The first time I saw this movie I made a big mistake: I saw it in IMAX, and I sat in the center row. With most IMAX offerings you go “Oooo, that was so real!” With this one you go “Wh … what was … what was that?” because the first five minutes alone feel like my country’s boxing hero Manny Pacquiao mistook my head for…

So Fox News just discovered the hard way that their audience actually wouldn’t mind Medicare for all.

All of which makes sense … from a meta standpoint, it’s also the old problem of Superman staying out of Gotham City, only this time it’s more like “The MCU didn’t tell us they were bringing on Thanos so we couldn’t lend them Ghost Rider.” Or, if you like, different writers, different scheds, and sometimes they clash…

Um … nope, that doesn’t sound right. It’s rather hard to root for Big Ahnuld and rather easier to root for Chris Evans, whom many suspect of being a human Golden Retriever.

Pardon for butting in here … I haven’t watched “Agents of SHIELD” but I can already tell you one big problem with this arc, which is WHERE THE HELL WAS THE GHOST RIDER WHEN THANOS’ ARMY WAS POUNDING ON WAKANDA? Surely the Rider’s Penance Stare would’ve stopped Thanos where not even Thor’s Stormbreaker could? Or is the…

Infinity War -- one war, not many. Have mercy on our poor heroes who couldn’t even win one.

Have to disagree here. This is one point where “Winter Soldier” diverges from the 1970s man-in-the-crossfire conspiracy thrillers it’s modeled on, movies like “Three Days of the Condor” that starred Robert Redford.

Sooner or later someone’s gonna use the phrase “feet of clay” in connection with Cap’s inability to compromise. IMHO that phrase isn’t just overused but inappropriate: what we have here is more a matter of stress fractures in steel being pushed beyond its strength.

Okay, maybe not his FIRST act — that would’ve been when he went after Heinz Kruger, the guy who killed Doc Erskine. But yeah, that moment he went AWOL to go save Bucky and the rest of the 107th was the moment Steve well and truly became CAPTAIN AMERICA.

This. Oh yeah, this. The guy isn’t just sweating because he knows bad shit is coming down, he’s sweating at the idea of trying to take down CAPTAIN GODDAMN AMERICA.

Heh. Lots of people have already weighed in, so I’ll use my reply to get in my two bits where they might be read. Is that cheating? Anyway —

In other words, something along the lines of —

Attempt to make superhero grimmer and darker backfires. Sound familiar?

That thing with Thor and the Hulk? Proof positive that the Hulk can hold a grudge. (Stupid Goldilocks hurt Hulk! HULK SMASH STUPID GOLDILOCKS! ... Stupid Goldilocks ... )

Y’know, so many people complain about the suit Cap wore to the Battle of New York ... poor Agent Coulson must be so depressed by now.

IMHO, before the MCU if you mentioned “Marvel Comics” to anyone the first guys they thought of were Spidey and the X-Men — and of the X-Men, Wolverine. That made these guys A-listers. The other guys were B-listers because comics fans would definitely have heard of them, your typical John or Jane Doe not so much. (Cap…

Which “Hulk Smash” scene you mean? That one where Hulk smash puny Loki? That one where Hulk smash puny Thor? That one where Cap talk good to Hulk? Specify!

How come they didn’t go with Shazam-Marvel’s classic costume in this year’s big-budget movie? Of course, it’s nowhere nearly as iconic as Superman’s blue tights with red trunks and cape, but it still looks pretty cool …

Didn’t end with a bang, but a whimper will do just fine. The hell with him.

This? This is nothing. If you can bear it, look for a painting of the Archangel Trump bearing the flaming sword the guards the way back to Eden.