A comic and not a relief

Rating: 1/10 (22 July 2012)

Guess I expected more but shouldn't from a comic book company. I did think that much of the acting was above par and quite good in many instances. However, the poor relationship to obeying or at least extending the laws of physics was just inexcusable. I'll try to precisely explain my sentiments: 1) what's the logic in having an aircraft carrier fly? A runway on a ship that's supposedly capable of flying? If it's possible to make a ship like that fly, then wouldn't it also be possible to have other flying craft that don't need a runway? Get a scientist to review your scripts before hand!
2) The scant one-liners from Robert Downey, Jr's character were annoying at best. Guess he's an ADD/ADHD character trying to appeal to multitude of ADD/ADHD fans?
3) All the hand waving over and around computer screens reminded me of the bad attempt at impressing the viewer that occurred in "Minority Report" Make the hand waving meaningful and minimal. If those screens were really needed, then Dr. Banner/Hulk would have gotten some use/knowledge or gained something from all his hand waving over supposedly touch-sensitive screens. Yet, both he and Mr. Downey (and others) seems obsessed with waving their hands around - for what?
I did enjoy Samuel Jackson's character when he responded to the lame navigator's excuse "the navigation system is reinitializing..." and he says is the "Sun up, then put it on your left" That was the most genuine moment in the whole film.
I expected the superior plot and complexity of "Thor" but was sadly disappointed with an rehash of "Independence" style special effects and a lame story of alien invaders.
All this mediocrity probably didn't impact the title's earnings. I just won't be so enthused about catching a sequel.
Maybe worth a Netflix or video store rental but not a theater ticket!