Disposable entertainment that does its job

Rating: 6/10 (9 May 2014)

When a 13 year old boy is supposed to be the world's most frequent cinema attendant, it makes sense that Hollywood's summer blockbusters cater for immature audiences.
For an assembled cast to work, each has to have a moment in the spotlight, and after being subjected to an hour of banter that maybe a 13 year old would find "witty", The Avengers fight one another because Loki's not a bad-arse enough villain to last a 2 hour film, before they finally turn on him and his army of space aliens.
Were I 13 again, perhaps I'd think that this film did belong in the IMDb top 250... but then again, perhaps not. I'd like to think not.
Don't get me wrong: for something to watch with a couple of mates if you'd rather stay in for the evening, The Avengers does what it set out to achieve: entertain (and make money); but it's the epitome of what has been dubbed the "popcorn flick", and once you've had your fill, into the bin it goes.
But then, nobody ever expected a film about comic-based super heroes to be The Godfather.