

Product Description Marvel makes cinematic history as it unites the super hero team-up of a lifetime. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and Captain America (Chris Evans) assemble together for the very first time ever in this epic, action-packed blockbuster alongside Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Director Joss Whedon creates an unprecedented universe that has become a global phenomenon. Packed with spectacular visual effects, and exclusive bonus features, including Marvel's first-ever gag reel, never-before-seen Marvel short, and an interactive second screen experience, Marvel's The Avengers will blow your mind! Digital Copy Format: Standard Definition desertcart.com Blasphemy? Perhaps. But the best thing about what may be the most rousing and well-crafted superhero movie since The Dark Knight is not the boffo action scenes that culminate in a New York City-destroying finale that rivals Michael Bay's obliteration of the Chicago skyline in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. No, the real appeal of The Avengers comes from the quiet moments among a group of decidedly unquiet humans, extra-humans, mutants, and demigods. In no particular order those are Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), S.H.I.E.L.D. world-government commander Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), and indispensable functionary Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg). That's a superstar lineup both in and out of character, and The Avengers brilliantly integrates the cast of ensemble egos into a story that snaps and crackles--not to mention smashes, trashes, and destroys--at breakneck pace, never sacrificing visual dazzle or hard-earned story dynamics. Writer-director Joss Whedon is no slouch when it comes to being a comic geek and he handles the heavy duty reins with efficient panache. The effects are of course spectacular. They include a monstrous flying aircraft carrier that is home base to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury's Avenger Initiative; Tony Stark's gleaming skyscraper in midtown Manhattan; off-world scenes of malignant evil; as well as blindingly apocalyptic fights and the above-mentioned showdown that leaves New York a virtual ruin. Yet it's the deeply personal conversations and confrontations among the very reluctant team of Avengers that makes the movie pop. Full of humor, snappy dialogue, and little asides that include inside jokes, eye rolls, and personal grudge matches, the script makes these superhumans real beings with sincere passion or feelings of disillusionment. The conviction of the actors as they fully commit to their clever lines gives credibility to what comes off as more than simple banter, even during the more incredible moments among them (of which are many). The plot involves the appearance of Loki, disgraced villain and brother of Thor, who was also a key player in his eponymous movie. Loki has come to Earth to retrieve the Tesseract, a blue-glowing energy cube that is valuable beyond compare to forces good and evil throughout the universe. As Loki, Tom Hiddleston is supremely, yea gloriously appealing as the brilliantly wicked regal charmer who captures minds from S.H.I.E.L.D. and attempts to conquer Earth with the hideous army at his command. To say he is foiled is an understatement. His face-off with the Hulk is one of the giddiest moments in a movie filled with lightheaded mayhem, and is a perfect example of Whedon's throwaway approach to translating the mythic mystique of the Marvel comics universe. Though at times deadly serious (as deadly serious as an outrageous superhero destructo/fight-fest movie can be, that is), The Avengers is best when it lightens up and lets the fun fly alongside the powerhouse punches. By the way, a single blink-and-you'll-miss-it powerhouse punch is another moment that makes Hulk the most loveable underdog of a smashing green rage monster ever. That spirit of fun and pure adventure makes The Avengers the greatest kind of escapist Hollywood fantasy $250 million can buy. A blockbuster in the most literal sense. --Ted Fry Related Productsdesertcart’s Marvel Store More Superhero Movies & TV Shows More Blu-ray 3D Movies Versions of Marvel’s The Avengers on Blu-ray and DVDMarvel's The Avengers Marvel's The Avengers (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in DVD Packaging) Marvel's The Avengers (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) Marvel's The Avengers (Four-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy + Digital Music Download) Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers Assembled (10-Disc Limited Edition Six-Movie Collector's Set) Release Date September 25, 2012 September 25, 2012 September 25, 2012 September 25, 2012 TBA Format/Disc # 1 DVD Disc Two Total: 1 Blu-ray and 1 DVD Disc Two Total: 1 Blu-ray and 1 DVD Disc Four Total: 1 Blu-ray 3D, 1 Blu-ray, 1 DVD and 1 Digital Copy Disc 10 Discs Total Digital Copies No No No Yes (Standard Definition Only) To Be Announced Digital Album Download No No No Yes, see full track list in Special Features section below TBA Commentaries Audio Commentary by Director Joss Whedon Same as DVD Same as DVD Same as DVD TBA Featurettes - “Assembling the Ultimate Team” - “Assembling the Ultimate Team”- “A Visual Journey” Same as Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Same as Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo TBA Deleted Scenes None - Alternate Opening - Maria Hill Interrogation - Extended Scene - Loki & Barton Strategize - Steve Rogers - Man Out of Time - Nick Fury & World Security Council - Extended Viaduct Fight - Raw Footage - Fury & Hill Discuss the World Security Council - Extended Scene - Banner and Security Guard - Alternate Ending - Maria Hill Interrogation Same as Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Same as Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo TBA Other Features None - Marvel One-Shot: Item 47- Second screen - Gag reel- Soundgarden music video - “Live to Rise” Same as Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Same as Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo TBA Review: A great movie - This is, if you watch the MCU movies in chronological order, the seventh, after Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Hulk, and Thor. If you are watching them in release order, it is the sixth, after Iron Man, The Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America. It is in part a sequel to both Thor and Captain America, with the Mcguffin of Captain America (the Tesseract) and the villain of Thor (Loki) being front and center in the story. Basically, Loki is tasked to use the Tesseract to open a portal through which an army of aliens called the Chitari can come through and take over Earth. The Avengers have to team up to stop him, leading to what would be referred to in the subsequent movies as "The Battle of New York" and have reverberations throughout the other movies and the tv series that the MCU would spawn. For those who get the 4k disc, the A/V quality is excellent. I do not count myself as an A/V expert so I cannot really tell you whether the 4k UHD disc is a huge upgrade over the initial Blu-Ray release (there are certainly sites out there that can do that), but as a novice, it does look like, when watching it on a big screen 4k tv playing on a 4k Blu-Ray player, the UHD disc does look better than the Blu-Ray version. The extras include a director's commentary track on the movie, several making-of and behind-the-scenes featurettes, and a Marvel One-Shot short film starring Lizzy Caplan set after the events of the movie. As is the case with many UHD releases, the UHD disc just has the movie itself and then the regular Blu-Ray has all of the extras. Overall, the movie is wonderful. I think Marvel did a good job by introducing the characters in stand-alone films first and getting the origin stories for most of them (all but Black Widow and Hawkeye) out of the way and developed (at least to an extent) before they started doing the big team-up movies. It seemed like the cast had great chemistry, and worked well together. Of course, the big casting change from the prior movies was the fact that Mark Ruffalo was brought in to play Bruce Banner/Hulk, replacing Edward Norton who seemingly wore out his welcome very quickly when filming The Incredible Hulk. Even though Ruffalo was kind of shoe-horned in, given that this was the first movie in which all of the major actors worked together, it worked out well. The movie is, as you can imagine, mostly an action movie, but does have some comedy and even drama mixed in. It also started the tradition of having both a mid-credits scene that advances the storyline (this one introducing the "big bad" of the initial phases of the MCU, and a post-credits scene that is meant to be more fun or tie back into the movie you just watched. So, if you are a fan of superhero movies, this one is definitely worth watching and pays off on the prior movies quite well. Review: OUTSTANDING!!! - Being a fan of comics and the Marvel Universe, and after seeing all the other movies leading up to it, I obviously had pretty high hopes going into Avengers, and after finding out a while before that Joss Whedon was going to be directing it, I had a gut feeling it would be well done, because Joss Whedon is an awesome director. I went within the first week with my wife and a few of our friends...made a whole day out of it. I enjoyed just about every minute of that movie, from start to finish! All of the characters were really well done, (it helped that each of the directors from Ironman, Hulk, Thor, and Chaptain America came on board to help advise & whatnot), and each actor played their parts very well. At first, my only one real concern was that Edward Norton was not going to be returning as Bruce Banner, but after watching the Avengers, I found that Mark Ruffalo was a bit better for the role in the end...he played the nerd card a bit better than Norton I thought. The special effects were fantastic! I found myself totally pumped and on the edge of my seat during the action bits in the movie, and the effects done during those scenes were very well done in my opinion. In my head, my hopes for the quantity of action was about right on, maybe just a tad higher, but really not by much. The action sequences incorporated into this movie were just simply awesome! The comedy added into this movie screamed Joss Whedon (looking back on Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Firefly and whatnot), and there was just the right amount in it. It was added in at just some of the right times, and they were great! I laughed pretty good in those scenes. The story was well done, and is close enough to the comics as far as my recollection (it has been some time since I have read some Avengers comics). Obviously, not every little detail would be added in, because that's almost impossible to do when you're converting stuff from a story that spans quite a ways. I imagine it differs when transferring from comics as opposed to books too...there is so much detail in books, but at the same time, it's probably very difficult to transfer every detail within animation and whatnot as well. All in all, bravo on the story though. Of course, that's what you get too when you chose a director like Whedon who grew up reading comics and knows the material and has a real passion for that kind of stuff...you're going to get a good movie. All in all, this is a well rounded superhero movie, and may well be the best one I've seen thus far, right up their with the Dark Knight, which is probably my favorite DC movie up to this point. If you have not seen this movie, please Please PLEASE do yourselves a favor and go watch it, comic fan or not...it's freakin great! Even the action fan who isn't a big comic book lover would enjoy this movie. I have already preordered about the best version of this movie that is going to be available, because it's worth it...even with the 3D, although I don't have 3D capability. I don't really care...it's worth it in my opinion, because this was such a kick@$$ movie. Definitely check it out!
