I was finally one of the millions of people who finally got to catch The Avengers and it fully lived up to expectations. There is always worry when you put several super heroes together and making sure that each character gets enough screen time and The Avengers pulled it off perfectly. The premise is the only weak link of the movie which is laughable at best but hey its a comic book movie. What really stuck out was that these heroes had to learn to work as a team there a was a lot more in fighting among them than expected. But again that makes perfect natural sense. All these men and women are used to working on there own and now they have to learn to band together to form a superhuman team and what a team it is. Everyone was pitch perfect the only one that I was concerned about was Hawkeye since he went rogue early on in the film but other than that an enjoyable film, bring on the sequel.
Grade A
The second film I caught was Dark Shadows, now I should state I wasn't born when the original aired some 40 years ago I don't know the history of the show and I don't know how much of the movie plays off the show. Johnny Depp working with Tim Burton usually brings a smile to my face but this time around it didn't. I found myself bored watching this film which is hard to do with a Johnny Depp film. I didn't laugh at a single joke and kept checking the time to see when the film would be over. You know its bad when a person two seats away from you is snoring in their seat. Maybe I would have been more invested in it had I seen the show or had at least been familiar with it as I was with 21 Jumpstreet. Although I have heard from people who are familiar with the show and say that this movie is a slap in the face to fans of the show. This is one film Depp and Burton should have passed on.
Grade C-
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