The Avengers Critical Thinking Examples

In our theatre studies course, we studied about movies this week. The classes were fun, exciting and engaging. To add on to the enthusiasm, I watched the movie ‘The Avengers’ last Sunday. Some basic facts about the movie were startling. The movie was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and cost a whopping $320 million. However, the movie has been a huge success and has earned $207.4 million in North American in the opening week, which is a new record. I believe that the biggest reason for the movie’s success has been the existence of super heroes like Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow in the film, and all at the same time. It is the super heroes that are fascinating for me, irrespective of the storyline and overall movie.
The class discussed about the makers of American movies and concluded that the industry constitutes of a few dominant production houses. This makes Walt Disney Pictures a powerful name in the industry. I strongly believe that no other company can make a movie of the level of ‘The Avengers’, no matter how much money they put in or how many wonderful ideas they have.
The world movie market is dominated by the Hollywood movies. People really enjoy themselves while watching a Hollywood movie. However, Professor Kidder appears to have a different view and mentions that most of the Hollywood movies are repetitive. He gave an example of the movie ‘Mission Impossible’. According to him, if you have watched the first part of the movie, you do not need to watch the sequels as they are all the same. I do not refute the professor’s logic it, but feel that it is not about the story and the logic for the viewers. It is the charisma and personality of the heroes that pulls the crowd. The way heroes face new difficulties in life, puts me into a state of awe every time. Thus, I always look forward to watching new movies and expect to be surprised every time.