“The Avengers” or the fanboi next to me just jizzed in his pants!

Well the long awaited “Avengers” does not disappoint.  From start to finish, the pace is fast, sometimes even brutal; with non-stop action and great moments of humor.  This mother of all sequels, being a sequel to no less than five films, brings together a multitude of powerhouse superheroes from the Marvel stable.  Even if you are not familiar with “The Avenger’s” world, chances are you know the characters individually from the movies and the comics or even just as pop culture references.  However, if you are one of the many, mainly young men who love and revere this world chances are you just spent two and a half hours in heaven.

I went to this movie with two friends of mine, both pretty much admitted fanbois and I have to say watching the one sitting next to me squirming and giggling like a seven year old girl with a new easy bake oven, was almost as entertaining as the movie, itself.  He was in ecstasy. 

And he was not the only one, this movie really delivers on almost every level.  The characters are complex, and familiar.  The story straightforward, but not too simple.  Conflicts exist between almost all of the characters, not just the “good” guys versus the “bad” guys.  These are not easy going relationships.  Egos and motivations conflict almost as much as humans and aliens do. 

Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, is not just a super powered villain from another world, he is a man corrupted by disappointment and cynicism, who heedlessly unleashes seemingly unstoppable forces on the Earth as payback for real and imagined hurts inflicted on him by his brother Thor, played by the super hot Chris Helmsworth.   Soon it becomes apparent that Loki is not the biggest threat to the earth, that even if he is defeated the forces he has unleashed will continue on without him.

Chris Evans, as Captain America is even hotter than Thor.  With a butt that you can bounce a quarter off of  prominently featured in many of his shots, the girls will not lack for eye candy.  As is the case for the guys with Scarlett Johanssen as Black Widow in her skintight black jumpsuit.  Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. as Bruce Banner and Tony Stark, respectively, provide the brains and a lot of the humor to the story.  Plus the up and coming Oscar nominated Jeremy Renner delivers as the surprisingly dangerous Hawkeye.

Altogether, this was two hours and twenty-two minutes packed with action and excitement.  Once again Joss Whedon proves that he is the baddest of the bad, when it comes to providing high-powered action with great emotional content.   I say you may want to see this more than once before you are done and if you are already a fan of this franchise, you may need to bring an extra pair of pants!