( May 25, 2012 ) — Breaking box office records with a first weekend profit total of $207 million, The Avengers has become the latest movie to rave about, and for good reason. The recently released movie is a perfect mix of action and comic relief. The movie has its high and low points. The beginning has low points up until about the time Scarlett Johansson’s character, the Black Widow, shows up on screen. Interestingly enough, this is also where the humorous aspect of the movie is introduced. There are too many characters to mention; however, the four superheroes involved are Captain America, Hulk, Thor and Iron Man. The movie begins with the audience learning about the Tesseract, a cube-like blue energy source which happens to be a possible answer to the world’s energy problems. However, the cube acts up and out pops Loki, a demigod who is the adopted brother of Thor, one of the protagonists in the film. Loki steals the Tesseract, and the movie rolls into action with a series of obstacles that the protagonists have to face. Ironically, most of the issues and arguments brought on during the film are because of the egos of the four superheroes, which is also where the most humor is.One particular scene that stood out during the movie is a key battle scene involving the Hulk and Loki. Hulk is chasing after Loki, and Loki becomes fed up. The demigod begins to give one of those long evil super genius speeches, when he gets picked up by the ankle. Hulk smashes Loki repeatedly like a five-year-old boy would with a toy.The key aspect of the movie that kept the plot moving is all the humor throughout the two hours and 23 minutes. Robert Downey Jr.’s character, Tony Stark/Iron Man, deems himself a “genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist,” all while making sarcastic remarks about Captain America”s “spangly” outfit. The comic relief in the film is what makes it different from just any superhero movie that has a lot of destruction and a happy ending. The group of superheroes thrown together all have interesting interactions with each other. Regardless of the intentional humor in the movie, some of the scenes are so ridiculous that the audience laughs because the actions performed are so impossible. For example, even if you are a super hero/demigod, it is still impossible to fly by spinning a giant jackhammer which incidentally only you can pick up. It is also ridiculous to have tiny ears sewn to the top of a mask when there is no use for it, like Captain America’s suit has. Still, the movie is better than I expected, especially because I was expecting a typical movie with a group of famous actors. I think the reason the movie is so successful is because the particular actors chosen were cast perfectly, making the film that much more enjoyable. Between the cast, the humor and the action, Dark Night better watch out because there is a new superhero movie in town, and it’s breaking all the records.