Only fun if you like things blowing up

Rating: 5/10 (10 July 2019)

I've been struggling for a while now with superhero movies. I'm really into fantasy and science fiction and most of my friends like superhero movies. This supposedly being the ultimate superhero movie, I gave it a go.
There are some good things to be said for The Avengers. The special effects are quite decent, there are some funny moments and actors like Johanson and Hiddleston do an awesome job.
However, I simply can't fathom how people can so tremendously and even zealously enjoy a movie without a story. In effect, what this movie does is tie together a couple of superheroes, introduce a threat to earth and spin that around for 2,5 hours into some unnecessarily long action sequences. And don't even get me started on all the major plot holes. It is a shame that, for all the money that goes into a big production like this, it seems they didn't spare any to hire some half-decent writers.