In the 2010s, nearly every blockbuster film has been a visual-effects-driven fantasy spectacle owned and distributed by a single corporation
The fantasy series’ nihilistic refusal of meaning is the bravest TV finale since ‘The Sopranos’
The infamous line ‘It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism’ was made for this film
The mythic time of comic-book narrative represents a fatal challenge to the film’s transcendent politics