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Movies AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Thread v.6
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Oh.
My.
God!
Simply the best Comic Book Movie I have ever seen. Were there flaws? Yes. But for the most part they were so minor as to be easily ignored. Whoever described this movie as, "relentless" was right on the money. Even with a running time of two and a half hours, I never felt that the movie dragged. The cast, from Newbies to veterans to the Godfather himself - no RDJ, no MCU - all played out of their skins, hit it out of the park, ran the ball the length of the field and spiked it in the end zone. Pick the sport's metaphor of your choice
To dwell on tiny imperfections - more of this in the Spoilers - would be churlish. I've never enjoyed a Comic Book movie more, or been more emotionally invested in the characters on screen. 10/10
IW starts the way it means to go on. The Russo's promised that within 5 minutes of his appearance, you would understand why Thanos is the ultimate Big Bad, and they weren't kidding. Besmirching the Hulk so bad he spends the rest of the movie hiding in Banner and sending Loki to Valhalla with a Vader Choke is one Hela of statement of intent.
From there, the movie rarely slows down. The Russo's described it as heist movie, but really it lives up to it's title: this is a War Film on a cosmic scale. Complete with heavy casualties. With a few exceptions - yes, looking at you, Guardians - the humour is dialled back and the movie is better for it. There a couple of scenes that could have been shorter, a few jokes that could have been cut. But for the most part you're too busy enjoying the film to care.
A lot of fans, myself among them, have complained about characters like Thor not having the same level of power they do in the Comics. While Hemsworth isn't Rune King Thor, he's stronger here than he's ever been. The fact that he's even able to wound Thanos with Stormbreaker, when the Mad Titan is in full possession of all six Infinity Stones, is one of the film's many WTF?! moments.
Also, I want a replica Stormbreaker. Now!
As I said before, the cast has never been better, but without a doubt, this is Thanos's movie. Some people have compared Brolin's performance to Ledger's Joker. In fact, he's better. The Joker was pure chaos. Thanos, while far more powerful and dangerous, has a clear end goal: save the universe by destroying half the life in it. It's pragmatism on a God-like, terrifying scale. His sacrifice of Gamora is as genuinely moving as it is horrifying. Brolin's Thanos is actually a far better, more complex character than the Comic Book version, with his utterly selfish obsession with Death. In this movie, Thanos is actually obsessed with saving lives...he's just willing to kill Trillions to do it.
The final battle scenes, which cut seamlessly between Wakanda(forever!)and Titan, are breathtaking. I wasn't expecting to see all the Black Order go down for the dirt nap - RIP, Maw
- but as I said, this is a War Movie. And the final scenes, with half the heroes dead, rams that point home.
Trivia,
- When it was announced that IW would be filming in Edinburgh, there were adverts for extras. I don't know where they were: you never see anyone during the Edinburgh scenes except the Avengers and Black Order. My home town has never looked more beautiful - or more empty!
- Giant Tyrion! Darth Red Skull! Happy dance!
- @Dragonlordxxxxx the after credit scene was too Nerdy even for me; what's the symbol on the pager Fury drops as he's dying?
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Nobody seemed as excited for this movie as you. If you came back only saying 8/10 that would have been borderline tragic.
I’m excited. Have to wait till Sunday morning though, but I’m resisting spoilers as best as I can.
From the reaction the movie’s getting here compared to how it’s doing on say meta critic where it seems to be getting throttled (it’s score is in the 60s) would it be safe to say this is a movie really made for the hardcore fans, while critics might not like it, as opposed to TLJ which the critics loved and the fans hated?
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I think that's fair comment. I get the feeling that the more you've invested in the MCU - I saw Iron Man back in '08 and have seen every MCU movie since - the bigger the payoff you'll get from this movie. Sure, a casual can take a crash course in MCU history and still enjoy this movie. But with so many characters and story arcs, it helps if you've done a full tour of duty.
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God Bless the Russos
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Good question, but I doubt it somehow
Follow up question:
Is Black Widow a Skrull?
- each movie she changes her appearace
- she kicks everyone's butt, event the Black Order
- her story about not being able to have kids from AoU was a ruse. The real reason why she can't have kids is because she is not human.
- she never explained how she got that "mask" in Winter Soldier
Is she going to be what ties Phase 3 and 4 together?
Is Black Widow a Skrull?
- each movie she changes her appearace
- she kicks everyone's butt, event the Black Order
- her story about not being able to have kids from AoU was a ruse. The real reason why she can't have kids is because she is not human.
- she never explained how she got that "mask" in Winter Soldier
Is she going to be what ties Phase 3 and 4 together?
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You got me there, bro. I never really considered that. Skrulls haven't been introduced to the MCU yet(that we know of!)so it#s possible some of the heroes are Skrulls in disguise.
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Metacritic is very particular on their scores. Right now it is at 68, which is actually pretty good compared to the other Marvel flicks. Avengers 1 has a 69, Ultron is 65, Civil War is 75, hell, even Winter Soldier only has a 70.
