Superhero movies keep getting better & better. They realized good acting & writing are needed. This is worth the hype. I say A-

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2012)

"There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people, so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could." After the God Loki finds his way to Earth, steals the powerful Tesseract and is close to fulfilling his goal of destroying the planet there is only one group that can stop him. After years of recruiting Nick Fury's (Jackson) team is ready. This is a movie that people will pretty much just watch without any prompting or reading reviews because of the hype and build up but I'll do one anyway. I have to start by saying that I never was a huge comic book movie person. When they first started being made it was pretty much just how much stuff can we explode and how cool can we make it look. Over the years they have been getting better and better and I think the success of the "Batman" movies by Christopher Nolan has raised the bar. He has shown that a real story, plot and great acting can make a typical "popcorn" movie into a legitimate movie. All the years of honing the genre have led to this. Not only is this a fun movie to watch but it is also a great acted movie and everyone is perfectly cast. Downey is the leader but is in no way overpowering and this has the feel of a real ensemble cast movie in the way that "Crash" did. After years of movies like the "Fantastic 4" and "Spiderman" they finally realized the key to not just making a good comic book movie, but a great movie period. Good acting and writing are needed. Both are on display here. I have said for years that I am not a comic book movie fan...this movie may have changed my mind. Overall, not just a good and fun comic book movie but a good a fun movie...period. I give it an A-.