"THE AVENGERS" (2012) Review

Back in 2007, Marvel Studios set out to do something that DC Comics managed to achieve some forty years ago through a Saturday morning animated series. The studio created a series of movies based upon some of its company's popular comic book characters. This series culminated into the recent hit movie, "THE AVENGERS".

The group of comic book heroes that became a team in "THE AVENGERS", turned out to be the following - Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, the Black Widow and Hawkeye. The first four starred in their own movies and the last two, the Black Widow and Hawkeye, appeared as supporting characters in 2010's "IRON MAN 2" and 2011's "THOR" respectively. And each movie, starting with 2008's "IRON MAN", hinted at the formation of Marvel Comics' team of superheroes.

Written by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon and directed by the latter, "THE AVENGERS" begins with Loki, the villain from"THOR" and the latter's adopted brother, making a deal with the leader of the Chitauri aliens called the Other to lead an army on Earth, in order to subjigate the human race. In...

Hello...
I'm Blade Banner.
I'm 23.
I have dark brown waist length hair, dark brown eyes, and very pale skin.
My height is 4'11''
Don't mess with me.
I have a demon wolf named Senka.
She is about the size of a small horse.
And she will kill with no mercy on my command.
I am a lawyer.
At Banner Law Firm.
Melanie Carter is my assistant.
She has white-blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and tan skin.
She's 17.
Yes, I know what you're thinking, but here's the story.
I was walking down the street. I needed to look through the job applications for my assistant at my new law firm. Low and behold, I saw a homeless girl on the street. She looked close to dying, so I took her in. She said she was homeless, so I promoted her as my assistant. We became best friends, and she's the closest thing I have to family. Senka is also close to her, so Melanie can command her to kill. Melanie lives with me, and as I said before, we are like family.

AVENGERS HEROES: "CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER: (2011) Review

I have been aware of the Marvel Comics hero, Captain America, ever since I was in my early teens. And I might as well say right now that I was never a fan. Captain America? Why on earth would someone like me be interested in some uber patriotic superhero who even dressed in red, white and blue - colors of the flag? This was my reaction when I learned that Marvel Entertainment planned to release a movie based upon the comic book character.

My condescending contempt toward this new movie grew deeper when I learned that Chris Evans, of all people, had been hired to portray the title character. I have been aware of Evans ever since he portrayed another comic book hero, Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch in the 2005 movie, "THE FANTASTIC FOUR". And aside from the 2009 movie, "PUSH", I have seen Evans portray mainly flashy types with a cocky sense of humor. So, I really could not see him portraying the introverted and straight-laced Steve Rogers aka Captain America.