IHOGeek @ the Movies: The Avengers (Spoiler Version)

Unlike the review previously posted by Koalaintheusa, this is going to be strictly spoilers. I’m not going to go over plot details or whether the soundtrack was good, I’m just going to list facts that happened in the movie. This is, again, NOT your typical review. There WILL be spoilers aplenty, so consider yourself thoroughly warned and let’s move forward.

• Loki is the primary villain and has the power of the tesseract/Cosmic Cube under his command as well as an army of Chitauri.
• Using a staff he was given by a hooded thing credited as The Other, Loki puts Selvig, Hawkeye, and a random under a sort of mind control for the first third/half of the film in which they are antagonists.
• I saw no sign of Spider-man, his parents, or Hank Pym.
• The S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier is badass.
• Agent Coulson dies.
• Hulk does indeed smash.
• In that same vein, Mark Ruffalo FINALLY shows some superb acting chops.
• Tom Hiddleston’s portrayal of Loki has left no room for doubt that he is pure evil and chaotic.
• There is minimal romance.
• Tony Stark shows off his Mach 7 armor which flies to him and encases him in his suit.
• The newly constructed, and subsequently destroyed Stark Tower is hinted at becoming the Avengers Tower.
• Tony learns the meaning of self sacrifice and narrowly escapes dying through the portal opened over Manhattan by Loki.
• During the credits the creature in the super fancy futuristic chair is revealed to be a grinning Thanos.
• The only bad thing about this movie: it ended.

Some of these are technically opinions, but you get the gist. If you’ve seen The Avengers already, what were your thoughts?