Avengers Assemble!

[GoktimusPrime]

Saw it today. Loved it.

Sure, the story is relatively simple, but it works. And as others have said, it's difficult to develop a more complex story with an ensemble cast. Dark Knight was able to develop a highly complex story, but you're only working with a single protagonist. The movie does manage to give each of the Avengers some level of character development (which is ever so crucial in driving a story) - some moreso than others, but none of the Avengers were "stagnate." They weren't just caricatures or set-pieces like most of the Transformers were portrayed in Michael Bay's films. There were also some neat fan references like Stark's "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" line, seeing the remaining "A" sign on Stark Tower... and also some nice funny moments, like when Thor's "He is my brother!..." <hears what Loki's done> "He's adopted."; Loki getting pwned by Hulk ("Puny God."); and when Captain America gave orders to the Avengers, he turned to Hulk and said, "Hulk smash." The one line I was waiting to hear but didn't was "Avengers Assemble!" And of course, the obligatory Stan Lee cameo... heh. Then of course we see Thanos at the end.

A good solid action movie.


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P.S.: This was the third movie that I took my Iron Man TF along to (the previous two being Iron Man & Iron Man 2).