Marvel's The Avengers Reviews
National Post
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Rage Monthly
One of the ten best films of 2012.
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| Original Score: A-
CultureCatch
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?
Toledo Blade
Whedon has delivered that rare action-packed, special-effects spectacle that is relentless in its eagerness to please and successful beyond its goal.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Austin American-Statesman
It's Summer's Mightiest Movie. Nuff said.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Twitch
When all is said and done, Avengers is all sound and Nick Fury, signifying nothing.
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| Original Score: B-
ScreenRant
Was Marvel's ambitious dream for a shared cinematic universe truly worth it? In my opinion: Most definitely.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
We Got This Covered
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.
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| Original Score: 8.5/10
Flix Capacitor
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
IGN DVD
The Star Wars of a new generation.
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| Original Score: 9.5/10
Movie Metropolis
"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.
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| Original Score: 8/10
Examiner.com
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
TheShiznit.co.uk
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
FoxNews.com
Marvel's "The Avengers" is the super-hero movie to end all super-hero movies. Why? Joss Whedon.
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| Original Score: 7/10
NECN
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.
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| Original Score: B+
CraveOnline
The first great superhero team movie, and a film that captures the essence of what makes the Marvel Universe great.
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| Original Score: 9.5/10
Movies.com
Feels like actual Marvel Comics are being injected directly into your bloodstream. It's simply jaw-dropping.
3AW
While it reflects a movie culture that has traded originality for scale - one wonders if there's a shred of originality anywhere in the film - The Avengers is grand, throwaway fun.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Yeah, it's all that. A tent-pole cash cow for the studio, a dream come true for fans, and treat for action aficionados, 'The Avengers' comes at you as the first true "summer movie spectacular" of the 2012 season.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Film Experience
Wonderful blink and you'll miss them comic beats in the middle of the finale's mayhem. And what glorious mayhem!
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| Original Score: B+
