This does not bode well

I went to go see The Avengers today (in 3D due to that being the earliest showing that was not sold-out).  Usually, I think that the previews before a movie can give you some insight into what the expect from the movie.  My favorite (and tailored to me) example, is the single preview before being Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was for The Artist and the single preview before The Artist being for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.  So I was a little apprehensive when the first 3 previews were for The Expendables 2, Battleship, and End of the Watch.  Also known as 3 movies that are not for me (and not even targeted for me).  I can't believe how terrible Battleship looks.  I think that there was a title card that read something also the line of " from the unholy Hasbro Toy and movie studio alliance that brought you Transformers" (and really Liam Nesson, what are you doing?  Do you have some sort of huge gambling debt you need to pay off?).  But the next 4 were much more reassuring since the trailers were for Abnorman (from the director of Coraline),  Frankenweenie (from Tim Burton), Brave (the summer Pixar movie), and the new Spiderman movie.  In the end, I really enjoyed The Avengers movie.  The writers did a really great jobs with giving little side stories to all the main characters without it feeling bogged down or overly long.  The movie is about 2 hours long, but it definately didn't feel that long something that I chalk up to a very tight script and a good editor (and a director willing to cut things that don't work).  It was a really fun film with just enough humor in it to show it wasn't taking itself too seriously (which is refreshing compared to Christopher Nolan super serious Batman movies) and it was obvious that Joss Whedon et al wanted to make an entertaining and stylish film.  With just the right amount of the Incredible Hulk.