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  4. The "I need to vent" thread

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    I don't know if it's available in Canada, but Trifexis is the best anti-flea/anti-heartworm medicine I've ever bought. My two dogs have been taking it for years and I haven't seen a single flea on them since. And trust me, there's no shortage of them in this humid hellhole.

  16. Captain America 3

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    What I liked:

     


    --Spider-Man: Holy hell, was he ever amazing. (Pun fully intended)  The raw innocence and inexperience of his character, combined with the good-natured quipping made him the highlight of the movie for me.
    --The airfield fight scene: The movie was worth the price of admission for this alone.
    --Black Panther: I cannot wait to see where they take his character.
    --Wanda and Vision: The teasing of their eventual relationship was well done.
    --Ant-Man: I haven't seen Ant-Man yet, but now I want to.  He was highly entertaining.

    What I didn't like:

     


    --YOU KILLED [INSERT NAME HERE], IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT x 238792: Jesus Christ...can someone explain why they COMPLETELY glossed over the fact that every time the Avengers were in these huge battles that they were SAVING THE FUCKING WORLD???  What the fuck, did everyone have short-term memory loss (including Tony and Steve)?  If it wasn't for the Avengers, none of them would be there right now.  Period.  Yes, people died.  That's obvious.  It's going to happen when massive citywide or country-wide battles occur.  Would these people rather have been conquered/slaughtered by Loki or Ultron?  That irked the everloving shit out of me the entire movie and it caused me to remove an entire star from my grade.
    --This wasn't a "Captain America" movie.  The first two in the Cap trilogy?  Absofuckinglutely.  But this one didn't focus on Cap enough to make it an actual Captain America film.  There were too many things going on with Panther, Tony's guilt crisis, Vision/Wanda, Tony recruiting Spider-Man, on and on.  Minor gripe, perhaps, but still annoying.
    --Black Widow: Continuing the trend of just sticking her as a pseudo-love interest with another male character in lieu of actually doing anything noteworthy.  What are the future prospects for this character?
    --How did Tony live after the final battle?  Steve shoved that shield straight into the arc reactor.  He should be dead as hell.  Especially given that they are out in the middle of Bumfuck, Siberia.  Who rescued him?
    --Isn't Bucky's arm vibranium?  How did Tony blast the fucking thing off with an energy beam?

    Overall, I did enjoy it and I'll probably get the DVD.  But it definitely had flaws, and I still say Winter Soldier blew it out of the water.