Top Blub Time Machine

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2019)

This is a 182 minute movie... that's 3 hours and a bit in old money. It's a long one. In the first 30 minutes it was threatening to be the slowest start to a movie since three hobbits went on a long walk but it turns a corner and keeps on moving forwards leaving the audience captivated and riveted. By the 2 hour mark we are back to the future past and there wasn't a moment to pop for a toilet break. The packed Cinema had fallen silent with all foodstuffs consumed and everyone glued to the action. This is Marvel on steroids.. Massive cast, stunning visual effects and some great funny dialogue (with very satisfying other movie references) ... there's no typically resounding finale as the action switches to tug gently at the hearts of movie goers who have invested in these characters over the years. There were several teary eyed people in amongst this audience beyond the end-game... I thought they might be tears of tiredness but my initial cynicism was rewarded by a sentimental and charming conclusion. That said I would doubt that this really is the end-game ... but if it was then it was a good one.