It was a
warm Monday evening as I scarfed down generic Chinese noodles inside a Panda
Express outside my local theater. I rather spend money on hungry again in 30
minutes food then 5 bucks on a small bag of popcorn. I had made the choice to
go see Avengers Infinity War on a Monday evening like some kind of weirdo and
because of my lack of dating, I would be alone. I had remained spoiler free up
until the moment the film began and once settled into my seat knew that this
was going to be good. Walking out of the film, deep down it was clear; the fast
food dinner to make it on time, costly tickets and glares were all worth it.
Laughter, cheers, stunned silence and even a tear for a film costing a half a
billion (yes billion) dollars. Here is my review for Avengers Infinity War.
Avengers
Infinity War is the gold standard for superheroes in film, video game, TV and
everything else that isn’t comics. Period. Anyone who is making some kind of
adaptation for those previous mentioned categories needs to sit down and take
notes; this is how you make super heroes seem, well, super. By no means is it
perfect in my opinion but it does everything so well that each person watching
may find fault in something but will quickly move on to an event or moment that
blows that previous notion out of the water. DC films might as well be put on
suicide watch after this since the prior notion of “DC does dark and gritty”
just got slam dunked on by this movie. It’s such a great film that unlike Civil
War, it can survive on more than just the premise of one big ass battle. Giving
us ten years to establish our characters seems like a bit of a cheat to pretentious
film critics but Ready Player One was “remember that thing” the movie so who
cares. You’ve grown to love all your favorites and now we bring them together
for one hell of a ride. This isn’t just hyperably; it’s a ride from the opening
seconds of Thanos picking up where Thor 3 left off to the final scene which I can’t
spoil here.
Many of the
Marvel films have surpassed just being super hero films; in that, the super
hero part is simply the background to tell a mystery film, buddy comedy and
ect. Infinity Wars works as the buildup and conclusion to a bomb being dropped;
as Thanos hunts for stones, the last stand of our heroes and the grave results.
To sum up this film would be small
battles, character moments, back story and a huge battle at the end. Simple,
straight forward and damn if it doesn’t work. This review is vague for the
simple reason I want you to see it. Also this isn’t an indy film it’s the fucking
avengers, no one cares about the little details.
It’s the avengers
in the biggest battle of their lives and as what will be the biggest film of
the year, its no secret that Avengers Infinity War gets a giant thumbs up from
this guy. If you’ve enjoyed the majority
of Marvel films then this will be a must. They didn’t drop the ball, its got
exactly what you need EXCEPT the film ends on a cliffhanger and we will be
getting a part two like film in the future. It’s a great drink but I know the
bartender is going to take his time making another and dammit I want it now.
Two thumbs up and all that jazz.
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