So lets do this thing...the first MEGA blockbuster of the year, how does it fare you ask, well its pretty good says I.
We all know the score so why review it, the 'backup' films to this entry were all solid to great films with most having their favourites, my personal fav is easily the Iron Man films. So with all the guys together for the first time the film does start at a slow pace...for quite some time its gotta be said, I was getting a little twitchy in my seat. Allot of dialog and pacing around very metallic looking military facilities with a whole load of comicbook sci-fi jargon I really don't understand haha. The team are introduced one by one and things feel familiar a they should, a quick bit of action from 'Black Widow' does help though, for the overall pacing and control of the film.
Honestly the film didn't really kick into gear for me until we get our first 'Hulk' moment on board that huge flying aircraft carrier thingy (a bit too G.I.Joe there?), this is our first team action and its good, its very good :) everyone looks good and the action is sharp, slick and clear.
For me the whole film is all about certain characters and how they come across in battle, in general all the team battles in this film are really very good, as said by many all the characters get their time to shine and no one is left in the cold but clearly some characters just work so much better.
The finale is a firestorm of cgi action and really does blow you away with non-stop Avenger action, its not even hard to follow either, you can see what's happening and there's no silly shaky camera to make you ill, its all precise. Best action from a character goes to 'Hulk' for me with some earth shatteringly pumped destruction going on, they really nailed him good in this one, of course 'Iron Man' gets second spot. The cgi overall is excellent but its not like we haven't seen this kind of thing before though ;) its hardly ground breaking but it looks way better than the 'X-Men' 'Spider Man' 'Fantastic 4' films, I also liked the huge flying alien metallic dragon things, some nice design work there, the alien soldiers didn't look much (never got a good look really) but those big space dragons were really impressive.
As for the superheroes well they all look spotless, 'Iron Man' as I said is my personal best and looks awesome, 'Hulk' is a close second looking the best he's ever been here and actually appearing like Ruffalo facially so you can actually believe he transformed into this green monster, 'Loki' hasn't changed much from 'Thor' and looks good whilst 'Thor' also stays pretty much the same and looks fine. , 'Black Widow' (Scarlett Johansson) looks amazing, My third Favorite Avenger. A nice shot whilst she speaks with an incarcerated 'Loki' I enjoyed muchly.Now this is where I get picky folks, 'Captain America'...what the in the world did they do to his suit!? it was fine in his first film so why make it look so childish looking for this!? the hood part looks dreadful, thought so when I first saw pics of it. We all know of Fury so this leaves 'Hawkeye', probably the dullest looking character, I didn't like him.
The other thing was 'Loki' and his alien buddies, I presume 'Loki's' exile was him falling into that abyss at the end of 'Thor'? how did he meet that alien race? how did he get to earth through the portal or get to the portal? and why does he even want to rule Earth? what does he get out of it?
I must also ask what the 'Chitauri' are exactly, when 'Iron Man' downs the big mothership they all just drop, so are they robotic? or somehow connected to a central brain or something?. Trivial but hey that's how I roll.
So yes, this film is incredible and probably the best its gonna get for superhero team flicks and even superhero flicks to a degree, and when I say superhero flicks I mean superheroes which involve magic, sorcery, space, aliens etc...'Batman', 'Blade', 'Punisher' etc...are different beasts. Definitely a historical moment as we get the first real superhero team movie, I can't see 'Justice League' topping it.
Ps. No need to stay right to the end of the credits, but don't leave straight away ;)
