Summer of Super Heroes!

A summer of super heroes – could a girl ask for more?!
Do we love super heroes because:
1. these dudes are handsome hunks?
2. because of their skin tight costumes?
3. or for the feel good thrill of the triumph of good over evil?
4. All Of the Above?
Option 4, of course!!!!
The mother of ‘em all, ‘Avengers’, made me weak in my chubby knees ... so many super heroes, packed into one movie – someone up there really loves me. Sure, Robert Downey Jr, as ‘Iron Man’, had the best lines in the house & was smoking hot, but my heart beat for the vulnerable Mark Ruffalo, who played the endearing Hulk to near perfection!
As I said, this film had something for everyone – Scarlett as the Black Widow,had the guys panting for her!

The Amazing Spider Man was a mixed bag for me – while Andrew Garfield was very competent as the new age Spidey, this middle aged mama, missed the sad eyed, soft, emotional Toby Maguire, who tugged at your heart strings. Don’t get me wrong, the action is fierce, Rhys Ifans as the scientist who turns rogue for a while & apna Irfan Khan were great & thank God for Emma Stone, who is such a relief over the pale, mousy Kirsten Dunst!

My radical views on the Batman series may not go down well with fans of the Nolan trilogy. The first movie, let me be completely honest, I don’t remember at all; ‘The Dark Knight’, had the joker laughing all the way to the bank, with batman cutting a sorry picture; Heath Ledger obviously saved his best for last, because his Joker completely rocked the house & you almost applauded, whenever he got the better of Batman!

Ditto with “Dark Knight Rises” – the Dark Knight takes his own time to rise (what happened to all those super powers?!) & I got pretty sick of him. God Bless Ann Hathaway as the spunky, feisty, spirited, naughty Catwoman!!!

If the 2nd movie had been called ‘The Joker’ & the 3rd, ‘Cat woman rises’, justice would have prevailed!
They say it’s not all about the destination; the journey counts too! But where ‘Dark Knight Rises’, it is the dramatic, exciting & action packed ending that makes it pure ‘paisa vasool’, with a satisfying, romantic bollywood like climax!
But a happy ending doth not a movie make!