And it was at that point my favorite scene of the entire movie came in to save the day. Had I hated the entire movie, the mid-credits scene would’ve saved the whole thing anyways. Rumors had been circulating in regards of a second villain besides Loki in the movie and a lot of us comic geeks was expecting this moment. Ever since we glimpsed the item known as the infinity gauntlet for a millisecond in the beginning of Thor, we all expected a certain someone to show up sooner or later. I’m referring of course, to Thanos the Mad Titan, who is revealed to be the one that lend Loki the chitauri army. In the mid-credits scene, we see The Other reporting to his master that the invasion of Earth failed and that humans aren’t as weak as they thought. The other goes on to state that “To challenge them would be to court death” at which point Thanos rises from his throne, turns to the camera and smiles.
There are seriously a
million things I could talk about that I like about this movie, it’s overwhelming…
I think that’s what describes it best, it was overwhelming. To have ones
expectations met, seeing these characters that you know and love coming to life
on the screen was truly amazing. Before I finish, or try at least, I really could
go on and on about this movie, there are a few more things I need to mention.
Everyone talks about
the Hulk and how he steals the picture entirely… And the reason for this is its
true; the Hulk/Banner absolutely stands out as the one that really succeeds of
these characters. The reason for this is simple, actually; we never had a
Hulk/Banner on screen that worked before. All of the other characters has been
handled well in their respective movies. The first Hulk movie was terrible,
pure and simple. Don’t’ care how critically acclaimed Ang Lee is, keep your
crouching Hulk, a hidden Hulk, the movie sucked and Eric Bana just wasn’t a believable
Bruce Banner to me. The second Hulk movie was slightly better, still not really
worthwhile though. This time, Edward Norton took over as Banner which didn’t
exactly help things. Norton is usually a good actor, there’s just one problem;
he’s Edward Norton! And that’s who he was in that movie, himself as opposed to
being Bruce Banner whom he was supposed to portray. Now, in The Avengers, Mark
Ruffalo has taken over as Banner/Hulk and I must say the result is impressive.
I have a hard time deciding which I love the most, Ruffalo as Banner or as the
Hulk because he’s remarkable as both. From depicting the nervous and
uncomfortable genius Bruce Banner to the brutal god-smashing green giant,
Ruffalo IS both.
Finally, I just need
to highlight the effort of actor Clark Gregg whom we’ll have to do without from
now on. His character, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson, died at the hands of
Loki in the movie. At least that what it looked like, you never know with
Marvel. A lot of fan speculation has him returning as the Vision (synthezoid android member of the Avengers), but it’s important to
remember that this is just fans talking and has been refused by both Gregg and
Marvel. Naturally, that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen and Coulson could
really return any number of ways, we’ll just have to wait and see. I’m good
either way. Coulson was an awesome character and I’d love to see him return if
there’s a good story behind it. But on the other hand, he died a hero; ordinary
human agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. taking on Loki the god of mischief, it takes balls.
The Avengers was
great, it’s that simple and I can’t wait to see the next step in the Marvel
cinematic universe. Until then, we’ve all got The Dark Knight Rises to look
forward to. While I’m not nearly as enthusiastic about this one as I was about
The Avengers, I’m very much starting to look more forward to it now that I feel
safe about Avengers. The last (maybe) of Nolan’s trilogy, rumor has it he might
kill off the dark knight? I doubt it, even though it could prove a great emotional
way to finish his take on the character… If you haven’t seen The Avengers yet,
stop being a retard and get going and remember TDKR July 20th.
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