Board 8 > I just got back from midnight Avengers screening

(+) Yeah! (+)

It's going to be exceedingly difficult to review it without spoilers so I'll leave it at this: I predict much butthurt over the final act.

The fighting sequences were great and they cut down on the whole snarky banter in serious situations to match the heavy mood of this installment, but nothing could've prepared me for that ending. Well aside from reading comics maybe, but where's the fun in that?

It's goddamn 3 am goodnight y'all.
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The only highlight I remember happening in the first one was the blueberry quote.

Pass.

Preston Condra's Powerpuff Girls videos were more memorable than the stupid first Avengers movie.

I've heard gripe about a cliffhanger at the end but don't know anything about the movie beyond that

Probably gonna see it in a couple weeks when the theaters aren't as packed
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We've got matinee tickets for Sunday in one of those nice luxury recliner theaters. Should be fun!
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I want to see it, but I still need to see Black Panther, Spider-Man, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians 2 first

I mean the ending is literally the beginning of the Infinity Gauntlet which is the most famous Thanos story ever, so I doubt people will be mad.
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Also, you kind of can't bitch about a cliffhanger when the movie was literally announced as Part 1 of 2.
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Why would be people be butthurt over the final act? Because it's bad or "not true to the comics" or another reason? (You don't have to go into too much detail in case of spoilers, I was just curious if you meant quality-wise).
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They're mad because Goku shows up at the end and beats Thanos without even using Super Saiyan Blue
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RyoCaliente posted...

Why would be people be butthurt over the final act? Because it's bad or "not true to the comics" or another reason? (You don't have to go into too much detail in case of spoilers, I was just curious if you meant quality-wise).

Comic fans, I assume would love the ending.

It ends on a cliffhanger. Which for some is good, for others, they don't want to wait a year for the conclusion.
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Sorozone posted...

RyoCaliente posted...

Why would be people be butthurt over the final act? Because it's bad or "not true to the comics" or another reason? (You don't have to go into too much detail in case of spoilers, I was just curious if you meant quality-wise).

Comic fans, I assume would love the ending.

It ends on a cliffhanger. Which for some is good, for others, they don't want to wait a year for the conclusion.

Imagine if these crybabies were around for the first Back to the Future.
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Enough butthurt to kill the franchise?

Please baby please.
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Eddv posted...

Enough butthurt to kill the franchise?

Please baby please.

LOL
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Fuck me it's going to be hard to resist spoilers tomorrow

I'm going Friday morning
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redrocket posted...

Imagine if these crybabies were around for the first Back to the Future.

The first BttF wasn't really meant as a cliffhanger, it was meant as an end gag. They only decided to go from it after the movie was successful. That's why they had to bring the girl to the future (they didn't want to, but she was in the ending they thought they'd never have to touch again) and immediately did everything they could to minimize her part.
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Eddv posted...

Enough butthurt to kill the franchise?

Please baby please.

it would be tough to top this post
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just saw it

it's good! with how gigantic the cast is and how this is the longest mcu movie yet, it's remarkable that everyone gets a moment without the film dragging and feeling bloated.

excited to see what direction the next avengers movie takes.
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Just got out from it. It was good! Really good and got me hyped for Captain Marvel and Avengers 4. A few characters felt a little sidelined, but with such a huge cast that was inevitable.
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Eddv posted...

Enough butthurt to kill the franchise?

Please baby please.

Bwaha.... no.

Still a solid 9 out of 10.

And I meant moreso casual audiences that only watch the movies and don't know what to expect are gonna be the butthurt ones, not avid comic readers.

By the way heads up there's only one after credits sequence and it's all the way at the end. Guess Thanos killed the mid-credit scene too.
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Saw it, loved it. Really impressed with how strong the performances were with that massive cast, and how much the film hinged on character and story when it could've very easily been a fanservice-laden smash fest.
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GenesisSaga posted...

By the way heads up there's only one after credits sequence and it's all the way at the end. Guess Thanos killed the mid-credit scene too.

Not enough people left alive, I guess.
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Movie was fucking great
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Also these are the longest credits ever
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My god this movie was incredible. The credits felt more like an obituary
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That was certainly an ending. As a writer, I'm not sure if I'm happy that it subverts expectations of the heroes' triumph or that literally everything they did was pointless or maybe even counterproductive.
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Movie was good. It delivered.
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Just saw it, absolutely loved it

Fuck Starlord, seriously. Dude fucked EVERYTHING and EVERYONE.
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I fuckin' loved it.

Showing the Star Wars franchise how an epic movie should be done.
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Just got back.

Shit fucking yeah that was a good ass movie.
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this was incredible

honestly just incredible

Thanos is the main character of this movie and he's just excellent. One of the best characters in all of the MCU

I'm caught up in hype but I think this is the best MCU movie.
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After digesting it over night, this is easily my favourite Avengers movie, not sure where it ranks in the whole MCU though. Definitely top 5.

CoolCly posted...

Thanos is the main character of this movie and he's just excellent. One of the best characters in all of the MCU

"Thanos will return" at the end instead of "The Avengers will return" was a nice touch.
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The movie was excellent and the shawarma was just right.
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Tokoyami posted...

Just saw it, absolutely loved it

Fuck Starlord, seriously. Dude fucked EVERYTHING and EVERYONE.

