I had reservations on buying this DVD, even though I enjoyed the Ultimate books. I didn't think it would translate very well to TV, but I was pleasantly surprised. This was well worth the 14.00 price tag, and my 6 year old even got into it and wanted to watch it again immediately after seeing it. I thought this was a fair reflection on the quality of the work, as she cannot sit through Justice League or Spiderman cartoons, she finds them boring. But this one held her attention, probably because the artwork was good, the story was complex with a lot of nods thrown to us old comic book fuddies and readers of the original Ultimate books while still being able to convey the story effectively and be very enjoyable to those who never got into the characters in other formats. It's rare for a project dealing with characters who have such a long history with many to be so well received by hardcore fans and people introduced to the Marvel Universe for the first time as well. It isn't an exact reproduction of the first Ultimate Avengers line, the story is very similar but the scenes, actions and character interactions are almost all different. I say that so you won't worry that you are watching the same panels/actions/lines/ of the comics, but rather a new take on the same story of origin in the Ultimates books. I am already looking forward to the next installment and I'm pretty sure that this is going to start at least a dozen or so animated movies with the Ultimates themes. If the quality of the first stays consistent for all of the future installments, this will be a very successful line. Go ahead and pick it up for 14 bucks, it's worth it.
Review of Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
