Was it just me?

Rating: 9/10 (28 April 2018)

"Amazing","best MCU film ever","so good". These are just some quotes from people who saw this summer blockbuster before me. Don't get me wrong, it was amazing and a visual spectacle at that, but was it just me or was it just too much?
Firstly, it's a film you need super human bladder control for, as the mammoth 150 minute feature is so quick paced you will be lost even if you miss even 5 seconds of it, tirelessly trying to keep up with the characters whereabouts. As Thanos causes destruction everywhere he steps foot, it brings all of our favourite heroes together. Special mention to Thanos by the way, easily one of my favourite characters. His primal need for the stones is engrossing and you almost want him to succeed in retracting all of them just to see what madness will happen next. Visually it does live up to the hype, I saw the film in 2D and sort of regret that decision as I was completely blown away.
As for the story line I loved it. However, the sheer amount of avengers/guardians of the galaxy stars crammed in, it felt that there was never enough time to get involved with anyone's story before I was thrown into someone else's.
This installment did not mess about with instant anquish for characters and fans from minute one and showed no signs of slowing down.
One word I would use to describe this film would be futuristic and that's probably my only grumble.
Maybe I'm old fashioned and enjoyed the days when Tony Stark's suit was tinkered away in his man cave and didn't do things only green lantern could. Or even spider man when he didn't have huge mechanical spider legs coming from his back. Or what about the hulk was feared by all and could not be stopped once he was in full smash mode? But maybe I just need to get with the times, as all of them days are far behind us.
All in all it was a glorious mess and it somehow worked. Pulling at my Marvel heart strings towards the end, when Thanos makes his final blow set up perfectly for the second rollercoaster ride that is Infinity War.
With plenty of shocking twists and turns this film gave us a much darker setting but still snuck in the laughs we all crave from Marvel.
Maybe I just need time to let this brave new way of seeing our comic book starlets do their thing settle. I will probably go and see this film again and I am in no way shape or form giving up on MCU. Once the second installment is all said and done, I may regret any criticism I have given; I hope that is the case.
From where I'm sitting at the moment it looks like there is no way out for our dissipated heroes, so lets hope our post credit cry for help can save the day.
Bring on Infinity War 2!