S**R
A great movie
This is, if you watch the MCU movies in chronological order, the seventh, after Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Hulk, and Thor. If you are watching them in release order, it is the sixth, after Iron Man, The Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America. It is in part a sequel to both Thor and Captain America, with the Mcguffin of Captain America (the Tesseract) and the villain of Thor (Loki) being front and center in the story. Basically, Loki is tasked to use the Tesseract to open a portal through which an army of aliens called the Chitari can come through and take over Earth. The Avengers have to team up to stop him, leading to what would be referred to in the subsequent movies as "The Battle of New York" and have reverberations throughout the other movies and the tv series that the MCU would spawn. For those who get the 4k disc, the A/V quality is excellent. I do not count myself as an A/V expert so I cannot really tell you whether the 4k UHD disc is a huge upgrade over the initial Blu-Ray release (there are certainly sites out there that can do that), but as a novice, it does look like, when watching it on a big screen 4k tv playing on a 4k Blu-Ray player, the UHD disc does look better than the Blu-Ray version. The extras include a director's commentary track on the movie, several making-of and behind-the-scenes featurettes, and a Marvel One-Shot short film starring Lizzy Caplan set after the events of the movie. As is the case with many UHD releases, the UHD disc just has the movie itself and then the regular Blu-Ray has all of the extras. Overall, the movie is wonderful. I think Marvel did a good job by introducing the characters in stand-alone films first and getting the origin stories for most of them (all but Black Widow and Hawkeye) out of the way and developed (at least to an extent) before they started doing the big team-up movies. It seemed like the cast had great chemistry, and worked well together. Of course, the big casting change from the prior movies was the fact that Mark Ruffalo was brought in to play Bruce Banner/Hulk, replacing Edward Norton who seemingly wore out his welcome very quickly when filming The Incredible Hulk. Even though Ruffalo was kind of shoe-horned in, given that this was the first movie in which all of the major actors worked together, it worked out well. The movie is, as you can imagine, mostly an action movie, but does have some comedy and even drama mixed in. It also started the tradition of having both a mid-credits scene that advances the storyline (this one introducing the "big bad" of the initial phases of the MCU, and a post-credits scene that is meant to be more fun or tie back into the movie you just watched. So, if you are a fan of superhero movies, this one is definitely worth watching and pays off on the prior movies quite well.
H**I
OUTSTANDING!!!
