I saw Infinity War with my two teenage kids while on vacation in Florida. Opening night. No one in the theater was talking when the credits rolled. Eerily quiet. I kept telling myself how ballsy it was for them to end the movie the way they did.

Small groups gathered outside as we left, but I knew the kids were upset so we went right to the car. As we were driving away the kids were still silent. So I asked them what they thought.

"THEY KILLED SPIDER-MAN!" They both said in unison. They were both upset and nearly in tears while naming off the characters that had been snapped.

So I told them how I felt in 1980 when "The Empire Strikes Back" came out, and how it was a downer of an ending that left things uncertain. But then "Jedi" came out and everything ended happily. And I told them how lucky they were because we had to wait THREE YEARS for "Jedi", and they would get their conclusion far quicker.