The Avengers

If you haven't seen the Avengers yet (or don't plan to this coming weekend) I'm sure you probably have a very binding commitment or an amazing excuse because everyone and their grandma (yes literally) is rushing out to see this film. I've had the pleasure of seeing this movie twice. In fact I went to the midnight opening of the film and then an evening show the next night!
I left the theatre with a smile plastered on my face. What a ride! For a movie over two hours it did an amazing job of not letting you realize that little fact (unless your bladder rudely reminded you). Joss Whedon and Co. did an exceptional job of pacing this epic. What an appropriate word. Epic. It's a word that is watered down by hipster douche bags who wear their pants too low and have their wallets attached to an obnoxious chain. Avengers really did reach that level though- epic. Any fan of comics knows that it takes some serious bad-assery to change the Avengers because of the capabilities of the team and it's members.
Robert Downey Jr. was unsurprisingly one of the many joys to be found in the film. His dialogue was snappy and witty and he exuded the confidence, arrogance and brilliance of Tony Stark through every pore. Another win was the performance turned in by Mark Ruffalo. His scenes as Bruce Banner really exemplified the character and made us all forget that Ed Norton turned down the role. Tom Hiddleston portrayed a more sinister, defined and, thankfully, more evil, Loki than the previous version from Thor. I excitedly await the release of Thor 2 in hopes of seeing one of my favourite Marvel villains grow even more.
Thinking back on it I can't even think of a single criticism out of the entire flick! Actually there were a couple times during the action scenes in New York (don't worry I won't get into spoilers) where it seemed the action was moving faster than the eye could keep up with which brought back memories of the Transformers franchise (barf).
If you haven't figured it out already I loved this movie. I could go on about it much longer than 90% of you would care to read so I'll stop now while I still (this is awfully presumable on my part) have your attention. Go see this movie! You will not regret it.

Your faithful Zombie Warrior (my dear friends and family read: Cody Mudge, soon to be, Published Author)