Looking forward to this, but I've been wanting to ask, am I the only one who thinks Hawkeye and Black Widow look pretty damn useless in these trailers? I mean, you've got the ever-loving Hulk, the god of thunder, Tony Stark and his array of high-tech weaponry, and Captain America who, all right, doesn't bring as much offensive firepower as the ones aforementioned, but he provides tactical combat leadership and he's at least beefed up on superhero steroids.
Then you've got the dude with the bow and arrow and the gal with the pistol. What the hell do they do: make bagel-runs? I'm sure they'll have an important role and prove themselves worthy to stand beside the others and blah blah blah, but come on now. How are those two not superfluous?
Wait until you see the movie. I don't think you'll be nearly as skeptical that Hawkeye and the Black Widow are totally superfluous supporting characters.
I went this morning with my wife (who loves her some Robert Downey, Jr.) and my know-it-all 17-year-old daughter who loves Chris Evans face and Chris Hemsworth's arms.
My inner-most fanboy has been doing a happy dance all day long. For me
The Avengers has dethroned
Spider-Man 2 as the second-best superhero movie of all time and by a WIDE margin. It can't touch the force of nature known as
The Dark Knight, but
The Dark Knight Rises will have to be
killing it to beat this.
What does a $200 million budget buy?
Everything I think I could have dreamed of for The Avengers and then some. It's eye-popping entertainment and yes, even Scarlett Johannson is given something to do besides be token eye-candy for the guys. Tom Hiddleston's Loki makes a great bad guy even if his master plan doesn't really hang together. The movie takes some time to get going but once it does, it works wonderfully.
Joss Whedon knows how to balance out a diverse group of characters and do it such a way that nobody feels short-changed or disappears off-screen for extended periods of time. It's a masterful bit of direction by him. He's going to be able to write his own ticket after this one.
I can't say much more about this movie but to say it's much better than I could have hoped and I will be seeing it again. Oh, and after two movies where they couldn't quite get the Hulk right, Whedon gets it right and then some. Hulk smash puny film up good!
This being a Marvel movie you will have to stay through the credits. There are two easter eggs thrown in. One that only comic book geeks will get and another that is...kinda different.
Make Mine The Avengers!
For those have seen it, will a 5 year old be Okay with it? He's already seen the other movies and loves them, especially Iron Man, but sometimes I have to explain a few things. If he managed through the others pretty well, do you think there'd be a lot of "Mommy, why?" during the movie. He's seen the commercials and is super excited, so I'd like to take him if it won't be too over his head.
This movie might be a little intense in parts for a five-year-old. He'll probably squirm and yawn a bit for the first 30 minutes and he might be a little scared of the Hulk or the final battle sequences. There's no blood or bad language, but if he's never seen a super-hero movie, this might not be where he should start.
You can take him, but just be prepared to explain that the violence is all make-believe and he probably can handle it.