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Marvel's Avengers' Movie!
I had a rip-roaring good time!
What can I say? You will feel like you're twelve again: happy, excited, delighted and jubilant with what you' see. As a Marvel girl I read the Avengers back in my wayward youth and never imaged they'd be able to pull off the comic as a movie (hell, I'm amazed they pulled off Thor!). I especially never thought they'd pull it off with the original group (Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man), I remember wincing when I heard they were going to do that and thought "no way. Bad idea. They're gong to look stupid." But son-of-a-bitch if they didn't pull it off and pull it off spectacularly well!
Action sequences are exciting if a bit too long (the movie is 2 and 1/2 hours and you know it--in a good way. You get your money's worth). The characters each have their own style of combat which is fun to watch, and also do clever things. I had none of those hated, frustrating moments where I felt like yelling at the screen "Why don't they just...?!?"or "Jeezus no! This character's so stupid!" Usually, what the heroes did, individually and together, surprised me and I loved that. Awesome dialogue and banter, cool machines and devices, respectable bad guy.
Each character gets their time on screen and makes the most of it; each maintains their well defined roles from their own movies. Each has layers, great lines, heart. And, most astonishingly given the really bad couple of Hulk movies...they finally got the Hulk right. And I say this as one who has never liked that character (Bill Bixby's take on Bruce "David" Banner, yes, but never the raging, smashing Hulk). Yet, damn, if you don't like both sides of that character this time around. Mark Ruffalo, the third actor to try his hand playing Bruce Banner on film, got it brilliantly right. He radiates sad humor, quiet intelligence, private misery, cynical acceptance, all with a dash of Bill Bixbyish decent-human-being élan. And our CGI Hulk not only seems like he's there with the other actors (rather than in his own video game) but has expressions you can identify with and understand. You really get that he's the embodiment of that "I just want to smash something..." anger we all sometimes feel. Our "I'm pissed!" side.
So, color me green and/or impressed on that alone. And Scarlett Johannson, who I also had doubts about--I feared, thanks to Iron Man 2
that she wasn't going to be much of a character, nor stand out--was a great Black Widow. They not only gave the character depth and personality, but also a unique talent, one that makes her feel equal in usefulness to the other superheroes. She also fights like the character in the comic! (nice when those making such superhero movies cherry-pick the right stuff from the comics and not only make it work, but stay true to the character).
High marks, and high recommendation. Director, writers, actors, special effects company, all worked hard to do this well and do it right. You will have fun.
I had a rip-roaring good time! What can I say? You will feel like you're twelve again: happy, excited, delighted and jubilant with what you' see. As a Marvel girl I read the Avengers back in my wayward youth and never imaged they'd be able to pull off the comic as a movie (hell, I'm amazed they pulled off Thor!). I especially never thought they'd pull it off with the original group (Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man), I remember wincing when I heard they were going to do that and thought "no way. Bad idea. They're gong to look stupid." But son-of-a-bitch if they didn't pull it off and pull it off spectacularly well!
Action sequences are exciting if a bit too long (the movie is 2 and 1/2 hours and you know it--in a good way. You get your money's worth). The characters each have their own style of combat which is fun to watch, and also do clever things. I had none of those hated, frustrating moments where I felt like yelling at the screen "Why don't they just...?!?"or "Jeezus no! This character's so stupid!" Usually, what the heroes did, individually and together, surprised me and I loved that. Awesome dialogue and banter, cool machines and devices, respectable bad guy.
Each character gets their time on screen and makes the most of it; each maintains their well defined roles from their own movies. Each has layers, great lines, heart. And, most astonishingly given the really bad couple of Hulk movies...they finally got the Hulk right. And I say this as one who has never liked that character (Bill Bixby's take on Bruce "David" Banner, yes, but never the raging, smashing Hulk). Yet, damn, if you don't like both sides of that character this time around. Mark Ruffalo, the third actor to try his hand playing Bruce Banner on film, got it brilliantly right. He radiates sad humor, quiet intelligence, private misery, cynical acceptance, all with a dash of Bill Bixbyish decent-human-being élan. And our CGI Hulk not only seems like he's there with the other actors (rather than in his own video game) but has expressions you can identify with and understand. You really get that he's the embodiment of that "I just want to smash something..." anger we all sometimes feel. Our "I'm pissed!" side.
So, color me green and/or impressed on that alone. And Scarlett Johannson, who I also had doubts about--I feared, thanks to Iron Man 2
that she wasn't going to be much of a character, nor stand out--was a great Black Widow. They not only gave the character depth and personality, but also a unique talent, one that makes her feel equal in usefulness to the other superheroes. She also fights like the character in the comic! (nice when those making such superhero movies cherry-pick the right stuff from the comics and not only make it work, but stay true to the character). High marks, and high recommendation. Director, writers, actors, special effects company, all worked hard to do this well and do it right. You will have fun.
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awesome doesn't even begin to describe it.
