The Avengers! Earth's Mightiest Superhero film?

Rating: 7/10 (8 March 2015)

The Avengers is the sixth film in what I consider to be a reasonably impressive series of movies. We start off with an intense opening that had me on the edge of my seat until the opening logo popped up showing it's beautiful face. The opening provides us with a decent explanation of who the bad guy is and what needs to be done to stop him. In this case, the villain is none other than Loki who's popped down to Earth because he wishes to rule it. Well if he can't have Asgard, there's no reason Earth should be any different right?
I appreciate how Joss Whedon managed to take the time to introduce each member of the Avenger's separately. The dialogue between Natasha (Black Widow) and Bruce Banner is a particular favorite of mine, it's fun but without going off track and becoming silly. We see Steve Rogers (played by Chris Evans) doing the one thing he knows, go to the gym. To me, it's understandable to take out any stress on a punching bag whilst also probably being the only place he's familiar with.
Twenty something minutes in and we finally see Tony Stark and once again he shines, his humor and wit is fantastic and he works great alongside Gweyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts) and the lovable Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg).
Needless to say, the acting by all is brilliant in this film. No one made me cringe or hope they got struck by lightning just to stop them from acting. Which brings me to Thor played by Chris Hemsworth. The guys massive here and I totally brought that he was the god of thunder here. His first interaction with Iron Man and Captain America is breath taking and visibly stunning, because you know, every superhero has to fight one another.
This leaves me with the final Avenger. Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner). Boy, was he wasted in this movie. I don't mind he was mind controlled, but did he really have to have a pathetic twelve minutes of screen time????
I would have forgiven this if he'd at least took on the Avengers, it would have been a nod to how brilliant the character is and would have been a middle finger to all those who thought he was lame. But no, I was not pleased with his offensively small amount of screen time.
I'm not just giving it a 7 out of 10 because of my issue with Hawkeye. To me, it doesn't have that "watch again" vibe going, I find myself ignoring the movie and going for something else to watch. Maybe it's the humor that at times, begins to irritate me. The whole "That man's playing Galaga, he thought we wouldn't notice, but we did" scene caused me to roll my eyes, was it necessary? No. Another reason is none of it really stands out anymore.
Yes the action scenes are fun to watch but nothing in the movie really makes me go "Wow!" every time I watch it, except the opening sequence. I'm not saying I find it boring, but I just don't care if Hawkeye is jumping off a roof or Thor's sharing blows with the Hulk.
Needless to say, is the movie bad? Absolutely not. It's a movie that is fun for everyone, the acting is spot on and the visuals look stunning. It's just not my most memorable movie in terms of scenes and the humor isn't all that great.