Last updated on 2012-05-08, by Tony

4 Moives To Help You Know About Characters In The Avengers

As one of the most anticipated movies in 2012, The Avengers has surprisingly made a new record with a performance in box office recipients: 200 million dollars in two days. Its outstanding performance even lags Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 far behind.

Before the release of The Avengers, films like Hunger Games and Titanic 3D are viewed as the major menaces to Avatar, the most profitable movies ever. However, The Avengers has successfully proved itself in just two days. So why can it be so charming to people?

Its plot is an important factor for its success. Though the plot is still following a superhero mode, it surprisingly receives 94% fresh rate given by Rotten Tomatoes. However, the most important factor for its success is the gathering of those popular superheroes. So if you are strange to any of them, this post will show you four movies to help you know about characters in The Avengers.

1. Iron Man 2

Iron Man is not a hero with supernatural powerful but a hero wearing the strongest armored suit with the latest scientific technologies attached. Tony Stark, acted by Robert Downey, is a science geek as well as a superhero. As he senses the approaching of death, he is confused for the future and decides to overindulge himself.

However, he still bears the mission to save the world. As people’s security is threatened by Whiplash, Iron Man has to stop him. This movie is recommended because you can not only know about Iron Man, but also Black Widow and Nick Fury, another two characters in The Avengers. It is the only movie available to help you get to know about Black Widow.

2. Thor

With the cooperation between Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth, it performed quite well in terms of box office recipients. As the only god in The Avengers, Thor owns supernatural power and a powerful weapon. In the movie the brave but arrogant warrior Thor is expelled from realm of Asgard to the Earth. However, all those suffering in the Earth has changed him and makes him a qualified hero.

This movie mainly focused on the battle between Thor and his brother Loki, an evil character in The Avengers. Hence, you can know those two characters and the relationship between them in the movie.

3. Hulk

Released in 2003, the movie will introduce you how Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with tragic past, turns out to be a raging green monster accidently. As a major superhero in The Avengers, he is neither endowed with supernatural power nor equipped with advanced weapons. Strength and huge body are the two powerful tools he gets.

In the movie, you will see how Hulk escapes from the hunting of military forces along with a lot of fighting scenes. Bruce Banner can’t control his anger as he becomes Hulk. While the only one that can stop him is his girlfriend, you can see a love story in the movie as well.

4. Captain America: The First Avenger

In the movie, a solider named Steve Rogers is deemed unfit for military service. With a desire to beat Nazis, he joins in a secret research project that turns him into Captain America. Under his leadership, soldiers successfully manage one task after another. In order to protect justice, he also beats Red Skull.

Captain America is the spiritual leader in The Avengers. This movie not only shows you the fighting of Captain America during the wartime, but also explains why Captain America can cooperate with Hulk, Iron Man and Thor after having lost for so long.

Those are the four movies to help you know about characters in The Avengers like Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Black Widow. If you are interested, you may as well watch those DVDs with DVD player or convert those DVDs to mp4 files for The new iPad with DVD Ripper.