The Avengers Themes

Superheroes are all about identity—and we're not talking about jumping into a phone booth to change into a pair of tights. Well-written superheroes always struggle with questions of who they were...

You're watching a superhero movie; of course "Good vs. Evil" is a major theme. But in the case of The Avengers, things get a little deeper than "Curse you, heroes!" and, "We will stop you, you vile...

Sure, the main competition in The Avengers is between Big Bad and Big Good. But the movie doesn't sugarcoat the fact that sometimes—make that often—competition takes place between people who ar...

We're dealing with a superhero story in The Avengers, and that means you just know justice will be served. But one of the interesting things about the Marvel Universe is how they complicate the typ...

Superheroes possess powers beyond anything we mere mortal-types can dream of. The Avengers shows us literal gods, flash-frozen super-soldiers, green rage monsters, and an alien army that would make...

In this case, we're talking about the perseverance required to come together as a team. The Avengers aren't exactly well-organized in the beginning, and all those super egos have a way of getting i...