Friday, May 4, 2012

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 anyone, especially Marvel fans, who will look forward to seeing this motion picture. 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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3 comments:

  1. I will be going to see this soon. I doubt that any movie until The Hobbit will be better than this.

    -James

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    1. Let me know what you think of this movie when you have seen it.

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  2. I just watched the movie the other day and I have to say that it was even better than what I thought was possible. It's hard to beileve that Joss Whedon really made the best comic book ever. Good review. I doubt that the Justice League will go The Avengers route since that will take years and the only thing that it seems DC wants to do is make something that will try to compete with The Avengers without any set up.

    -James

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