Everyone’s chasing here a cryptic blue stone, Tesseract,
which is the source of infinite power. That is the storyline but who cares for
the story when you’ve got so many superheroes, a worthy villain, and a talented
director, with the license to burn millions, to handle them.
Sure you are expecting blistering action and mega explosions
– and you do get plenty of that – but the humor is amazing and plenty, and
surprise surprise, Hulk is our man here again, having us in splits. There was
one particular place where I could not stop myself clapping while laughing out
my lungs out. And, in fact, the whole audi was doing that. I sure wasn’t
expecting Hulk to do that to me.
And then there is a scene where after together taking down
an alien spaceship, Hulk and Thor and standing next to each other, admiring
their kill with triumphant visage, Hulk does something to Thor. What does he
do? Go watch it, and you’ll be in splits.
There is another one
that comes to my mind right now. Everybody is recounting how evil Loki has been
and has to be punished for his deeds. Thor protest saying Loki is his brother.
As soon as he is told that Loki has killed 80 people in 2 days, Thor
immediately and subtly does a volte face saying, “He is adopted.” This God of
lightning sure has another asset apart from his pet hammer – a great sense of
humor.
And of course, when the game is about smart one-liners, Iron
Man can never be behind. Kick-ass action with plenty of funny lines is what
Iron Man brings to the table. Even Black Widow, with a real-hot bod in tights, has
her moments.
The interplay between the heroes is amazing. The first
showdown between Iron Man, Thor and Captain America really sets the pace of
things to come later.
And the real mega moment in the movie comes in the last
action sequence, when Hulk takes down a massive, flying-crocodile-shaped alien
ship (you’ll immediately recall Transformers here) with a full-blast smash of
his pounding green iron fist.
A word about the sole villain, Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston.
He holds his own against the whole army of superheroes, and every bit exudes
evil. And not to be outdone by superheroes in the humor department, lends himself
to some lashing from Hulk to tickle your funny bone.
Now, for some of the negatives. The last action sequence,
although quite power-packed, still lacked a good ending. And we surely could
have done with some more of the menacing alien spaceships doing something more
menacing. The ending, too, was a bit hackneyed and a bit too simplistic. A
nuclear missile is all that is required to blow away the grandest alien attack.
Really?
The real, edge-of-the-seat, nail-biting moments are missing.
Also, in the beginning, when the humungous ship sailing in the sea takes the
wings could have been better shown, especially in 3D, displaying the real enormity of a sea vessel flying in the air.
Again, the 3D effects should have been better utilized. Apart from a moment or
two, there is no real 3D stinger anywhere. However, to its credit, in spite of
being in 3D, the movie looks quite bright and not the usual dark-and-dim-screen
effect that plagues 3D movies.
So, all in all, this is not your archetypal superhero movie.
Expect a great ensemble of superheroes having a jolly good time fighting the
aliens. Go, have a blaaaast!
As for me, I just can't wait for all the baddies to gang up now against the superheroes. Anybody at Marvel listening?
As for me, I just can't wait for all the baddies to gang up now against the superheroes. Anybody at Marvel listening?
