Full of Action! Better than you think!

Rating: 9/10 (6 April 2013)

There is plenty of action to be seen when you watch The Avengers. After watching all the stories of how the other comic book heroes became who they are, it is unbelievable to see that they all came together to become a team, even though they did not agree with each other at first. It is like a dream come true to all those people that had high hopes of all the characters combining their powers to stop one great, yet evil mind, Loki, the tall thin and brunette Tom Hiddleston, also brother of Thor, the brute blonde played by Chris Hemsworth. Joss Whedon did a great job directing the movie, and even though I did not read the comics, the storyline was spot on, showing that there is no I in team or Avengers.
It was pretty interesting watching all the heroes clash before they became a team, because it reminded me of a fighting game, where you pick your fighters and choose the map they battle on. While time was wasting, they finally became a team. Tony Stark, or Ironman, played by none other than Robert Downey Jr., and Doctor Bruce Banner, or Incredible Hulk played by Mark Ruffalo, which could have been played better by the original Edward Norton or Lou Ferrigno, have to locate the Tesseract, the crystal Loki needed to get revenge on Thor by letting the Chitauri distract the Avengers so he could take over Asgard. I thought it was interesting how they used the different characters to acquire different information. I believe this was showing that even though you have your differences, there are other things out there to worry about than seeing who is better.
Joss Whedon gave all the characters a specific role in the movie, which was good because nobody was really left out. Of course Ironman thought he was better than everyone else, and believed that everything revolved around his smarts and his work. He smartly remarked to Captain America in the previews that even without the suit, he was a Billionaire Philanthropist, and that Chris Evans was just an old experiment, that was frozen for 70 years. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) to me were like spies in the movie, even though Hawkeye was "possessed" half the film. The roles played out great, and the movie had its dramatic moments.
I was hoping that this movie was going to better than what I was imagining, which it was. I figured maybe it was going to be cheesy, even though the previews had me chuckling, but at the same time I was left with suspense. I really hate when they leave hints throughout the movie as to what to look forward to in the sequels, but that is how media makes their money. The Avengers was a great movie.