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OK. I saw Avengers: Infinity War in a full theater, with Amyth and several other delightfully fannish people, including a friend who did a wonderful Bucky metal arm. Here's my carefully thought-out review of the movie, in spoiler font for those who won't see it for a little while.
WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! !?!?!?!?!?!?! !?!?!?!?!?!?! OK, my girl Carol will be saving the day eventually, so yay that, but nevertheless, WTF ?!?!?!?!?!?! ?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!? Seriously, as the credits rolled I said, out loud, "the fuck?!?" and I meant it! ??!?!?!?!?!!? ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ?!?!?!?!?!?!?! ?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!
And, in conclusion, Prosecco.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Succinct and apt, Calli. I think the only thing I might add is
oof
My spoiler-filled take is as follows:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With a side of
so while off the grid, Steve, Sam, and Natasha were totally passing the time getting filthy with each other, right?
That's fair, -t.
PMM, I can only hope so. And if anyone has links, I'd love to see them, please.
Calli,
if I find it... (but the moment Sam was grumbling about it being awkward, I totally decided that was WHY it was awkward!)
PMM, I like your head canon!
Okay, I saw it last night with a passel of fellow geek girls and I was pretty traumatized. I was unhappy with
how Gamora went out... tossed off a cliff instead of in glorious battle?
But that's my issues. I have very strong feelings about the Guardians.
I appreciated the number of laugh lines and shout-outs to running gags there were. And I suppose it was inevitable that there would be
a scene where people who should be on the same team try to kill each other.
That was also handled pretty well.
And oh,
Peter Quill. You ridiculous, insecure, charming man-child.
Way to break my heart.
I definitely was not expecting
many of the deaths that happened. I was convinced Cap was gonna bite it.
I don't know if she'll wander over here, but amyth has (as usual), an enormously satisfying theory about all of that.
Okay, I cannot spend all my day here, but I needed to come flail with my people. I think I want to see it one more time with folks who will understand.
ETA Fay has said, and I am with her, that she was not at all on board with
Wakandans being front line cannon fodder. It wasn't quite "Weesa peepa gonna die?" but even in the trailers I was highly uncomfortable with it.
It makes sense from a narrative standpoint, I guess
(they have the best weapons and are the only fighting force we have seen in action, really, plus the UN have their heads up their asses)
but the meta makes it super problematic.
I can see that, however,
I think it was the right narrative decision and that who was left standing after the snap was also great on the meta level. Okoye remains. M'Baku remains. The characters that could be killed for cheap narrative impact and never brought back because they are secondary characters, in other words, survive the battle. I was afraid going in that we would lose them.
Just saw it. Never has the title of this thread felt more appropriate.
