The Avengers (2012) Review

The Avengers


Release Date: 25th April 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Marvel Studios (presents)
Paramount Pictures (in association
with)

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 142 minutes


Budget: $220,000,000

Box Office Gross: $1,518,815,515 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
When the Earth is in danger by an unexpected threat that may threaten its global security, the director of the secret agency S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury, assembles a team of heroes from across the globe. The group consists of Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor and the Hulk to defend their world against Loki (Thor's brother), the God of Mischief. Once united, these superheroes must prepare to stop Loki from conquering the planet and unleashing a powerful force of the likes they've never seen.


Cast
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tony
Stark/Iron Man
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/
Captain America
Mark Ruffalo - Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk
Lou Ferrigno - Hulk (Voice) (Uncredited)
Chris Hemsworth - Thor
Scarlett Johansson - Natasha
Romanoff/Black Widow
Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton/Hawkeye

Tom Hiddleston - Loki
Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury
Cobie Smulders - Maria Hill
Clark Gregg - Phil Coulson
Stellan Skarsgard - Erik Selvig
Gwyneth Paltrow - Pepper Potts
Paul Bettany - JARVIS (Voice)
Alexis Denisof - The Other
Jerzy Skolimowski - Georgi Luchkov
Maximiliano Hernandez - Agent Sitwell
Powers Boothe - Gideon Malick
Jenny Agutter - Councilwoman Hawley

Kenneth Tigar - German Old

Man

Harry Dean Stanton - Security

Guard

Josh Cowdrey - Maintenance

Guy

Ashley Johnson - Waitress

Robert Clohessy - Police Sergeant

Enver Gjokaj - Young Cop

Brent McGee - Faceless Pilot
Stan Lee - Himself (Cameo)

Crew
Story/Screenplay/Director - Joss Whedon
Based on the Marvel

Comics/Executive Producer -

Stan Lee

Based on the Marvel Comics/"Captain America" Creator - Jack Kirby

"Captain America" Creator - Joe Simon

Story - Zak Penn
Executive Producers - Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Jon Favreau, Alan Fine and Jeremy Latcham

Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Patricia Whitcher

Producer - Kevin Feige
Casting Directors - Sarah Finn

and Randi Hiller

Production Designer - James

Chinlund

Visual Development

Supervisors - Charlie Wen

and Ryan Meinerding

Illustrators - Steve Jung,

Taki Kunitake, Paul Ozzino,

Chris Ross and Nathan Schroeder

Visual Development

Illustrators - Rodney

Fuentebella, Adi Granov,

Ian McCaig, Andy Park,

Paul Saunders, Justin Sweet

and Jackson Sze

Supervising Art Director - Richard L. Johnson

Art Directors - Benjamin Edelberg,

Jann K. Angel, Gregory S. Hooper,

William D. Hunter and Randy Moore

Set Decorator - Victor J. Zolfo

Property Master - Andrew Petrotta

Costume Designer - Alexandra Byrne
Director of Photography - Seamus McGarvey

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Brad Shield

Aerial Director of Photography - David B. Nowell

"B" Camera First Assistant - Harry Zimmerman

Unit Production Managers - Leeann Stonebreaker

Unit Production Manager: New York Unit -

Cheryl Quarantiello

First Assistant Director - Lars P. Winther

First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Nick Satriano

First Assistant Director: Second Unit

Pennsylvania/Ohio Unit - Brian Relyea

Location Manager: New York - Tyson Bidner

Second Unit Director - John Mahaffie

Aerial Coordinator - Kevin LaRosa
Supervising Stunt Coordinator - R.A. Rondell
Stunt Co-Coordinator - Hank Amos

Stunt Coordinator: Second Unit - Chris O'Hara
Fight Coordinator - Jonathan Eusebio

Special Effects Supervisor - Daniel Sudick
Suit Construction Supervisors: Legacy Effects -

Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan

Visual Effects Supervisor - Janek Sirrs

Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Jeff White

Visual Effects Supervisors: Scanline VFX -

Bryan Grill and Stephen Trojansky

Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital -

Guy Williams

Visual Effects Supervisors: Hydraulx -

Colin & Greg Strause

Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -

Erik Nash
Visual Effects Supervisor: Fuel VFX -

Simon Maddison

Second Unit Visual Effects Supervisor -

Jake Morrison

Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -

Jason Smith

Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM

Singapore - Nigel Sumner

Visual Effects Producer - Susan Pickett
Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Katie Lynch

Visual Effects Producer: Digital Domain -

Daniel Brimer

Visual Effects Executive Producer: ILM -

Wayne Billheimer
Visual Effects Art Directors: ILM -

Yanick Dusseault, Aaron McBride

and Alex Jaeger

Digital Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -

Daniel Macarin and Thrain Shadbolt

Digital Production Supervisors: ILM -

Michael Di Como and Michael Bauer

Animation Supervisor: ILM - Marc Chu

Animation Supervisor: Weta Digital -

Aaron Gilman

CGI Supervisors: ILM - David Meny,

Raul Essig and Kevin Sprout

CG Sequence Supervisors: ILM -

Christopher Balog, Leandro Estebecorena,

Polly Ing, Akira Orikasa, John Walker,

Steve Braggs, Jeremy Goldman,

Cyrus Jam, Cristin Pescosolido,

Jeff Wozniak, Jay Cooper,

Gerald Gutschmidt, Tom Martinek,

Anthony Rispoli, Scott Younkin,

Stephen DeLuca, Jen Howard,

Tory Mercer and Greg Salter

Previsualisation Supervisor: The Third Floor -

Nicholas Markel

Digital Model Supervisors: ILM - Bruce Holcomb

and Giovanni Nakpil

Digital Matte Supervisor: ILM - Richard Bluff

Compositing Supervisors: Weta Digital -

Tim Hey and Matt Holland

Film Editors - Jeffrey Ford and Lisa Lassek

Additional Editor - Paul Rubell

Supervising Sound Editor - Frank E. Eulner
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/
Re-Recording Sound Mixer - Christopher Boyes

ADR Supervisor - Becky Sullivan

Sound Effects Editors - Steve Boedekker,

Teresa Eckton, J.R. Grubbs, Scott Guitteau

and Kyrsten Mate

Re-Recording Sound Mixer - Lola Hirschberg

Additional Re-Recording Mixer - David Parker

Foley Artists - Jana Vance and Sean England
Music - Alan Silvestri

Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan

Review
Before the film's release, I knew it would be hard to interpret its comic book stories because it had too many superheroes. With a stunning 3D aspect, THE AVENGERS is one big superhero movie with action, comedy and drama. I would thank the director, Joss Whedon, who brought the Avengers comic book series to the big screen out of the impossible. The actors from the previous Marvel films have returned for this one except for Edward Norton, who plays Dr. Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk. Mark Ruffalo now assumes the mantle of the green-skinned character. He has re-envisioned the role with much boldness and ferocity.

I have to admit that THE AVENGERS was an enjoyable movie. I highly recommend this motion picture to anyone, especially Marvel fans, who will look forward to seeing it. Here's hoping that Warner and DC will make the Justice League movie similar to Marvel's title film.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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