Just got back. Movie proves that you can have a shitload of action, well staged and shot action even, that can be supremely boring and uninteresting all the same. The only even remotely slightly thrilling action was on the helicarrier thing and that's because I'm terrified of heights. These heroes being put in danger just doesn't thrill me nor does it make me worry or care about any of them. Loki was well acted but ultimately suffered from having paper thin and bland motivation. Just literally nothing whatsoever about this movie was interesting nor did it feel like there were any real stakes. I'm just not that invested in seeing New York, yet again, get ripped apart by lifeless aliens. So much shit was going on in the final third that I literally could not give two shits about and the way they "won" was so terribly boring and overdone.
I liked some of the dialogue -- the Galaga bit was great -- and it generally had very good performances and excellent CG (especially considering the sheer amount of CG). I also really, really liked Mark Ruffalo. Everyone else was just really doing their predictable thing and Renner/Johannson were a total bore. I also didn't understand all the Hulk wankage going on. A lot of his better stuff was shown in the trailers and aside from bashing Loki around, didn't really have the material that justifies everyone shitting the bed about IMO.
Not a terrible movie, just not a very interesting or exciting one either. It was one of the better Marvel films I suppose, but for me that's not really saying a lot. Next time a plot and something to care about with at least some thrilling, engaging action sequences would be fantastic.
