131. Captain America - The Winter Soldier

Epic marvel fun that is more James Bond than Iron Man. Does the right thing in putting boring old Cap in with a load of other characters to serve up the best bond film since Skyfall!

129. Guardians of the Galaxy

Chris Pratt channels pre-grumpy Harrison Ford to great effect in a movie that loves mixtapes and 80's nostalgia.

Slightly more heavy handed than I thought it would be and not quite the all singing all dancing blockbuster I was expecting. Although I am still marvelling (#seewhatididthere) at the supporting players Marvel get involved in these movie blocko-de-busters (Glenn Close, John C. Reilly etc.).

Main Takeaway: Chris Pratt can't dance for shit. 

102. X-Men: First Class

The best X-Men movie by a mile and another reason not to hate Matthew Vaughn. Really tight script, smart action and a great cast.

It's bloody brilliant.

75. Iron Man 3

The third instalment of the man in a can is very entertaining for the most part. It's script sparkles, it has some pretty nasty stuff for a 12 certificate movie and it conjures up some quite sinister goings on.

This all adds up to misleading and somewhat unsatisfying conclusion that just confirms that Iron Man needs better villians if the series is to roll on to a 4th film. So not just another 'bunch of CGI dudes' flying about.

5. The Avengers

Feel the magic!

Not 'Avengers Assemble' as the poster states. It's The Avengers - at least that what I will continue to call it even though the dumb asses at Disney think I'll be hopelessly confused with this. Or even worse, this.

In fact on the BBFC certificate at the start of the film it states the title as 'MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE.' You couldn't make it up...

Anyway, after all this pontificating what's the film actually like? Well I'm happy to say it's bloody brilliant! Joss Whedon has crafted a story that manages to give all our heroes plenty of screen time and rattles along at a fair old pace! He has really put his stamp on what I feared, was to be another by the numbers super hero flick.

The script is smart, witty and has a real love & knowledge of the subject matter. I can't quite believe he's managed to pull everything together in such style. Even with the predictable CGI baddie finale, it's a sequence full of so many great moments that you just can't help but be enthralled by the whole thing. I think I'm actually still in shock of how good it is.

This is exactly what a big budget summer blockbuster should be. Big, loud and lorry loads of fun!