My mom and I went to see The Avengers over the weekend as a mother's day gift to ourselves. It was absolutely fantastic...and it's one of the few movies I would actually go back to the theater a second time to pay and see. There were several scenes that still make me laugh just thinking about them.
We even stayed until the very very end of the credits, to see both scenes that play (the one that suggests a possible sequel in the middle of the credits, and the one at the end that made us laugh because we could sooooo understand that feeling after a long hard day).
The only thing I didn't care for that much was seeing it in 3-D. We didn't have a choice, as the regular movie we had planned to see turned out to be unavailable when we arrived, and the only available option was the 3-D. 3-D is actually pretty neat, but I'm not a big fan of watching a movie in 3-D because it gives me eye strain with a pressure-type ache. And the movie was a bit darker as well (as in not bright enough) than I think it would have been in a regular 2-D theater, so it made some scenes a little harder to see.
Overall, though, I am so glad I went to the big-screen to see this one instead of waiting for it to come out on home video. It was awesome! I love Joss Whedon's work. I wish they would get him to write and direct the X-men movies....preferably one that primarily features Gambit and Wolverine *dreams and drools*
There are a bunch of funny quotes (see IMDB's quote page
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/quotes). But, I especially enjoyed when Thor and Loki are fighting and Thor tells Loki to listen up, then Ironman whisks Thor away leaving Loki standing there, at which point Loki says (to thin air) "I'm listening". That just cracked me up!