The Avengers in 3D

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The Avengers just arrived in theaters May 4th, and has a lot of big names in the cast.  Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, is the only star that didn't reprise his role from a previous movie in the franchise.  Robert Downey, Jr is back as Iron Man (Tony Stark), Chris Evans is back as Captain America (Steve Rogers), and Chris Hemsworth is back as Thor.  Scarlett Johansson comes back as the Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), a part she played in Iron Man 2.  Jeremy Renner reprises his brief role as Hawkeye (Clint Barton) from Thor, as well as Tom Hiddleston playing Loki again from the same movie.  Samuel L. Jackson stars as Nick Fury again, as in the previous movies.


My son has recently discovered the thrill of super hero movies, and had been counting down the days until the Avengers came out.  He's a big fan of all of the Avengers from the movie, and Hulk is even his favorite superhero of all time.    We knew this movie was going to be a big deal, so we bought our tickets early in the week from Fandango, after deciding on a late Saturday afternoon showing, in 3D.  I'm glad we bought our tickets early, because the theater was insane!

We see movies in the theater relatively frequently now, but my son usually gets a little antsy before they are over.  He doesn't disturb others, I can just tell he's getting tired of it.  At The Avengers he didn't show a single sign of being tired of it.  He was glued to it the whole time.  He did get lost once or twice with the subtitles (he's in kindergarten, but reads over 2 grade levels ahead), but otherwise loved it.

His favorite character was the Hulk, of course.  He thought he was really funny in this movie, and loved it when he punched one of the good guys, almost as much as he loved it when he got the bad guys.  He did say that one part was sad (I won't say which part, though, because I don't want to give any spoilers), but that overall it was a GREAT movie.

My husband really liked it as well.  Iron Man is his favorite character, and he thought he lived up to expectations in this one.  He said before he was worried that the characters wouldn't be as much like they were in their previous movies, in an effort to make them all work together in a movie.  He was pleased that they didn't change much.

Overall, I thought the movie was pretty good.  It was definitely full of action and violence, but I assume everyone knows that going into it.  I don't know that seeing it in 3D was really worth the extra price, though.  A lot of the movie takes place after dark, so the 3D glasses made it almost TOO dark at times.  You could still see what was going on, but in my opinion it would have been better with a little more light, since the scenes were so long.

Even though my son is asking to go see it again (not in 3D) at the theater, we won't be doing that.  We WILL be buying it after it comes out on blu ray, though, to add it to our collection.

If you are interested in seeing the other movies about the individual Avengers, you can check them out here: The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and  Iron Man 2.