The Avengers!

Here’s the deal y’all.

I am so fucking excited to see The Avengers.

It’s no secret that I love action movies. Maybe it’s the fiery, preposterous explosions, the sweaty chicks in tiny pieces of clothing, the witty dialogue and loud ass music that gets me, but I’ve stopped trying to figure it out. They just get me yowlin’ like a cat in heat, alright? The cinematic Superhero trend has certainly helped me abuse my action appetite (I am just going NUTS with alliterations in this post!). Unfortunately, some of those movies kind of…suck. Anybody remember Daredevil? Elektra? Fuckin’ Nic Cage’s creepy mug in Ghostrider? Barf, Hollywood.

Then along came Robert Downey Jr.’s solid performance in 2008′s Iron Man. Oh my God. OMG. I love that movie. It was so well written, topical, funny, and beautifully filmed that the once-scorned superhero movie began to nudge it’s way back into my heart. When news of an Avengers movie started pourin’ in, I got weak-knee stoked. A little nervous, especially after the so-so sequel to Iron Man, but stoked nonetheless. Now that Firefly‘s Josh Whedon is directing, that excitement has turned into a wildfire of HELL YEAH coursing through my veins! Even more faboosh is the newly revealed cast list: Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Scarlett Johansson as The Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Jeremy Renner (swoon!) as Hawkeye, and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. While I think that Edward Norton would have been a better choice for the Hulk (what with the whole continuity thing the series seemed to be so dedicated to), my mom’s had a crush on Ruffalo for years and I’m definitely down to watch his big ol’ muscles rip through a cotton tee or two. Yummy.

What do you think? Will you be seeing The Avengers in 2012?