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Posit: most of the satisfaction of "Infinity War" relies upon an audience already knowing the characters. "Ragnarok" does too to a certain extent, but also stands on its own as an excellent film. Whether or not a film stands alone isn't necessarily the most important criterion objectively; and of course "Infinity War" is explicitly not supposed to do so. But for me, it's a crucial criterion and one that significantly affects my appreciation of a film, because it takes a lot to make a work of art capable of standing alone and I feel that. (Kind of like there's a big difference between writing a deeply moving Harry Potter fanfic, and actually creating the character of Harry Potter that spawned those thousand fics.) I mean, also Ragnarok was more fun, as others have noted... and when it comes to superhero movies I'll take fun over "moving" most times, because superhero movies are just not as deeply moving to me as great realist artworks like "Lawrence" or "Zhivago" or "Painted Veil" - but they're a heck of a lot more fun. Working to the medium's strength. But it's def interesting to hear your thoughts about why you chose the other movie!

I'm mostly just annoyed my fave is losing I did think Infinity War had some serious overstuffing problems, but it's not in any way a *bad* movie, enjoyed it too. I just think Ragnarok was a stronger, more cohesive film.

Thor Ragnarok is my #1 MCU. Very sad if it loses to overstuffed, overhyped, unfinished "Infinity War"

OMG, I forgot about the "Watchmen" movie