The Avengers (2012) - Avengers Assemble!

Rating: 10/10 (7 May 2012)

For four years, Marvel fans all over the world has been anticipating for one of the biggest superhero mash-ups in motion picture history. We have been promised this movie for so long, that now one of the biggest motion picture phenomenons has finally hit theaters. Big superhero names such as Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, and Captain America has finally recruited together, and they're off to save the world, once again, in an unstoppable group. Wow, this is easily the best movie of the year so far. I can talk for hours and hours about how excellent this movie is. First of all, director/co-writer Joss Whedon is probably one of the best storytellers to know how to make a movie and its characters realistic and relevant. Take Joss Whedon's previous film, "The Cabin in the Woods", for example, which does a perfect job of making the story look realistic, and the characters look totally relevant. That's the movie-making magic that Joss Whedon adds in "The Avengers". Filled with comical gags, this movie also feels like a 2-hour action comedy film. The jokes are timed precisely, and the humor is downright believable. Robert Downey, Jr. is still wonderful for his performance as Tony Stark, a.k.a Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth is brilliant as "Thor", Mark Ruffalo delivers one of the best portrayals of Bruce Banner, a.k.a The Hulk ever seen on screen, and Chris Evan delivers a more better performance as Captain America. We also have a supporting cast that reprises their roles from previous Marvel movies such as Scarlett Johansson (drop-dead gorgeous) as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Tom Hiddleston as the villainous Loki, Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, Stellan Skarsgard as Erik Selvig, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts. It's such a wonderful treat to watch all these Marvel characters that we all know and love, and place them all into one movie. The 3-D only works a few times, but the breathtaking action scenes are just downright breathtaking, exhilarating, exciting and mostly entertaining. The action scenes are probably some of the best action scenes ever put to film. You'll be on the edge of your seat, wanting for more! The comedy is just hilariously relevant, the action is downright entertaining, and the characters are written in such a realistic way. I sat in the movie theater, with the 3-D glasses, and the entire auditorium was fully packed with tons of super fans. Everyone was laughing, applauding, and cheering during the entire 2-hour, 22-minute movie. I can easily see why! This is a non-stop exciting cinematic phenomenon that perfectly knows how to do one thing, and one thing only: give the fans what they want! "The Avengers" is a hilarious, exciting, breathtaking, and non-stop fun motion picture that deserves the attention given from fans all over the world. This is also one of the best movies of the year! "The Avengers", in my review, "an astonishing and breathtaking motion picture, an excellent extravaganza of cinematic proportions".