Closest movie to the comics...

Rating: 9/10 (12 May 2012)

wow 8,8 is truly sky high for a an action flick. But it deserves it..
Have seen this movie twice...and it gets better the second time around because you can really enjoy the action.
The best thing of this movie is the way they are able to put such a high degree of a comic book feel to it. It's almost perfect.
A major weakness to the movie is the 3D effects and watching it in Imax is a major waste of money. The movie was turned into Imax and added 3d effects to get extra cash...but it's truly disappointing.So be warned...cant avoid 3d, but the Imax version should be avoided. Save the money.
To the characters Hawkeye doesn't come out so great. Lack of arrows...not a problem in the comics, but on screen it felt quite sad. Also the fight scenes(h2h) with a bow is kinda forced and not so greatly choreographed. (maybe an idea to get Yuen Woo Ping next time to choreograph some nice fighting moves for him)
Cant complain about black Widow and Scarlet Johansson. She is always a treat to watch...but like Hawkeye she doesn't have any superpowers. The feeling i have is...during the fight scenes...does she have any chance at all? To me it feels like toddlers fighting along with Marines in a real war. No chance at all.
I still don't like Thor. He is always a favorite in the comics...but on screen he is just not so impressive.
But most of the characters are great. Iron man and RDjr are great as usual. iron man is much much better on screen than in the comics. Always felt he was kinda boring on paper...but RDjr has build such a character around him. Incredible....truly masterful how he has able to interpret this character and build him up. And the humor he has instilled in iron-man and the other movies are i think a great influence in this movie too.
Probably the best character here is the Hulk. Sure Ruffalo doesn't disappoint as banner. But lets face it...who cares. Its about the HULK. And this time he has been portrayed perfectly. There are two hulk characters...the brilliant scientist and mindless monster version. This version has been on big and small screens most of the time and is getting really boring and we have seen all the different stories of this. Than banner is important. In avengers we see the second version...Hulk the super hero. And i love this version. matter of fact...to me Hulk had some of the best scenes of the movie.
Captain America to me has the most depth. Remember the standalone captain America movie is about the beginning of Cap's story. In this movie we see how he struggles adjusting to the new world and age. It's just a small bit...but it's so interesting. Evans does a great job. So stiff and to good to be true. But thats Cap America. Hope they will make a new movie. Frankly the Cap America story is getting better the older it gets, because the differences are getting bigger and bigger. He is part of the 1940s generation. Part of the one in a life time generation that made a country great and set the stage for US dominance. When he wakes up...it's a different USA. We might even say...a USA thats in its decline as a world power.
Anyway it's a great movie and I think deserves its high marks. Give him a 9 out of 10....3d is weak and Imax a waste of money.