The Astonishing 'Avengers' - Christopher Orr - Entertainment - The Atlantic

The Astonishing 'Avengers' - Christopher Orr - Entertainment - The Atlantic: When news first broke that an Avengers movie was in the making, I thought there was no possible way it could work: too many supers, too many awkwardly intersecting storylines, too much everything. When news broke that Whedon would be helming the project, I thought, well, if there's one person who could conceivably make it work, it was him. I was wrong the first time and right the second. The Avengers is sharp, witty, intense, and at times even touching—easily among the best big-budget entertainments of the last few years.