It's fine, Dr Strange knew he would and he knew him fucking everyone was the only way to win in the end.
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Holy fuck my hands are still shaking

Paid for one of the biggest IMAX screens in the world and I'm fucking so winked out. Just wondering around the mall

Fuck me that was an experience
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I've never cheered at a movie, but I came close when Cap appeared. Even though I knew it was coming from the trailer, it was so unashamedly triumphant I (almost) couldn't help myself
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Spoilerific and good post from the movie board:

alexczas posted...

I actually got a Final Fantasy VI vibe from this movie, huge cast of well developed characters with and awesome villain And a scenario where the villain actually wins

This was world of balance
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Our theater cheered triumphantly when Storm Breaker Thor came to Wakanda. Dear god that was insanity.

About Starlord, Do you think Thanos knew he could control him via his daughter? Which is why he let him live? Because ultimately he used his love of his daughter to use Starlord to free himself. After he saw how hard it was for him to pull the trigger, I figured he saw a weakness to exploit later on. Which he absolutely did.
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The movie had an amazing sense of impending doom the whole way through I thought. The tone was right while not completely abandoning the MCU's humour.
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That was fantastic.

Everything down to the credits was dialed in just right. The ending title just fading away after the credits and then "Thanos will return" was so good.

Loved how damn near everyone got a moment and no one really felt overshadowed.

Random thoughts


The entirety of the fight on Titan was amazing. Tony and Strange have both levelled up massivelly. Thanos hurling a mini black hole at Strange is one of the low key moments in that fight, it's nuts.

Also props to Mantis for managing to keep Thanos with most of the stones sedated.

Spidey felt he was gonna go before it actually started on him because his spider sense was freaking out and that's really unsettling to think about ughhhhh.

Stormbreaker Thor seems pretty buffed even from where he was in Ragnarok.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Loki isn't dead. He had more than enough time between "We have a Hulk" and reappearing to set up an illusion as he's done prior. But then again where would he go?

RIP all of Asgard, Valkyrie, Korg, Miek, unless the half thing applied there and some escaped off screen

Poor Wanda and Vision

Sucks to be Red Skull

Queen Shuri time?

Falcon's disappearance was the second worst next to Spidey's

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Also Red Skull was an amazing cameo. Completely out of nowhere. I knew I recognised that voice
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sweet rabbit
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I watched the last 10mins because I couldn't resist.... I am even more hyped for it.
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the movie market has been so oversaturated with superhero movies that I've lost interest quite some time ago.
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Tokoyami posted...

Just saw it, absolutely loved it

Fuck Starlord, seriously. Dude fucked EVERYTHING and EVERYONE.

The theme of the movie seemed to be Sacrifice, and what people were willing to do to achieve their goals.

Star-Lord wasn't willing to sacrifice Gamora (until it was too late), Gamora wasn't willing to sacrifice Nebula, Scarlet Witch wasn't willing to sacrifice Vision (until it was too late), Cap wasn't willing to sacrifice ANYTHING. Even Loki wasn't willing to sacrifice Thor at the beginning. Any one of them could have made the sacrifice and stopped him from gaining or learning where the stones were.

Only Thanos was willing to make the sacrifice to get what he wanted by killing Gamora. Except for Dr. Strange, who sacrificed the Time Stone to save Stark. He made it very clear he didn't care about anything but protecting the stone. I assume that whatever future he saw where they were successful, Stark was alive. So he knew the only chance they had was to make sure Stark was alive, even if it meant sacrificing the stone.
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There is a bit of jaded annoyance, sadly.

Obviously the characters just straight up slaughtered by Thanos are gone, but its very obvious that all of the "poofed" characters are gonna come back. They have announced movies for the most part, for one. It's a side effect of these huge announcement plans, and knowing that, like....of course Spiderman isn't gone, do you think we're idiots?

Still a great watch.
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I thought it was really good. But it seems weird, I'm not super obsessing over it like I usually do after seeing a big hyped movie that delivers.
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LapisLazuli posted...

There is a bit of jaded annoyance, sadly.

Yeah, but when this happened in the comics, we all knew that the same thing was going to happen. It didn't make it any less spectacular.
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LapisLazuli posted...

There is a bit of jaded annoyance, sadly.

Obviously the characters just straight up slaughtered by Thanos are gone, but its very obvious that all of the "poofed" characters are gonna come back. They have announced movies for the most part, for one. It's a side effect of these huge announcement plans, and knowing that, like....of course Spiderman isn't gone, do you think we're idiots?

Still a great watch.

Maybe this is my issue? Like, the ending didn't make a huge impact on me because I completely expected it, having knowledge of the comics. And obviously all the biggest players will be back. I still think they're going to do some rebooting by the end, after the heroes pull out their deux ex and win.
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There were some stuff that I didn't like, but they aren't that big enough for them to matter much.

The Hulk not coming out "just because". Fuck that, I wanted to see Hulk Smash the enemies. "It" just screaming "no!" was stupid. What happened to Bruce always being mad?

And also, Gamora's final moment and death. Yes, she was a sacrifice. But I expected more from her death scene. I don't have comic knowledge, but no way Gamora isn't in the next GotG movie. So I expect her to come back.
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