Avengers Assemble!

Wow! The Avengers movie was fantasti-rific! It was everything I could have wanted out of a comic book movie. Being a comic book fan growing up, the release of this movie was like a dream come true. Interestingly enough, I started out as a fan of superheroes, not even knowing about comic books. The 90's animated Batman and Superman adventures were probably my first experience with these amazing characters of fiction. I was also an avid viewer of the 90's animated X-men and Spiderman adventures. For a while, I actually didn't even know much about the Avengers. Now, I kind of wish I had. But it doesn't really matter, because I became a fan after realizing that there were more heroes other than X-men, Spiderman, Batman, and Superman. I think I will still have to say that the X-men and Batman are my favorite heroes, although as far as movies are concerned I may have to give it to the Avengers. The Avengers and Batman, of course. Don't get me wrong, I love the live action X-men movies, but I think that I prefer what Marvel has done with their own material. Starting off with Iron Man in 2008 couldn't have been a better decision. Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr owned that character, and story. In fact, before that I had always thought that Iron Man was cool, but I didn't give him much notice. After the movie came out, I began to think that he was one of the best characters out there. I greatly attribute that not only to the actual character created by Marvel, but also to Robert Downey Jr, one of the most talented and skilled actors out there. And he is definitely out there. The character dynamics in this movie were extraordinarily accurate, and entertaining. They didn't just come together and form a perfect team. They all, to a certain extent and selfish motives that they pursued rather than purely working as a team. Of course, they eventually realize that they have to make certain exceptions and can't do everything their own way. The fact that Iron Man, Hulk, and eventually Captain America chose to go behind the back of SHIELD is a true exemplification of who these characters are. I have to say that my favorite thing about the Avengers movie is that not only did it work as an ensemble/action/adventure/superhero movie, it also worked as a comedy. This of course, was also set up by RDJ himself, who is hilarious as Iron Man. The interesting thing is that, there was humor to be found with every character. Nobody got left out of the funny lines. Every character just had a different type of humor. I especially like this with Captain America, because he could easily be played as a complete stiff. The character just lends himself to that, but Chris Evans is smarter than that and he knows where to give his characters a little more personality. Needless to say, I have already seen this movie twice. Many have seen it much more than that, and I completely understand. If I wasn't so cheap, I probably would have seen it four times by now. However, I can assure you that I will be buying the dvd that has been said to contain 30 minutes of deleted scenes. I really hope that the dvd has a theatrical edition as well as an extended edition. It also needs, or rather deserves a good behind the scenes featurette, and of course a gag reel. In closing I just want to say, great job with the casting, the acting, the directing, the writing, and everything else including, but not limited to, the Shawarma.