Sorry, but it was. To me it seemed some evil villain surgically removed most of the characters' humour (they try, sometimes it works, but often it comes out just strained) and replaced it with pompousness and ostentatious sentimentality. The story is pushed onwards with obvious effort, scenes pile up with an obvious primary intention to impress and move, gone is the joy, fun and ease of the first Avengers. It looked a little like Marvel was trying to give birth to a DC movie and the labour was hard indeed.