The Avengers

Rating: 3/10 (9 February 2015)

I'm not exactly sure I get the hype, but this movie felt pretty sub- par. I'm not an extremist that think films should have a cult format, I do enjoy big production, though blockbusters have seen better days. They basically put together some comic book heroes of some sort and tried to come up with a reasonable explanation for having them all participate in the newest world/New York saving.
Not a good idea, the rushed pace to make every character fit the length is easily noticed. I'm no super-here expert—quite the opposite —but I'm pretty sure Scarlett Johansson's past doesn't involve two parents made of stone, so I'd argue her acting is not at its finest.
Not that the script helps. Hollywood makes amazing stuff but its stigma of being shallow, focused on silliness can be entirely summarized in this particular movie. The cheesy lines aiming for climatic humor, the grand scale explosions, lots of known names in the cast. Nothing really stand out because nothing has sufficient time to shine, everything feels cramped.
Destruction on this scale demands a villain with capital V. Loki is never that guy. With the exception of a scene that turned out to be faked with Johansson he never looks threatening. It's hard to tell where everyone came about as well as Loki himself because every few minutes a new super-hero pop up on screen.
The biggest problem in having that many unworldly people together is the fact that everyone comes from different imaginary worlds. Hulk seems to be the top dude on the street while Thor is portrayed as a god. There's also a guy that shoots arrows. Scarlet's character also seems to have a gymnast-like elasticity and a way too harsh personality for having just that. The desperate attempt to make everyone's role slightly equal is absurd.
The effect are top-notch after all. Expected from a blockbuster of this magnitude. This might appeal to hardcore fans of comics but I can't see how anyone would enjoy it beyond that. At being a dumb- action movie it does a pretty awful job.