Introduction:
By now, pretty much everybody who wanted to avoid spoilers did so successfully or failed earlier than this article. Still, guess I should start with a warning: CONTAINS SPOILERS. The movie tended to progress from one fight to the next without much breathing time.
Overall: I enjoyed the movie, but I have serious issues with the way it ended. Closure’s a beautiful thing, and this lacks it.
Note:
The bulk of this story centers on the bad guy, Thanos.
Epic:
There’s much to appreciate in this movie:
- Thor taking the power of the neutron star through the chest struck several notes of awesome.
- Thor’s return to Earth, heralded by Bruce Banner’s “You guys are so screwed!”
- Most fight scenes. The short fight in Scotland came out pretty cool.
Funny:
In no particular order, here’s a sampling of the funny moments I appreciated:
- Thor repeatedly calling Rocket a rabbit.
- Draxx pretending to be invisible.
- Groot acting like a teenager on a road trip.
- Rescuing Dr. Strange on the alien “donut.”
- Dr. Strange meeting Spiderman.
- Black Widow “That was really gross.” (After the chick she was fighting got shredded by one of the alien war machines.)
Frustrating:
I find the lack of closure highly disturbing. They may as well have ended with a big, fat “TO BE CONTINUED” sign. Which sucks. A lot. It’s one thing to need to be able to split a story because it’s just too long to tell altogether. And it’s another to drag things out just to make more money. This definitely smacks of “money grab.”
Conclusion:
They could have found a way to end on a higher note. Even at the darkest point of any story, there’s some silver lining. At least choosing a slightly higher note would have been kinder to audiences. Time will tell if that ultimately hurts Marvel at the box office. I know for my part, I’m done with this story until the next movie. If it ended better, I probably would have been down for 2-3 more theater trips. As is, guess I’ll save my $60 and see Solo more ;-).
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