Being a fan of comics and the Marvel Universe, and after seeing all the other movies leading up to it, I obviously had pretty high hopes going into Avengers, and after finding out a while before that Joss Whedon was going to be directing it, I had a gut feeling it would be well done, because Joss Whedon is an awesome director. I went within the first week with my wife and a few of our friends...made a whole day out of it. I enjoyed just about every minute of that movie, from start to finish! All of the characters were really well done, (it helped that each of the directors from Ironman, Hulk, Thor, and Chaptain America came on board to help advise & whatnot), and each actor played their parts very well. At first, my only one real concern was that Edward Norton was not going to be returning as Bruce Banner, but after watching the Avengers, I found that Mark Ruffalo was a bit better for the role in the end...he played the nerd card a bit better than Norton I thought. The special effects were fantastic! I found myself totally pumped and on the edge of my seat during the action bits in the movie, and the effects done during those scenes were very well done in my opinion. In my head, my hopes for the quantity of action was about right on, maybe just a tad higher, but really not by much. The action sequences incorporated into this movie were just simply awesome! The comedy added into this movie screamed Joss Whedon (looking back on Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Firefly and whatnot), and there was just the right amount in it. It was added in at just some of the right times, and they were great! I laughed pretty good in those scenes. The story was well done, and is close enough to the comics as far as my recollection (it has been some time since I have read some Avengers comics). Obviously, not every little detail would be added in, because that's almost impossible to do when you're converting stuff from a story that spans quite a ways. I imagine it differs when transferring from comics as opposed to books too...there is so much detail in books, but at the same time, it's probably very difficult to transfer every detail within animation and whatnot as well. All in all, bravo on the story though. Of course, that's what you get too when you chose a director like Whedon who grew up reading comics and knows the material and has a real passion for that kind of stuff...you're going to get a good movie. All in all, this is a well rounded superhero movie, and may well be the best one I've seen thus far, right up their with the Dark Knight, which is probably my favorite DC movie up to this point. If you have not seen this movie, please Please PLEASE do yourselves a favor and go watch it, comic fan or not...it's freakin great! Even the action fan who isn't a big comic book lover would enjoy this movie. I have already preordered about the best version of this movie that is going to be available, because it's worth it...even with the 3D, although I don't have 3D capability. I don't really care...it's worth it in my opinion, because this was such a kick@$$ movie. Definitely check it out!
I**O
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W**R
Stell Dir vor, es ist Krieg und alle sind dabei! - So in etwa könnte man die Quintessenz aus dem neuen Film von Joss Whedon ziehen, der so etwas wie der Vereinigungskampf aller vorherigen Streifen darstellt. Langsam wurden die einzelnen Charaktere - in wirklich sehr guten Einzel-Verfilmungen - an uns herangeführt, um dann endlich gemeinsam gegen den einen großen Feind antreten zu können. The Avengers. Das sind: Ironman, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow und Hawkeye - angeführt von Nick Fury, dem Leiter von S.H.I.E.L.D. Wie man sieht gab es praktisch zu jedem der Superhelden bereits einzelne Filme mit teilweise sogar identischen Schauspielern. Zur Handlung läßt sich folgendes kurz zusammengfaßt sagen: Loki, seines Zeichens Halbbruder von Thor und Abtrünniger Asgards, hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, an seinem Bruder im Speziellen und dem Universum im Allgemeinen Rache zu üben. Dazu schließt er einen Pakt mit den Chitauri, um an den Tesserakt zu kommen, den alle für eine unerschöpfliche Energiequelle halten - es sich jedoch tatsächlich um einen Portalöffner handelt. Kurze Rede, um nicht zuviel zu verraten: Loki und die Chitauri wollen der Erde ans Leder. Und so sieht sich unser Heimatplanet seiner bis dahin größten Gefahr ausgesetzt. Und gegen einen schier übermächtigen Gegner kommt man mit normalen Soldaten nun einmal nicht an. Kommen wir nun zum Film ansich: Um es auch hier kurz zu machen: Wow! Bei so vielen Helden kann einiges schief gehen, wenn man nicht aufpaßt, man kann sich hier als Geschichtenerzähler wahrlich verzetteln. Hinzu kommt, daß jede dieser Helden eine ziemlich herausragende Persönlichkeit ist und für sich genommen schon relativ wenig Platz um sich duldet. Joss Whedon trägt diesem Umstand Rechnung, indem er die Avengers in einer der Szenen streiten läßt wie kleine Kinder. Das