Freezing Thoughts

Avengers Endgame is the culmination of 11 years of story-telling about a fictional universe that feels very real. Being a big fan of the franchise, this movie is a major closure for me; the end of not just a phase of MCU, but a chapter of my own life. I’ve often seen eyebrows rise when people see how enthusiastic I get while talking about Marvel heroes. It takes some introspection on my part to realize why it meant so much to me.  The first superhero movie I ever watched was Batman and Robin (1997). It features in almost every top-5 list of worst superhero movies! But then 10 wasn’t a great age either, so guess it didn’t matter. The 2000s were ok, with Spider-Man, X-Men and Dark Knight making things better. We realize as we grow up that things are rarely perfect in the world. So when you accidentally watch a near-perfect movie (for the genre) about some imperfect people trying to do the right thing for an imperfect world, it makes you sit up and take notice. That was Avengers in 20