Ehhh... It's special to get all the heroes together, but besides that, there isn't anything special about it.

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2012)

7/10 A tremendous amount of hype had been built up for this film, and in Mid-April, the reviews started pouring in. There was so much raving over it saying that it was the best comic book movie ever made. They even said it was better than The Dark Knight. After I viewed it for the first time, I called shenanigans on this film.
It is very slow to start. I felt very sleepy at times because things just seemed to drag on and on. The first hour is just tedious. On top of that, it's very cliché. These guys get together, but they don't get along at all. Who could've seen it coming? Another issue is the villain. Loki just is plain uninteresting to me. He did fine in Thor, but I'm just not feeling his character in this movie. I think that Thanos is the best possible choice for a villain, and I'm pretty sure he'll be in the sequel.
Now the good thing about this is that it accomplishes something never before done outside of the animated Marvel universe. The Avengers have assembled. It is great to finally see the best heroes Marvel has to offer being showcased together on the big screen. Very nice. However, you would think with the complexity it took to get these fellas together, the plot would have complexity. No, the idea behind the film is all too simple. Just another alien invasion.
On the whole, it really isn't bad at all. It just isn't anything excellent. The fact that this gets compared to The Dark Knight is really upsetting. This to me, is just another average team-up flick.