Loved it in the Theater--Degrades with Time Though

Rating: 9/10 (15 March 2015)

I was so happy when this movie was announced. As I noted in my review of "Captain America: The First Avenger", Cap is my all time favorite comic book super hero, which of course makes me a de facto Avengers fan. I was so happy to see this film come to life and for Marvel to be able to pull off something as grandiose as this movie. And then when the movie came out, it was awesome! Amazing! Over the top--one of the best action movies ever made!
And I still feel that way. "The Avengers" rocks. It really is a superb film. The action was great. The characters were great. The story was great. Everything was great.
But now, fast forward three years, and I've watched all the Marvel movies numerous times, and there are other MCU movies that have been made since then, too. And so I sat down to watch "The Avengers" again the other night....and.....well........I guess familiarity breeds contempt?
The movie is still great, but I suppose that after several viewings it gets sort of repetitious and you see the imperfections a bit more. Hemsworth is not up to the standard he set for himself in "Thor", for example; or the contrived notion of Coulson's death pulling the team together. The latter is probably the worst facet of the film.
Still, "The Avengers" is great. One of the best comic book movies ever made, for sure. But whereas I once gave it a 10/10, I've now bumped that down to a 9/10. Obviously still a great, great movie, but one that just doesn't have the staying power for me that I imagined it might.