MCU REVIEW: The Avengers

Episode 17 - The Avengers Movie Review

After years of standalone movies and origin stories, in 2012 Marvel finally delivered on the epic superhero team-up movie that it had been teasing and promising ever since the very first MCU after scene in Iron Man.  This week we are looking at The Avengers, where the MCU finally lived up to its promise as a live-action counterpart to the interconnected and continuity heavy Marvel comics that the films are based on. 

This Week In Comics

• Marvel Snap released. 
• Black Adam arrived in theaters. 
• First trailer, poster for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania 
  • https://youtu.be/ZlNFpri-Y40
  • https://twitter.com/AntMan/status/1584575713625092096
• Henry Cavill confirms he's returning to Superman 
  • https://www.cbr.com/henry-cavill-officially-announces-superman-return-dceu/
• Avengers From the Past and Present Assemble Against an Army of Mephistos
  • https://comicbook.com/comics/news/avengers-past-present-mephisto-army-avengers-assemble-alpha-first-look/

Film Facts

• Tagline: Avengers Assemble!
• Released: May 4, 2012
• Runtime: 143 minutes
• Box Office: worldwide: $1,518,812,988 / domestic: $623,357,910 
• Budget: $220,000,000 
• IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 
• Stars: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston 
• Directed: Joss Whedon 
• Screenplay: Zak Penn original story, Rewritten by Joss Whedon 

2 Minute Recap

Discussion Topics

Joss Whedon - the right writer/director for the job 

A New "Big Guy" 

And the return of a villain 

Felt like a comic book 

Brilliant writing/acting 

Still plenty of humor 

Extras 

Face Off!

Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie

What's Next

• Moon Knight #11-16
• Moon Knight Black. White and Blood #1-4 
• Moon Knight Annual #1 

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