Really good and satisfying.

Rating: 8/10 (4 June 2012)

I finally saw The Avengers. I don't know what happened, but it took me a while. I know that there was a lot of hype built around it, and that it got mostly rave reviews (those who didn't like it are just trying to bring it down), and that I missed out on it and I was getting tired of hearing about it. My favorite movie is The Dark Knight, so for me, a comic book movie has to be really impressive. The Avengers is really impressive, one of the best of it's kind. But not The Dark Knight.
It's been in the making for years. The plot is simple stuff. Loki(the soon to be very famous Tom Hiddleston), Thor's mischievous evil brother, has come to earth, and i'm sure you know what he aims to do. So after years of recruitment, Nick Fury finally decides to bring The Avengers together.
The group includes Thor(Chris Hemsworth), the hammer wielding Norse god, Iron Man(Robert Downey Jr.), the arrogant billionaire, Captain America(Chris Evans), a super strengthed man stuck in the past, The Hulk(Mark Ruffalo), the big green guy with a temper problem, Black Widow(Scarlett Johansson), the sexy leather chick who knows kung fu, and Hawkeye(Jeremy Renner), who has an expert mark. These people must fight together... but there is a problem: Their egos.
Those moments are a lot of fun, and that is sort of what makes The Avengers take off. There are terrific action sequences that sort of drag out but are fun anyway, and the dialogue is hilarious, whether it's corny or intentionally funny, and you can tell. But it's an interesting idea: All of these heroes who have never met each other, meeting each other for the first time.
The Avengers is a blast, even if it is too long. Even with the clutter of the heroes, each one gets a fair amount of screen time, and each gives a good performance. Mark Ruffalo is a fine replacement of Edward Norton. Overall, it's a really good movie, but doesn't reach masterpiece. Maybe The Avengers 2.
B+