It was good, but I disagree with Cecil that it was so head-and-shoulders above the rest of the Superhero genre.
Two things that it did very well was snappy dialogue (mostly driven by Robert Downey Jr.) and well-choreographed CGI sequences. Too often in huge set-pieces in films it's almost impossible to follow exactly what's happening (I'm looking at you Transformers) but in the Avengers everything was clear and made perfect sense.
It still has some glaring plot holes and a pretty huge element of cheesy-ness, but it was fun Joss Whedon Buffy cheesy, not make-you-groan Thor cheesy.
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