Movies AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Thread v.6

[MMouse]

Im still in shock and still digesting what had happened.

As I was telling my father about this. The action, typical good guy, bad guy stuff isnt what made the movie or at least what I was looking foward to as Ive already exp that enough w/ almost every superhero movie out there.

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But the turn around of events, unexpected outcome, how thanos didnt come off as a typical villain, did it for me.

Dont know about you guys and I could be over analyzing this but Thanos came off as biblical to me as well.

Just like when god in the bible had his reasons to kill a large number of people and/or got people to do his doings, this was very similar to Thanos.

Connecting with stark because of starks willingness to do what ever it takes to save his people. Same with Gamora, he loved her willingness to fight and knew she would be the one to help him in his conquest. Also sparing people with certain traits (the first encounter he had with starlord, and starlord had the balls to stand up to thanos and go as far to kill his loved one to save the universe)

What was mind blown was these nightmares stark had all along were thanos connecting with him. Thanos eventually got stark to bring the stone to him. This was Thanos's doing all along

Very strategic but biblical (Gods doing) as well

 

[MayhemMonkey]

I find any definitive rating for this kind of thing soon after one viewing very tough to give but at the very least I'd say this was an excellent film up there with the best Marvel so far, its more a question of does it finally break into the real original Starwars/LOTR level blockbuster level or not.

Honestly I always felt that in a lot of ways this was a pretty horrible situation for writers having to throw together such a massive amount of characters with so many different tones to them so in that respect I think its a massive success for the Russo's, certainly shows Wheadon up big time in how messy his Ultron became with much less to juggle.

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Spilting the characters up into manageable sub groups was definitely the correct decision but I think was really made to work both by not intercutting between those groups too often(felt like they'd been watching Game of Thrones) and using Thanos to tie all of the stories together effectively.

If I had an issue with the film it would be that the action climax felt a bit too long. I mean it wasn't really that it got repeatitivie as there generally something new happening ever few mins but just the length of it started to feel a bit deadening, films like Return of the Jedi or Two Towers/Return of the King I felt delt with this a bit better throwing in more lulls in the action.

As far as the climax goes I mean yeah it does pretty much garentee a cosmic reset button in the second film but honestly I'm not sure I buy into the "many characters had to die" talk. Just doing that for the sake of it to me feels rather cheap, I mean Vision being "dead dead" would certainly work if that's the case and maybe you could argue Loki from previous films but besides that I'm not seeing the need, good storytelling has tension regardless.

What was very obvious I think though is the choice of characters who were "wiped out", basically the Russo's get to temporarily thin out the crowd and pick out the characters they want to work with in what I'd imagine will be a sequel that gives each more time and has a more conventional structure.

I think Marvel already shits all over Star Wars and LOTR in terms of blockbuster movies

 

[MMouse]

I think Marvel already shits all over Star Wars and LOTR in terms of blockbuster movies

Yes definately as whole and esp after IW has been added to the puzzle, Marvel had just raised the bar when creating a cinmatic universe.

All these other movie franchises should take notes.

 

[IamStryker]

No one can make an objective case for any movie being better than any other. That's not what objective means.
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I don't agree. Movies can be evaluated with objective standards between all of them. This is how great movies can be separated from bad movies. People can like whatever movies they want to like regardless of their quality.

 

[Tiny]

Yes definately as whole and esp after IW has been added to the puzzle, Marvel had just raised the bar when creating a cinmatic universe.

All these other movie franchises should take notes.

They have been taking notes dc especially...







...its just the wrong notes

 

[MMA since 1993]

Haven't read anything about this in the last 3 pages, and i just thought about it.

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is the infinity gauntlet along with the stones still usable? it looked to be burned to a crisp, why was that? i didn't know it could overheat.

 

[minute bull]

Why is Gamorra

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Hey, I liked it. I wasn't super enthused like a lot of people, even random strangers I bumped into, leading into the theater -- so all I really wanted was it to be not-bad. It was safe, but that's not a crime.

