Over the past decade and a few years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has built an empire that goes far beyond its monetary value. With its numerous superheroes and one of its kind storytelling, Marvel has brought together a truly cosmopolitan community of fans together, who despite their many differences speak the common language of “Avengers Assemble”.
Last Friday, on 26th April saw the worldwide release of Avengers Endgame, the movie that is being called the conclusion to the first phase of the MCU Avengers series and the last film by the Russo brothers. And even before crossing one week of its release, the movie has broken all types of Box Office records. Fans from all over the world are watching and re-watching the film like crazy and Kolkata is no exception. But amidst all the hullaballoo of emotional fans and their experiences of this movie, one particular movie-going experience put forward on social media by a fan in Kolkata is touching the hearts of people, both inside the Marvel fandom and outside it.
The post has already gone viral and people seem to be really moved by this story. According to Biswas, the two friends, who are being identified as Anthony and Joe, were not comfortable with having themselves clicked and hence there are no photos of this exemplary pair of friends. However, the fact remains that the compassion and empathy that this man showed towards his friend, without claiming any seat at the moral high horse is something no less than a super-heroic deed in itself. With Marvel and Avengers, Stan Lee tried to create exactly this vision of a world and it would not be an exaggeration to say that had he been here, he would have been extremely proud.
