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Movie Review: The Avengers

    Hey, everyone. Today I disguised myself as mild-mannered writer, CE Wills, and went to see the Avengers movie. Even superheroes like myself, the Mighty Thor, like to see themselves on the big screen. Is that Tony Stark a wild and crazy guy, or what?
   The movie was a prodigious 2 hours and twenty minutes and it was fun to try to pick out the members of the audience who might suffer from hemorrhoids. The movie was good enough so that no one seemed to mind the time.
    I went to the noon show and even it was packed out. If you are having trouble finding anyone, odds are good that they are at this movie. It is liable to break all records.
    The evil Loki has teamed up with some evil aliens to attack the Earth and they opened a portal through time and space with a glowing blue cube. S.H.I.E.L.D called out the Avengers to save the day and the battle was on. The villians had every advantage, but as Iron Man said, "We have the Hulk." The great green monster literally mopped the floor with Loki in the coolest segment of the movie. My advice to Loki would be to never tell The Hulk that he is only a human and can't treat you in any such manner as the Hulk did.
    The flippant Iron Man did not hit it off with the regimented Captain America. I suspected this might happen when Tony referred to Cap as a "Capsickle" due to his frozen past.
    The actors who portrayed the Hulk and Iron Man really made the show. ( Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr.) They did a terrific job, as did all the actors. Scarlett Johannsen starred as the Black Widow, and it should be illegal for her to wear that tight, black suit.
    Let me say that this show is the best super hero movie I've seen. I'd call it 4.5 stars out of 5 without fear. It has great special effects, is action packed and has a good story. The film is also quite funny. When Bruce Banner 'Hulks out' and winds up amidst the rubble of a building, the security guard brings Bruce some clothes and comments about The Hulk appearing 'Butt Naked'.
    There was a number of kids in the audience and there was really no objectionable material to speak of. Just a good, fun movie. Check it out, if you like. In the fight in Manhattan, it gave me cold chills when Thor showed up to save the day. I felt like shouting "For Asgard!" That might have given away my secret identity, however.
    I'm CE Wills.
   (Before I forget, I saw the preview for the new Batman and the new Spiderman movies. The Spiderman looked good, the Dark Knight did not appear to have very good acting. We shall see.)
    I hesitate to tell much about the Avengers movie, lest I spoil it. It is sufficient to say that this flick will probably smash many box office records and you will doubtless go and see it. Although it is an action film, it certainly caused a few folks to tear up. I bid you a good evening.
    

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