I think they nailed Thanos' performance capture and conceptualization, he did some really cool shit; and they really got somewhere with Thor, combining the humor and the pathos the badassery. That penultimate moment with Tony, they got me. I don't really like RDJr's Stark, but I like RDJr a lot and he made me feel feelings. I thought, "Hey, they might just do it right here. How bold." I was like:

Of course they didn't dood it, but yanooooooo.

Visually and structurally it was reminiscent of MAN OF STEEL, which I mean as a compliment. The only things I came closest to not-liking are my typical MCU gripes: the movies never really end and the power levels are prettyprettyprettyprettty-eh conveniently arbitrary. With INFINITY these weren't so very egregious.

What kinda made me laugh is all the CGI-enhanced katas Dr. Strange, Wong, and Scarlet Witch had to sell. Y'all some kung fu mother fuckers, haole.

If anyone needs explanation for the events leading up to this film it's this: Elizabeth Olsen is a blonde playing a redhead called Scarlet. Scarlet is a blonde playing a redhead masquerading as a blonde. Plus lots of brunets and facial hair.

It was pretty long though. I look forward to the one guy whose gonna edit the entire MCU catalog up till now down to about, like, three films.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I think Marvel already shits all over Star Wars and LOTR in terms of blockbuster movies

Marvel certainly shits on the Starwars prequels/sequels and has a few films better than the Hobbit ones, I'v always felt it was a bit self limiting in style relative to the original SW and LOTR films, maybe WInter Solider could have a case as taking more serious aim but besides that I think Infinity War is the first time Marvel has aimed to that level.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Haven't read anything about this in the last 3 pages, and i just thought about it.

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is the infinity gauntlet along with the stones still usable? it looked to be burned to a crisp, why was that? i didn't know it could overheat.

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I would guess that its been somehow downgraded in power from the level were Thanos basically has control of the entire universe to a level were he can potentially be confronted to reverse its effects in the sequel

 

[IamStryker]

You just can’t accept that someone thinks it’s a bad movie? I have seen every MCU movie and don’t like the Avengers. I never said GOW didn’t have similarities to TLOU by the way. You take this shit too seriously.

Saying you didn't enjoy it and trying to claim it's bad are two different things.

 

[MMouse]

They have been taking notes dc especially...







...its just the wrong notes

<Lmaoo><Lmaoo>

 

[MayhemMonkey]

Marvel certainly shits on the Starwars prequels/sequels and has a few films better than the Hobbit ones, I'v always felt it was a bit self limiting in style relative to the original SW and LOTR films, maybe WInter Solider could have a case as taking more serious aim but besides that I think Infinity War is the first time Marvel has aimed to that level.

most of the Marvel movies are better than the Hobbit, I wasnt too impressed with that.... although it was still enjoyable I expected a bit more.

Also when you rewatch the classic Star Wars movies they are pretty terrible, people just like to reminisce and act like they are groundbreaking.... they really arent! the prequels were hot garbage and the new ones arent anything special. I used to like star wars but have lost interest lately.

LOTR was great at the time, but Id struggle to rewatch the entire series again.... unlike Marvel movies where I know with most of them I can re-watch them multiple times and still enjoy the movies

 

[pinkybrief]

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How did Thor managed not to hit his teammates/wakandans every time he does his lighting attack thing?

 

[MMA since 1993]

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How did Thor managed not to hit his teammates/wakandas every time he does his lighting attack thing?

I'm pretty sure he can control all that when he attacks

 

[HunterSdVa29]

bros.....

I happened to see a FB, perfect troll post, that said:
"odd that with all this political stuff going on, you'd never guess......" and then proceeded to leak the entire plot of this movie......

So IOW, if you see a post like that on FB, immediately stop reading. They got me, they got me good

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Is there a Stan Lee cameo?

