The Dark Knight is a great movie, but it's hard for me to call it a comic book movie or even a superhero movie... Batman in those films isn't as much
like his comic book counterpart and those films have made people mistakenly believe that in order for these characters to work on screen you have to
steer clear of the source material and be somewhat ashamed of the roots.
The Avengers was not at all ashamed of where it comes from, and the plan from Iron Man to The Avengers was amazingly realized... especially as it
regards priming the audience for increasingly outlandish shit. Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk are basically extraordinary situations in a normal
world. The ante was upped with Thor and Captain America, bringing in the mythological and extraterrestrial... and the Avengers just goes full bore
with it all. And it was amazing for it. And costuming was not shy about comic book origins either.
As a film it's probably not better written or directed than The Dark Knight, or even what will be of The Dark Knight Rises, but as a superhero comic
book movie? It's a superhero comic book come to life. With the reluctance to embrace the more outlandish stuff in even Batman, I cannot say the same
for Nolan's Batman films. |
