MYST #3: The Avengers

Marvel's Avengers was probably one of the best superhero movies I have seen since I saw the first Iron Man. I was a little skeptical at first because I knew that this movie could either be horrible or awesome. And it was AWESOME! The plot: Director Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a group of super humans to form the group known as the Avengers to help defeat Loki and his army. There is the Ironman/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), The Hulk/Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow/Natasha Romanov (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye/Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), and Loki (Tom Hiddleston). All of these amazing actors and actresses played a part in the movies leading up to these and they were perfect in acting exactly how their character acted in the previous movie.

                                 

Once you get past the awesomeness of the movie you start to look at the camera work. Surprisingly there was  a lot of really cool camera work. There was one scene during the battle when an alien shot at a car and the car flipped but the camera was in the car so the scene flipped with the car. This made it seem more realistic and like you were in the battle. There were a lot of scenes where the camera would be moving constantly like from the Hulk to Black Widow without cutting the scene it would just flow right in. If you watch you will notice that it is one really long scene that doesn't cut until the end. Watch:

                                 

I also noticed that the parts when the Avengers would be fighting is bright and clear, but when it shows the alien army and Loki it gets darker. This movie is a lot like any other superhero movie. There is always a reoccurring theme in these movies. Hero has special powers but sorta thinks of them as a burden because society relies on them. Then when the bad guy comes he is beaten down and gives up hope. Then something happens (death, love, or anger) and that makes him more determined than ever and he dramatically saves the day and defeats the enemy, usually not without sacrifice. This is pretty much the plot in every superhero movies like Ironman, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, Superman, The X-Men, Batman trilogy, and Captain America. Now that you have thought about this, you realize that I am right! Although this theme occurs in pretty  much every superhero movie it still doesn't take away our love for them because that is why we love them. So we can see the hero defeat the bad guy. Maybe i should make a movie were it is opposite of the theme and the bad guy wins...probably would not be very popular.

I chose four and a half stars because I thought that the director, Joss Whedon, did a really good job of pulling all of these really great super humans together without making it seem too cheesy. People that love superhero movies would be obsessed with this movie (like me) and people who don't normally like superhero movies will like this one.