Stan Lee; Wagner; Raganarok...

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2019)

Avengers Endgame. This was the first time I've seen one of these blockbusters in a cinema and the difference - with the latest digital sound and vision - is remarkable. As I watched the unfolding of this three hour of whizz bangs groans and creaks and blasts I was reminded of A S Byatt, which rather surprised me. Ragnarok of course, but it was the underlying Powysian magic of Byatt that led me to seeing something of Wagner, too. I know this sounds pretentious but I am merely giving my thoughts an hour or so after seeing this in the cinema.This is epic and grand mythmaking, and the film thrilled me more than I can say. As a fan of myths, opera, SF and wild fantasy it poured into my head with relentless pleasure.