My point is that the MCU is sort of like an emotional Ponzi scheme, where people get drawn in via simple traditional stories (which can be quite good - Winter Soldier was a fun spy thriller) and then get cross marketed to a million other films by cameos and appearances and whatnotAnd again, I’m not noting the quality of the films, I never have, I’m noting the entertainment and appeal of them.
Eventually you get to the point where you can turn out hot garbage like the latest Avengers films and it does’t really matter because everyone has so much invested in these characters that the preestablished emotional payoff makes up for any lack of actual inherent quality to the story, screenplay or cinematography
Maybe that still qualifies as entertainment to you but I went into Infinity War without much context and found it borderline unwatchable
IMO if a film is entertaining it should be able to stand on its own merits