Avengers: this is the way to do a superhero movie

 Then, came the movie. All the reviews came up with super high ratings for a super hero movie. So, it gets my hope flying high. And that is not a good thing. The story is simple. Loki (from Asgard or Thor's world) came to earth to steal a power cube (I was too lazy to type the name here) to open a portal to lead his army of alien to conquer the world. Agent Nick Fury from SHIELD assemble earth's mightiest heroes in the form of Captain America, Thor, Ironman, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow to foil the plan. Portal still open and the finale was a big fight against the alien army. Good win over evil; the end. 

I was never a fan of the Avengers. I do not like Thor or Capt America. Ironman, maybe but definitely do not like Hulk. Both the comic or the movies. Thor movie is a letdown; Capt was not bad though lack the excitement of a superhero movie. Ironman the first movie was good, but sank in the second. So, I never had high expectation of The Avengers.




The casting is good, especially Tony Stark aka Ironman; other than that, not much of comment. I always thought they could have pick a better choice for Thor. Chemistry between the superheroes is good, given the script itself is evenly written. All of them has adequate space for themselves to shine. All except Hawkeye though; pity, they could do much more for him. The clash of ego when the superheroes come together was expected. The one-liners is really funny without being silly. Really funny that the whole movie appeared light, in a good way. The character development is skipped here, basically because Ironman, Thor and Capt America got their own movies prior to this. Hulk and Black Widow are fairly well develop here, and again, they did not give Hawkeye much of a background history. And did I mention, nothing much was mention about Nick Fury at all.

The action is good. The finale fight is something to look forward too, and when the Avengers stood together, I cant help but to cheer them on. Loki as the villian is surprisingly good, but lack the "unbeatable" sense. Then again, he is afterall the God of Mischief, not someone that will strike fear to others.


The whole movie may lack the depth of Dark Knight series, but it is a different kind of superhero movie: light, fun and action. Avengers score high in all these areas. However, it still lack bit of oomph, that at the end of the year, I would probably forgotten most of the movie or would not make reference to this anymore.

ratings: 3 half poink! (wife give a 4 instead)
comments: do watch this, because so far, this is the best summer blockbuster yet. Heck, even the flying fortress of SHIELD looks better than Battleship. And given the correct direction, Marvel could revive X-Men (considering they really butcher the franchise) and make a perfect superhero out of it.