and its also interesting how previous movie setups are now paying off; we've switched from payoffs to comic book nerds to payoff to fans of the MCU...it really is a UNIVERSE now.

The Russos made it look easy and even with it's genre flaws its surprising how much they made it work..








**SPOILERS**





This movie was as overstuffed as anything as we've seen with 12 heros plus side characters jokeying around...but their sense of pacing (and a kick ass editor) made everyone feel like they got their time to shine. It's why it feels leaner then BvsS and even Ultron (notice how more fleshed out and real Wanda felt here in comparison to there)

And while it suffers from the generic comic book badguy problem the genius is when the plot shows all its cards in the final confrontation it wasnt about world domination cliches but earned revenge. You had all the characters, badguy included, equal in the feels. Shit involved missles and robot arms, but its the kind of final confrontation you couldda had in a close knit thriller.

Its why the last battle hit so hard even though it had 1/5th of the theatrics of the airport battle royale.