ANYWAY! The movie was awesome! And by the end of it, I was like, "Yes! I forgive Marvel! I am a full-fledged MCU fan again, there is hope for the future, everything will be okay. My summer is all bright and happy again, and I'm going to go have a really great day cleaning up my house and busting out a bunch of chores."
This is the spot where you stop reading if you haven't watched the movie. Okay? For reals. After this picture, there are possible SPOILERS.
Because then I watched the stinger. And now I have gone from being angry and frustrated with the MCU, thanks to Avengers: Infinity War: Part One (2018) to being disgusted with the MCU filmmakers. Again with the emotional manipulation! I was happy, I was cheerful, and then you just killed all the joy I'd filled up on, and now... I'm bitter and annoyed.
I talked in my post on IW about how I need a solid dose of happiness in my superhero movies. It's why I shy away from the DC movies -- they're dark and morose and have a very pessimistic vibe to them. In fact, I haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises yet because The Dark Knight was too disturbing. It's just a thing with me, I guess -- if I want to be sad, I'll watch a tragedy like Hamlet. I don't watch superhero movies when I want to be sad. I watch them for a jolt of actiony happiness. I'll try explaining this more fully sometime, but I think it ties in to how I don't like dark and broody Robin Hoods either. I need cheerful Robin Hoods. I need superheroes where the world gets better by the end of the film, not worse.
So yeah, this is kind of a rant. Because I was ready to leave the theater pumped up and ready to go fix our broken bathroom faucet and do all kinds of great stuff, and now I'm feeling bitter and depressed, and you know what? I JUST GOT OVER THE FUNK THAT INFINITY WAR PUT ME INTO! I'M SICK OF THE FUNK.
I'm going to see this tonight with the siblings, so I'll give you my thoughts once I get back! :-)
ReplyDelete(I'm sorry you're feeling depressed :-/ *sends hugs and chocolate*)
Jessica, sounds like a fun night out!
Delete(I'm feeling better now. I watched the Thor and Loki fanvid I posted a while back like 5 times in a row, and that helped greatly. But thanks! Hugs and chocolate help too.)
Glad you're feeling better!
DeleteI still need to watch the first one, but I'm looking forward to these ones.
ReplyDeleteSkye, I only just saw the first one like a year or so ago, as I'd missed it in the theater. It was a fun romp, and so is this one.
DeleteSo you did like this Ant-man and the Wasp movie, right?
ReplyDeleteMy wife says we're going to it. The average, sometimes bungling guy, superhero is what appeals to me about this one. We liked the first one. So this is a superhero movie I think I could enjoy--probably not as much as the Incredibles 2, but maybe.
Stanley, yes! I did. Because I have personal issues with Infinity War, I was annoyed by the mid-credits extra scene, but the movie itself was great fun. I hope you like it too!
DeleteI feel out of the loop here - I don't watch DC films for the same reason - when I watch superhero movies I'm not looking for gritty realism (I'm waiting for DC to debut a new hero called Cap'n Bringdown). Which is why I love the Marvel movies. But everybody seems so bummed about the end of Infinity War - my take is just "hmm, how will our heroes get out of this one?" Because I just know that most of those folks aren't gone forever (hey, some of them have sequels to film).
ReplyDeleteBlakeney, yeah... my best friend absolutely loves Infinity War and finds it invigorating. I agree that yeah, there's going to be some way that they resurrect the dusted folks, but... I'm sure that's going to come at the cost of characters I dearly love dying in a more permanent way, so... it's still a downer for me.
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