The Avengers Make the Cut
Wednesday, 2012 May 09
Ever since Spiderman (with Tobey Maguire), whose storyline could put it up there with the Disney Classics, totally crushed my faith in these superhero movies, I've never watched any of them other than Christopher Nolan's Batman series. That's because Batman is my favorite superhero. He doesn't need any flashy powers to get the job done.
I usually go for movies in the drama and spy genre. They make you think hard. I needed a break. I wanted explosions. Transformers doesn't make the cut. Big guns Expendables 2 has not been released yet.
I went to The Avengers thanks to complimentary tickets. Mind. Blown.
Except for Thor, I did not watch any of their origin prequels. Even for Thor, I did not "want to watch" it, but watched it only because we had it on DVD (and Natalie Portman, of course). I did not watch any of the prequels because, well, they're just going to be full of CGI anyway. I always thought The Incredible Hulk to be a 2-hour CGI cartoon slideshow. And, can't Hollywood come up with more original stories? I have since switched to Bollywood. No kidding. They're better.
Then The Avengers Assembled. It was none of the CGI slideshow for which I had written off all the other comic book superhero movies. Well, maybe there was some of it, but the story and internal conflicts were woven together so well that I've chosen to ignore the heavy reliance on CGI.
It should be evident by now that the only comic books I read are Bleach and Calvin and Hobbes.
I went out of the cinema planning to get copies of Iron Man and Iron Man 2.
Great job, Marvel!
I wrote this as an answer to a Quora question, “Did you like the movie Marvel's The Avengers?”