Melee fights are really one sided. Also, everyone plays as fox, falco, C. Falcon, and Marth. And everyone knows those combos that pretty much guarantee's a kill and I've seen all of them :/
Brawl takes a bit of strategy. And yeah the comboing is crap, but the whole stale moves takes a larger role on the battling. Brawl is a lot more fun to watch and play IMO. Even though Metaknight is dominating like every tournament.
Brawl Plus is where it's at. 8) It's more fun than both games combined. The only problems I have with it is that you don't grab ledges instantly, so Marth dominates with his homosexual sword prodding, and C. Falcon's Knee is a bit too easy to land.