REVIEW: Why "The Avengers" is the Best Movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Avengers

Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney Pictures

By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas


The Avengers.

I was not expecting to like this movie as much as I did.

Sorry, not like.  LOVE.

I unabashedly LOVE this film!

There hasn't been a movie that made me feel like the way this film did.  It catered to me as an action movie fan, as a comic book fan, as a Marvel fan, as a fan of the individual characters, as a fan of the previous movies, and, most importantly, it penetrated my jaded exterior to reach a part of me that hasn't been active in years.

Yes, I love this movie, and I'd like to SOMEHOW explain why.  Here is my attempt to do so.

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IRON MAN 1966 - The Other Iron Man

Here is an episode of the Grantree-Lawrence Iron Man series, featuring the Mandarin!




God I love that theme song!

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GUT REACTION REVIEW: IRON MAN 3

IRON MAN 3

Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney Studios

By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas

You can't believe how excited I was to see this movie. After all, THIS movie:



... was my favorite movie of all time. Couple that with a series of movies that were ALL excellent to fantastic (I still don't understand the hate that Iron Man 2 sometimes gets), it's impossible to disappoint, going by that track record.

So tonight, I hit the latest show I could, and with the last $10 I had in my pocket, I took the plunge.

Well...

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