The Avengers Blu-Ray Review

I'm not going to do a review of the Avengers movie. If you want that there are about a thousand websites you can go to that say more than I ever could. This review is about the five combo blu-ray package.

Extras / Behind the scenes:

The extras in this package are decent. If you watch all of them they will keep you distracted for quite a while. The deleted scenes are fun but in the end you know why they ended up being deleted. There are a couple of exceptions.

DVD:

This is a nice to have but not a need to have. This is a nice addition if you have a friend you want to lend this movie too.

Blu-Ray:

The quality of this blu-ray is not notch. Sometimes you'll get a blu-ray that just doesn't seem right. The picture quality might be off or the sound isn't what you would expect. This one lives up to Disney Standards it's the best you can get.

Blu-Ray 3D:

I guess this is nice to have but i don't have 3D TV so I can't eally comment on it.

Digital Copy:

What can I say...AWESOME! I say this because Disney acctually gives you a digital copy! A real copy you can put into iTunes or your other media server. This is not that horrific piece of trash known as "Ultra Violet" that some other studios give you. Thank you Disney for not going that route.

Sound Track:

This is another thing Disney has been doing lately. The Muppets Blu-Ray also did this. You can download the sound track for free. In most cases these are not songs I would have bought but this is a nice touch. It really ends up adding value to the whole package.

Comic Book:

You get a free digital avengers comic book. That's not too shaby.

Poster:

You can also get an Avengers poster at no charge. It's not that nice but it's still a nice overall addition.

Packaging:

This is the only hit or miss part of this package. The hologram on the front is cool even if it makes your eyes hurt. The part that isn't cool is how the dics are found. Most of the time each dics has it's own snap in. In this package the DVD and digital copy are stacked on top of each other (on the same snap) and the Blu-Ray and 3D are stacked on top of each other. That just seems kind of cheap.

Price:

Right now you can get this for 19.99. WOW! If a family of four went to see this in the moives you paid a lot more than that. In many cases a family of two paid more than that if they saw the 3D version. This is a real bargin.

Movie Review: The Avengers

The Avengers hit this weekend and shattered the opening weekend record.  Last figure I saw had it making over 200 million in the US on the opened weekend.  With a figure like that some people would assume that it must be a good movie but is it?

I want to start by saying that I am not a comic book fan but I can enjoy the movies.

When it comes to any movie I judge how good it was by whether or not I’d buy the Blu-Ray / DVD when it came out.  Considering that the only comic book movie I really enjoyed recently was the Dark Knight.

The Avengers starts off in a decent manner.  It’s a fairly action packed beginning that sets the tone for the movie but I have to warn people.  If you have not seen Captain America and Thor you might be a little confused about what is going on.  The Avengers is actually part three of a three part story.

The next hour or so is decent but it can be boring at times.  The story just seems to stall out for a while.  It really made me wonder if some of the scenes could have been removed or shortened.

Once the end starts it goes non-stop.  It’s an action festival.  If you like fights, explosions, and utter chaos then you will love the end of this movie.

I have to say the best thing in the Avengers is the humor.  Throughout the entire film they placed some really funny moments that make you laugh.  Such things as seeing the Hulk sucker punch Thor give the movie some welcomed breaks from the intense scenes.

The characters as a whole are fun to watch. The casting for all of the characters is excellent.  Captain America is a great fit.  Robert Downey Jr. is to Iron Man what Johnny Depp is to Captain Jack Sparrow.  Thor is a little pretty for the character but he still does a good job.

It would be very hard to find a better fit for Black Widow than Scarlet Johanson but when it comes to her and Hawkeye I couldn't help but wonder what we were missing.  I think both of these characters would have their own movies if done correctly.

That brings us to the Hulk.  After a some really poor movies I really thought no one would be able to do a good movie with the Hulk in it.  However,  they pulled it off.  The Hulk is the real highlight of the movie.  He is just fun.

I’m not sure if I’d buy The Avengers on Blu-Ray or not.  The main draw of the movie was the action and it does that well.  However the story wasn’t compelling enough to really draw me in.

Overall The Avengers is a fun movie that is worth seeing at least once.