Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2015)

I saw this the day after its release, and I came out the cinema rather disappointed, as did my friends.
The Avengers once again went for the conventional and predictable plot of the villain destroying the world, and there were a lot of sub plots that I felt were boring an unnecessary, like Thor figuring out what his dream meant, and the romance between Bruce and Natasha which seemed forced. The opening sequence would have been good had the CGI not looked terrible, and I felt the film lacked character development especially for characters like Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, and I felt Quicksilver's death wasn't made into the the emotional and motivating event it should be. Scarlett seemed to get over it literally in a day as she was smiling in the next scene ready to join the avengers, which is strange considering she hated them and her brother, the person she was obviously the closest to, had just died, so there should have been a scene explaining her thoughts.
Overall the film was fun but definitely not the best Marvel film to date, and I felt it could have been written a lot better as it didn't seem to know where it wanted to go and exactly what themes to explore, leading to the plot feeling scattered and slightly rushed.