Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 294
Fresh: 272 | Rotten: 22
With a script that never forgets its heroes' humanity and no shortage of superpowered set pieces, The Avengers lives up to its hype -- and raises the bar for Marvel at the movies.
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 47
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 7
With a script that never forgets its heroes' humanity and no shortage of superpowered set pieces, The Avengers lives up to its hype -- and raises the bar for Marvel at the movies.
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Marvel Studios presents Marvel's The Avengers-the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
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Cast
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Robert Downey Jr.
Tony Stark, Tony Stark/... -
Chris Evans
Captain America, Steve ... -
Mark Ruffalo
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Chris Hemsworth
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Scarlett Johansson
Black Widow, Natasha Ro... -
Jeremy Renner
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Tom Hiddleston
Loki -
Clark Gregg
Agent Coulson, Agent Ph... -
Cobie Smulders
Agent Maria Hill -
Stellan Skarsgård
Professor Erik Selvig, ... -
Samuel L. Jackson
Nick Fury -
Gwyneth Paltrow
Pepper Potts -
Paul Bettany
Jarvis -
Alexis Denisof
The Other -
Tina Benko
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Jerzy Skolimowski
Georgi Luchkov -
Kirill Nikiforov
Weaselly Thug -
Jeff Wolfe
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M'Laah Singh
Young Girl -
Rashmi Rustagi
Calcutta Woman -
Powers Boothe
World Security Council ... -
Jenny Agutter
World Security Council ... -
Arthur Darbinyan
World Security Council ... -
Donald Li
World Security Council ... -
Warren Kole
Carrier BridgeTech -
Alicia Sixtos
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Jesse Garcia
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Maximiliano Hernandez
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Dieter Riesle
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Kenneth Tigar
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Walter Perez
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Harry Dean Stanton
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Josh Cowdery
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Ashley Johnson
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Katsumi Komatsu
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Yumiko Komatsu
Member of Japanese Fami... -
Momoko Komatsu
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Robert Clohessy
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Enver Gjokaj
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Fernanda Toker
Office Woman -
Andrea Vecchio
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Robin Swoboda
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Brent McGee
Faceless Pilot -
Jamie McShane
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Michael Zhang
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William Christopher Steve...
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Kelley Robins Hicks
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Romy Rosemont
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James Eckhouse
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Damion Poitier
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Don Cheadle
Col. James Rhodes
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All Critics (294) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (275) | Rotten (22) | DVD (6)
Never underestimate the entertainment value of the Hulk Smash.
Top CriticIf you are a Marvel fan, then The Avengers will feel like Christmas. Thanks to the merry doings of the director, Joss Whedon, all your favorite characters are here, as shiny and as tempting as presents under the tree.
Ultimately, it all comes back to Whedon: His clear vision for each character and how they might be profitably intermingled; his unexpected knack for action choreography; his funny, tender, immaculately constructed script.
A spectacle in the grandest sense of the word ...
Whedon, a pop-genre magician best known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is a master of viewer manipulation - because he never gives up his own seat in the crowd.
The performances are so well-pitched in The Avengers, meshing with such vividness and ease, that it's tempting to overpraise the good but not great movie that surrounds them.
Whedon must balance the competing storylines and screen time of the actors. He does it nicely, injecting humour and a touch of drama into the action -- and all without so much as a Tesseract to his name. Some assembly required, and delivered.
One of the ten best films of 2012.
But one of the most fascinating moments in the picture occurs when Captain America, referring to Thor, notes: "There's only one God, ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that." Ah, monotheism versus paganism. Can they exist side by side?
Whedon has delivered that rare action-packed, special-effects spectacle that is relentless in its eagerness to please and successful beyond its goal.
It's Summer's Mightiest Movie. Nuff said.
When all is said and done, Avengers is all sound and Nick Fury, signifying nothing.
Enhanced picture, enhanced sound, enhanced film: The Avengers feels like it's truly in its element on the small screen, and Buena Vista's impressive roster of supplements does the movie proud.
