I finally saw it last night and I was surprised at how.... bored I was! The pacing was terrible, everything was so long and drawn out. So much of it took place in drab space ship interiors. There were emotional moments for sure, but they somehow lacked all semblance of ‘weight.’ The moments were there, but due to lacking a proper ‘build up’ they didn’t really resonate.
After seeing this I think the Russos are more suited for small scale stuff which they can do well, but for a movie this big their ideas are really lacking. There wasnt even a standout action scene where we got something you couldn’t have imagined before. And somehow even though the story was so big, it felt so ‘zoomed in’ and small.
I did like the finger snap and dust scene and the wasted gauntlet and arm. Did the wakanda battle remind anyone else of TPM?
What I surprisingly liked was the humour. It’s the first marvel movie in a long time where I felt almost all of the humour was actually funny, even among the very serious goings ons. I think they did the GOTG better than Gunn did them as well (though I heard he contributed, so maybe that was him only?)
Also what happened to Scarlet Witch’s accent? Don’t tell me she was undercover... changing your looks is more important like cap and widow did than changing your voice. Which brings me to.... I can’t believe widow is part of the half that lived. But I understand as basically the original team survived, and I’m sure Hawkeye (lol) is out there too just waiting to save the day.
And didn’t they keep saying Hawkeye is in the movie when everyone was making fun of him? They also bold face lied to us saying it’s not a ‘part 1 of 2’
In the end the movie wasn’t as gutsy as I was hoping, nor as imaginative. There’s too many pages to read back here and a lot of them full of filler arguments lol... what’s the general feeling here? Am I in the minority for not being too hot on it? Or is it a generally shared sentiment? Not that it affects my opinion of the film, but just curious.
Oh last complaint - Silvestri utterly failed in the music department. Outside of the reworked theme which is absolutely great and also part of the reason the trailer got me so hyped up, the rest of the music was too bombastic without any real melody or emotion.
A very surprised 6/10
