I haven't written a lot about the Marvel movies here, but I have seen almost all of them at this point (still need to catch up with Spider-Man: Homecoming and Ant-Man ), plus I've spent most of my life reading Marvel Comics, so I'm as invested as anyone in these films. But for a while, circa Captain America: Civil War , I was starting feel over it all, and interest in future films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was waning. Then I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — loved it— Thor: Ragnarok — loved it— Black Panther — loved it—and now Infinity War — loved it. So, I think I'm back on board, as we rush headlong towards the MCU's endgame. Here are just a few random thoughts regarding Infinity War . There are plenty of good critical analyses of the film online, but I'm not interested in writing one of those right now. I see the film's (many) flaws, but for this piece I'm just going to discuss some aspects of the film that worked for me,...
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