Originally Posted by The Dimer

I loved it and have no problem saying it's the best Marvel movie to date. Didn't have a whole lot of information going into it, but I'm glad I didn't. I've read Iron Man all the way back to Tales of Suspense and watching those movies, especially the last one, is a little painful at times.

The casting was pretty fantastic. I had confidence in everyone except Batista prior to the movie (figured he was only chosen for his physical appearance) and even he left me satisfied when I walked out of the theater.

The story was good. Action was there, comedy was there (but not to cheesy or overdone), and all of the main characters actually felt like the had some substance/history to them without having to spend half the movie on exposition. One thing I really liked was that they didn't feel the need to put in a romantic side story that normally (for me at least) detracts from the main heroes vs villains stuff.