Movie Review #6: The Avengers (2012)

The possibility of an Avengers movie had been talked about since Iron Man premiered in 2008. Ever since then, countless comic book fanatics haven't shut up about this movie, and a year later it's still being talked about! Now few highly anticipated movies like this ever fulfill the ridiculous expectations. This has happened time and time again.

And going into a movie with high expectations is NEVER a good thing to do. But when I saw this on opening day, my high expectations were surpassed! Here's why:

This movie would have been a completely different film if anyone other than the great Joss Whedon wasn't the writer and director. Joss Whedon was the perfect choice for this because he can write a script for a movie with a ton of characters and craft it in such a way that no character in particular steals the show or hogs the spotlight. He developed all of the Avengers even more so than from their previous films. Heck, he made Black Widow and Hawkeye relevant! Even though the script is written so that no character steals the show, but lets be serious, Loki steals every scene he's in. I'm not saying that that's a bad thing, it's just that Tom Hiddleston is SO GOOD! I could watch him work at the DMV and he would have me interested.

Another aspect of this movie that will have you interested are the visual effects. With a budget of over $220,000,000, you know that they spared no expense on the visuals. And boy oh boy does it show! This movie is worth seeing for the final battle alone!

I feel that one of the reasons why I love this movie so much is because when I was watching this movie on the big screen for the first time on opening day, it was such an incredible experience. It was a cinematic experience that I had never experienced before and I adored every single second of it.

Final Report: Not only is the Avengers my favorite superhero movie, but it was also my favorite movie of 2012.