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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

This is going to be a rather short review, because there is very little more to be said about Avengers: Infinity Wars. I’m not really interested in discussing spoiler or fan theories, so rather I’ll can do is give my initial impression. Avengers: Infinity War is the biggest Marvel movie to date; it is by no means the best. It is very reminiscent of the all star epics that dominated the cinema in the 1960; it is, essentially, The Longest Day of Super Hero movies.   While I don’t agree with the popular consensus on the movie (it currently ranked number in fifteen in the IMDB top 250), it is nevertheless a fairly entertaining movie.   The best thing I can say about the Marvel Extended Universe is that they have yet to make a bad movie; even their lesser movies fairly entertaining.  The common criticism surrounding the movie is that it doesn’t stand on its own. NO KIDDING! The movie is not designed be a stand alone movie. The filmmakers are assuming that the audience is well ve