Year: 2012
Director: Joss Whedon
Country: US
Language: English
People might not believe it twenty years from now, especially due to the vastly different quality in movies, but once upon a time (in 1963 to be specific) The Avengers was Marvel Comic's answer to DC's incredibly popular Justice League. Marvel joined a now comic tradition where numerous superheroes join forces against a common or superior enemy, but not without clashing with each other first.
Ironman, Thor, Black Widow, The Hulk and Captain America must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
Marvel Studios had done something somewhat unprecedented in 2008 when they started making individual super-hero films (Ironman, Thor) that would contain tid-bits shifting towards a larger over-encompassing picture (The Avengers). The culmination of several blockbusters brought about great expectations that writer/director Joss Whedon would have to burden. With a budget of $200 million, this film had better be good.
Perhaps if I watched The Avengers in 2012 I would have been impressed, but viewing it after I have seen truly great superhero films like Black Panther (2018) and Infinity Wars (2018) makes this film feel lackluster. It isn't as funny, isn't as dramatic, isn't as exciting and the writing overall isn't as good. Everything about The Avengers, aside from its conception, feels very cookie-cutter blockbuster. We've seen buddy cop movies with the same formula.
I suppose I must give credit to the fact that every hero portrayed in the film is fairly represented. Nobody overshadows the other in screen-time & all are given at least one bad-ass and/or funny scene that highlights their best quality. If you enjoyed the individual films, which I wouldn't until Phase 3, I suppose you may find something to enjoy here. I feel comic-book adapted pictures didn't get good until 2016.
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