 

[MMA since 1993]

Is there a Stan Lee cameo?

yes

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: April 27, 2018

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Scores Superhero-Best $39 Million in Thursday Previews

Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War earned $39 million in Thursday previews at the North-American box office, the best showing of any superhero film in history and the fourth-best preview gross of all time, not adjusting for inflation.

Infinity War is opening in most major territories around the globe timed to its U.S. release, excluding Russia (May 3) and China (May 11), and could approach $500 million worldwide by the end of Sunday. It's already earned a massive $95 million in its first two days, setting industry records in many territories.

In terms of superhero fare, The Dark Knight was the previous preview champ in North America ($30.6 million), followed by Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice ($27.7 million). More recently, fellow Marvel title Black Pantherdevoured $25.2 million in previews on its way to a $202 million domestic debut.

The two top preview gross films of all time are fellow Disney titles Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($57 million) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($45 million), followed by Warner Bros.' final installment in the Harry Potter series ($43.5 million).

Infinity War's Thursday night performance confirms it is going to be a box-office giant. It's tracking to open to $225 million-plus domestically, but most expect it to climb much higher. The superhero film even has a shot at passing up The Force Awakens ($248 million) to land the top North American opening in history.

The success of Disney and Marvel's Black Panther could be a huge boost for Infinity War. Black Panther has earned $681 million in North America to become the No. 3 film of all time behind Force Awakens ($936.7 million) and Avatar ($760.5 million). Globally, it has earned $1.325 billion to rest at No. 10 of the all-time biggest earners.

Overseas, Infinity War scored the biggest opening day in a slew of markets, including South Korea — where it has earned $11.4 million in its first two days.

Box Office: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Scores Superhero-Best $39 Million in Thursday Previews

 

[MMouse]

Update: April 27, 2018

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Scores Superhero-Best $39 Million in Thursday Previews

Disney and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War earned $39 million in Thursday previews at the North-American box office, the best showing of any superhero film in history and the fourth-best preview gross of all time, not adjusting for inflation.

Infinity War is opening in most major territories around the globe timed to its U.S. release, excluding Russia (May 3) and China (May 11), and could approach $500 million worldwide by the end of Sunday. It's already earned a massive $95 million in its first two days, setting industry records in many territories.

In terms of superhero fare, The Dark Knight was the previous preview champ in North America ($30.6 million), followed by Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice ($27.7 million). More recently, fellow Marvel title Black Pantherdevoured $25.2 million in previews on its way to a $202 million domestic debut.

The two top preview gross films of all time are fellow Disney titles Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($57 million) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($45 million), followed by Warner Bros.' final installment in the Harry Potter series ($43.5 million).

Infinity War's Thursday night performance confirms it is going to be a box-office giant. It's tracking to open to $225 million-plus domestically, but most expect it to climb much higher. The superhero film even has a shot at passing up The Force Awakens ($248 million) to land the top North American opening in history.

The success of Disney and Marvel's Black Panther could be a huge boost for Infinity War. Black Panther has earned $681 million in North America to become the No. 3 film of all time behind Force Awakens ($936.7 million) and Avatar ($760.5 million). Globally, it has earned $1.325 billion to rest at No. 10 of the all-time biggest earners.

Overseas, Infinity War scored the biggest opening day in a slew of markets, including South Korea — where it has earned $11.4 million in its first two days.

Box Office: 'Avengers: Infinity War' Scores Superhero-Best $39 Million in Thursday Previews

Nice! Cant wait too see its numbers for opening weekend.

Those numbers will go up cause more and tons of ppl like me will see it a couple more times during the opening weekend.

 

[MMouse]

bros.....

I happened to see a FB, perfect troll post, that said:
"odd that with all this political stuff going on, you'd never guess......" and then proceeded to leak the entire plot of this movie......

So IOW, if you see a post like that on FB, immediately stop reading. They got me, they got me good

Avoid it period.

I went as far as even avoiding this thread up until I saw it.

10 years in the making, dont let anything ruin the exp for you