mag sich jetzt seltsam anhören, aber hier prallen wirklich enorm große Egos aufeinander, die miteinander zurecht kommen müssen, und Whedon hat dieses Storyelement ganz wunderbar eingefangen. Auch sonst kabbeln sich die Mitstreiter dauernd, um Ende doch gemeinsam gegen den großen Feind anzutreten. Meine beiden Favoriten des Films sind hierbei ganz klar Iron Man alias Tony Stark und Hulk alias Bruce Banner. Die beiden könnten gegensätzlicher nicht sein und doch harmonisieren sie irgendwie am besten zusammen und geben der Story, sowie dem Film ansich die nötige aktionsreiche und humoristische Würze. Ganz allgemein hat der Streifen ein angenehm hohes Tempo, ohne dabei hektisch zu wirken. Die Actionszenen sind rasant, aber nicht chaotisch, überall raucht, kracht und blitzt es, und dennoch verliert man nie die Übersicht oder die eigentlich Geschichte aus den Augen. Wer jetzt natürlich einen besonderen Anspruch sucht, wird freilich enttäuscht: das ist Superhelden-Popcorn-Kino! Und zwar in herausragender Form; also zurücklehnen, was zu knabbern in sich reinschaufeln und ein einfach berieseln lassen und genießen. The Avengers ist einmal mehr so ein Film, bei dem man sich aus dem Sessel erhebt und ganze drei Meter größer fühlt. Nach Herr der Ringe wollte ich auch immer gleich rufen: "Gebt mir ein Schwert!" Für das Gesamtverständnis des Films muß man übrigens die anderen Streifen nicht notwendigerweise gesehen haben, aber es hilft absolut! Anschauen sollte man sich vorher also: Hulk Der unglaubliche Hulk Iron Man Iron Man 2 Captain America Thor Angeblich hat der erste Hulk nichts mit den anderen Produktionen zu tun, es schadet aber nichts, sich diesen Film mit anzusehen. In fast allen vorgenannten Filmen werden auch immer erste Bezüge zu S.H.I.E.L.D. genommen und ein wenig für den nächsten Film gespoilert. Und zwar immer nach dem Abspann... es sei also darauf hingewiesen: bei diesen Filmen auf keinen Fall aufstehen oder den Film vorzeitig beenden, wenn er vermeintlich schon ferig ist und der Abspann läuft; denn da kommt noch was ;-) - auch bei The Avengers. Insgesamt merkt man den Schöpfern all der Streifen an, daß sie filmisch endlich erwachsen geworden sind und auch die Filme endlich sehenswert werden - ja sogar herausragend gut. Seien es nun Spiderman, die neuen Batman-Filme, Men in Black (der neue dritte Teil ist übrigens auch ziemlich gut), Superman Returns, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Green Hornet oder all die anderen. Mir haben eigentlich alle gefallen (von Green Lantern einmal abgesehen). Die Filme werden summa summarum einfach immer besser, entwachsen ihrem klischeebehafteten Kinder-Genre und den einst stümperhaften Produktionen; und The Avengers ist ohnehin der lange ersehnte Climax des ganzen, wenn sich all diese coolen Socken endlich gemeinsam in die Waschtrommel trauen und rotieren was das Zeug hält. Fazit: unbedingt anschauen und bestellen!! Ergänzung vom 14.09.2012 - nach dem erneuten Genuß des Filmes auf Blu-ray: Nun, es war ein Gerücht und es hat sich leider bestätigt: die deutsche BD ist in einer Szene geschnitten. Agent Coulson wird in einer Szene von hinten von Loki erstochen. Im Kino ragt kurz darauf die Spitze seines Stabes aus Coulsons Brust; das ist nun nicht mehr so. Warum? Keine Ahnung... Es ist meines Wissens nur diese eine Szene geschnitten und es handelt sich wirklich nur um eine einzige Sekunde, aber nerven tut es dennoch. Kommen wir nun zur Optik der BD: Diese ist herausragend. Alles ist gestochen scharf. Keine Schlieren, keine Körnung, einfach nur ein phantastisches Bild. Gleiches gilt auch für den Sound: Was mir vor allem gut gefällt, ist die Abmischung; denn ich hasse nichts mehr als Filme, die in normalen Szenen leise sind und dann bei der Action dermaßen losbrüllen, daß man ständig an der Fernbedienung für die Soundanlage rummachen muß. Hier ist alles schön ausgewogen. Paßt! Auch die Extras können sich sehen lassen: Die klassischen Patzer wurden hier ersetzt durch Patzer + Blödeleien am Set; hat mich sehr amüsiert. Dazu kommen noch entfallene und alternative Szenen und am Ende noch ein echtes Schmankerl: ein Kurzfilm namens "Item 47", der einige Tage nach der Schlacht von New York spielt. Wirklich eine nette Dreingabe! Es bleibt bei meinem Fazit, trotz der kleinen geschnittenen Szene: unbedingt kaufen und sich köstlich amüsieren. PS: HULK ist einfach der Brüller in diesem Film!!
L**N
Conforme à la description
B**N
Arriver en bonne état et un très bon film marvel
F**N
A thrilling and satisfying culmination of the early MCU films. The chemistry between Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and the rest of the team is fantastic, balancing humor, personality, and stakes. The action sequences are exciting and well-choreographed, and the story does a good job of juggling multiple heroes without feeling too crowded. Some plot points are predictable, and the villain could have been more developed, but overall it’s a highly entertaining, fun, and essential superhero film.
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