Whedon's Best!

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2013)

This movie smashed my expectations! I thought it was going to be another action explosion movie with no plot. But I was mistaken. Joss did a great job with this movie. I'll break it down. ACTING: On a scale of bad, good, or great | The acting was great for this genre. Scarlett Johannsson did a good job as tough girl agent Natasha Romanoff. Jeremy Renner did a good job also as machine level accuracy tough guy Clint Barton. Robert Downey Jr. does a great job as billionaire philanthropist Tony Stark. There's still a lot more! Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston both do a great job as gods Thor (Hemsworth) and Loki (Hiddleston). Mark Ruffalo also does a great job as super genius/big green rage monster Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk. Chris Evans does a good job as tough, sort-of-super-human-old-guy-but-not- really Steve Rogers/Captain America. Samuel L. Jackson does a great job as smart but tough tactical expert Nick Fury. And finally, Gwyneth Paltrow does a good job as developmental woman/girlfriend of Tony Stark Pepper Potts. All of the other acting was good as well. SPECIAL EFFECTS: Great! All of the special effects combined in the first 45 minutes are better than 10 Syfy movie's special effects. Especially the end sequence. Whoa! I have to hold my horses. OK. The special and visual effects throughout the whole movie were great, and are as good if not better than other Marvel movies, especially the 90's ones. The earlier fights within the air plane carrier plane thing with The Hulk and The Black Widow and Thor and all that stuff and jets and falling through the sky is all great. I also has great special effects in the end battle sequence in Manhattan, New York. DIALOGUE: The dialogue was also great. It was serious, smart, and humorous throughout the movie at just the right times. One of my favorite quotes was from Tony Stark, "Raise the mizzenmast. Jib the topsails." This really was a comedy at times. It kept the movie more pleasant than it would have been without it. STORY: The story was overall original, I thought, and I think they probably shouldn't make another one. But that is just my opinion. I give this movie a 9/10 overall because it is funny, realistic special effects-wise, and had great acting. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes Action, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy.