5 movies making up a cinematic universe,BoyReviewer reviews these slightly old treasures

Once again to start off,I must thank you for reading my blog and giving it 358 pageviews! It may sound repetitive and generic bla bla bla but I really appreciate it! Now on the the subject at hand: Yesterday(Friday in Malaysia)The Avengers sequel gets an official release date,which is May 1st 2015. Yes three WHOLE years before a sequel to one of the most successful movie comes out. So what is there to do to kill time? One way I know: This review. I'm going back to as far as 2008 to review the movies leading up to the first Avengers movie.And since there are enough of them,I'm using the Harry Potter approach: short by shorts,starting with Iron Man. IRON MAN: This movie is loads of fun, which I think has much to do with Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark. I don't care what anyone says,RDJ IS Tony Stark as far as I'm concerned.The gripe I have though is that the villian isn't given much screen time.THE INCREDIBLE HULK: It's my least favourite movie that leads up to the Avengers,but that doesn't mean it isn't fun.Edward Norton is great as Bruce Banner,and yes it may sound like a cop out,but I feel he and Mark Ruffalo both did excellent jobs as Bruce Banner.Though in my view you can't compare them: Edward plays the classic Bruce,paranoid,scared and always running away. Mark plays the Bruce who is at peace with the other guy,so he is considerably more calmer.IRON MAN 2: This is better its predecessor in my humble opinion.RDJ is always great,but the villain is given ALOT more screen time and that's a plus already(yes I know Iron Man 1 had to do the origin story,but look at Spiderman and Batman,their villains weren't reduced to having just 10 minutes of screen time). THOR: I was really surprised at how relatable they made the Norse Gods were. I just thought: OK action flick with gods,let's see lots of explosions.But it was a much better flick than I expected it to be.And it has Loki. Gotta love that dude.CAPTAIN AMERICA:This movie has to be the most nerve-racking for the producers.If this failed,everything fails,which is magnified with the movie's title: Captain America,The First Avenger.Luckily it was nice and I liked it,though Captain America's powers aren't really explained,and the love interest feels kinda bleh.My favourite of these five movies are Iron Man 2(come on how can you not like RDJ?) My least favourite is The Incredible Hulk,though I do respect how hard it is to make a Hulk movie. People have been debating on the Avengers vs The Dark Knight trilogy and here's my thoughts on them: I prefer the Dark Knight trilogy. Before any of you click away,please hear me out. The Avengers didn't feel like they were connected.If you don't watch the end-credits scene,each of those movies feel like a standalone.They don't feel like they are telling a continuing storyline or share the same universe(unless your a comic book geek and can spot the cameos)while The Dark Knight trilogy has a beginning,middle and end. Alright guys once again thank you if you managed to read until the end,please tell me where I can improve on my Facebook,Twitter or Google+.

What exactly do the Avengers avenge?

Thank you all for your 173 pageviews which I always stress means ALOT to me! I just watched The Dark Knight Rises last Saturday, it was EPIC! But that movie effectively closed the superhero movie season for this year. So now I'm gonna dig back and talk about the movie that started this year's superhero season, the Avengers.(What do they avenge anyway?) Warning: This IS going to be a spoiler review,but you can't blame me for that,its July and you should have already watched this great movie. The Avengers storyline is pretty basic,with the villain, Loki,Thor's brother, coming to Earth with an army of Chitauri behind him to get the Tesseract and destroy Earth. At the end though we see he's actually taking orders from Thanos(probably villain for the next Avengers movie.I enjoyed this movie,despite some flaws, though the flaws are minimal.The roster for this movie is Captain America, Iron Man,Thor,Hulk,Hawkeye and Black Widow. The thing I like was that the characters were already established of being in a same universe, which I think is the first time in history that has ever been done. Sure it took a LONG four years, but it was worth every second. The biggest gripe I have with this movie is Hulk,or at least Bruce Banner's explanation on how he controls the Hulk. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Mark Ruffalo over Edward Norton as Bruce, but the "I'm always angry" line doesn't make sense to me. Can any of you tell me what that meant? The next gripe was the way the Chitauri were beaten. They had an epic battle, but when I saw it for the second time,it seemed like the almighty galactic army were taken down by a nuclear missile. Heck if that was true just send Iron Man to fire it and be done with it. The next gripe could be considered nit-picking but I'm still gonna list it anyway. While the Avengers were busy fighting and all, where the heck was S.H.E.I.L.D and Nick Fury? I mean I know they aren't powerful, but they could give help in numbers, for god's sake its 6 Avengers against a whole army while the most powerful secret agency on the planet doesn't do anything! But in the end, I feel the movie pro's FAR outweigh the con's, and since there are too many, I'll list out a few(though the best way to know is just go WATCH the movie): Mark Ruffalo's stellar performance(I note him because I was most worried with the constant recasting of Hulk), each of the Avengers get enough screen time(yes even with 6 bigger than life characters, they all have distinct personalities), they had a most believable threat(a whole galactic army) and its surprisingly funny(Robert Downey Jr. was expected, but the others had some memorable moments too). The biggest PRO of the movie is that it is the first of its kind and made something that will probably change every producer's mind when making a super hero movie: a shared cinematic universe. But after rambling on about superhero movies, I feel its time for me to get back to books,or in this case,comics. So watch out for my next review on a series of comics I enjoy whole-heartedly: Pokemon Adventures(yea it was a kid's show but hey I'm still not fully a teenager yet) OK guys once again thank you for your pageviews and hopefully you'll comment on where I can improve!