Mostly rave advance reviews for The Avengers
By Alexandra Heilbron on April 20, 2012 | 5 Comments
The Avengers hasn’t even opened yet but it’s already getting rave reviews from critics who’ve seen advance screenings. Here are a few excerpts from what they’re saying:
“The Avengers is humongous, the film Marvel and its legions of fans have been waiting for. It’s hard to imagine that anyone with an appetite for the trademark’s patented brand of fantasy, effects, mayhem and strangely dressed he-men will be disappointed. Director Joss Whedon has adroitly balanced the celebrity circus to give every single one of the superstar characters his or her due. Worldwide box office returns will be, in a word, Marvelous.” Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
“As the first of this summer’s three superhero blockbusters (the others are The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man), Avengers sets the bar impressively high, and that it does it with a smile is all the more refreshing. A lot of this stuff has been done before, and recently—but never quite as well as this.” Robbie Collin, U.K. newspaper Telegraph.
“The end of the world may loom but Whedon creates a good time atmosphere, seeming to take inspiration from old WWII capers like The Dirty Dozen where the fun is as much derived from the rat-a-tat banter between the guys as it is from the big explosions and the butt-kicking.” Stella Papamichael, Digital Spy.
Some reviews weren’t quite as complimentary:
James White of Empire Magazine wrote: “Unfortunately, this being a comic-book movie, the need for biff-bang-pow tends to prevail. The hero-against-hero slugfest that the comics have been trading on for decades is entertaining at first, but the various combinations of Hulk v Thor v Iron Man quickly blow themselves out.” Though he did say in the same review, “The Avengers have been assembled and, for the most part, they fit together superbly. A joyous blend of heroism and humour that raises the stakes even as it maintains a firm grip on what makes the individual heroes tick.”
Chris Tookey of the Daily Mail also had mixed reactions: “The first half contains too much laboured exposition, and even the action-packed second half may not convert every-one who finds superhero movies immature. But this is a superior example of its kind, with sequences on a par with the best Spiderman and Batman movies. And technically, it’s a real marvel.”
Henry Barnes of the UK newspaper The Guardian liked Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, saying, “Crucially, the wise-cracking id of Robert Downey Jnr’s Iron Man is balanced out by instilling a hearty dose of fear in one of the team’s central figures, thanks to a beautifully honed performance by Mark Ruffalo. He plays Bruce Banner—the brilliant scientist who turns into the uncontrollable colossus Hulk when angered—as a man afraid of himself.”
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I freaking cannot wait for this movie! I would actually watch it first before Dark Knight! I’m also the biggest Superman fan, and if there was a Superman movie AND the Avengers opening the same day, I would actually lean towards the Avengers based on what’s I’ve seen in previews! Anyone who knows me, knows this is huge deal then lol.
Seeing as The Avengers and Dark Knight is 2-3 months….. it won’t be hard to see it before DK.
And there is no Superman movie…. so why compare?
Simmer down. Wipe your mouth and change your underwear.
The new Superman Movie will be coming out in 2013.
avengers is going to be unreal,so take off your mommas panties and simmer down you two
Nolan has been brought in to ressurect Superman, not a big superman fan but Nolan is one of the best