Considering what a huge box office hit
The Avengers has been, there's a good chance many of you have already
seen it. Being late to the party, I just saw it last weekend. Allow
me to put my feelings toward this film into the most eloquent
language I can muster while thinking of it.
It. Was. Awesome! Ridiculously awesome.
Like, left me all full of adrenaline and feeling dumbstruck because the
only word I could think to describe it was “awesome.” There were
times when I was sitting in the theater, on the edge of my seat,
wanting to cry, laugh, and then hit something because it was just
that awesome.
I have been excited for this movie
since seeing Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger last summer,
and I was absolutely not disappointed. And I am not someone that one
might call a superhero or comic enthusiast by far. I just really, really
enjoy good action/fantasy/sci-fi films with intense, climactic battle scenes.
This delivered that and so much more. Action? Check. Inspirational
and tender moments? Check. Clever and funny banter? Check. Attractive
people in absolutely marvelous (pst, get it? Marvel?)
superhero suits? Major check.
But the part I enjoyed the most were
the references and in-jokes to past movies starring all the different
Avengers. While one can definitely understand (and like!) the movie
without having seen any previous films, to enjoy it to its fullest, I
would highly recommend seeing these movies first (or even after, and
then going back and watching The Avengers again. You really can't
lose). And while most people would probably agree that The Avengers is certainly the
apotheosis of all of them, these films are also, shall we say...
awesome?
1 comment:
I'm in. I will need someone to watch my kids so I can go see this with my wife. You know her. I wonder who would be willing to watch those kids of mine- someone close by, who already watches them from time to time...? :-p
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