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Oh.My.God!
Simply the best Comic Book Movie I have ever seen. Were there flaws? Yes. But for the most part they were so minor as to be easily ignored. Whoever described this movie as, "relentless" was right on the money. Even with a running time of two and a half hours, I never felt that the movie dragged. The cast, from Newbies to veterans to the Godfather himself - no RDJ, no MCU - all played out of their skins, hit it out of the park, ran the ball the length of the field and spiked it in the end zone. Pick the sport's metaphor of your choice
To dwell on tiny imperfections - more of this in the Spoilers - would be churlish. I've never enjoyed a Comic Book movie more, or been more emotionally invested in the characters on screen. 10/10
IW starts the way it means to go on. The Russo's promised that within 5 minutes of his appearance, you would understand why Thanos is the ultimate Big Bad, and they weren't kidding. Besmirching the Hulk so bad he spends the rest of the movie hiding in Banner and sending Loki to Valhalla with a Vader Choke is one Hela of statement of intent.
From there, the movie rarely slows down. The Russo's described it as heist movie, but really it lives up to it's title: this is a War Film on a cosmic scale. Complete with heavy casualties. With a few exceptions - yes, looking at you, Guardians - the humour is dialled back and the movie is better for it. There a couple of scenes that could have been shorter, a few jokes that could have been cut. But for the most part you're too busy enjoying the film to care.
A lot of fans, myself among them, have complained about characters like Thor not having the same level of power they do in the Comics. While Hemsworth isn't Rune King Thor, he's stronger here than he's ever been. The fact that he's even able to wound Thanos with Stormbreaker, when the Mad Titan is in full possession of all six Infinity Stones, is one of the film's many WTF?! moments.
Also, I want a replica Stormbreaker. Now!
As I said before, the cast has never been better, but without a doubt, this is Thanos's movie. Some people have compared Brolin's performance to Ledger's Joker. In fact, he's better. The Joker was pure chaos. Thanos, while far more powerful and dangerous, has a clear end goal: save the universe by destroying half the life in it. It's pragmatism on a God-like, terrifying scale. His sacrifice of Gamora is as genuinely moving as it is horrifying. Brolin's Thanos is actually a far better, more complex character than the Comic Book version, with his utterly selfish obsession with Death. In this movie, Thanos is actually obsessed with saving lives...he's just willing to kill Trillions to do it.
The final battle scenes, which cut seamlessly between Wakanda(forever!
Trivia,
- When it was announced that IW would be filming in Edinburgh, there were adverts for extras. I don't know where they were: you never see anyone during the Edinburgh scenes except the Avengers and Black Order. My home town has never looked more beautiful - or more empty!
- Giant Tyrion! Darth Red Skull! Happy dance!
- @Dragonlordxxxxx the after credit scene was too Nerdy even for me; what's the symbol on the pager Fury drops as he's dying?
- @Dragonlordxxxxx the after credit scene was too Nerdy even for me; what's the symbol on the pager Fury drops as he's dying?
That was Captain Marvel's symbol.
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couldnt wait for the weekend watched it this morning, liked the movie got kind of confusing at some points and non marvel peeps might get hella confused with the story, but was amazed at the pacing and how they actually put it all together. Like how strong Thanos was but his black hand as someone mentioned where cans.
was surprised by the appearance of red skull
also how early they killed Loki
also how early they killed Loki
also if RDJ and Chris Evans are in there final movies wouldnt they have killed them of here? Or are they going to be in infinity war 2?
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Not just for hardcore MCU fans, casual moviegoers will still get a kick out of the Infinity War. Even if they're a bit confused on the story, there's enough awesome action, humor, drama, suspense and spectacle to keep them satisfactorily entertained.
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I love that theory. But I won't really stick to it too close in case it's not true and I ended up being disappointed that they didn't go with that route.
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That can all be easily explained, though.
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Where are they gonna go after infinity war 2? adam with the infinity stones?
I don't know why I put this on spoiler tag lol
I don't know why I put this on spoiler tag lol
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RDJ and Chris Evans' contracts end on Avengers 4. Both actors were already seen from the set photos of Avengers 4
I believe that even if Chris Evans' (and whoever else) contract ends in Avengers 4, it's really not an issue I think. After all, RDJ's contract ended with Age of Ultron (I think) but Marvel Studios renewed or extended his contract for Civil War, Homecoming and Avengers 3 and 4. Chris Evans can just be a free agent of sorts, doing one Marvel Studios movie in the future if he feels like it.
I believe that even if Chris Evans' (and whoever else) contract ends in Avengers 4, it's really not an issue I think. After all, RDJ's contract ended with Age of Ultron (I think) but Marvel Studios renewed or extended his contract for Civil War, Homecoming and Avengers 3 and 4. Chris Evans can just be a free agent of sorts, doing one Marvel Studios movie in the future if he feels like it.
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