Captain America: The Winter Soldier review, check.

PREPARE TO BE SPOILED!

Incredible fight sequences, check.
Okay... speechless. I just... can't. To the fight choreographer, let me throw petals and praise your way. Every kick and punch seriously hurt my gut.

Sexual tension between key characters, check.
I never thought Black Widow and Captain America would look cool smooching away on an escalator. But they do! I demand an affair!

Death and undeath of a key character, check.
R.I.P., Nick Fury. Or, not. Because as Phil Coulson has proven once. nobody dies in S.H.I.E.L.D.

Name dropping, check.
Casually mentioning bigwigs like Iron Man and Tony Stark. Ooh... and a Stark Enterprises logo, too! Marvel, you just know who sells, huh?

Mad scientist experiment gone bad, check.
Well... yeah.

Aerial action of the highest proportion, check.
Marvel has a thing for things blowing up in the sky. But three ships shooting at each other was amazing.

"I won't fight you... You're my frieeeend...!!!" drama, check.
Hee... this made me cringe a bit. Not because it's a tad cliche. But because Chris Evans isn't really the best let-your-heart-out actor out there. It was kinda awkward. But his pecs and biceps flexing during this scene made up for that.

Impending doom punchline, check.
An alien weapon. Yes.

It's a complete package! What didn't check out quite well with us was the fact that The Winter Soldier only came into the picture an hour into the film. We almost forgot his name was in the movie title. Speaking of names, his real name is BUCKY. Bucky, The Winter Soldier. Bucky. the Killing Machine. Bucky... of Doom. It's like Buffy, the Vampire Slayer... except they were serious.

If you're watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier, get ready to be blown away with the intense action. Oh, and the Falcon was the bomb! Catch it or lose it.

Avidly, The Avengers.

Spoiler alert!  Spoiler alert!  Spoiler alert!  Spoiler alert!  Spoiler alert!

After lining up forever for tickets, then lining up forever for popcorn, I can safely say that The Avengers was worth all the brand new blisters on our feet.

Some will say the plot was old.  Bad dude aiming for world domination via an unexplained secret weapon which opens a portal to another dimension, thus, releasing an army of creepies --not so original, eh?  Well, for the first time, I don't really care much about the plot.  The big thing here is the... assembly!  Marvel giants all squoosed together in one film!  Top that off with endless fisticuffs, car chases, firepower and lighting power, explosion here and there, HULK SMASH!
I've been hanging out with my boys too much.

Iron Man was his usual badass self.  In fact, 30 to 45 minutes of the movie was an iron Man movie.  Not that I mind.  He's the bomb!  I never really thought much about Thor or Captain America, but when they're in a hilarious banter with Iron Man, they're suddenly worth my while.
My second favorite will have to be Loki.  He's the bad dude, he's funny, and he has evenly flipped hair that I envy.  Nothing beats a power-hungry yet adorably humorous antagonist.  It made the mood lighter for the kids. They get to spend more time enjoying the movie than fearing the bad guy.
A new fave is HawkEye.  Because he was bad when the film started.  I have a thing for bad boys.  You see the pattern here?
Finally, the ending.  Call me a cheap punchline addict, but when the totally leveled STARK tower pulled out from frame and what was left of the STARK name was just the letter A that's exactly the same A on THE AVENGERS... I gasped and goosebumped all over!
Whaaat!  I told you I'm a cheap punchline addict, didn't I?!

Anyway, our boys totally ate up the whole film.  And why not?  It was light, it was exciting, it was heroic.
In fact, they even came home with action figures which were strategically being peddled right outside the cinema.  That they did.  Good job on merchandising and robbing me of my last cash, Marvel!  Grrr.... HULK SMASH!