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REVIEW DEUX Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

A few more thoughts about Avengers: Infinity War after seeing it for the second time last night …

Okay, before we start, it was a lot of fun seeing it with a large audience. The first time I saw the film – last Wednesday – was in a much smaller theatre, with only around twenty people. Last night’s screening was a standard cinema, almost completely full with nearer to three hundred people. And it was really enjoyable to sit back and relax, and take in how much the people around me were enjoying the film – from the guy at the front who happily cried out “what the fuck” when Red Skull showed up on Vormir, to smatterings of applause when Thor arrives in Wakanda, to the audible gasp when Tony gets stabbed toward the end of the battle on Titan, the audience reactions added something to my own enjoyment of the film.

MOVIE REVIEW Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

Hey, no, seriously, don’t even think of reading this before you watch it.

People are going to talk about that ending for a whole year.

This is my main takeaway after watching Avengers: Infinity War. It may be the most visually stunning film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it may be packed with fantastic character moments and performances, and it may have set the standard for action scenes in superhero movies for years to come. But people are going to talk about that ending for a whole year.

REVIEW Black Panther (2018)

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

As a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I consider Black Panther a triumph, one of the best origin stories the film series has produced, packed with engaging and enjoyable characters, and boasting a story that deftly balances comic-book action and political machinations to create something wholly unique in the MCU.

REVIEW Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Fair warning: considerable spoilers follow – read after watching.

Like most fans (I guess) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it would be fair to say that Thor’s solo movies were – until now – my least favourite of the various MCU solo movies, mired by dull plotting, a bland main character, and fairly uninspired action sequences that didn’t really offer anything too new in terms of visuals.

The thing Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2 is missing.

I’m currently in the middle of watching the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe again, in anticipation of Thor: Ragnarok (which opens next Thursday), and just went past one of my favourites in the entire MCU: the original Guardians Of The Galaxy. And I noticed something about that film which was notable – not just because of what it meant to that film, but also notable because it was missing from the sequel, Guardains Of The Galaxy: Vol 2.

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