Marvel Super Heroes: Les gladiateurs de la glace

Being a Marvel fan one thing that always frustrates me is the lack of demographic consistency. The animation can range from 15's down to U's and this one is certainly the latter.

In this adventure aimed directly at the tiddly winks the Avengers must team up with Rocket & Groot to stop Loki from gaining the power of Santa Claus.

Yep, that wasn't a typo. Santa is now part of the Marvel Universe I suppose and essentially has his own Christmas realm full of candy canes & gingerbread men.

As you can imagine the whole thing is very low-key (Pun intended) and childish. The animation is all very colourful, the action scenes are cutesy and the humour is aimed at the young.

The whole Santa Claus thing made it difficult to take any of it seriously, that and the addition of Reptil who Marvel just can't seem to stick with an ethnicity of. He was originally hispanic but I've seen both caucasian and african american incarnations.

Great for your kids, not so good for adults.

The Good:

Well made

The Bad:

Humour is infantile

Reptil's ethnicity has changed repeatedly

Santa, really?

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Ironman has a Stargate

OK, I'm going to be the Grinch here, and begrudgingly give this 1 star, but only because there isn't a 0 star option. This flick is unbelievably terrible, as yet another movie that tries to backdoor the tired "religion and faith are better than knowledge or science" lesson--a horrible concept to teach a child. This even tops the "Magic is just super-advanced science" as the worst motif and lesson that can be taught to a child. There is no part of this story that isn't the smelliest, most terrible cheese you've ever encountered. This makes the 1960s Batman TV show look like a serious drama. (Yes, I know that's DC and this is Marvel, but Marvel didn't really have any TV show presence that could provide a guideline or reference.) This show is campier than a pride parade or a boy-scout troop on wilderness survival training. It is Ed Wood bad, without the charm or accidental merit. The writing is worse than the Star Wars Prequels. Heck, this movie manages to be even worse than the 1978 Star Wars Christmas Special!!!

When I had seen the rating of this movie I expected poorly animated movie with few stupid jokes... But I was totally surprised because I could not resist to smile to so many classic Avengers jokes - people on train had to think I was watching some really great comedy.

To sum up: This movie is holiday special and should be watched with that in mind. But to be honest I hardly saw better Christmas movie than this one...

Those who look for some "serious" Avengers movie, pick some of Marvel Animated Features collection but if you are looking for funny movie with some original idea how to bring Christmas topic to Avengers movie, it is worth the shot.

Such an interesting and cute Christmas Marvel movie! I loved the plot & the whole mood of the film, it was Christmas-y enough, and the characters were great!

If people watched this movie understanding what it is-a vehicle for the characters appropriate for the 3-10 crowd-they wouldn't be so disappointed. My toddler loves the Avengers but the live action movies popular in theaters are not appropriate for him. Movies like this and the Marvel LEGO movies, with kid-oriented plots and jokes and less violence, let him see his favorite characters without the graphic content. Don't watch this expecting it to supplement the canon from the comics etc.-it's just a capitalization on the Marvel universe's popularity and make it accessible to a wider audience.