Was Marvel's ambitious dream for a shared cinematic universe truly worth it? In my opinion: Most definitely.
The Avengers is one of the best superheroes movies in a long time and is likely to become a classic of the genre. You would need to really hate comic book movies not to get a kick out of this.
Whilst Avengers Assemble will unquestionably provide two and a half hours of geek nerdvana for Marvel fanboys, it will likely prove too 'big' and comic-y for those who prefer their comic adaptations more grounded.
Joss Whedon's The Avengers is one of those rare big-budget summer blockbusters that doesn't completely insult your intelligence.
The Star Wars of a new generation.
"Marvel's The Avengers" is a visual comic book and it doesn't aspire to be anything more than that. As a film version it succeeds-one is tempted to say-MIGHTILY.
As a whole Avengers Assemble emerges as a film that's far greater than the sum of its already admirable parts.
It really is quite something that [Whedon] was able to take so many characters and put them into a movie where nobody gets left behind.
It really is an astounding achievement - a film that juggles an unenviable number of elements; combining what we've seen before, slotting them together and then adding enough depth, action and humour to make this a remarkable standalone film.
Marvel's "The Avengers" is the super-hero movie to end all super-hero movies. Why? Joss Whedon.
Without Robert Downey Jr. delivering his witty quips in patented rat-a-tat-tat fashion, The Avengers would largely be a soulless shell of a movie that could be mistaken for a Michael Bay production.
After years of buildup and prequels, "The Avengers" is merely average.
The first great superhero team movie, and a film that captures the essence of what makes the Marvel Universe great.
Audience Reviews for Marvel's The Avengers
Super Reviewer
We get to see a lot of Marvel superheros join together and take on a giant army. That's all to the story, really. Not much else goes on. It's very predictable and it doesn't take any innovative directions that made films like The Dark Knight so good. We basically know what's going to happen after about ten minutes in.
But like I said, this film is a fan service. I don't read comics and am not a big fan of the film genre so seeing all these superheros fight in a giant, underwhelming, CGI-fest does not excite me. A film like this is ridiculous to begin with and there's not much more you can do. Just get your get your heros together, have them interact a little, and then have them take on an army at the end. But the film doesn't surprise or leave any lasting impact. It takes the safe route and does what it needs to do to please those who love comics.
I did like Loki. He's an interesting villain and his motive is clear. The army I didn't care for, just a bunch of generic CGI with no backstory; it made for a very boring battle. All the other characters aren't developed that much. There is more time spent on them trying to outdo each other on who can up with the best one-liner. I'd say Tony Stark takes the cake on that one.
It's understandable why some may love this film. For me there's no depth to it and it's actually kind of boring. I'm really not that excited for the sequel or for any other superhero films. They are all starting to feel the same.
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- The Other: The Tesseract has awakened. It is on a little world, a human world. They would wield its power, but our ally knows its workings as they never will. He is ready to lead, and our force, our Chitauri, will follow. A world will be his. The Universe, yours. And the humans, what can the do but burn?
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- Steve Rogers/Captain America: This is a submarine?
- Bruce Banner/The Hulk: Really? They want me in a submerged pressurized metal container?
- Bruce Banner/The Hulk: Oh, this is much worse.
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- Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow: There was a lot of buzz around here finding you in the ice. I thought Coulson was gonna swoon.
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- Loki: Freedom. Life's biggest lie.
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- Tony Stark/Iron Man: You know, I think we were having a moment.
- Pepper Potts: I think I was having 12% of a moment.
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- Captain America: There's only one God ma'am and I'm sure He doesn't dress like that!
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
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| Am I the only one who thought the Avengers was bad? | 19 hours ago | 43 |
| Which is better? The Dark Knight Rises or The Avengers?? | 2 days ago | 112 |
| I love how | 6 days ago | 0 |
| A Quick Question from pointless commenter | 8 days ago | 3 |
| A shame. | 28 days ago | 12 |
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