Hot no-spoiler take: it was a fine action flick. It hit too many predictable beats to make me really happy. It certainly didn't waste my money, but I don't feel like this will be one of those movies I come back to, down the line, to relive the moment.

I can understand that perspective.

I really, really enjoyed it. I won't call it the pinnacle of the medium or anything. Mostly, I agree that it was just a fine action flick, taken solely on its own. With the context of the MCU as a whole, and as the culmination of a decade and twenty something other movies, it was damn near pitch perfect for me. I wish we got some more fleshed out character arcs, but the ones we saw finish in this film were great, I think.

Yeah, I had to spend the last 4 hours before the movie not drinking a drop of anything and then pee right before it started.

All you hamsters... I don't get it.

Are you sure you're not part California Redwood or something? You don't sound like a human being your age.

Yeah, Claude hired actors for his kids and he is actually in his early thirties.

Shh. I stopped aging a few centuries back, but nobody's supposed to know.

This literally means that the "Louis Wu is old" jokes are way funnier because they are mega hyper true.

Yeah, I had to spend the last 4 hours before the movie not drinking a drop of anything and then pee right before it started.

All you hamsters... I don't get it.

Are you sure you're not part California Redwood or something? You don't sound like a human being your age.

Yeah, Claude hired actors for his kids and he is actually in his early thirties.

Shh. I stopped aging a few centuries back, but nobody's supposed to know.

Yeah, I had to spend the last 4 hours before the movie not drinking a drop of anything and then pee right before it started.

All you hamsters... I don't get it.

Are you sure you're not part California Redwood or something? You don't sound like a human being your age.

Yeah, Claude hired actors for his kids and he is actually in his early thirties.

Meanwhile I’ve seen Batman & Robin four times.

You’re a broken human being.

To be fair, three of those were back-to-back, while he was strapped to a chair with mechanical devices holding his eyes open.

I WAS CURED ALRIGHT

Yeah, I had to spend the last 4 hours before the movie not drinking a drop of anything and then pee right before it started.

All you hamsters... I don't get it.

Are you sure you're not part California Redwood or something? You don't sound like a human being your age.

Meanwhile I’ve seen Batman & Robin four times.

I greatly enjoy that movie too.

I’ve seen Batman & Robin four times.

I had a girlfriend who liked that movie. I'm not saying that was a deal-breaker, but I should have read it as a sign.

Meanwhile I’ve seen Batman & Robin four times.

You’re a broken human being.

To be fair, three of those were back-to-back, while he was strapped to a chair with mechanical devices holding his eyes open.

Meanwhile I’ve seen Batman & Robin four times.

You’re a broken human being.

Meanwhile I’ve seen Batman & Robin four times.

Yeah, I had to spend the last 4 hours before the movie not drinking a drop of anything and then pee right before it started.

All you hamsters... I don't get it.

How did you handle long-distance car trips?

(Less than 6 hours, you weren't allowed to ask for stops. Pretty much the driving range of the car (350 highway miles @ ~60mph) was what you could expect in terms of bathroom breaks. You get used to it.)

You don’t understand. All the industry screenings don’t allow food. So when I go see a movie and pay for it, I take full advantage and go in there with a hot dog, a popcorn, and icee, and a coke. That can last 2 hours no prob. But man after three it gets painful.

MAXIMUM NOISE!

(Nico tried to sneak in a super-crinkly bag of chips, which he planned to use to make as much noise as possible each time tritone trombones were played to signify deep meaning in the action. He was disappointed that he wasn't able to get the bag inside the theater, but pleasantly surprised by the overall music quality of the movie (relative to recent Marvel blockbusters).)

I discovered, last night, that when a movie is 3 hours long, you have a pretty good sense when a 'solution' is going to fail - if the heroes do something amazing at 60 minutes in, you can pretty much count on it failing. I guess what that means is, I was insufficiently immersed in the story.

Hot no-spoiler take: it was a fine action flick. It hit too many predictable beats to make me really happy. It certainly didn't waste my money, but I don't feel like this will be one of those movies I come back to, down the line, to relive the moment.

Yeah, I had to spend the last 4 hours before the movie not drinking a drop of anything and then pee right before it started.

All you hamsters... I don't get it.

How did you handle long-distance car trips?

(Less than 6 hours, you weren't allowed to ask for stops. Pretty much the driving range of the car (350 highway miles @ ~60mph) was what you could expect in terms of bathroom breaks. You get used to it.)

You don’t understand. All the industry screenings don’t allow food. So when I go see a movie and pay for it, I take full advantage and go in there with a hot dog, a popcorn, and icee, and a coke. That can last 2 hours no prob. But man after three it gets painful.

Yeah, I had to spend the last 4 hours before the movie not drinking a drop of anything and then pee right before it started.

All you hamsters... I don't get it.

How did you handle long-distance car trips?

(Less than 6 hours, you weren't allowed to ask for stops. Pretty much the driving range of the car (350 highway miles @ ~60mph) was what you could expect in terms of bathroom breaks. You get used to it.)

Nothing is 6 hours away. Actually, São Paulo is, but why would we ever drive there?

I do have a very small bladder, though. Literally failed a class once because they wouldn't let me go the bathroom midtest without handing it out. The cold and oversized drinks definitely don't help.

I could be completely dehydrated, but as soon as my ass hits a movie theater seat, I immediately have to pee.