It's true though. Also, atleast with a flick like Batman and Robin you can get amusement out of the 60s style camp, awesome set designs and, at the time state of the art special effects (I always loved that Freeze effect, especially the sound).
Batman and Robin actually felt like a live action film in comparison to this crap. These big budget movies don't even seem real anymore, they look like cartoons and video games. The Marvel and Star Wars **** too.
And yes, despite the similarities, Avengers is way better than this piece of crap. Just the novelty of it all was great in 2012. Are there a lot of Whedon trademarks like looking like a ****ing cheap ass tv show? Certainly. Most of the marvel movies look like crap. Avengers had heart whereas this thing was like Frankenstein's monster. A bunch of different ideas badly cobbled together. Above all, Avengers was more focused.