The Avengers

[paulobrian]

[We interrupt our regularly scheduled IF reviews for this topical superhero discussion. That review of Mentula Macanus is coming soon-- er, on its way.]

I've been reading a lot of 1960s Marvel comics lately, letter columns and all. I did this once before, with just Spider-Man comics, which was a lot of fun. This time I'm skipping around more from

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[joenotcharles]

Also, in the comics Hawkeye was a reformed criminal. Mind control aside, having him oppose the team in the first half of the movie and join them in the second half is a nod to that.

[paulobrian]

Yes! Good point! And they made it clear that the Widow was reformed too, just as in the source. And they nodded to the Russian thing, without making Johansson do a Russian accent.

[kansasjenny]

Maybe we can see it when I'm out there. I need to see it again too!

[ext_1237724]

Beautifully put, Paul. I haven't seen all the movies leading up to the Avengers, and I definitely came out of the movie theater wanting to go back and watch them all. This movie is almost certainly the best of it's genre ever made.