Today takes us to war... infinite war... Thanos is coming.  He hungers for the Infinity Stones. With them, he can bring "balance" to the universe... and it's up to The Avengers to stop him... This movie is essentially one battle scene after the other, with bits of story within it.  There are a lot of story threads to follow- possibly too many.  To be honest, I don't remember too many of them- though I do have say that Thor's story line was my favorite.  It was exciting and emotional, and fun, and intense. The characters are great... but are unfortunately diluted due to how much they're trying to pack into this movie.  Once again, the ones that stood out for me were those taking part in Thor's character arc- Thor, Loki, Hulk/Banner, Groot, Rocket.  The others... once again- I don't remember much of the others.  This is a shame since the other characters are generally just as enjoyable. Where this movie shines really, is the spectacle. ...

Twenty one movies, more than a decade of cinematic history, and dozens of characters and story arcs. And it all comes down to one movie. How is this possible? How could something so massive actually pay off in a satisfying way? Clearly Anthony and Joe Russo asked themselves this question when they took on the films Infinity War and Endgame. Then they probably uttered "fuck it" and went ahead and made them. And I'm glad they did.

The times they are a changing, as Warner Bros and Universal Studios look to shorten the length of time a film plays in theatres, in favour of a quicker jump to digital and the home market.  When I was a wee lad, it wasn't unusual for a movie to stick around our local cinema for weeks, even months. I remember Raiders of the Lost Ark playing in town for 30 to 40 weeks - that's seven or eight months! The last movie I remember getting such a long theatrical run was Titanic, which played for almost a year.