We saw The Avengers the other day. I think the movie runs for two hours and 15 minutes, and the last half of the movie makes the first half worth it (a lot of character development, not usually my favorite part of the movie).
- Robert Downey Jr: I wonder what it must have been like, being a "regular size guy" acting against such huge muscley slabs of man meat. No doubt, his character was as kick-ass as all of them, and his acting is easily on the order of ten times everyone else on the screen, but still.
- I still see Thor as Captain Kirk's father.
- The airship design, dependent on four rotor blades, the failure of even one of which would bring the huge thing down... they needed to seriously re-think that design. I mean, if three of four airliner engines stop, they can still land the plane.
- The whole lethal bow-and-arrow thing just hasn't been working for me since Legolas did it successfully in FOTR. I don't care if they make them blow up, you'd be better off with a fully automatic gatlin gun.
Overall though I really liked the movie. You can totally tell Joss Whedon directed the movie, with the clever lines and spot-on comedy bits.
Stay through the credits, there is an Easter Egg at the end.
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