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Apr. 29th, 2019 06:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
impySaw Endgame. My Avengers luck continued. Our theater was maybe half full with no one in front of us and yet four assholes who spent half the movie bouncing up and down for snacks and bathroom trips sat RIGHT NEXT TO ME. Dude, you choose your seating when you buy your tickets. You saw that the entire rest of our aisle was WIDE OPEN. Leave a seat or two between us, goddammit. Or, when you came back after your second snack run during the actual movie, just switch to the other side. But no, dude, you just sit riiiiiiiiiight next to me and chew your popcorn so loudly that I can hear you perfectly despite my right ear being the one with issues. :P
I... thought I'd have more to say but it's a very, very long movie and when it was over, I just wanted to throw on some PJs and have something to eat because it was a lot. Cass asked a fair amount of questions for someone who didn't want to be spoiled but she also asked me to rank it and I don't think I can. Not yet, anyway.
But I do have some thoughts. The final battle scene was probably the one my brother suggested as a bathroom break but it was probably my favorite stretch once the portals started to open. Wanda going in on Thanos and the team-up with Carol was delightful. The callback to not being alone as the female characters banded together was also nice.
I also enjoyed the loophole we were given with Loki and even though it opens SO many potential paradox issues, I sniffled when Steve went back to Peggy. I mentally cheered when Jarvis got to make the jump from TV show to MCU and if Thor isn't in the next GoTG movie, I will riot.
Oh, and opening with Hawkeye's family going poof was a cheap shot. Probably required, but cheap. Much like killing Tony even though it was probably the only death I assumed would happen for sure.
I think my biggest problem with Endgame is that it fucking highlighted how bad the MCU is with its female characters. Just so, so bad. And there's no reason for that other than dudes are dumb, I guess? Reading the article/interview with the screenwriters about Endgame was actually painful because they... don't get it? They make a big deal about why Tony gets the funeral and Nat gets nothing and it makes no sense. I just... sigh.
I did like the bit at the end with Clint and Wanda, and really the funeral set-up with all the little family groups was nicely done.
Not sure how much more I'll get out of seeing it a second time next weekend, but when Queen A invites you, you accept whenever possible.
I... thought I'd have more to say but it's a very, very long movie and when it was over, I just wanted to throw on some PJs and have something to eat because it was a lot. Cass asked a fair amount of questions for someone who didn't want to be spoiled but she also asked me to rank it and I don't think I can. Not yet, anyway.
But I do have some thoughts. The final battle scene was probably the one my brother suggested as a bathroom break but it was probably my favorite stretch once the portals started to open. Wanda going in on Thanos and the team-up with Carol was delightful. The callback to not being alone as the female characters banded together was also nice.
I also enjoyed the loophole we were given with Loki and even though it opens SO many potential paradox issues, I sniffled when Steve went back to Peggy. I mentally cheered when Jarvis got to make the jump from TV show to MCU and if Thor isn't in the next GoTG movie, I will riot.
Oh, and opening with Hawkeye's family going poof was a cheap shot. Probably required, but cheap. Much like killing Tony even though it was probably the only death I assumed would happen for sure.
I think my biggest problem with Endgame is that it fucking highlighted how bad the MCU is with its female characters. Just so, so bad. And there's no reason for that other than dudes are dumb, I guess? Reading the article/interview with the screenwriters about Endgame was actually painful because they... don't get it? They make a big deal about why Tony gets the funeral and Nat gets nothing and it makes no sense. I just... sigh.
I did like the bit at the end with Clint and Wanda, and really the funeral set-up with all the little family groups was nicely done.
Not sure how much more I'll get out of seeing it a second time next weekend, but when Queen A invites you, you accept whenever possible.