I was feeling nostalgic for the original Avengers movie, and it just so happens to have come out almost exactly 12 years ago to the day. This first team-up is so quaint compared to what came next, even though it's still pretty massive, and I remember how big it felt at the time. They made an ensemble superhero movie work better than ever before, with I guess X-Men walking so The Avengers could run.
It doesn't hold up perfectly, and to some extent, I can understand a few of the reasons why it's become unfashionable to like this movie. It's big, broad, silly, and - unfortunately for some - snarky. The times have changed, and there was a style of filmmaking defined within this that many reject now, or have grown tired of. And I do get that, but I also appreciate what this was for the time.
It was a significant movie and it defined blockbuster filmmaking for the rest of the decade it was released in. The MCU was unstoppable from about 2012 to 2019, and then even in the early 2020s, the franchise has had some serious hits. I don't think anything will ever stop the world again quite like The Avengers did, though. And it might not be the best MCU movie, but it's probably the most significant and game-changing. For that, I do respect it, and as for the movie itself, I still enjoy the vast majority of it.
It doesn't hold up perfectly, and to some extent, I can understand a few of the reasons why it's become unfashionable to like this movie. It's big, broad, silly, and - unfortunately for some - snarky. The times have changed, and there was a style of filmmaking defined within this that many reject now, or have grown tired of. And I do get that, but I also appreciate what this was for the time.
It was a significant movie and it defined blockbuster filmmaking for the rest of the decade it was released in. The MCU was unstoppable from about 2012 to 2019, and then even in the early 2020s, the franchise has had some serious hits. I don't think anything will ever stop the world again quite like The Avengers did, though. And it might not be the best MCU movie, but it's probably the most significant and game-changing. For that, I do respect it, and as for the movie itself, I still enjoy the vast majority of it.