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A brother and a sister visit their grandparents, all the while video taping the experience, and going through some very uncomfortable and unexpected events. Mom has sent them to visit, as they have virtually alienated themselves from her, but still want to see the kids. At first, everything is great, but when night comes...really weird things start to happen. Although the story is simple, and there is nothing earth-shattering here, it works just fine. Character's self-filmed movies, like this one, don't always work, but this was done in a clever way, with angles and shots that shine more often than not. The acting was good, even the sometimes grating Oxenbould playing Tyler. Deanna Dunagan plays up the scenes surprisingly well.

Creepy, funny and with a neat twist. There's a hilariously sick / sickly hilarious scene that will haunt you for weeks if you're a germaphobe.

I used to read The Avengers as a kid. It wasn't my favorite comic, but I really got into the story-lines that ranged from simple single villain battles to political issues. Teamwork was of the utmost importance, and although most of the characters had their own comic series, it dove into some meaningful character studies by itself.

As for the movie, you couldn't really ask for much more. It's got everything that an action/fantasy lover would want and then some. Assembling a team, saving the world against evil while trying to cope with each other is just a lot of fun to watch! Each hero had some interesting story to them. You've got the bulk, brawn, & cooped up anger of the Hulk, the out of time sturdy super soldier Captain America, The playboy genius/joker Iron-Man, the arrogant but powerful & other-worldly Thor & the Russian Shield Agent Black Widow. But not much on Hawkeye. Hawkeye would get his story in later movies.

Tom Hiddleston is better than he should be as bad-guy Loki.

Director Joss Whedon was good for this, he's a comic book lover, & well established in epic like storytelling for TV shows. He's never going to be perfect outside of this, though, and I think that his influence can only go so far, especially when there are a lot of cooks in the kitchen that put their take in the stew.

An almost flawless must see movie for all fans of the genre.

Brings back child-hood memories of Godzilla Vs. xxx & Ray Harryhausen stop motion model animation & Tokusatsu!

Cool martial arts scene.

The visuals are imaginative & incredible without almost no bad CGI in sight.

Humans conquering problems through teamwork, made up of diversity.

The monsters are big, huge, GIAGANTIC, & scary as hell.

Estimated Damage to NY in "The Avengers"=$160 Billion. "Man of Steel's" Metropolis= $700 Billion. "Pacific Rim's" several continents= In the trillions (still being calculated as of July 2013)

Has drama & romance scenes that never get in the way of the action.

Draws from several genres of monsters, yet the final creatures are original.

Cool costumes that have detailed battle-reflected scratches and grime.

Charlie Day doing Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but on smart pills.

Idris Elba' character Stacker Pentecost saying the coolest 6-word line about an apocalypse ever.

Tom Cruise was NOT chosen for the role of Stacker Pentecost.

Yes, that is Ellen McLain, voice of GLaDOS from the video game Portal that you'll hear.

Ron Perlman.

Awesome fighting sequences on land, sea & air.

Each special weapon Jaeger has it's own cool feature.

A very likable, personable protagonist played by Charlie Hunnam.

A beautiful, leading woman, Rinko Kikuchi, that's never exposed as a sexed-up dumb, kitten(you know, like Star Trek's obvious bra & panties scene or Transformer's Megan Fox bending over a car)

Some represented countries working together: China, Russia, USA, Australia, & Japan.

The 3D is actually good.

Good clichés, not bad ones.

Great use of color saturation.

Whether you love or hate Guillermo del Toro, you have to admire his flexibility: Horror, Superhero-action, Drama, & Fantasy. This is him at his nerdiest best with Sci-Fi Action/Adventure.

Cool during-credits sequence.

Best sequence of setting off a Newton's Balls (or Newton's Cradle) accessory in a movie put to film.

A live action Japanese Mech-warrior anime? YES PLEASE.

Over 2 hours long for maximum entertainment.

Expect over an hour of deleted scenes edited out of the movie for the DVD/Blu-ray release with alternate endings.

Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters doing incredible & probably impossible tricks with Jaegers.

ELBOW ROCKET PUNCH!!!

Done for less budget than Transformers: Dark of the Moon and still winds up looking better.

Funny scenes are funny.