Movie Reviews by Cinema Siren
Marvel's 'The Avengers' Brings Their 'A' Game
New PG-13 film opens this weekend in theaters.
The first big entry in the blockbuster sweepstakes season is setting a very high bar indeed. For lovers of comic book heroes, watching this Marvel team of a lifetime suit up, bicker, beat each other up and save the world is akin to geek nirvana. It is the very definition of bigger, better, more! It is an explosion of egos, to be sure. They're like the dysfunctional family of superheroes, with one black sheep causing most of the trouble. Thor and Iron Man. Cap and Iron Man. Thor, Cap and Iron Man. How do they have the time and energy to fight anyone else when they keep beating each other to a pulp? It's as fun to see if they'll get along long enough to formulate a plan or find a way to work together as it is to watch the many and …
Leslie Combemale
6:46 am on Sunday, May 6, 2012
Box office so far is over $400 million worldwide!! (it opened last week outside the US) http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-avengers-joss-whedon-chris-evans-samuel-l-jackson-biggest-friday-opening-320563 Apparently, lots of folks have the Avengers fever! more ›