This is the most exhausting movie ever. Having said that, it’s the good kind of exhaustion; something we’ve been asking for for 10 years when it all came down in this movie.
It is visually stunning, more stunning than Guardian of the Galaxy Volume 2. It doesn’t feel crammed either, with all the superheroes on the same movie all at the same time, sure there will be less of character development, but this is mainly an exposition all all storylines that has accumulated over the years.
It doesn’t rest, it leaves you astonished and excited for what is to come. It’s very linear and straight to the point, like the rest of all Marvel movies, it does not leave anything for any logical thinking, but what it does is makes you wonder on what’s next.
What pisses me off however, is the amount of ridiculous thing that happened. All the unjustiable twists and turns, the fake deaths how much bullshit it is to show half of them is dead when we all know they aren’t.
The moment it took a page of DC for being a little bit emotional, I lost it. You cannot show a storyline that is a little deep and well, dramatic, in one movie and expect the audience will fall for it. There hasn’t been any real consequence in any Marvel movie and certainly not on this one. You killed Loki 10 minutes in to justify Thor’s drive to defeat Thanos, but that is betrayal to us. Loki cannot die just like that. It’s unnecessary. Vision’s death, if he really is dead, was lackluster. He’s not that special. And to ultimately to have half of them disappear in the end is a little too much. No one is buying it. That’s just a staging for the next Avengers film.
What’s really emotional here, one that they were able to achieve but I don’t think that’s what they were trying to focus on, was the reunion of the Avengers. With Captain America winning us over by saying we have to assembe or we all die.
I felt the struggle for the Russo Brothers to put in some laughs as they are building an emotional journey with the actors. But some of them succeeded. The Starbucks reference for example.
Thanos is worthy villain, thank goodness, but it’s pretty hard to take him seriously as well as he’s CGI. He has no physical limitations whatsoever, and the Gamora-Thanos storyline was not just developed enough.
It is the most action-packed Marvel movie ever, also the biggest assembly of all possible superheroes you want, but as any film that is split in two-parts, Infinity War is nothing but the laying all the ground work for what is really set to come down when they finally defeat Thanos. Avengers: Infinity War is Marvel’s most ambitious movie, but not the best.
Grade: 3/5 Stars