Action-packed popcorn fun

Rating: 9/10 (11 August 2018)

Almost everything just seems to work with the third Avengers installment, and it's a big improvement compared to Age of Ultron.
The various characters play their roles nicely throughout the movie, with ample screentime for almost all of them. A nice accomplishment, considering how many different characters are actually making an appearance.
The pacing felt exactly right to me and even though the movie speeds along rather quickly and there really isn't any character development to speak of beyond what we already know from previous movies, it never felt rushed. We are not working towards something anymore, we are nearing the end.
The action scenes are done very well, emphasizing each character's powers and abilities nicely and quite in detail, with plenty of originality in showing it to us. And the CGI? They outdid themselves; top notch and then some. No messy "big CGI explosion showoff" lazyness here.
With Thanos as a villain, we (finally) have a real villain. Well acted and far from one-dimensional.
I'm glad this time around there wasn't an overabundance of unfunny jokes being crammed into every possible scene. Still, not all the jokes/humor landed for me, which continues to turn certain characters into caricatures of themselves.
All in all, not flawless, but nitpicking at this point would be nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking. For what it's supposed to be, this movie did almost everything right. And most importantly: it was an entertaining ride from start to finish. 9/10