The Greatest Superhero Movie is Here!

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2012)

After the events of Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor, Loki returns with an army of powerful aliens to take over mankind. But Nick Fury and his company S.H.I.E.L.D., gathers a group of heroes (Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye and Black Widow) to fight back.
The Avengers was one of the most anticipated movies of this year. Now I wasn't as hyped for this movie as everyone else were, simply because I wasn't a big fan of any of the superheroes in this movie. Iron Man is pretty cool, but Hulk, Captain America and Thor aren't that interesting in terms of being superheroes. Hawkeye and Black Widow can't even be considered true superheroes, and overall I was disappointed by the lack of Spider-Man, Wolverine and villains from the comics. This movie only has one villain, Loki from Thor. No War Machine, no Red Skull, no Abomination, just Loki. But after studying the trailers a bit more, and after watching all the films building up to The Avengers, I myself was starting to look forward to the movie everyone were begging to see.
Now, let me say this: I have never had so much fun watching a movie. It's like a lot of other people also have stated, this movie is so much fun to watch with other people, it's almost unbelievable. The Avengers really is one of those very rare movies that we only get like once or twice a decade. And let me tell you why...
First of all, the balance of screen-time and development of the characters is very impressive! It's one of the hard things to do with crossovers. All the characters are also made interesting and likable. Even if they changed the actor for Hulk, he still is Hulk. In fact, the new Hulk is even more Hulk than the previous Hulk! Iron Man is even funnier in this movie than he was in any of the Iron Man films, Captain America is just as likable as he was in The First Avenger and Thor is also back in all his glory.
The action is also fantastic. Let me tell you this, the best part about this movie is the last fight scene with The Avengers vs. Loki and his army! It is so amazing, epic and packed with action! Everyone clapped at almost everything that came on-screen! It was just plain spectacular!
Now, the main gripe I have with this film is the setting of the mid-part. The middle of the film takes place in an airship. Most of it is just the superheroes trying to keep the ship not from falling apart while fighting some bad-guys. It's not bad by any means, it's just not that special. This mid-part is however redeemed by some amazing dialogue.
The Avengers is an awesome movie! It's the movie Marvel fans have been waiting for! The mid-part may not be that great, but the rest of the film is so great it almost doesn't matter.