I really enjoy some comic book movies - "Spiderman 2" and the first "X-Men" are excellent in my opinion. But I'm completely baffled by the high ratings given "The Avengers". The dialog is stupid, most of the costumes really lame, the story line completely predictable and good lord but the clichés run rampant. The "super-villain" has a British accent - that's about all you need to know about this movie. Most of the acting was completely forgettable or, in the case of Samuel L Jackson, just plain god-awful. If it weren't for Robert Downey and Mark Ruffalo, I don't know how I could give this more than one star. As I was suffering through this awful thing my mind kept drifting to "Mystery Men" and how much better and funnier it is!