Dull and Bland, and Pointless

Rating: 1/10 (18 May 2015)

What made the original AVENGERS so good is the characters didn't know each other. All with various powers and skills, and personalities, they clashed.
That clash made for humor that had a logical place within the focused storyline: a problem that needed to be solved. Thus this sequel has the problem of characters getting along too well. Where they were once very unique and on their own having to join forces, they now sit around drinking like the actors who play them.
Meanwhile Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark, well, he's really good and funny, but now he can't be serious enough to deliver any lines that we need to listen to without giggling. The villain is beyond weak: a brooding robot created by Stark who tries telling jokes, and badly. Captain America and Thor are all but invisible this time around. Second stringers with nothing to add.
So in a nutshell, no one really shined here. A2 was just plain dull.