Review of The Avengers (2012) by Alienspacebats — 25 Dec 2012

Pedestrian pacing, clichéd dialogue and a generic plot. Yes, it's a super-hero movie; an over-hyped, big-budget, disengage your brain and chew your popcorn series of action sequences littered with painfully two-dimensional cardboard cut-out characters (with exception to Ruffalo's Hulk, arguably the only decent part of the film).

One of the trailers preceding the film was advertising toys; there's your target audience: children.