Avengers: Extended Edition, The

I absolutely loved this edit, I think the film has a better flow with the alternate opening and closing scenes with Maria Hill. Sam has restored just about as much as he physically could without compromising the use of unfinished scenes and the result is fantastic. Ashley Johnson's waitress has a fair bit more screen time now though it does seem a little out of place given she is quiet for the majority of it, but I love Ashley Johnson and the news interview at the end lets Cap'n have a nice bit of recognition.

if my enjoyment of the theatrical cut was 8/10 this definitely bumps it up to a 9.5

I loved this edit. The deleted material was put back in seamlessly. If I hadn't seen the theatrical cut way too many times I would not have known what was added. I watched this with my wife and kid and they had no idea this was a fan edit. Great job all around.

This is the closest thing to an extended director's cut of The Avengers you'll ever get; while not all the deleted scenes are necessary, it's nice to see them flawlessly integrated (Stan Lee now has a double cameo and it's finally explained the focus of the theatrical version on the waitress, which honestly should've remained in the final version).
Overall, it's a solid work and a good alternative to one of the greatest superheroes movies of all time.

While some of the deleted scenes added great character moments, like Cap's alternate intro and Banner's interaction with the custodian, the original film works perfectly fine without them and is a tighter film because of it. Also, many of those deleted scenes are of a lower picture quality and stick out compared to the rest of the film.

Overall, it was a fun watch of one of my favorite MCU movies and one of my favorite movies period, and I highly recommend it.

While I liked this edit, I thought it could have been done better. Only some of the deleted scenes were colour corrected, meaning the ones that are not stick out like a sore thumb. I'm personally not a fan of the new framing device. But other then those things, the edit was well done.