of an entire city with hundreds of buildings, skyscrapers and moving cars, which incidentally is also all created by computer, creating detailed Chitauri and giant space monsters that also pass the portal; plus countless explosions, shattered glass, dust and objects flying through space. The Avengers certainly used what is most modern in the area of visual effects in a complex in the extreme. Importantly, working together with the formidable team of sound mixing. We can hear the sound of arrows, explosions, glass shattering and the impacts of the objects on the floor with a clarity and realism detachable.
Joss Whedon manages to merge with uniformity plenty of action, humor through dialogues fast and truly entertaining, and manages very well a huge amount of characters in the scene simultaneously. The director, with his influence television, planning frameworks with very many close-ups and planes closed, open but knowing the right moments with beautiful and exciting plans long sequence (especially in the final battle against the Chitauri). He also looks for references in movies soil of the protagonists.
The Avengers is without a doubt one undisputed success of critically and commercially, becoming the third highest grossing film of all time, surpassed only by Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009), both by James Cameron. The production received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 93% with an average rating of 8.1/10 based on an aggregation of 267 opinions. On Metacritic, the film got an average rating of 69 out of 100 based on 43 reviews, signifying "generally favorable reviews". An adventure filled with elements of the essence of the comics without worrying too much about the realism presented, focusing on a simple plot and the best a popcorn movie has to offer.