I was never the biggest Avengers comic book fan as a kid.
As I may have hinted in my Magneto Manifesto post, the Marvel Comics teams like X-Men and The Avengers were beyond my grasp. Those series were several decades and issues deep, I barely knew the origins of the characters and most of The Avengers members had their own series that were several decades and issues deep. It was too overwhelming for me.
On a whim, I remember asking a parent to buy either an Avengers issue with Morgan Le Fey on the cover.
Since I was curious about The Avengers, I veered towards Avengers West Coast because it seemed like less of a runaway train that I could jump aboard.
Regardless of my apprehension about The Avengers, I wished, dreamed and imagined for the day when I could see a movie with the heroes assembled on screen. Like The Chambers Brothers told us years ago, Time Has Come Today.
The X-Men trilogy was already great in my view. First Class allowed me to start the story all over again even though I didn't think I needed to. The Edward Norton Hulk, Iron-Man, Thor and Captain America films prepped us for the wallop of a movie before us.
The Avengers is a dream come true for comic book fans, including those like me who have less of a connection to the series than die-hard fans.
The film is the equivalent of a roller coaster ride in a movie theatre. The actors each brought something unique to their roles. I rather enjoyed Tom Hiddleston in Thor and got to do so even more in The Avengers. He plays the villainous Loki brilliantly. The scene with Scarlett Johannson's Black Widow is well-written and acted. Ironically, as with most villains, Loki does more smiling than any other character in the film.
I was concerned about Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner but by the end of the film all of my doubts were smashed aside.
Most of the film's comic relief comes courtesy of charismatic Robert Downey Jr. as expected.
The summer blockbuster season has been kickstarted in a major way. My advice to anyone that can read this is to catch up on the aforementioned films leading up to The Avengers to fully experience this marvel of a film.
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