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Avengers: Infinity War (2018) (90%)
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans
Production Company: Marvel Studios
Avengers: Infinity War is the biggest superhero movie release of the year by far. Everyone, and I mean everyone, either plans on seeing it or already has. I was looking forward to it, but I've started to get a bit of Marvel fatigue, personally, so I wasn't as hyped as I was in 2016 and earlier. The Marvel formula has just started to wear on me a bit. I expected Black Panther to break that mold based on the amazing reviews it got, but ultimately I was given another formulaic, solid Marvel movie. So while I was looking forward to watching Infinity War, I wasn't expecting it to blow my socks off. But it did just that: It blew my socks off.
This movie is the culmination of the first 10 years of Marvel movies, which means that damn near every Marvel character we've seen in the movies (apart from Ant-Man and Hawkeye) are in it. And the plot follows the Avengers and various other small groups as they all attempt to stop Thanos' plan to wipe out half of the universe's population.
The biggest problem I've had with the Marvel movies as of late is that there is no sense of danger. The villains never pose a real threat. It's always known that the superhero(s) will prevail and win the day. Infinity War...Infinity War is different. Much different. There is a sense of danger. There is even a sense of hopelessness at times. And as a result, there is no doubt in my mind that Thanos is by far the best MCU villain yet.
I was also surprised at how well this movie works with so many big name characters. Does your favorite character get as much screen time as you may want? Probably not, but everyone gets fairly even amounts of screen time, all things considered. There are some pacing issues, but I feel like this is about as good of a movie as the Russo brothers could possibly make with all of the characters that are in it.
At the end of the day, Infinity War is one of my favorite MCU movies yet (I'm not willing to give it a ranking just yet). It finally broke the mold that was starting to get a bit worn, and it sets the universe up for the next Avengers movie, which I'm fully expecting to be as good, if not better, than Infinity War. I can't wait for next year.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans
Production Company: Marvel Studios
Avengers: Infinity War is the biggest superhero movie release of the year by far. Everyone, and I mean everyone, either plans on seeing it or already has. I was looking forward to it, but I've started to get a bit of Marvel fatigue, personally, so I wasn't as hyped as I was in 2016 and earlier. The Marvel formula has just started to wear on me a bit. I expected Black Panther to break that mold based on the amazing reviews it got, but ultimately I was given another formulaic, solid Marvel movie. So while I was looking forward to watching Infinity War, I wasn't expecting it to blow my socks off. But it did just that: It blew my socks off.
This movie is the culmination of the first 10 years of Marvel movies, which means that damn near every Marvel character we've seen in the movies (apart from Ant-Man and Hawkeye) are in it. And the plot follows the Avengers and various other small groups as they all attempt to stop Thanos' plan to wipe out half of the universe's population.
The biggest problem I've had with the Marvel movies as of late is that there is no sense of danger. The villains never pose a real threat. It's always known that the superhero(s) will prevail and win the day. Infinity War...Infinity War is different. Much different. There is a sense of danger. There is even a sense of hopelessness at times. And as a result, there is no doubt in my mind that Thanos is by far the best MCU villain yet.
I was also surprised at how well this movie works with so many big name characters. Does your favorite character get as much screen time as you may want? Probably not, but everyone gets fairly even amounts of screen time, all things considered. There are some pacing issues, but I feel like this is about as good of a movie as the Russo brothers could possibly make with all of the characters that are in it.
At the end of the day, Infinity War is one of my favorite MCU movies yet (I'm not willing to give it a ranking just yet). It finally broke the mold that was starting to get a bit worn, and it sets the universe up for the next Avengers movie, which I'm fully expecting to be as good, if not better, than Infinity War. I can't wait for next year.