Watched with my oldest (currently 9) for the first time. Fights, frights, some cussing and smooching, and some good old-fashioned super-heroics / unappreciated self-sacrifice! Everything a growing kid needs!
She was totally delighted that we sneakily let her stay up late to watch it with us, was squealing with glee of the whole thing, and it was very cute and made me and my wife feel witheringly old when we saw she was both comprehending and giggling quietly during all the flirting scenes.
The consensus on this one from reasonable people I respect seems to be "this is dumb garbage" and so let me start by saying: slop my trough and call me a hog, because I couldn't eat enough of this trash.
Things I thought were A Hoot:
- your friend and mine, Vincent Diesel, beefin' around
- Retconning new characters into the big dumb rich tapestry of F&F lore
- Retconning other characters into the retcon
- Jason Mamoa being the…
WIth complete sincerity, this is one of the friendliest and frankest introductions to the idea of death.
