Movie Review! THE AVENGERS

It has been a while since my last movie review, hope I'm not too rusty! I think my last review was Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2, and I used the expression "left a bad feeling in my mouth." Hopefully this one goes better. It seems to me that I always give everything a relatively high rating, just because... I dunno, I'm afraid to hurt someone's feelings? Well too bad! I'm going to review this movie honestly, not holding anything back, full throttle! And with that said, this is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time.

When it comes to comic books, I always pick MARVEL over DC (no offense, DC. I really like you guys' comics, especially how you published BIONICLE, but I have to pick my favorite). I've been an Avengers fan ever since I read my first Avengers comic. There was nothing cooler than seeing how Iron Man interacted with say, Hulk. These were two of my favorite super heroes, in the same comic book! What could be better? Anyway, I saw an emerging pattern in the last few years, in the MARVEL movies, that is. There were a lot of recurring characters, references, invitations from S.H.I.EL.D. I figured a movie like this was coming. At the end of Captain America, when they showed the trailer, I was happy but skeptical. Could the Avengers be pulled off live-action style? I found out.

The plot of the movie is simple. Loki (Thor villain) is using the Tesseract (object from most of the movies) to summon an army and conquer Earth. Actually, there's a lot more than that, but that's good enough for now at least. It's up to Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye to stop Loki and defend the earth!

The movie does so many things so right. This may not be how you envisioned the Avengers meeting each other, and it felt a little awkward at one moment. This may only be for me, but during the Iron Man/Thor battle when Captain America deflects Thor's hammer, it just sort of stops. It felt weird to me, but it just stops, and it seems like they've all come to some sort of understanding I just couldn't grasp. Maybe it's just me, but that part seemed a little abrupt.

Other than that, there are very few qualms I had with this movie. The characters were all represented very well, except maybe for Hawkeye. I know Hawkeye as a joking, sarcastic, archer. And, albeit he was enslaved by Loki for 60% of the movie, he was very serious and sullen, unlike the Hawkeye I know and love. However, he's still a total boss, maybe even more boss in this movie, so there was some compensation.

Avengers is one of my favorite super-hero movies. It's full of action, humor, and the simple concept of it is just awesome. If you're looking for a good superhero movie, or just a good action movie, this is the movie for you.

4.5 OUT OF 5 STARS

BONUS TIME!

There are a lot of Avengers. A lot of them had to be left out of this movie. If I had to add three, what would they be? Why, I shall answer the question you obviously just asked. Let's go.

#3. WOLVERINE

Hugh Jackman is a boss, and so is Wolverine. When you have this guy on your side, it's hard to lose. Also, a lot more girls would come to the movies. He's Hugh Jackman.

#2 ANT MAN

Ant Man is an overlooked superhero. He commands swarms of ants, can shrink to the size of less than a wasp, and can also grow 20 stories tall. Yeah.

#1 THE BLACK PANTHER

Black Panther is my favorite super hero ever. Why? He's possible the most boss superhero in the history of time. He's "The Most Dangerous Man Alive," and "The Man Without Fear." He wears a suit infused with Vibranium, a metal that can absorb and redirect energy. Think of him as the Batman of Marvel, but cooler.

And that's all! Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy The Avengers!

My Top Fighting Games!

Don't you just love fighting games? Of course you do! That's why I made a video. Watch it.

The Return of Toonami?

I don't know how many of you saw Adult Swim's April Fool's joke last Saturday, but let me sum it up. The re-aired Toonami. For those of you who DON'T KNOW what Toonami is, I'll explain. Toonami was an action block that ran on Cartoon Network. It had Voltron, Dragonball Z, Gundam, Yu Yu Hakasho, Bleach, Naruto, all the good action cartoons! But, it was cancelled, leaving a hole in many of our hearts. So, as a joke, Adult Swim brought it back for one night. Here's what went down for me. I was at home, on my computer when I decided to check my tweets. There was the usual assortment of gaming news, friends' updates, whining and complaining, and then, something caught my eye. A tweet from @adultswim. I didn't follow them, so it was a re-tweet. It said "#toonami." I paused. Wait... no... I sprinted to my TV and turned it on, and behold, Toonami was there. My childhood was there. Check out this video.




Toonami was back! Twitter exploded, #toonami was trending for two days, but then it hit us. This was just an April Fool's joke. Still, we spammed #toonami, and kept it trending. Then came another tweet from Adult Swim.

@adultswim "Want it back? Let us know. #BringBackToonami"

I don't know if they could have predicted it or not, but the tweets came in. You couldn't go 5 seconds without a #bringbacktoonami tweet coming in! Adult Swim monitored and listened. #bringbacktoonami ran for a full day, and just about an hour ago this came in.

@adultswim "#BringBackToonami We've heard you. Thank you for your passion and interest - stay tuned."

It's been confirmed! Toonami's coming back! Don't believe me? Click here. That should dispel any doubts you have. What can we expect? Well, we all hope for DBZ Kai Uncut, or maybe just DBZ. Gundam, Bleach, Naruto, basically most of what I said up there (Sailor Moon too, if only for me to laugh at). It's presumable that Toonami will now be owned by Adult Swim, so it could have more adult content than before. Either way, it'll be nice to have an old friend back, if they don't screw it up.

Thanks for helping to #bringbacktoonami everyone!

BGM Anthology V

It's that time of the year again, time for another BGM Anthology! This is the fifth installment of BGMA (we'll call it), so here come some doozies!

MINECRAFT: DRY HANDS
This is the second time I've used a song from Minecraft in BGMA, and it's because it love the music from it so much. It sets the mood perfectly. There's ambiance, dissonance, subtlety, beauty. Dry Hands is my favorite though. It's a very moving piece, only piano. It almost feels like a lament of sorts. It stands apart from all the other songs in Minecraft to me.




THE BLUE MARLIN: CAPE CANAVERAL
Who would have thought a fishing game would capture what I think to be the very core essence of an 8bit tune. Bouncy beat, catchy melody, great composition. Cape Canaveral is one of those songs that you just wanna listen to for hours. Or maybe not. Because anything can get annoying in hours. BUT BACK TO THE POINT, Cape Canaveral is one of my favorite retro BGMs of all time, and I'm glad it's in this list.




METAL GEAR SOLID 3, SNAKE EATER: MAIN THEME
The Metal Gear Solid series has always has a knack for releasing excellent games, so the other day I picked up a copy of Snake Eater 3D for my 3DS. I had never played Snake Eater, and I was immediately struck by the title sequence where this song plays. It's a great song, albeit the lyrics can be a bit weird. Snake Eater has such a great story, and this song captures it all up in one big musical BLAM! If you've never played Snake Eater, I'd advise it. Excellent game.

Zelda Symphony!

Alright, I cannot believe how lucky I am. Last year was the 25th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, my favorite game series of all time. There were all sorts of cool events and features, and game releases. But most important of all, would have to be the Zelda Symphony of the Goddess tour, which is happening this year! So, I finally scraped enough money together from working, birthdays, and leftovers, and I bought myself a ticket to the Atlanta showing! If you're going, I'll see you there. It happens in May, so I'll do a whole post about it.