Lookout Batman, there are new kings of superhero movie kingdom, and they are The Avengers. Back in 2008, Marvel Studios released a film staring Robert
Downey Jr. as one of their lesser known comic book characters called Iron Man. America : The First Avenger (2011). All of these films, led to The Avengers, a
film that joins the forces of Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America into
one epic movie.
I look back on Iron Man and if that film had been a total
flop, I wouldn’t be writing this blog post today. So I give Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau (Iron
Man’s director) a ton of credit and praise for building a strong foundation for
Marvel’s Film Universe. They also get applause
for taking an unknown character and making him a household name in the same
breath as Batman, Superman and Spider-man.
Going into this movie one of my biggest concerns was that
this movie was going to be unbalanced and basically be Iron Man and the Avengers. I think my reasoning behind this was because
of other characters such as Captain America and Thor have not be as fleshed out
as much as Iron Man and to a lesser extant the Hulk have.
I’m proud to report that is not the case in this movie. Each major character is balanced within the
movie’s story.
Now you don’t have to comic book fan or see the five
previous movies to enjoy The Avengers.
The film provides just enough information about the characters
backgrounds and motivations
The film’s story is rather simple. The Earth is threatened by an unstable energy
source. This leads to opening a wormhole and the launch of an alien invasion. Because this threat is great the Earth's mightiest heroes must join together to defeat this threat.
What makes The Avengers a great comic book movie is the character conflict. You would think that these superheroes play nice with each other but that’s not the case. They don’t get along at all, but they put their differences aside to take on an enemy that none of them could handle alone.
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) match wits.
What makes The Avengers a great comic book movie is the character conflict. You would think that these superheroes play nice with each other but that’s not the case. They don’t get along at all, but they put their differences aside to take on an enemy that none of them could handle alone.
Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr). and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) are learning how to play nice with each other.
The film’s epic battle scene has to be one of the best I’ve
seen in years with the Avengers taking on an alien invasion on the streets of New York , trying
desperately to stand their ground. This
sequence is a comic book nerd’s dream, seeing all Iron Man, Captain America ,
Hulk and Thor in battle together.
Captain America (Chris Evans) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) battle the Chitauri alien race on the New York streets.
Director Joss Whedon has done a masterful job of balancing
all these characters and blends their storylines into one piece of epic
filmmaking. This is a movie to see on
the big screen.
What is your favorite film from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe?
Iron Man is my favorite Avenger
First off, well written! I'm going to see it tomorrow. Secondly, Iron Man is a MAJOR marvel hero and always has been. If you don't know Iron Man, you weren't into comics. Also, I need I had to see this when I found out Joss Whedon at a hand in it (HUGE Buffy fan. It was like watching "Game Change" (Danny Strong) My buffy nerd won't let me miss this! LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. When I was into reading Marvel comics, it was strictly Spider-man and X-Men. Unfortunately, I didn't read Iron Man or Avengers' comics unless it was a crossover event. I became interested in the Iron Man character after the 2008 movie and have been a fan ever since.
DeleteSince your a Whedon fan, did you see Cabin in the Woods? He wrote the script and it's a great satire on the horror movie genre.
I still haven't seen most of the movies that lead up to the Avengers, so I don't want to see that yet.
ReplyDeleteI think I have seen all of the other Marvel movies, and I would have to say that the first Spiderman and X-Men are my favorite.
I didn't read comics as a kid, but I watched the cartoons, especially the X-Men one. But from what I have heard, the cartoon stories were pretty close to the original comics. I always wanted to read X-Men, but it was so late into the run and had so much backstory, there was never a great time to jump in. And they are really bad about one of my biggest comics pet peeve... multiple titles for the same character (or group). I don't want to read (and buy) like 4 different titles just to know what is going on. Same with spiderman. I want to know that what I am reading is the real story, not just what happens in this title, and something completely different going on in another. One character, one title! lol