The Avengers

Okay, this isn't going to be so much of a review as much as me just nerding out about how awesome it is. My actual review is simple: go see it, it's awesome! If you've already seen it, go see it again because you probably didn't notice all the awesome that it has! Seriously, I love this movie. I'm a fanboy, and this movie went beyond my wildest expectations. If I could marry this movie, I'd be shopping for a ring. Okay, let the nerd-gush begin. There will be spoilers, so you've been warned.

• Isn't it awesome how they made Agent Coulson a fanboy, and that he like represents us in the movie? Like he's our representative in the Avengers. And then it's his death the brings the team together, and it's like a symbolic statement that this movie would not have happened without the fans.
• And did you notice that Cap was all like, "Tony Stark, you're nothing without your suit of armor," and then when Tony confronts Loki he has to do it without the armor!? HOLY SHIT!
• And then when Hulk takes down the first of those flying-snake-thingies, and Iron Man blows it up, and Cap totally shields Black Widow from the explosion, because that's just like what his character would do! And they don't have to cut to it and like hit you over the head with like, "oh, he's Captain America and he's saving people." NO! This movie's like, "this is so second nature for him, we're not even going to worry about it." THAT'S how much they get these characters.
• Isn't it cool how Loki is so much more evil in this movie than in Thor? He's like ten times as evil! I mean, in Thor all he really did was lie to people and cause some mischief, but now he's whacking people with his spear, ripping out people's eyes, and calling Black Widow a mewling quim.
• And then at the end, the Council dude was like, "Is that was this was all about, a statement?" And Nick Fury is like, "A promise." But what promise is he actually referring to? Is he talking about some oath to protect earth or something, or is it more symbolic of like the promise to the fans that Marvel made at the end of the first Iron Man?
• And it's so sweet how the last shot of the movie-proper is Tony and Pepper in Stark Tower going over the designs to add a Quinjet hanger to the tower, and then the camera pulls back and the only letter left on the building is an 'A' and it looks just like the 'A' in the Avengers logo!

Ladies and gentlemen, all of this is called payoff. Payoff is when a movie establishes something early on and then it comes back at the end in a fulfilling way. This whole movie is payoff. It's four years and five previous films worth of payoff! And this is only a small portion of what makes The Avengers an awesome movie. I highly recommend everyone go see it.

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