Avengers: Infinity War [2018 film]

For my money, this is as good as the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets. Building to an event following 19 other films, combining countless characters into a single narrative, making any of it land emotionally and having the story be easy to follow and make sense -- on its own, that is an accomplishment. It also being one of the best films in the entire series is frankly more than I had ever dare expect from it. I think I might still hold a slight preference for the original "Avengers", but the sheer accomplishment of this film is mind-boggling enough whether or not it is best, second best or third best out of 20. It's up there, is what matters. All the thumbs all the way up.

I sometimes get bored with these kind of films where it's just 1 fight after the next. And there is a lot of fighting but there are enough breaks and occasional jokes in this for me not to have got bored despite its length. And "everyone " is in it. And I did not expect that end!

Wait? What? NOOOOOOO!!!!

Most everything I could say is spoilerish, Thanos lives up to his name. Characters die, relationships change and there's a lot of complications that will mean that the next movies will be interesting.

Superheroes want to stop an alien from killing lots of people.

3/4 (Good).

I didn't engage with it on any emotional level, but it's entertaining. It flew by quickly.

Pointless fight scenes alternating with long stretches of bad dialogue all necessitated, I guess, by too many characters.

Hell yeah! Plenty of fun moments! Writing this review makes me want to watch the movie again, lol.

PG-13