Avengers {Movie Review}

So two girls, both with EQ problems, booked tickets to watch Avengers at the last minute last night. It was so last minute that they couldn’t find side-by-side seats in any of the nearby cinemas anymore, yet they so wanted to watch the movie already that they settled for seats in front of the other, and a very late time too – 10:45 pm.

Okay so I am obviously one of those two girls. The other one is Mildred.

We got home past 1am on a work night but you know what? It was so worth it! I loved The Avengers, it is easily my favorite movie of the year so far! It’s the kind of movie that left us happy afterwards, that made us want to discuss it at length and made us leave reality; in every sense an aesthetic experience.

I loved the action scenes, special effects, and all, but I suppose what I loved best about it were the hilarious one-liners that literally had the entire cinema laughing out loud. There were so many of these, too many to count with my fingers, in fact.

There was also one moment when I actually cried, but then that was just me. I tend to cry over everything.

I was initially afraid that so many characters in one movie would result in one convoluted mess, but the writers managed to make a script that somehow gave each character their own screen time without making it appear too contrived, or as though they just forcibly slotted a story in just so a certain character could appear. The entire story actually made sense and flowed naturally into one cohesive whole.

I was also initially afraid that so many hunky heroes in one movie would make my heart or brain explode from confusion as to which one to ‘ship, as I had fallen in love with each one of these heroes when I watched their individual films in the years past. (Okay, not all of them, just Iron Man, Thor and Captain America.)

But here’s what I realized – The Avengers makes for an interesting study in finding out what a girl truly finds attractive in a man, depending on who she loves most among the heroes.

Is it Captain America, the handsome and wholesome boy next door with the hero’s noble heart?

Is it Thor, the fierce, masculine man with rippling muscles, facial hair and deep throaty growl?

Is it the Hulk, the reserved brainiac with a surprisingly endearing shy smile?

Or it it Iron Man, the witty genius billionaire playboy philanthropist (in his own words)?

For Mildred and me, it turned out to be wit. Though we loved Thor and Captain America before, we found them to be boring when sharing the same screen with Iron Man. We are Ironed! We love you, Tony!!! (Close? LOL!)

I am not going to recap the story, just go watch it yourself! It will be worth every single penny, I tells ya!

Now if you haven’t seen the movie yet, please don’t read on. Spoilers alert!

SPOILER ZONE BELOW ! ! !

That moment I cried was towards the end when Iron Man sacrificed himself to save the world. It was a touching moment for me because earlier in the movie, Captain America had accused Iron Man of being selfish, of only fighting for himself. So when he did a 180, it brought me to tears, even though of course I knew that they wouldn’t really kill him. Like I told Dred, I am such a sucker for dynamic characters.

Some funny lines:

Pepper Potts: Phil, how are you?
Tony Stark: Phil? His first name is Agent.

Steve Rogers: Big man in a suit of armor. Take that away, and what are you?
Tony Stark: Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist.

Tony Stark: Dr. Banner, your work is unparalleled. And I’m a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster.
Bruce Banner: Thanks.

Thor: I do not care for how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard. And he is my brother.
Natasha Romanoff: He killed 80 men in two days.
Thor: He’s adopted.

Steve Rogers: Stark, we need a plan of attack!
Tony Stark: I have a plan: attack!

Loki: [Hulk throws Loki through a window into the Stark Tower penthouse] ENOUGH! You are, all of you, beneath me. I am a god you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by…
The Hulk: [Hulk grabs Loki by the legs and smashes him against the floor repeatedly] Puny god.

[Source: IMDB]