Movie of the Week: Avengers Assemble

There was no movie of the week last week due to H being on holiday in a canal boat. Pity she picked the wrong week, weather-wise. And it was still bucketing it down in sympathy this afternoon when we arrived at Cineworld Wakefield for the eagerly awaited 'Avengers Assemble' or 'Marvel Avengers Assemble' if you want the true UK title because apparently the movie execs finally cottoned on to the fact that if you say Avengers to most Brits of a certain age and they immediately think of Steed and Emma Peel.

Both H and I had been looking forward to this for weeks and we were not disappointed. Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Thor on one side and Loki on the other. Yes, you're right, with those odds I wouldn't fancy Loki's chances either, except he has some pretty badass aliens on his side, too. This is obviously meant to be the start of a series that could run and run, given the success of this outing.

And with Joss Whedon at the helm it was everything you might expect: smart and sassy with plenty of testosterone-fuelled infighting between the main characters. I've never yet seen anything of Joss' that I didn't like. It was also interesting to note som of Joss Whedon's favourite TV actors with bit-parts: Alexis Denisov (Buffy and Angel) and Enver Gjokaj (Dollhouse).

Though this was an ensemble cast, Robert Downey Jnr as Tony Stark/Iron Man pretty well stole the show, but special mention to Mark Ruffalo who did an exceptional job of playing Bruce Banner/The Hulk. That character has had a couple of pretty duff movies but I think Ruffalo could pull off a decent Hulk movie.

If you haven't seen it yet - do go. As is our usual preference we saw the 2D version of this, so I can't say anything about the 3D effects. The 2D effects were pretty damn fine splendid as well, but it was the characters and the story that made this so good. The CGI and effects were the icing on the cake.

Movie of the Week: Avengers Assemble

There was no movie of the week last week due to H being on holiday in a canal boat. Pity she picked the wrong week, weather-wise. And it was still bucketing it down in sympathy this afternoon when we arrived at Cineworld Wakefield for the eagerly awaited 'Avengers Assemble' or 'Marvel Avengers Assemble' if you want the true UK title because apparently the movie execs finally cottoned on to the fact that if you say Avengers to most Brits of a certain age and they immediately think of Steed and Emma Peel.

Both H and I had been looking forward to this for weeks and we were not disappointed. Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Thor on one side and Loki on the other. Yes, you're right, with those odds I wouldn't fancy Loki's chances either, except he has some pretty badass aliens on his side, too. This is obviously meant to be the start of a series that could run and run, given the success of this outing.

And with Joss Whedon at the helm it was everything you might expect: smart and sassy with plenty of testosterone-fuelled infighting between the main characters. I've never yet seen anything of Joss' that I didn't like. It was also interesting to note som of Joss Whedon's favourite TV actors with bit-parts: Alexis Denisov (Buffy and Angel) and Enver Gjokaj (Dollhouse).

Though this was an ensemble cast, Robert Downey Jnr as Tony Stark/Iron Man pretty well stole the show, but special mention to Mark Ruffalo who did an exceptional job of playing Bruce Banner/The Hulk. That character has had a couple of pretty duff movies but I think Ruffalo could pull off a decent Hulk movie.

If you haven't seen it yet - do go. As is our usual preference we saw the 2D version of this, so I can't say anything about the 3D effects. The 2D effects were pretty damn fine splendid as well, but it was the characters and the story that made this so good. The CGI and effects were the icing on the cake.