Something inside me snapped while watching this film: I'm over Marvel. Over their smug, quippy films with their really good actors playing cutouts, with their celebration of fascist values not very artfully disguised, with their top secret organisations constantly recruiting new super heroes for their nefarious means.
This feels like a stock episode of a very expensive TV show. They only kill off one major person, someone we barely know. There's a little bit of urst between Scarlett Johanssen and Mark Ruffalo but not much; I expected Jeremy Renner's wife and kids to be killed or at least threatened, but they aren't - so why introduce them; they don't even kill off the villain they just keep introducing more and more characters; there's a little bit of conflict between the Avengers but not much. Joss Whedon has said he was inspired by The Godfather II - well, Fredo was killed in that film, and mum Corleone died... nothing that big happens here.
The action sequences feel generic. Everyone looks as though they eat well and go the gym. There's no emotion and lots of unpleasant political undertones. The cast is very strong and there are some bright lines.
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