I liked it too. I was worried about this one going in like I was about Thor but they pulled it off also.
I am becoming more and more interested in the Avengers movie.
Totally with you on the THOR skepticism, I thought it would be a good movie, but not a good THOR movie. What put that skepticism into high gear was the Facebook reference we saw in the trailer. Facebook plus THOR equals wtf? But I thoroughly enjoyed that one too, Hemsworth hit it out of the park I was super impressed. The names in that movie were stellar as well, which made me more optimistic going in...I mean Hopkins, Hiddleston, Skarsgard, Portman

, Feore, Elba, Stevenson...great great cast. So many people were upset about Idris Elba playing Heimdall but man he is so badass I loved his part.