Assembling Avengers smash box office and stereotypes

Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, is one of the most well rounded villains in recent years. His plan to take over the Earth, however clichéd, only has one problem: the Avengers, which includes his adopted brother Thor.

By Chelsea Ratterman, Assistant Editor

A movie that has been five years in the works, after a series of build-up movies with some of the greatest superheroes of our time, is bound to be good, even great; but those words do not aptly describe “Marvel’s The Avengers.” Perhaps awesome would be appropriate, even masterpiece, as director and screenwriter Josh Whedon has managed to do one of the best jobs imaginable with a movie filled with conflicting egos and some would say, too many characters. Continue reading