Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (Because it's awesome!)
So the question is, at this point, who hasn't seen this movie? And, after answering that question, was there anyone who didn't end up loving the movie after watching the Avengers? That would be the anomaly.
The simple fact that I saw the movie twice proves how much I'm a fan. My brother, Steven, has now seen it at least four times, and with how much the movie has grossed financially it proves that many others are repeat costumers as well.
To give you an idea, this is how the three Marvels, and one DC, movies performed in 2011. Thor made $65,723,338 opening weekend, $181,030,624 domestic, and $449,326,618 worldwide. Captain America made $65,058,524 opening weekend, $176,654,505 domestic, and $368,608,363 worldwide. X-Men: First Class made $55,101,604 opening, $146,408,305 domestic, and $353,624,124 worldwide. While the Green Lantern, the lone DC movie release last year, made $53,174,303 opening, $116,601,172 domestic, and $219,851,172 worldwide.
Clearly the opening for Green Lantern was on par with X-Men, only word of mouth was not as strong, resulting in an overall poor gross. Now the Dark Knight, a DC Universe film, which had the strongest overall superhero gross up till now made $158,411,483 opening weekend, $533,345,358 domestically, and $1,001,921,825 worldwide.
How did The Avengers compare? So far, with only three weeks into the domestic (U.S.A) release the movie has broken all sorts of records. (Worldwide territories opened in Australia, France, the Philippines, and New Zealand two weeks before the US; and in England, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and India a week before the US release, which helped contribute to the buzz). The movies opening domestic gross was $207,438,708, $468,271,215 overall domestic, and $1,191,571,215 worldwide. And the movie is far from leaving theaters.
Sorry, movie stats make me geeky excited. Further proof that I'm a cinephile.
So what did I think of the movie? I thought it was brilliant. Sure, it's not a super intense intellectual fare, but a masterfully crafted Summer flick filled with humor, great characters, action, and excitement. I was worried that the movie would fill too crowded, with all the superheros and villains needing screen time, but the writing, direction, and editing was so perfect that every plot was nicely balanced. I really enjoyed the scenes that involved Iron Man and Pepper Potts. Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't have a lot of screen time, but her character was memorable. And the movie also explored Black Widows past and character a little more; she's interesting and deserves her own movie. Joss Whedon, of Serenity/Firefly fame, sure knows how to work with strong female characters.
And I hope that everyone who saw the film took the time to stay till the very, very end. With both showings I attended, I was amazed how many people got up and left! They missed the best part.
The summer isn't over. The Spider Man reboot is scheduled for July 3. And the Dark Knight Rises is opening July 20th. Every cinema geek will be watching the stats on this one. With the amazing financial success The Avengers has been, and the records The Dark Knight broke when it came out, is there a chance that the final Batman movie in Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy will outstrip the Avengers? It will be exciting.
With the success of The Avengers, Iron Man 3, coming out next year, just got a $60 million production boost, bringing the total costs to around $200 million. Also coming out next year is the second Thor movie. Oh, you want to hear an exciting movie season? 2013, Thanksgiving/Christmas, you have Thor 2, Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and The Hobbit: Part 2 all being released. That's going to be fun. Captain America 2 is coming out Spring 2014.
The Avengers is coming out on DVD/Blu-ray September 25th, and is packed with extra features including director commentary, blooper reel, and deleted scenes.
Ah! Now that I've geeked you all out,
Have a great day!
Sarah
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