Truly excellent and quite possibly the ultimate comic book movie experience.

Rating: 9/10 (28 April 2018)

I loved this a lot, I was surprised just how much it really exceeded my expectations and for me I'd have to say it's the best Marvel movie I've seen to date, I don't know how they'll ever possibly top it or indeed how a story could move on and pick up from a world-shattering and heart-breaking event such as the one that occurs at the climax of this movie, but whatever it is I'm sure it will be just as amazing seeing just which direction the Marvel movie universe goes next after this, I'm sure the end is going to be brilliant, and I can't wait to see what the ripples and aftermath of this movie turn out to be in the Mcu. I loved how this film could just as easily make me laugh with its very well-placed tension-breaking humour as well as make me feel sad or scared for the characters, it awed me a whole lot, I was just consistently entertained by it and I was so impressed by how a film with such ceaseless action and such a vast array of characters could work as well as this does without feeling cluttered or overwhelmingly bloated, but they pulled it off big time, this movie deserves all the success and praise it's getting. I loved how beautifully it brought together and combined the stories of the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy without it for a second feeling off or jarring, or anyone compromising who the were as established characters, if anything seeing characters together that I really never thought I would like Rocket Raccoon and Thor sharing such great and easy chemistry, really opened up and broadened them as characters even more. And how they brought to life and expanded upon the long-teased menace of Thanos was just incredible, instead of being a one-note villain who you just hated, they made him like a troubled almost tragic figure who's twisted vision for a better universe had cost him his soul, you really got that it broke what was left of his heart to sacrifice Gamora. They made Thanos truly epic, he got out of that chair and he brought every bit of that galactic wrath down upon our heroes, I mean you kind of knew that they were completely screwed when the Hulk gets trounced in the opening scene! The cgi looked fantastic too, he had as much presence as anyone in the cast, looking all-but completely real. I loved this, Marvel did not stumble at this critical juncture with the movie house of cards they've been stacking for this past ten years, and this one was a fantastic gem that was well worth the wait, my mind was totally blown! Just one little thing though, what the heck happened to the "and this puts a smile on my face" line?! Absolutely brilliant, awesome job guys!