The Avengers

Released in 2012  and directed by  Joss Whedon, this superhero movie, brings IronMan, Captain America, Hulk and Thor together into a hero-league created by Nick Fury to fend of and battle the god Loki and his army. 

It stars Robert Downey Jr. as IronMan, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk and Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Tom Hiddleston is the infamous Loki, whereas Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner are Black Widdow and Hawkeye. 

I have to admit that I went to see this movie without any good expectations. I'm not a superhero fan, I don't  read Marvel comic books and other than Thor - which isn't all that good - I hadn't seen any of the previous movies. But I did get around and watch it and it wasn't bad at all. 

Let's start as allways with the worst parts of the movie. Which is - in my humble opinion - Captain America. He's stupid, oldfashioned - which is justified by the fact that he was frozen for 60 years - and your typical american-knowital-racist-stereotype. I plain and simply hate him and his good lines can be counted by the fingers of one hand. 

Another not so good thing about the movie is the plot. It's rather obvious and predictible. But that's usual for this sort of movie. The evil guy in this one is Thor's halfbrother Loki. That in itself just pisses me off. Ok, Loki's not the most kind of gods, and yeah, he may be considered the evil god of nordic mythology. But, come on! Why can't they leave him alone! Anyway Loki as the evil one here is rather thin. His motives are weak and stupid, barely explained, but I really like his reasoning and some of his assholeness is just glorious. Yet in the end they only use him as an excuse to make fun of him. 

The visual effects, on the other hand, are anything but cheap. They look gorgeous and really pull you into the movie. I specially like the technologie used by IronMan and the aliens at the ending. The explosions and the final battle are very, very cool. Hulks transformation - specially towards the ending - is impressive as well. 

I know it's not typical for this sort of movie, but I think one of the best things in "The Avengers" is the script written by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon. I haven't seen many of Penn's movies having only seen the X-Men series but I've discovered that I know and love a lot of the movies written by Whedon, such as Toy Story, Atlantis, and his tv series, like Buffy VampireSlayer. It's a rather refreshing if simple script, with a lot of punchlines and funny moments.

And finally the best thing of this movie is IronMan. He's a highly gifted, egocentric and insufferable pain in the ass. Yet he has the best lines and, as you only have to know him through the screen, you quickly find you like him. I loved the guy so much, I ran and watched IronMan and IronMan 2 - you will be hearing my reviews of those in a short while. 

As for the rest of the heroes. I still haven't seen Hulk, but I probably will be watching that in a short while. Another thing why it's worth watching this movie - specially if you're a woman or gay - is Thor. He looks nice, as a beautiful voice and funny lines. Plus runs around wielding a hammer with his golden locks in the wind. 

THE AVENGERS TRAILER

 So, if you have some taste for superheroes, want to watch people run around in explosions and beat the crap out of aliens, and if you don't mind ninies telling gods what to do and get beaten around, then you should check this out.