"There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people, so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could..."
Nick Fury.
Script Logic; 1/2
Pace; 2/2
Acting; 1/2
Aesthetic; 2/2
Originality & Intention; 1/2
Final Score; 7/10
Final Word; It does what it says on the tin. Everybody gets some
good screen-time (except Thor, whose poorly served, but the least interesting),
and everybody kicks some ass. Downy Jr cracks wise, Johannsen smolders, and both Evans and Hemsworth flex serious pecs. The plot (ha, you’re not here for the plot!) sees
Loki, Thor’s evil brother, engineering an alien invasion against Earth by using
the Tesseract- the McGuffin* from the Captain America film. As you’d expect
from writer and director Joss Whedon, it’s full of dry wit, one-liners, some
memorable action scenes and most importantly solid characters. Except this on its own fun and trashy terms and it’s a
real gem. Samuel L Jackson shoots down a plane with a rocket launcher and the
Hulk smashes, what else do you need to know?…
* McGuffin = a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist (and sometimes the antagonist) is willing to do and sacrifice almost anything to pursue, protect or control, often with little or no explanation as to why it is considered so important.
‘Puny God.’
Hulk.
* McGuffin = a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist (and sometimes the antagonist) is willing to do and sacrifice almost anything to pursue, protect or control, often with little or no explanation as to why it is considered so important.
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