I would put myself into that category.  I pretty much avoid most action movies as they don't really do much for me anymore, and haven't really watched them since my 30s.  I tend to go for drama or comedy or sci-fi, if it looks good.  When this stuff started, I was cautiously excited; Marvel had a pretty shaky track record, in other media.  I really liked Iron Man and looked forward to the rest.  I loved CA TFA, except for the rather rushed feeling of the third act.  I was okay with Thor, less so with Incredible Hulk.  From there, the more I watched and the more it felt the "same," the less enthusiastic I was.  I went from Going to the theater when they came out to buying them on dvd, when they came out, to watching them when I could, for free.  Ant-Man turned out to be a surprise, as it had a sense of fun to it that I felt was missing from most of the other films.  Guardians had it, in the character interplay and it made terrific use of music, though the storytelling is so-so.  I loved Thor"  Ragnarok because it was fun and impactful; funny when it was okay, serious when required.

TV does allow for more character development and for building the story.  If they had been able to do Captain America, in WW2, over 8-10 episodes, I would have been over the moon.  That would have felt more organic, leading into his freezing and emerging in the modern world.

One big problem I have pinpointed with these things for me is fight choreography. It's a problem with a lot of superhero material, in the comics and on screen.  Too much time seems to be spent on a cool shot or pose, rather than telling a story via the battle.  It's the same thing that pulled me away from being a pro wrestling fan.  Good matches and good movie fights have a story to them, there is an ebb and flow.  Everything on screen should mean something.  Look at the fight between Robert Shaw and Sean Connery, in From Russia With Love.  It's brutal, but it isn't a flurry of kicks and punches.  There are moves and counter moves; but, there is also selling of the impact of the move.  The selling is part of the drama and sets the emotional tone of the fight.  Same in pro wrestling.  It's why Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat matches were so perfect.  They knew how to make every little movement, every expression, every stance have meaning.  They didn't do 10 moves in 8 seconds.  They did two in 10 seconds and got more crowd response than entire matches, these days.  Same with many of the fights we see in these.  There is a lot of rapid punching and kicking and blasting.  There is often no rhyme or reason why one person is more powerful at one point and weaker at another.  It's not every film or every scene; but, the Avengers films have suffered from it more than the solos, to my mind.  That's what feels like a video game; just a lot of bodies punching each other.  Here and there you get more impactful moments; but, not consistently.  I do think the Russos did a pretty good job of establishing the stakes, to give the fights more resonance; but, I do think the very nature of so many characters on screen lessened the impact of some of the fighting.  The rapid pace of modern editing is also a big contributor to these things, where a simple fight sequence might have 10-15 cuts, vs 4 or 5.  If Bruce Lee had that kind of editing in his films, his fights would have been 10 seconds long.

I haven't cared as much for the last few Marvel movies, with Black Panther being the exception.

Of course I was going to see it. Drove 3 hours to see it with my bro.

I was surprised they didn't screw it up.

Was wondering about the whole Death angle. In the comics I always thought that part was incredibly stupid. I suppose this is better.

Thanos' motivation here was good and gave him more depth.

Didn't care for the Steve Rogers version here.

Hoping they have Mar-Vell be a player in the next chapter, which I've heard he'll at least make a cameo.

We'll see if the next chapter can interest me in the character being alluded to or not.

Yeah Carol Danvers

She's ok but I've never really warmed up to her as Ms Marvel or have even read or been compelled to read her as Captain Marvel, but, I hate Deadpool in the comics but really liked the movie, so we'll see.

I just saw it with some friends, and I'm a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. It just way too many characters and I've just had a hard time following it for about 20% of the movie. I didn't quite care for Doctor Strange and I felt that they portrayed him too much in this film. I've might be a bit prejudice on it; and sorry about my initial reaction of his presence in this film.

I've heard that Stan Lee was in this film and I'm have to go back and see the film again to see his cameo and I've no idea who he played in this film ... drats! ... Please don't tell me anything about it!

I've didn't care for Captain America in this film ... I read some of the previous posts here and I understand why they did it and I've simply care less what they did to him in this particular film. Sorry about my negativity of Captain America here.

It's a worthy -- put together and not an easy thing to do and they tried their best to have every fan to come home with a good feeling about this film; Thanos was excellent and I've didn't see Guardians of the Galaxy and they were quite good and Groot was an unexpected surprise in this film. This film has so many twists and turns and I'm not really into the Infinity Stones and sadly this is one of my weakest knowledge of Marvel Folklore and I just find it hard to keep track of. That's one of the reasons that this film overwhelmed me in the first place. Film was nearly 3 hours long and that's not enough time to do this film properly. This film is going to one scene to the next and that's why I had a hard time following it -- that's the overwhelmed part of it and the underwhelmed -- is your mind just can't process what happening on the film and that's kind of discouraged into enjoying it.

My Grade C Plus.

Saw the movie this afternoon, and quite liked it. My favorite reaciton to it so far has been Warren Ellis' in his weekly newsletter...



I was pleased enough to return for further interaction with the brand.

-M

I saw it tonight and thought it lived up to the hype, with some caveats. With the amount of screen time they had and the amount of characters they had to include, there was no way that everyone was going to get equal time. If that was your goal, then it would have made a pretty crappy story. So they made a good story and tried to give each character their one-liner or moment in the light, but it was still a story driven by a smaller group of characters, and I thought that was a reasonable compromise.

The salaries for this movie must have been obscene.