Review of The Avengers (2012) by Gerard V — 17 Jul 2018
Never has so much money been spent to make a movie look so cheap.
Clearly the entire budget went on the CGI in the last act, because most of the first half of the movie looks like a TV series. Seriously. Look at how some of the shots are constructed. This is TV studio level direction.
Credit to Marvel for having the direction and commitment to bringing the MCU into existence and linking everything together into a payoff, but unless you have a massive investment in the characters this is not really anything special, with a by the numbers plot involving massive egos learning to get over their individual dick sizes and work together to defeat a common threat. Plus explosions.
I actually got bored and needed two sittings to actually finish watching this.
(also, Justice League wishes it was this movie).
This review of The Avengers (2012) was written by Gerard V on 17 Jul 2018.
The Avengers has generally received very positive reviews.
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