The Avengers Assemble- Review

Probably the best comic book adaption I have ever seen

The Avengers surpassed all my expectations, in pretty much every way. When the idea was first announced I didn’t think it would work, I thought there would be too many superheroes for it not to be a mess, but I’ve been proved wrong.

With The Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America all rolled into one team, there is plenty of action and carnage to go down well with your popcorn.

The film leads off from where Thor ended, when a powerful energy called Tesseract is unleashed and creates a portal in Space; Loki manages to break through and plans to send an army to destroy Earth. It is from here that director of S.H.I.E.L.D Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson) assembles ‘The Avengers’ initiative.

The story soon brings all of the team together reasonably soon into the film. What works well is the fact that the chemistry between the characters is very good, while part of a team you really feel as though each have their own individual role and story within the main plot.

For me the star of the show was Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, as well as taking part in the best action scenes he brings a level of humour and comic relief into the film that breaks up the pace between the different sections of action and dialogue.

The film is also helped with a very impressive and menacing villain, the remorseless Loki strays away from being camp or too complex of a character not to understand, his motives and purpose are clear.
The effects are impressive and mind blowing; it’s hard to imagine anything ever bettering it. The 3D whilst not the best that I have seen does its job without really hindering or greatly improving my experience if I had not done so.

At 2hours and 23 minutes the film is long but thanks to the good pacing and build up to the conclusion I felt involved in every scene, and not once did I want the end credits appear.
In conclusion the film is without doubt the best I’ve seen in 2012 so far, with probably the best finale that I have ever seen on screen, and with a great collection of one liners to offer, The Avengers is worth every penny of your money and defines must see!

4.5/5