Movie Review The Avengers

At one point, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) describes what is basically the film's premise, in which a bunch of superheroes are put into a room in order to see what happens. What he just described could also be a pitch for a new MTV reality show called "Real World: Superheroes."

At its worst, "The Avengers" is cheesy and derivative. At its best, it is fresh, funny, and exhilarating. There was never one moment in which I wasn't in some form of awe at what was occurring on screen.