Good Action, "Blah" storyline

Rating: 6/10 (4 May 2015)

Spoilers Follow!
This entire movie felt way over-the-top melodramatic, and like one big 2-hour set-up for the next "Guardians of the Galaxy."
I miss Tom Hiddleston as Loki. He would certainly have been a huge boost over the trite dialog that permeates this film.
There are some bright spots... We finally get to see Paul Bettany's face in an Avengers movie. In fact, Paul Bettany and James Spader pretty much steal the show, such as it is.
Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo have a couple of really cool moments in the film... good acting... but then fall flat, later in the film.
Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) also has a couple of moments that fall flat... Just not in line with the Avengers theme.
Almost all of the attempts at humor are just too manufactured and inappropriate to the story. Would 2 characters really quip about remodeling a house while riding on an entire city being elevated into the stratosphere and fighting an army of Self-Aware robots?
Joss Whedon has done some awesome stuff in the past, but this script was just horrible. That being said, the actors did what they could to salvage the project, and the action is very good.