Well put together, good origin story, decent feel for the period, good actors who understood their jobs, appropriate appreciation of the tech involved, and a refreshing lack of modern political shibboleths. Cap was there to kick a ferocious amount of Hydra ass, and much Hydra ass was accordingly kicked.
Overall: between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 in quality*.
*The ranking is:
Iron Man
Captain America
X-Men: First Class (although this isn’t really an Avengers movie. I think)
Iron Man 2
Thor
The Hulk (the Edward Norton one)
Note that I’ve yet to see an Avengers prequel movie that I didn’t actually like.
Yeah, I think I’d agree with that assessment.
I’ve yet to see Iron Man 2.
Well, trivially it’s between Iron Man and Iron Man 2…though the reason for that is that the first is still the best of the current Avengers line, and the second is the worst. 🙂