Just got back from the movie. One word - satisfying. Thoroughly, thoroughly satisfying. All the "milestones" they achieved with having multiple superheroes - enough screen time, enough action, enough drama, enough comedy, enough emotion. But
not enough Hulk! OK, maybe that is me but Hulk was one of the strongest part of the film. Maybe also due partly to the absence of Hulk in any form in recent years or perhaps Mark Ruffalo did a terrific job of being a "skiddish, always afraid and on-the-edge" performance.
As for the mixture of Marvel characters - - congrats Joss Whedon! I am now a fan of his films, his involvement in last week's "Cabin In The Woods" was incredible and now this. Brilliantly done. This is one film that will make every Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Hulk fan happy. And that was, the biggest challenge of this enigmatic film.
I love the whole banter between the characters, as always, Tony Stark being the one that highlights this. Also love how they used Hawkeye and Black Widow - didn't know they had "something" going on between them. And what about Tom Hiddleston's amazing performance. Faultless.
Overall, one of the strongest (pun intended!) films of the year. This and last week's film I watched currently top the films of 2012. Interest to note is Cobie Smulders, gosh isn't she a beauty!
9.0/10+ Brilliant acting performances (especially Mark Ruffalo and Tom Hiddleston)
+ Brilliantly paced at 2 hr+
+ Nice brief doses of humour
+ Amazing top-of-the-league visual effects and sound effects
+ The chemistry between each character and the "combined" speciality of each put to good use
+ Screen time per-character
- I so wish we had more Hulk (I wish!)
- Drama can get a bit muddled
- Fast-paced action sequences sometimes, a bit too fast? (I was seated at the 2nd row front from!)
There is a post-credits scene. I thought I had to wait until the entire credits were over but not quite. It is about 1 minute long. No idea what it is, but Marvel fans will know for sure. I can safely say "Avengers 2" !

A long wait, but we have "Iron Man 3" next year.
HULK SMASH !!!

I got super hyper during those sequences.