Wildly entertaining. I'm just not sure where superhero movies go from here

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2017)

"Wildly entertaining" is a fair summary, really. But here's the thing: dialing up the cartoon violence or infantile humor or detached irony has a downside. This movie spends so much time winking at the camera and making fun of itself that you start to wonder why you are even watching. It's as masturbatory as the jokes themselves. Granted, you remember why you are there every time you laugh your ass off (which happens frequently). But I'm not sure where this franchise or superhero movies in general go from here. At some point, storytellers have to care if they want audiences to care. Still...I'd watch it again in a heartbeat.