I've decided to rewatch The Avengers again, and just wanna post a few scenes I think looks pretty. It was actually the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film I saw of what I can remember, or maybe I had seen Iron Man beforehand, but The Avengers was definitely the first one I saw in a cinema. I had booked tickets for the front row by mistake, so I could barely see stuff, but at the time I didn't think too much of these superheroes. And I left kind of underwhelmed. Since then, this universe has become a big part of me, and I'm appreciating the movie on every watch.
The Tesserect is one powerful matter. I can't wait to see what kind of powerful devastation Thanos can do with this and the other stones combined.
Great shot of Loki with the sceptre and the Tesserect. What a powerful entity.
Poor Natasha. I wonder what her mission objective was, and what conflict she was in the middle of.
A similar shot to the Natasha interrogation scene. Very well done.
The Council and its councilmen.
You see, just 20 minutes into the movie, and it already has so many beautiful scenes, and I cannot fathom how anyone in its time would think, it looked like a "tv movie".
I forgot all about Life Model Decoys (LMD) being mentioned all the way back in 2012 by Tony Stark.
This was a great scene too. How we see Natasha running away from an uncontrollable Hulk in a very tight hallway, and it all happening in slow-motion and lights crashing down. In fact, Loki's plan is really great, how he unleashes the Hulk to use him as a weapon against S.H.I.E.L.D. It elevates him to become one of the greatest villains of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
I really like the way the movie brings together the different heroes, and how it shows us what every single one of them are up to, and showing them in their element. How Natasha is in the middle of an interrogation doing her job, how Banner is helping out the poor with research and solutions, how Steve is working out at the gym, and Stark enjoying his time with Potts and fixing his tower.
THE VILLAINS
I would like to appreciate the designs in the MCU, and the smaller things that doesn't get much time on screen. To be honest, I've never really paid much attention as to how the Chitauri race looks, they look real damn cool, and are menacing. There's a lot of talk about how forgettable and what a waste the villains are in this universe, but let's take a moment to appreciate them and look at the positives for once.
Another form of Chitauri alien:
I hope these fuckers return at some point:
A third form of Chitauri:
Yeah, no doubt we need the Hulk against the Thanos invasion coming up:
THE TECHNOLOGY
We also got some really advanced technology for it being 2012. I assume Barton and Erik Selvig stole this device from S.H.I.E.L.D. They use it to replicate the eyeball of
Dr. Heinrich Schäfer who I think is the CEO of Schäfer Sicherheitsdienst who work with the matter
Iridium which is found in meteorites and forms anti-protons.
A simple S.H.I.E.L.D. grenade:
In comparison, here's a Chitauri grenade.
Finger- and eye-scanner in the Hellicarrier:
So this is a prototype weapon S.H.I.E.L.D. have been working on. Agent Coulson says they started working on it after Loki sent the Destroyer, I can't remember, who was the Destroyer?
Stark technology. An armband to synch up and align with a remote Iron Man suit.
Hydra equipment from World War II:
A fine piece of Asgardian knife:
I feel like this is one of the most, if not the most, important moment of the Hellicarreer incident. Clint shoot a very precise arrow that hits it target right away, syncing up with the whole data network of S.H.I.E.L.D. taking it all down with a malfunction, freeing Loki from his cage. It turned the whole battle, and led up to the moment Phil Coulson dies.
Let's talk about the Arc Reactor for a moment. This is the device that ultimately opens up a portal to outer space, but it was not enough to do so with the Tesserect alone. How did Erik Selvig make it work? Did they use the Iridium to enhance its power?
Some kind of Chitauri weapon that Natasha uses against them. It can shoot laser too:
THE OPERATIVES
The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. anno 2012: Nick Fury. He is currently in hiding.
The invisible, and unspoken heroes of the MCU. Here's a S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot trying to take down the Hulk:
Special Operatives from S.H.I.E.L.D. trying to take down Steve Rogers:
I think this is my third or fourth watch of The Avengers. And the first time I came out of the cinema I really didn't feel it. I always thought it to be overrated, and very boring. And it still halts too much in the second act, and the pacing can be a little off, but I'm also really appreciating the movie now for what it is, and what it does. For all the plots it needs to connect, and all the smaller details it introduces and shows off in the MCU. Loki's grand plan on the Hellicarrier is well planned, he's kind of playing around with the entirety of the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization.
Beautiful tower, later to become the headquarters of the Avengers Initiative:
I just noticed there's a lot of slight shaky-cam going on in this movie actually. Nothing that ruins anything, thankfully.
This is the greatest sacrifice we've seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and why Tony Stark is still a hero to me. Something like this should not be forgotten, even though he's done some very questionable and bad things but those things came from wanting to do good. This whole scene made me think back on Civil War and Winter Soldier, how the governments of the world are so concerned about the civilian loses. But here the Council removes Nick Fury from his position and orders a nuke at the New York people, but I take it this is because the Council turned out to be Hydra in The Winter Soldier, isn't this correct?
