As good as it gets for an MCU film

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2018)

I had my worries going into this movie, as I know from experience that too much hype usually ends up with an empty feeling of what could have been. The Last Jedi for example.
But in short, this movie was everything and more than I could have hoped for. The scale of characters, the visuals and the truthfulness to previous plot points was perfectly balanced. As all things should be.
Thanos is an absolute monster in this film, and while I disagree on Marvel stating that he may be our generation's equivalent of Darth Vader, he is definitely THE heavyweight of the MCU.
I'm usually not the overly emotional movie-goer, but I caught myself shedding tears twice in the third act, which emphasizes the potent writing and vision from Feige, the Russos and Markus + McFeely.
The humour is near perfect, with a single joke from Drax being a little off. Otherwise the humour doesn't feel misplaced, especially with the Guardians providing a lot of great comic relief.
Most importantly, this movie gives the MCU what it has needed for 18 movies now: Consequence. When a movie like "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" or "Guardians of the Galaxy", you think that a character is killed off, but then revived in the end of the movie. Civil War had hints of consequence for the main characters, but not anything spectacular. This, however, has consequence written all over it. The first 10 minutes is a clear sign of what kind of movie to expect.

I was fortunate enough to watch this movie in IMAX, which I recommend everyone with intentions of watching this movie to do.
I'm giving this movie 10/10 all because it has been able to live up to the massive hype and at the same time delivering an evil, dark, funny, but at the same time self-aware movie. And most importantly: Everything's at stake.