Movie Review: Avengers
Jun. 16th, 2012 01:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I have to be the just about the last person on Earth to see Avengers in the theater.
This is a serious disadvantage as I heard repeatedly this is the greatest super hero movie ever, this is the greatest movie this year, and this is the greatest movie of all time.
So, this is going to come across as a negative review, but it shouldn't. Avengers is certainly worth watching, and I enjoyed it. That said, I am probably in the minority in that I don't buy into the hype. It's not in my Top 5 superhero movies of all time. It's probably Top 10, but I'd have to put together the list to see.
This is the part where Joss Whedon fans will go ballistic, so maybe I should just go ahead and disable comments now. This is a very competent movie, and written as an ensemble movie, much credit needs to go to Joss (This easily could be "Thor and the other guys" or "Iron Man and company", and it isn't. All characters are fully drawn.) Unfortunately, I did not find much in the way of surprises or unexpected twists and turns. It's also seems fairly safe, which given the money put into it, may be the point.
This isn't to say I didn't like it. The cast is strong. Robert Downey Jr and Scarlett Johansson give strong leads as you would expect, and sam Jackson is typical Sam. Tom Hiddleston is engaging as the villain Loki, although perhaps he is setting himself up to be the Christopher Lambert of this generation).
The best part of the movie is Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk. This is a character that Marvel has tried a couple of times and failed spectacularly. Ruffalo captures the essence of being just an inch away from the brink and portrays it perfectly.
The movie never really seems to lag which is a positive, but at two and a half hours, this is a movie I really don't want to revisit for a long time. Good for sure, but i think I prefer the Iron Man movies or Star Trek by a stretch.
This is a serious disadvantage as I heard repeatedly this is the greatest super hero movie ever, this is the greatest movie this year, and this is the greatest movie of all time.
So, this is going to come across as a negative review, but it shouldn't. Avengers is certainly worth watching, and I enjoyed it. That said, I am probably in the minority in that I don't buy into the hype. It's not in my Top 5 superhero movies of all time. It's probably Top 10, but I'd have to put together the list to see.
This is the part where Joss Whedon fans will go ballistic, so maybe I should just go ahead and disable comments now. This is a very competent movie, and written as an ensemble movie, much credit needs to go to Joss (This easily could be "Thor and the other guys" or "Iron Man and company", and it isn't. All characters are fully drawn.) Unfortunately, I did not find much in the way of surprises or unexpected twists and turns. It's also seems fairly safe, which given the money put into it, may be the point.
This isn't to say I didn't like it. The cast is strong. Robert Downey Jr and Scarlett Johansson give strong leads as you would expect, and sam Jackson is typical Sam. Tom Hiddleston is engaging as the villain Loki, although perhaps he is setting himself up to be the Christopher Lambert of this generation).
The best part of the movie is Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk. This is a character that Marvel has tried a couple of times and failed spectacularly. Ruffalo captures the essence of being just an inch away from the brink and portrays it perfectly.
The movie never really seems to lag which is a positive, but at two and a half hours, this is a movie I really don't want to revisit for a long time. Good for sure, but i think I prefer the Iron Man movies or Star Trek by a stretch.
