+ For better and worse looks like a Saturday morning cartoon.

Rating: 9/10 (6 February 2020)

+ Some really nice overall cinematography, even small scenes or FX heavy scenes look good. Even if it sets the series on a path of a fairly plain visual tone.
+ Also for better and worse has the plot of a Saturday morning cartoon which means it's convoluted and painfully simple at the same time.
+ Effects still hold up. Particularly Iron Man.
+ The way the title card comes in is a stroke of genius.
+ Ruffalo plays a pleasant to watch, snarky, smarmy smart guy who's so angry that he's a dick to everyone. It's a good choice even if he's a bit wrong for the role.
+ Powers booth!
+ Effortless and pleasurable connective tissue in the opening recruitment scenes.
+ Cool de-suiting at stark towers.
+ Stark with Potts is a good combination, great chemistry and I want to see more.
+Coulson nerding out is funny still.
+ There is a plethora of excellent dialogue and refreshing takes on the tropes.
+ All the super fights are excellently choreographed slices of comic book action. No battle fatigue, inventive etc., even in the third act.
+ "He's adopted?"
+ Science bros.
+ Dialogue really flows well, feels organic, important and full of character layers. The repartee particularly between Tony and Cap feels tense and equal and riveting at times.
+ Good use of aspect ratio. Appropriate.
+ Having to explain the nerd stuff to someone who enjoys it anyway means it hits both ways.
+ Much better than I remember. It has aged well.
+ Good closing shot.

Gift and curse of Whedon's dialogue is that sometimes it's brilliant and sometimes it's awfully cringeworthy.
Some wonky or hacky directing.
Sort of lame opening chunks before the team assembling.
I just don't like Sam Jackson unless he's playing Sam Jackson. Here he's not. He's playing sneaky, grumpy Mace Windu in an eyepatch.
Faceless, generic, blue-blooded fodder enemies.
Quintessential sky-beam blockbuster third act.

Early Post-Credits sequence review: 2/5: Thanos' reveal. Christ, I remember not knowing anything about this guy at the time. He looks ropey and doesn't say anything. Hard to love. Hard not to appreciate how much it changed things.
Actual Post-Credits sequence review: 5/5: Shawarma. Now that's funny. Everone's so knackered, accomplished a great mission together. We've all been there. A good callback. Nonsense, but charming, and I love it.
Stan Lee as: Old Man that doesn't believe superheroes are in New York. 5/5: Another perfect cameo, slotted in there well amongst newsreel and although it breaks the fourth wall a lot, it's a cheeky one delivered at the right time, the calm after the storm.