I'm writing my review before I read everyone else's. I think I have at least 6 pages of reading to catch up.
*** SPOILERS *** (It's after movie release day of the most anticipated movie of the decade, we shouldn't have to spoiler tag anymore!)
I fucking loved this movie. Things I loved:
Emotionally, this movie beat the shit out of me. I had tears welling up numerous times.
Right from the beginning it just beats you down. On every level. You get hit in terms of family when Hawkeye's family disappears, anyone with kids can't help but be affected by that. Then you get this weird buildup where they go fight Thanos, kill him, then it's all of a sudden five years in the futures. It's a beat down, depressed world. Very similar to The Leftovers. Everyone's just sad and looking for purpose. Even Black Widow has watery eyes while just conducting day to day business. The callbacks when they were searching for stones were good, except it sucked that they had to go to the world of Thor 2.
The end sequence was fucking phenomonal. There's so much to talk about. First of all, Captain America getting Thor's hammer was just so fucking great. He looked amazing using it, the lighting was phenomenal, and it worked perfectly. The breaking of his shield was amazing, and he took a hell of a beating. But after that ... holy fuck, when every single Avenger comes on screen at the same time, it was breathtaking. Literally not a sound from the audience. I think everyone was just trying to do a combination of catching their breath and not starting crying, haha.
Iron Man's death was perfect. Brutal and heart breaking. Again silence from the audience, except for people trying to not cry. His send off was great. Captain America's wasn't as good, but I liked that he got to live his life with his girl finally. He did something for himself. Thor's hammer must be out there somewhere.
Asguardian's of the Galaxy, love it. And the way they bring back Gamora worked, and should be great for next Guardians.
I guess Black Widow is dead?
Things I didn't like:
1. Fat Thor - come on, the joke was funny, but this is the literal god of your entire universe, he was so fucking bad ass in Ragnarok and Infinity War, and then. you reduce him to this fat joke. He really doesn't even have any good action scenes in this movie. He barely hits Thanos (as fat thor), and then basically has to be saved by someone else.
2. Black Widow's death - it was like a "Knight vs Day" (Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz) action sequence for who gets to jump off the cliff. So stupid.
3. There was a scene towards the end where one girl fighter is going to do something and all the other girls line up with her. If that is a prelude for what's to come with Marvel, I'm done.
4. Brie Olson - fucking sucks. She looked like a fucking transvestite dyke. She just has zero personality. And every time she delivers a line, its in the same voice and pattern as her "I don't need a bunch of white men telling me what to like." She's the single worst thing about the entire universe.
Bottom Line: Not a perfect movie by any means. But to me, this was a completely satisfying ending, and I fucking loved this movie. Can't wait to go see it at least twice more in theaters.
