The Avengers (film, 2012)
| The Avengers | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joss Whedon |
| Produced by | Kevin Fiege Stan Lee Jon Favreau |
| Written by | Stan Lee Jack Kirby (original) Joss Whedon Zak Penn |
| Starring | Samuel L. Jackson Robert Downey Jr. Mark Ruffalo Chris Hemsworth Chris Evans Scarlett Johansson Jeremy Renner Tom Hiddleston |
| Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey |
| Editing by | Paul Rubell Jeffrey Ford |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures Marvel Studios |
| Release date(s) | May 4, 2012 |
| Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Captain America: The First Avenger |
| Followed by | Iron Man 3 |
| IMDb profile | |
The Avengers is a 2012 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics series The Avengers. It was released to theaters on May 4, 2012. It is produced by Marvel Studios and is the first Marvel Comics film adaptation to be distributed by Disney, Marvel's new parent company (although the logo for Paramount Pictures, former distributor of Marvel Studios films, appears on marketing materials and in the film's opening titles in place of the Disney logo). The movie is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a series of films produced independently by Marvel which are set in the same universe.
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
- Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark
- Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner
- Lou Ferrigno as the voice of The Hulk
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Chris Evans as Captain America/Steve Rogers
- Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff
- Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye/Clint Barton
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
- Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
- Stellan Skarsgard as Dr. Erik Selvig
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
- Paul Bettany as the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S.
Liberal messages
The film denies the Christian position by including the characters of Thor and Loki, who are actual Norse demigods. This is an example of the atheist and liberal bias of Hollywood. Although the character of Captain America is shown to refuse to recognize the characters as gods in the film; in a scene in which a character warns him of their demigod powers, he responds, "There's only one God, and I'm pretty sure he dosen't dress like that!".
In another liberal theme, the film portrays the U.S. military as corrupt and unscrupulous. An example of this is their decision in the film to launch a nuclear attack on their own people in order to put an end to a military conflict. This is an example of Hollywood's extreme dislike and prejudice of America's military.
