Posted on Fri, May 4, 2012 : 2:07 p.m.
'The Avengers' a successful superhero blockbuster
By AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
The Avengers
Opens today at Quality 16, Rave, Brighton
Review by Corey Hall of the Metro Times
Grade: A-
Epics don't come bigger than "The Avengers," a spectacle of corporate synergy supported by a massive budget, an army of marketing partners and 50 years of comic-book source material from which to draw. After a half-decade of prep work in their own solo movies, Marvel's mightiest superheroes have been assembled under one roof to save the world, and the result is a rousing, crowd-pleasing and smart action adventure that is as much a showpiece of modern blockbuster-making as it is of time-tested narrative tropes.
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