Avengers: Infinity War

said this a while back...looks like I won't be far off:

Originally posted by CPT Space Bomb
Nah, it doesn't have the legs to top TFA unfortunately. There are too many hurdles.

1. Not a prime holiday release
2. Seeing so many heroes die certaintly turns off a lot of children repeat viewings
3. It's a fairly long movie
4. Too much competition people are saving money for (Deadpool, Solo)

I still think it will make more than Avengers 1 to become the highest grossing super hero flick ever, but I'm thinking it might make around 1.8 billion ww.

Cool movie.

Second best Marvel movie so far, imo. Best Avengers movie by some distance though.

Love the humour and the beastliness of Thanos. Maybe could have done without diminishing Banner/Hulk so much, and maybe more focus on the core Avengers but, very, very entertaining.

This movie is everything I want out of superhero movies, shared universe movies, big blockbusters...the Russos, Feige, Marvel Studios, they all just nailed it in such an incredible fashion. The MCU was already my favorite all-time franchise and it just left orbit and went into the far reaches of space the final frontier with Infinity War.

First, my list of cons:
- Really didn't like some aspects of nerfing Vision and him being the film's macguffin. The relationship between Vision and SW was well-developed; the payoff of SW killing Vision to destroy the mind stone (and then Thanos just casually reversing time and ripping it from his head! Boom! Great end-of-your-seat scene!) was all really solid. However, I do wish Vision would have been way, way more of a powerhouse threat. Have him fighting side-by-side with Thor, he gets separated from the pack somehow, and then still saves Cap by killing Corvus and doing the endgame thing still.
- The Thor going to get Stormbreaker was a cool "Luke on Dagobah from ESB" type of subplot, but I would've preferred him teaming with the Avengers more than just at the finale. On the other hand, then the pacing could start getting bogged down and you have a three-and-a-half-hour movie on your hands, so I'm cool with it. Just a nitpick. IW does really lessen all the stakes from Thor: Ragnarok, though, as everything that happened to Thor and that he did was greatly compromised in IW's opening sequence: Asgard is dead, Loki is dead, Heimdall is dead, and he even gets his eye back (don't know why he even lost it in the first place now). Ragnarok's ending's purpose was to get Thor, Hulk, and the tesseract all in the same room with Thanos, however, and I do get that sometimes the long-term plotting in expanded universes lessens the impact and gravity of some of the solo films. Understandable, and again a nitpick.
- The only scene in the film that I was thinking, "Okay, please move one, getting bored here," was when Rhodey told off Secretary Ross and the Avengers link up with Rhodey to go to Wakanda. Only scene in the entire movie I lost interest in almost immediately.

Everything else was fantastic: Thanos, the incredible action scenes, finally ending on a down note with the villain winning, the effects and scale were just amazing.

My favorite MCU movie and possibly comic-book film of all-time. Marvel has outdone themselves yet again.

Only thing I could think of while watching this movie is "How do they call these movies "Live Action" anymore with all this CGI Cartoon stuff going on"

Laughed at the Stan Lee Cameo. That part was good.

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]Only thing I could think of while watching this movie is "How do they call these movies "Live Action" anymore with all this CGI Cartoon stuff going on"

Laughed at the Stan Lee Cameo. That part was good. [/B]

Actors have certainly gotten better at emoting around CGI sets, characters, etc. since the Star Wars prequels. And the tech is way better too, which I'm sure helps. And the dialogue doesn't stink as well. Maybe not the best comparison.

Stan's cameo was another good one. My favorite cameos for the feels: Avengers 1&2. My favorite cameos for the laughs: Amazing Spider-Man and Deadpool.

Another good point I've heard: I think the movie would have benefitted from a few of the Avengers getting killed in actual battle with Thanos.

Loki and Heimdall fall in the film's opening, Gamora is thrown to get the soul stone, and yes Thanos does fulfill fan theorizing by physically removing the mind stone from Vision's forehead with his bare hands, but I think the movie would've benefitted from Thanos killing Tony with his bleeding edge blade instead of stabbing him and letting him live. Maybe even through in another casuality or two like Cap or Banner.

BTW, perhaps my favorite scene: Red Skull returning as a death eater. Man that was great stuff.

God, what a disappointment.

I'm the last person to complain about anything, but this is the laziest cash grab I've ever seen. Padding at every corner, big fight scenes that went on too long, screen adapted and produced by people who don't get the characters... I mean, what should have been a tear jerker moment was just so brazenly emotionally manipulative, I could only roll my eyes.

I rarely evee complain about anything, but this movie stunk.

Iron Fist ceased to exist 😄

10/10
A Masterpiece movie it's not perfect but damn close which most movies are since Movie Mistakes proves no movie is perfect.

The biggest flaws are the lame excuse for why Ant Man and Hawkeye are absent from the movie house arrest. Really the actors aren't unavailable so it wouldn't have been hard for them to be shown in the movie including action scenes.
The drama with the super heroes isn't contrived at all, disagreement about kill Vision to destroy the mind stone even with Vision says this is a option he doesn't oppose, Spider Man arguing with Iron Man who's to blame for why he is on the Space Ship, Doctor Strange responding to the insults of Iron Man, etc.

