Most of us mere mortals must wait until Thursday to see Avengers: Infinity War, but a select few blessed Marvel fans got to see the movie Monday night at its world premiere. While those lucky enough to be in attendance are adhering to the sacred code of silence (no spoilers!), they are free to share their thoughts on the movie. So to help tide the rest of us over until we see Thanos invade Earth in search of some pretty stones, we gathered up the first reactions to the film.

Let’s kick things off with a tweet from director Kevin Smith, who seemed to be, let’s just say, impressed.

I am overwhelmed. The movie is epic beyond compare. LOVED it. My legs are still shaking. It’s a gigantic @Marvel masterpiece. So much to say but I’ll stay Silent Bob til Monday so as not to slip in spoilers. Suffice to say it’s gonna be a looooong year until @Avengers 4… pic.twitter.com/aHnsgj5MK0

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) April 24, 2018

But he was far from the only one.

#InfinityWar was an impossibly huge, breathtaking blockbuster. Amazing action, more laughs than you'd expect, and A WHOLE LOT that you won't see coming.

Marvel fans, rest assured, you're gonna have fun.

— Tom Jorgensen (@Tom_Jorgensen) April 24, 2018

#AvengersInfinityWar is my second fave @Marvel movie after #BlackPanther. The superhero interplay is hilarious and surprising at every turn. The action is monumental. And there are actual stakes this time around. Kevin Feige is not f-cking around with this one.

— Nigel Smith (@nigelmfs) April 24, 2018

One of the best films I’ve ever seen. I am emotionally drained. #InfinityWarPremiere

— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) April 24, 2018

EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES!!! Like you’ve never imagined! Spectacular! Phenomenal! AVENGERS INFINITY WAR is the best yet! Not even close. The greatest super hero battles ever put to film!!

— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) April 24, 2018

To see Infinity War on the largest IMAX screen in the world was amazing. This film is truly the most successfully orchestrated large scale comic book movie. Period. The only times I was taken out of the film was when I was musing about how brilliantly it was done. pic.twitter.com/dzlCmraf06

— HᴀʙᴇʀTᴡᴇᴇᴛsâ„¢ 🔥🔜 @officialanime414 (Milwaukee!) (@ToddHaberkorn) April 24, 2018

Infinity WOW! #InfinityWar. Lots of payoffs. Stay till the very END. That’s all I’m saying. pic.twitter.com/ch7adyFK21

— Brian Tong (@briantong) April 24, 2018

I haven’t tweeted my thoughts about #InfinityWar because I don’t want to spoil anything! It was A LOT, but a really great ride. Just see it, and when you do ZIP IT 🤐 pic.twitter.com/FiwvVGGQDe

— Maude Garrett ➡️ SDCC (@maudegarrett) April 24, 2018

#Avengers #InfinityWar: Wow. Just…WOW! I was NOT expecting THIS! What a ballsy movie! Blown away! See this NOW! Do not get spoiled! Can’t believe what I just saw!!!! pic.twitter.com/dITeGTHTsu

— Jenna Busch-Henderson (@JennaBusch) April 24, 2018

Holy Hell. Avengers: Infinity War is the real deal. Was left breathless sitting in the theater. Real consequences, stunning moments, awesome character interaction, and some BIG and often devastating surprises. Oh, and Thanos is terrifying and amazing. Damn. pic.twitter.com/WWhsT12GTa

— Eric Eisenberg (@eeisenberg) April 24, 2018

Emotionally, narratively, visually, Avengers: Infinity War a very impressive piece of entertainment and storytelling. Somehow, it left me exhausted and excited at the same time. pic.twitter.com/YPICbbNNyQ

— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) April 24, 2018

Our Editor-in-Chief Rachel Heine knows that brevity is the soul of wit.

Infinity War is insane. That’s all I’m going to say.

— Rachel Heine ✨ (@RachelHeine) April 24, 2018

Or maybe she just didn’t want us to know she got a little teary-eyed.

Pretty sure @RachelHeine and I broke down in tears at the same point in #AvengerInfinityWar. Bring tissues, yall!

— Joshua Yehl (@JoshuaYehl) April 24, 2018

Marvel has been begging people not to spoil the movie, but we’re ready to turn off social media for the next few days considering how much people keep talking about the crazy ending.

Avengers Infinity War is a colossal high impact action movie with lots of great humor and a spectacularly unpredictable ending. Brolin is excellent. Avoid spoilers.

— N O S â‹Š Ɔ I á´š á´š ÆŽ á—¡ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) April 24, 2018

Another thing: I've been reviewing films for decades now, and I have never heard an audience react to the end of a film like the #InfinityWar audience reacted tonight. It was an astonishing experience. (And it's another reason I want to see the film again in a packed house.)

— Tasha Robinson (@TashaRobinson) April 24, 2018

*stares forward with haunted eyes*

— AB (@AlannaBennett) April 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/JoelleMonique/status/988691465948758016

#InfinityWar is mostly great, somehow managing to mix all the elements of the MCU into one big mix-tape of fun, thrills, emotion… and despair. The ending is brilliant.

— Scott Collura (@ScottCollura) April 24, 2018

As far as the extensive cast of characters go, Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy seemed to rank among people’s favorites.

Thanos is the main character of #AvengersInfinityWar and Josh Brolin is great. But the best pairing in this movie is Thor + the Guardians and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

— Terri Schwartz (@Terri_Schwartz) April 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/LauInLA/status/988658257269899266

MVPs: Thanos!!! Thor, most of the Guardians, Peter Parker, best ending of any Marvel movie, possibly the best end credits scene of any marvel movie. Cons: Cg villains other than Thanos, teenage Groot, not enough black panther leads.

— /Film (@slashfilm) April 24, 2018

Of course, not everyone was totally happy with every part of the film. Some critics found that Infinity War didn’t totally stand on its own (which makes the wait for the follow-up film even tougher to bear). Others still lamented that it was maybe a little too big in terms of its ambition.

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR has like ten legit "chill down the spine" great moments. But it's for sure the first half of a two part movie and I left a little unsatisfied/frustrated, maybe by design … at least that's how I feel right now three hours later.

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) April 24, 2018

#AvengersInfinityWar: Despite some truly thrilling moments, feels like less than the sum of its parts. A definite step down after that epic run of GotGV2 / Spidey / Thor 3 / Black Panther, but what else did I expect?

— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) April 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/jordanzakarin/status/988727963238662144

#InfinityWar may be the most expensive Hollywood movie ever designed to mess with its audience. People sure are going to sit through a lot of credits!

— erickohn (@erickohn) April 24, 2018

INFINITY WAR is exhausting. *Exhausting.* It all just turned into noise for me after a while. But the amazing ending almost made up for the rest of it. And Thanos is a good, sad villain.

— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) April 24, 2018

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR: A movie version of a massive comic-book crossover, for better (fun character interactions) and worse (it's pretty much all Infinity Stone shenanigans). YMMV. #avengersinfinitywar

— Matt Singer / mattsinger.bsky.social (@mattsinger) April 24, 2018

When those are the “harshest” reactions, Marvel has probably done something right. Now how long do the rest of us have to wait to see it? A couple days? Okay, we can do this.

What do you make of this first reactions? What are you most excited about now? Tell us in the comments below.

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