Avengers was decent, but only just decent. Not GREAT, for the time, like the other movies I mentioned. There has never been a GREAT Marvel movie. And with very few exceptions, most Marvel movies outside of those from Marvel Studios, aren't even worth watching. Spider-man (all 4), Fantastic Four (both of them) and X-Men (all except First Class) being great examples of extremely sub-par movies. Honestly, there's no redeeming qualities about any of the first three X-Men movies. Everything was done poorly from character selection to casting, plot, script/dialog and acting. Horrible and probably my least favorite series of superhero movies of all time. Maybe tied with Fantastic Four.
If you want see an epic superhero adventure on screen, starring all kinds of beloved characters from the Marvel Universe, then IMO, that's Secret Wars in three parts. Period. But the bottom line is that regardless of subject matter or character inclusion, a movie has to be good. It has to stand on its own when compared to any movie from any genre.
But I digress. They're churning this stuff out now like so much ground beef it's all getting blended together. The Nolan Batman movies still stand head, shoulders and a few more heads and shoulders above everything else, so in that regard they're unique, different and simply very good movies. They won't be lost in the sea of comic movies. Hot toys is cranking out Iron Man product at a more feverish pace than the studios handling the movies. Sure, some of the stuff is cool, but they've honestly jumped the shark. It's just too much rehash and I'd rather have one Reeve Superman figure in my collection than half a dozen suits of Iron Man armor.
