Loved the film and hated it at the same time......

Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2018)

As of this writing over 800 reviews have already been submitted so I'm going to try and not rehash what anyone else may have said.
First, they killed off Loki and Heimdall in the first few minutes of the film. From what I've already seen and read their characters will not be returning to the MCU. I'm not too happy about that but that's showbiz folks.
The film was an exciting, thrilling, edge of your seat, in your face roller coaster ride cinematic feast. The CGI was exceptional except for Thanos. He still looked like something out of CGI's earlier days before it was perfected. How they could get that so wrong and unrealistic I have no idea. I've seen games on my grandsons' PS4 that look more realistic than Thanos did.
This particular Avengers' story was fought on three battle fronts so all the characters were never in one place where they could meet one another and hang out. No down time in this movie. Obviously, I expected too much. Mr. Purple (Thanos) seemed to get more screen time than did our real life heroes.
The ending though was unbelievably shocking that I never saw coming because I don't read comics and never did growing up. So, yeah, I'm a little out of the loop but I can still love and appreciate the films. I'm sure someone has already spilled the beans but I won't. I'll just say hold back the tears and grit your teeth because you won't see it coming. I walked out of the theater repeating to myself, "are you kidding me, I can't believe this" over and over to myself. Now I've got to wait till 2019 to find out what happens. Well, I hope I'm still here being an older fan.
Of course, all of the carnage and the impending fate of our super heroes probably wouldn't have happened if Thor had just cut off the arm that Thanos had the gauntlet on, or chopped off his purple head. But Marvel Studios wants some more of our hard-earned money fans so we have to wait for part two, which is why I only gave a rating of 8. This is a great Avengers film, the best yet, but it has a very disappointing heart-wrenching cliffhanger. Instead of closure and the defeat of Thanos Marvel gives its fans shock and awe with a bittersweet twist to be continued.
Oh, and yes there were a lot of funny moments, though not nearly enough as Thor Ragnarok.