[CONTAINS SPOILERS]
The last time I went to the cinema was to see the previous Avenger's film, which finishes with half the Universe disappearing. This one starts bravely with an extended period of grieving, a bold move for an action movie, then Ant-Man pops up with some chat about the quantum realm and they all go back in time to fix it.
Aside from my inevitable complaints about time travel (see later) it's an OK plot and the pacing is good. The film acknowledges that the magic stones are not worth much attention and instead focuses on the characters. The best of these is Thor, who is always enjoyable. Lots of the other superhero cameos are colourful but rather silly. I don't understand why The Incredible Hulk stays as the hulk other than for a rather poor joke about him not being angry before, and every time I see Thanos's stupid chin it reminds me I'm watching a child's film.
There's a decent attempt to try and explain the rules of time travel. Each time an event in the past is changed it creates a new timeline, leaving the original one unchanged. But by that logic I'm not sure how they actually do change their timeline and defeat Thanos. My other gripe is that when they bring back all the people who disappeared five years ago they come back at the age they were when they disappeared. That's going to be a bit confusing. And what about the people who've remarried and have a new family then their old wife comes back?
At three hours long and a late showing in 3D I was getting rather tired by the end. I'm sure I saw Loki steal a stone at some point and not give it back, presumably I had a little nap while that was going on.
Overall I found this a bit too much. It's a glut, a binge of colourful entertainment which will not stay with you long.
