Guest Blogger: Eric 1

The Avengers came out in 2012 and was one of the most anticipated movies of late. This is because 5 marvel superheroes clash in one epic battle to save the world. The story starts off when Nick Fury, director of S.H.E.I.L.D. got these 5 superheroes together to save the earth from Loki and his army. Loki is Thor’s brother, and is hell bent to recover the Tesseract. An energy source of unlimited potential. Not to mention that he wants to destroy the planet his brother calls home. After Loki invaded earth and blew up the S.H.E.I.L.D building, Fury figured that the Avengers were the only people left to help save the world. Unfortunately getting these superheroes to all work together was a hard task, they didn’t exactly want to work with each other. Luckily because the world was being threatened by an Alien invader they learned to work with each other. They needed it too, as they were in for the fight of their lives. At one point they have Loki captured, but Thor wanted to take him back to Asguard (his home planet) to face charges there. Somehow Loki escapes their capture though and opens a portal to a different world, and an alien invasion ensued. This is when the avengers were needed most, and they battled the aliens for the sake of the earth. In terms of acting, Robert Downey Jr. did a great job as Iron Man. In my opinion he is perfect for this role, as both a bad boy and a hero/genius. The characters all have different traits, Iron man is more rebellious and likes to do things at the spur of the moment while Captain America is more cautious and likes having a set plan for action. A good theme for this movie would be giving up your ego for the best interest of the world. All of these heroes think that what they want to do is the only thing to do, but by the end of the movie they learn to work together as a team. Most of the reviews that I read about the movie said it was everything they expected, a good mix of both storyline and action. That’s what I would say about this movie. Overall this movie is definitely worth a watch, or two… or three.