A epic terrific entertaining movie from start to the end with a simple story the Juggernaut Main Super Villain Thanos wants to obtain all Infinity Stones that he’ll use for a specific goal with Doctor Strange, Thor and other super heroes that have to stop him also his group the Black Order that are helping Thanos obtain the remaining Infinity Stones.

Great use of Doctor Strange, Captain America, Spider Man, Scarlet Witch, Thor, and other super heroes that all get chances to shine none are unused or wasted.
If they tried to fit all super heroes on screen for the action scenes it would not have done them justice and you most likely not the best views of the Super Heroes since it's Royal Rumble Style.
Also all 4 Members of the Black Order are done justice shown in different scenes with the focus on 1 or 2 instead of all 4 at once.


Thanos succeeds for his goals obtaining all infinity stones, and kills half the universe using the Infinity Gauntlet. It’s not common that a Villain wins in a movie, this is a standout feat for a Villain winning with what Thanos accomplished in the Avengers Infinity War Part 1 for his main goal , also 1 of the saddest endings for a movie with the Villain winning.


Simple Villains including Thanos that is a believable 3 dimensional character, Simple Heroes that are all believable 3 dimensional characters, new great entertaining interactions with super heroes meeting other super heroes, amazing or fantastic action, decent dialogue, terrific memorable lines, great drama,terrific soundtrack including songs that perfectly fit the scenes, a decent funny gag, funny moments and lines, Impressive Diverse locations that had valid reasons to be shown because locations of Infinity Stones, exciting terrific climax that has a high amount of action,and cliffhangers that leave you wanting to see Avengers Infinity War Part 2.

Thanos has plausible motives for why he wants to use the Infinity Gauntlet to kill half of the population in the Universe so the Universe isn't overpopulated. He believes this is for the greater good, the ends justify the means, also since it's random it won't targeting 1 group of persons instead all groups rich, poor, young and old.
He already saw that Gamora's planet became overpopulated so not surprising he decides he wants to use the Infinity Gauntlet to reduce the population in the Marvel Universe.
Thanos is a 3 dimensional believable character that has motives for why he believes he is a good guy or hero along with why he believes he's in the right and that the ends justify the means.
Even if a character is a Simple Villain that character can still be a 3 dimensional character that could have a good goal or good goals except the methods are destructive, dreadful, and extremely messy which describes Thanos in this movie.

They made Thanos in to a WIMP! Much like they did to Darh Vader. I don't want to see my Villains CRY!

His plan was STUPID.

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]They made Thanos in to a WIMP! Much like they did to Darh Vader. I don't want to see my Villains CRY!

His plan was STUPID. [/B]

It's worse then that.

He's a goddamned radical leftist. Population control, forcing a utopia, murderinf to do it.

He was never a hippie, he just wanted to get in Deaths pants.

Originally posted by cdtm
God, what a disappointment.

I'm the last person to complain about anything, but this is the laziest cash grab I've ever seen. Padding at every corner, big fight scenes that went on too long, screen adapted and produced by people who don't get the characters... I mean, what should have been a tear jerker moment was just so brazenly emotionally manipulative, I could only roll my eyes.

I rarely evee complain about anything, but this movie stunk.

Cdtm must be a millennial.

Originally posted by cdtm
It's worse then that.

He's a goddamned radical leftist. Population control, forcing a utopia, murderinf to do it.

He was never a hippie, he just wanted to get in Deaths pants.

Yes. Comics Thanos was a better character then Movie Thanos.

Avenger IW proves there's a sucker born every minute.

Trump 'ought to hire on the MCU team to do his second term campaign. 😂

Originally posted by cdtm
God, what a disappointment.

I'm the last person to complain about anything, but this is the laziest cash grab I've ever seen. Padding at every corner, big fight scenes that went on too long, screen adapted and produced by people who don't get the characters... I mean, what should have been a tear jerker moment was just so brazenly emotionally manipulative, I could only roll my eyes.

I rarely evee complain about anything, but this movie stunk.

This movie didn't have filler scenes, and the fight scenes didn't go on for to long.

It isn't a cash grab at all, and calling it the laziest cash grab is extremely asinine and nonsensical because Marvel Studios has been building towards this epic movie The Infinity War since Iron Man which was 10 freakin years ago.

Wow they decided make alterations because they used Infinity War the comic book as a guideline which isn't awful because it's still mostly the same story even with alterations including why Thanos wants to use the Infinity Gauntlet.
When nothing is changed and it's the same exact story then it's extremely boring because the entire story is predictable with nothing can surprise or astound you.

Star War: The Phantom Menace came out two decades since the first Star Wars. And it was as much a lazy cash in as this Avengers: IW.

As horriifically bad as the Star Wars Prequels were, I actually think I'd rather watch the prequels again then rewatch this movie.

You realize you're the only one who hated it, right? uhuh

And only some impotent geezer can complain about the fight scenes going too long 😂

It was basically a finale episode to a whole season (10 years) of MCU and worked great as such.

I know you're secretly butthurt because IF show was a total disaster.

Originally posted by CPT Space Bomb
said this a while back...looks like I won't be far off:

Well its hit the $1.8bill you predicted. Question is if theres enough juice left to make to to the rare and infamous $2billion club.

Im thinking probably not at this point with Deadpool this weekend and Solo next.