Oh, subtlety? That died in 2010 when people were all “BUT DID THE TOP FALL OR NOT?”  Now everything has to be spoonfed or people revolt.

I know I, for one, had the same read of the Hammer scene in Age of Ultron. So it’s not like it’s some out-there theory.

- Shouldn’t they just turn up the juice on his cell instead of having him come out of it to his electric chair?

“The “really right” answer is that if you are hooked on the darned rat as a sign that this is a bad film, then you went in looking for flaws rather than to be engaged by the film, and your opinion can be safely discounted.”

Rats get in places.  That’s what they do.

I mixed it around; my bad.

Also, I may be remembering wrong, but wasn’t Okoye originally NOT on the poster, and people made a whole “Why the fuck isn’t Okoye on the poster?” so they made a new poster with her on it.  Like, perhaps that should have been a sign to manage one’s expectations to her involvement.

Thanos made the mistake of getting the undercarriage wash for the gauntlet.

I don’t think you really can make a “Movie 22 works fine without seeing any of the previous 21”, at least one that’s also satisfying to the people who saw the previous 21.

It’s funny, I also watched the critically lauded and multiple-Oscar-nominated Cold War this weekend and... I swear, if you made a satire of “Important European Arthouse Cinema” it would be almost indistinguishable.  It’s got everything: black and white cinematography, romance that’s doomed completely due to emotional…

And she and Captain Marvel are the two whose powers came directly from the stones...

I remember one interview with the Doctor Strange writers where they basically said, “Every choice we can make will piss some people off, so taking that as unavoidable, what’s the most interesting choice we can make?”

I saw someone come up with some statistics that out of 7 billion, the deaths that were caused in post-snap collateral damage would be largely rounding error of the 50%.

It is fortunate that, not knowing the rules of the Soul Stone, they sent the two Avengers who would be most willing to die for each other at the drop of a hat.

They meant Peter Quill, I think.

Rewatching the party scene, you can also see it as Steve playing it like, “Oh, it moved a little! I don’t want to embarrass anyone else, I’ll just pretend I can’t either.”

I can’t figure out how to get rid of that.

He’s also ONE payment away from paying off the mortgage.

True.  It’s a nice nod to the comics, but at its core, it’s a meaningless moment that only gains gravitas because Karl Urban is able to bring some.

One of the great things about the movie is how it never puts Uncle Ben or “with great power” in the text, but all of the choices are infused with that.  It knows we know, and trusts that we get it.