I've avoided this thread like the plague, but now that I have seen the movie and the surprises I was told to keep a watch for I can say this is a great movie. Like a lot of recent Marvel films it has it's soft spots, my guess to build the story, but it picks up as expected and felt less slower than Captain America and Iron Man 1 and 2 (don't get me wrong I like all of these, but they do tend to have soft middles).