Who doesn’t like when a bunch of much-loved superheroes assemble to kick the butt of an unknown invader from another planet? Exactly. It took Marvel whole six movies to gather the already introduced in MCU heroes and put them in a crossover movie. Avengers include characters from previous MCU movies like the first two iterations of Iron Man, the first Captain America movie, Hulk and of course Thor. The last one should come as obvious one because Loki (Thor’s stepbrother) is the main supervillain that the heroes need to defeat. The movie has seen the world in 2012 worldwide and instantly became a major hit. Furthermore, it is the quickest movie to gross $1 billion. Yes, there are movies that grossed more, but Avengers was moving at the speed of light in comparison to other contenders. It was warmly met by the fans and critics, earning the name of “possibly the greatest superhero movie of all time”. And it is Walt Disney’s most successful movie ever moneywise.
The movie opens with our good friend Loki infiltrating a top-secret research facility and obtains the Tesseract – an unlimited and self-replenishing energy source. He manages to do so by opening a portal right inside the facility, thus appearing from being supposedly lost in the space void after being defeated by Odin and Thor at the end of the 2011 Thor movie.
Loki, however, is not an engineer and does not have a remote clue how to fulfill what he has planned from the engineering point of view. He uses his scepter and the power of Tesseract to control the minds of Dr. Selvig and Hawkeye. The former became Loki’s lead engineer and the latter – a deadly bodyguard slash assassin. This forced Nick Fury to activate Avengers initiative. This meant collecting the top superheroes and making a deadly team of Earth defenders.
Loki’s ultimate plan is to destroy Earth’s defense and become the sole king of the Earth. To achieve that the god of mischief planned to use two things: force invasion and mental destruction. The first part of his plan was to use the Tesseract to open a portal through which an army of Chitauri warriors would storm into our atmosphere and annihilate the superheroes. Also, he wanted to destroy the national love for the heroes and become the adored king himself. We’ve got to admit that Loki knows how to make plans worthy of Napoleon.
Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Black Widow, Hulk and Phil Coulson are joined by Thor himself, who first tried to reason with Loki, but later changed his mind and was ready to let his force speak louder than words. So here are the standings: an army of an alien hive-minded race against a bunch of superheroes. And two gods battling against each other. The Stark Tower (where the main battle takes place) has never seen a mayhem like that.
A mayhem beautifully done, fair to say. The visuals and CGI effects are beyond appreciation this time and the Avengers show us something incredible in terms of graphics. It must have been hard for the actors to stay serious while trying to imitate a real fight with Chitauri while smashing a dummy or slicing the thin air in front of a green screen. Kudos for that, Joss Whedon and the cast! Everybody did their job magnificently and such a big total gross looks like a natural aftermath of such a piece of movie magic.
The movie has shown the creators and us, the viewers, that crossover movies are what people want to see and if done right, will win you a jackpot, which the two next sequels proved with ease. Watch and learn, DC! Meanwhile, let’s wait for the Infinity War and experience some epic stuff, shall we?
Tony watched as his teammate continued to resemble a circus tiger going back and forth in its cage.
“Will you please stop that? You should sit down. You’ll feel better, I can pretty much guarantee it. Look over here at me. I’m fine. Relaxed. As in not on the verge of a panic attack… Clint!” Continue reading “Wrong Way to Die” »