The Avengers: Go big or Go Home!

So yesterday was my birthday and my beautiful Wife purchased tickets to take me to the Avengers.  Before sharing my thoughts with any readers (I think this blog currently has zero), youshould know I am a major comic book geek and even larger Joss Whedon (JW) geek.  It’s best not to go into too much detail of my history with these two mediums but sufficed to say I am the ideal audience for this film and I bloody loved it.

Pros:

Two superhero vs superhero fights, two;

bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam....”puny God”;

Agent Coulsen’s fanboy moment with Cap;

Helicarrier; and,

“clench legolas”

Cons:

Very simple plot (aliens invade, good guys fight the aliens);

Was there really no way to squeeze in a poignant moment for Steve seeing the now aged girl he left behind and for Hawkeye....well anything for him really; and,

Cap’s suit – sorry, it was better before.

Notes:

A perfect blockbuster and I don’t think many director/writers could’ve pulled this off with the aplomb that JW so clearly did.  The Dark Knight Rises will still be the best superhero film this year but this is the film that is the purer and just plain joyful comic book experience.  Also, techno space dragons!  How does one even begin pitching that to the studio:

Joss: “first we’ll get them all together but all unhappy and then we’ll make them fight a giant dragon...from space... oh and it’ll be wearing some sort of futuristic electric armour and covered in the alien dudes on flying saucers from the live action He Man film.   All I need is $300 million of your money and 2 years”

Studio: “You’re fired!”