Embrace your creed

I've explain my ratings before but I'd like to remind you again on what the numbers mean:

1/5: Pathetic/ Wasting time/ Disrespectful or any other insults you could think of  :)

REALISM 

The first few minutes of the movie was a bit typical to me; starting of with a huge action scene with explosions and car chases.  Huge action movies like this often start with a massive action scene but hey, it wasn't bad.  It revealed the desperate situation on why would one even consider asking 6 remarkable people join forces to save the world; the reason being war.  This is where I find it most interesting about the movie.  As you can see the three heroes above, their costumes are amazing.  Whoever worked on the costumes, bravo! They manage to satisfy their iconic looks while maintaining the realism of the story.  Let's face it, tights are unacceptable in reality.  To me, of all the heroes, Captain America and Hawkeye's costumes are the best.  In the comics, they wore tights.  Captain America had those wings sticking out of his head while Hawkeye wore purple tights that seems like they were inspired from the medieval days.  I love how they change that blue mask into a helmet with a picture of wings instead of those that were sticking out.  Hawkeye wore sleeveless S.H.I.E.L.D. agent's wardrobe; the kind of clothes that fits for a spy.  I also love the angle where The Avengers initiative is a last resort of saving mankind.  We've seen them destroy world threats alone before and thus why would they even need to team up? It makes the story more realistic.  Oh man, there's just so many things I love about the story.  Another angle I like is where the Asgardians; Thor and Loki are treated as Aliens instead of Norse Gods.  I like to think that they were mistaken as Gods long time ago while in fact, they're just advanced aliens that look like humans.  Now, I'm not sure if they're sticking with this angle entirely but so far, it seems like they're balancing it between the Norse Gods factor.  

BALANCED

Another thing that really surprises me is that the story is well balanced and I mean, REALLY BALANCED between the earth's mightiest heroes.  Iron Man, Tony Stark, is the centre of almost every posters but the story really builds up character for each of them; even Hawkeye who had a little screen time in Thor. 

The three underdogs of the team, in my opinion.  They don't have huge advantages like Stark's armour or Thor's supernatural abilities.  Although Captain America, Steve Rogers, is a super soldier;It was enough during WWII but not for the modern world filled with an army of aliens.  I'm just speechless by the level of 'balanced' that this movie has.  It's sort of ridiculous because I assumed that a film like this, with a huge gimmick as a promotional boost, would be a simple action flick.  Well, I was dead wrong! It focuses on how the situation affected them as an individual instead of making them emotionless heroes who strongly believes in morality.  They had arguments, fights and so on.  Personally, Hulk versus Thor was my favourite.  Speaking of Hulk, I have to say that his part of the story was really impressive.  Since reading the comic book "World War Hulk", I have a better understanding and admiration of the character.  He's very complex and it's a surprise seeing him being personified  very well even in a movie with many more other iconic characters.  To me, the best quote of the move is not "If we can't protect the earth, you can be damn sure we'll avenge it" by Tony Strak.  When Black Widow was tasked to bring Bruce Banner to Nick Furry, she asked him what's his secret of surviving a year without an accident.  Banner gave the answer when the climax starts, facing the invading aliens "That's my secret, Captain......I'm always angry" and then he willingly transforms into the Hulk.  That, to me, in a way, explains the whole Hulk legacy :') 

And it was epic. 

In conclusion, The Avengers really lived up to it's hype.  It satisfy both the comic book lovers and the general audiences.  Let's not forget the kids too, the film is also kid friendly.  But make no mistakes, the most anticipated superhero flick of the year is Christopher Nolan's Batman series; The Dark Knight Rises.  This time, the expectations of sheer epicness has been raised.  I give The Avengers a rating of  4.5/5 because it is pure awesome but it could be an epic movie (5/5) if it had tried another villain.  I don't know, it's missing something.  The whole Earth vs Aliens plot has been used many times in the comic and the animation world when they're about to introduce a superhero team; this also includes DC Comic's Justice League.  I'm not saying that it's a bad or dull thing; it's just that maybe that they could give a little more awesomeness with a different villain or a plot twist of some sort.