I’ve been told that there is an upper limit
to the number of times I should use the word “awesome” in a review, but I’m
going to ignore that advice for The Avengers. Because the cast is awesome, the
directing is awesome, the script is AWESOME, and the action is awesome. Joss Whedon, whom we love, managed to elicit huge guffaws from the entire audience
with the witty repartee and finely timed physical comedy (the Hulk absently
whacking Thor after a major battle scene is a prime example).
The characterisation of the heroes and
their accompanying human failings is, wait for it, awesome. Tony Stark:
narcissism. Check. Bruce Banner: anger. Check. Natasha Romanov: guilt over
chequered past. Check. Thor: god-complex. Warranted, but also check. And while
I was not convinced of Loki’s role as super villain in Thor, he manages to pull
it off awesomely, with appropriate angst at his choice of benefactor.
I have only one criticism of this movie. If
you are going to put at least three of the world’s most beautiful men in one
film, you have to have a shirtless scene at least once. I mean, what is the
motivation for girls to see this film (not geeky girls like me, but normal
girls)? At the very least the two Chrises should have gone topless at least once
each. At least. Other than that, however, this film is, yes, awesome.
Geek’s rating: Mouse.
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