It wasn't X-men or Spiderman or Batman or based on a TV show, or a sequel to something I saw already.   It told an interesting story, had some fun doing it, didn't insult my intelligence nearly at all.  The last movie that was all of the above was... hell, maybe Gravity?

The last big action setpiece was a tad too greenscreeny cartoony, but after so much good stuff before that, I'm willing to be forgiving.

Overall - Best movie of the year so far.

Y'all know it was based on a comic book, right?

I was thinking more Oscar Bluth:

All you need is kills,
lots and lots of killy kills.
Your scoped gun-sight,
goes left, not right,
so just kill!

Disclaimer: if you dislike the tone of a post I make, re-read it in a North/East London accent until it sounds sufficiently playful

Loved it. It's everything we're always asking for movies to be in the show. Sharp, sense of humor, tightly paced, clear and constantly escalating stakes, telling a human story, exploring the concept without belaboring the point, with visual effects serving the story and not the reverse, and an unsexualized female mentor character who doesn't exist solely as a love interest or to go to pieces at the 11th hour just to make the main character seem more heroic by contrast. This is the new gold standard for blockbusters.

They DID put criminals on the front line in WW II, much to the annoyance of the regular troops. It made it seem like fighting for your country was a punishment, so what did that mean to those who signed up?