A huge summer blockbuster has now made it's way to DVD, The Avengers.
You may have heard if it. I saw it in the theater about a month after
it came out (I'm not big into crowds so opening massive weekends are not
my thing)---in fact I'll be honest I went and saw another movie and was
standing there with popcorn left after the first one...........the door
to this one was open so I shrugged and strolled in. This is my illicit
movie of 2012. In fact I think it's only the 2nd time in a decade I've
actually snuck into a movie----I generally go back downstairs and buy
another ticket or I time my movie time to be say a double or a double
feature and buy multiple tickets at once. But I took a chance on this
comic book turned feature film and slipped in.
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Thanks to Blockbuster machines all over I'd seen Iron Man, The Hulk and Captain America so I was reasonably ready for an essentially no-plot movie. What this movie really does is set itself up for it's mega-action scenes. With the Avengers, all the disparate characters, those named above and the B Stars---Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury have to be brought together by a threat bigger than their individual ability to overcome. Then someone who has faith in them must bring them together---Nick Fury; they'll be tested/betrayed from within---Hawkeye is brainwashed; they'll have internal dynamics that are conflict ridden then they'll rally at the end. Then there's an indeterminate amount of time where a city is trashed as the heroes fight the hordes of the villain, Loki.
