Blog Entry 2

      Marvel Comics recently came out with its latest in the line of superhero movies with "The Avengers"(2012). This managed to remain true to the idea of a good superhero movie, but while also being funny and all around enjoyable. Due to the manner in which Marvel had a series of other movies to establish the universe for The Avengers they did not have to waste much time in introducing characters. The movie grabs your attention from the opening scene and keeps you entertained all the way through.

      The Avengers keeps up Marvels recent history of great action scenes, good animation and great style. From the opening chase and ensuing explosion it maintains a great balance of good action scenes with witty dialogue. There is a variety of different settings used throughout the movie, and the set design for them is great. They play well into the action scenes for each. The fight scenes between the superheroes are coordinated extremely well and are very clever based around the environments that each are in. Each sequence plays well into the grandeur of the plot for the movie. It all feels big and impressive. The individual heroes in each environment are not only done so well due to their costume design and animation, but the actual dialogue and chemistry of the characters.

      One of the biggest strengths of The Avengers is how well written, witty and true to form the characters are. Joss Whedon(director and writer, Firefly) does a fantastic job of playing to the strengths of the actors and the characters themselves. With a myriad of quirky one liners and great dialogue the characters really shine through in entertainment value. With Tony Stark(Robert Downey Jr.) and The Hulk(Mark Ruffalo) as great comic relief, Captain America(Chris Evans) and Thor(Chris Hemsworth) being cheesy, and a great support cast in Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury and Phil Coulson bring a human element to the superhero movie it gives a real great balance to the cast. The actors deliver their parts quite well, and make an unbelievable superhero premise feel believable.

      Overall, while The Avengers may not be the grittiest or most dramatic movie to come out this year, it is clever, witty and fun to watch. It was personally one of my favorite movies of the year due to just being entertaining and true to form in terms of the comics.