The Avengers is basically the usual kick ass Hollywood Action Adventure where plot, story, script, narration, characters, performances do not matter at all. What matter is CGI graphics, Over the top action sequences, Aliens, Super heroes, Larger than life disgusting aliens and yes, not to mention the usual ‘end of the world’ premise. Add to that Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Fury and not the forget The Incredible Hulk. Throw in some one liners and not expected witty scenes and you have a total paisa vasool entertainer Hollywood ishtyle. Though the plot is very confusing and you’re like why can’t the super heroes end the villain in the first 20 minutes only, but hey if I am spending 300 rs on the ticket I am definitely not going to complain about the extra 2 hours of action right? Another most important element which other super hero flicks miss is the 'humour'. The movie has a sense of humour and is definitely very funny. Recommended if you loved any of the above mentioned superheroes or even remotely liked the Michael Bay-ish Masala sans Transformers. And yes, Leave the Girlfriend back ;)
As far as the plot is concerned, Basically, a dude called Loki (Yes, I laughed at the name too) who's basically Thor's cousin or step brother or something wants to take over the earth by transporting aliens from his planet to earth through a shiny cube, which is a inter universe-transporter/door AND an abundant source of energy. He steals the cube and goes on with his plan. Fury (Samuel L Jackson) calls all the super heroes from different parts of the world to stop him to 'end the world as we know it'.. So they come together, fight each other, one man dies and they get 'united' and take on Loki. And Save the world in process.Not that any of it matters anyways right?
Well, As already written above, the movie is from the transformers genre with aliens and guns and action sequences and cities getting destroyed etc etc. but what appealed to me the most was NOT the action sequences but the witty way the super heroes have been dealt with. They are all super heroes with a sense of humour. Just when you are getting bored of all that ho halla and seem to get lost in the 'story' as to what's happening or why it's happening etc, the movie suddenly provides a funny sequence with a crazy one liner and you forget all that and burst out laughing. THIS is something i've not seen earlier except in the Iron Man franchise may be. For e.g.Okay, let's leave the example. It'll spoil the fun. Go and watch and you'll realize what scenes i'm talking about.
I also loved the nok jhoks between the super heroes. Especially Iron Man Vs Thor and later Hulk Vs Loki. Seems like nobody is a fan of hammer happy Thor and his Shakespearean Outfit. Robert Downey steals the show majorly because the best lines go to him. The Hulk comes in second and well, the rest don't really matter to be honest.
Overall, A Kick Ass Action Adventure with a Sense of Humour. A Definite Watch if you've seen any of the super hero movies or even transformers and liked it.
Feel-O-Meter: 9/10 (Yes, I didn't care about the story or the lack of it, What I cared about, was there ;) )