Ironman Hulk Thor Hawkeye Captain America Black Widow

The Avengers

The Marvel Avengers are under the foundation of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Avengers. An elite force, a small army, a band of heroes. When all hope seems to be lost, you call upon them. They are your protectors, some might say your guardian angels. Without them, who knows where we would be, the dangers we would have to face.

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Iron Man The Leader Iron Man
Hulk The Beast Hulk
Thor The Good One Thor
Hawkeye The Lookout Hawkeye
Captain America The Soldier Captain America
Black Widow Mrs. Lethal Black Widow
































Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity) was hired to direct and the rest is an already very profitable history. The movie took 2ndplace for the biggest Friday opening of all time and is set to break the record for the biggest opening weekend of all time. This record was previously held by the last Harry Potter movie which brought in 169 million but if the predictions are true The Avengers will have brought in between 175 – 200 million. Add this to the current international tally and the movie has already made over half a billion dollars. With a budget of 220 million you can bet that Mickey Mouse is smiling and will likely buy himself a new pair of red pants to celebrate. Enough bean counting. How was the movie really? (I’m going to keep this relatively spoiler free) It literally broke all expectations. The bulk of the story revolves around Thor’s evil little brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), getting together an alien army and invading the earth. In order to do this Loki must possess the Cosmic Cube which we are first introduced to in the teaser at the end of Thor and again in Captain America. The Norse god of mischief steals the cube from S.H.I.E.L.D and Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) resolves to take a drastic measure and assembles the Avengers which is where the true magic of this movie lies: in the characters. Aside from the characters we already know we’re given expanding storylines for the Black Widow (played by a spandex clad Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner): Both being human characters without any special powers to speak of they’re still special in their own way and kick a remarkable amount of butt. Renner gives life to Hawkeye and makes us believe that an archer could actually do some serious damage against an invading army of aliens which is a testament to his performance and to the amazing visual effects (Santa, if you’re reading this, I want his bow and arrow for Christmas).Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returns from the realm of Asgard to bring his brother to justice and is quickly recruited to the team as he’s the Godof Thunder and when is that not useful in a battle? Chris Evans plays Captain America as the noble and ethical superhero that he is and is tasked with attempting to lead the Avengers although he still feels very out of place and time. What’s most surprising about Captain America is that throughout the entire movie I didn’t once wonder how he wasn’t shot in the back. The shield’s not THAT big… The show is ultimately stolen by the remaining two main characters. Robert Downey Jr is no stranger to playing Tony Stark and it shows. His casting in that role is genius and it’ll be a sad day, if and when, they have to replace him. He possesses the best ‘one liners’ throughout the movie and shows a remarkable amount of character growth as he learns the value of self sacrifice. It’s sometimes confusing to know who, between Stark and Captain America, is actually the leader.The final member of the Avengers and the main reason this movie absolutely destroyed all expectations is the Hulk. Mark Ruffalo plays the troubled and constantly calm Bruce Banner with such stoic ease that you’d think he actually had an anger management problem that resulted in him transforming into a massive green creature. I always thought Ed Norton did a great job in the Incredible Hulk but Ruffalo smashes his predecessor as if he was nothing but a puny human. This is by far the best portrayal of the Hulk to ever hit the screen because it makes complete use of the character in the best ways possible. Add to that some great motion capture by Rufallo when he’s the Hulk and seamless visual effects and you’ve got a winner. There are several amazing moments featuring the Hulk (watch for his confrontation with Loki, it’s priceless) and audiences have reacted strongly. Mark Ruffalo has now been signed on to reprise his role as Banner/Hulk in six more movies. That’s right, green is the new sexy. My coverage is only the tip of the iceberg, there’s a ton of character development and story highlights that I can’t list because they’re just too numerous and nothing beats watching it.
review by
-Andrew Buckley-

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