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Yes, I meant the after credit scene which was great. It made me smile hearing some guy saying it was lame once we all left the theater, he obviously didn't know what it meant. ^^
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First line of your review is a spoiler, unfortunately I've already read it but please TAG it so other people don't have the film spoiled. As per thread title.
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If I had ONE critique of The Russos film style, it's the muted colors in their cinematography. It worked perfectly in The Winter Soldier due to it being a political thriller style film, but in Civil War with so many different heroes it came across as bland.
A1 and AOU were pretty dull looking as well ESPECIALLY during the final battles. Ragnarok and GOTG 2 are by far the two best looking Marvel Studios films to me.
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I've just read the comment and I'm so pissed off by how careless and disrespectful this dude is, even though I saw the movie. That is not a review. It's an entirely intentional spoiler. It reveals all the plot points and twist. Pls people stay fecking away from the first comment of this page.
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Yeah I felt bad for the guy in the speculation thread yesterday who posted small sentence which contained a spoiler and was clearly an accident, but this is like... detailing every big moment and twist from the movie. Surely he meant to post it in the spoiler review thread? I can't believe that people would be that intentionally mean as to ruin it for other people. What gratification is there in that? The mind boggles...
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I'm hoping it was a mistake also. Luckily I only read the first sentence before realising he was dipping into spoiler territory so scrolled down before reading any more, but it's hugely irritating for those of us who've been waiting months to see this and trying to avoid spoilers by using NON-SPOILER threads like this. I reported it hours ago but no mod action as of yet, they're probably busy.
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This was easily the best Marvel offering since Winter Soldier. Could've done with a couple less battle scenes to trim the runtime around the edges a little, but the length doesnt diminish the impact of the surprising ending. Its a courageous way to end the film and a reminder that team up ensemble comic book films can be pulled off well if they are constructed with careful planning.
Thanos himself is one of the best MCU villains - maybe the best, his personality shines through the CGI exterior. Like The Avengers, the last 40 minutes is excellent. Some of the battle sequences are gloriously shot - wide angle with no shaky cam.
The tone is almost perfect, still 1 or 2 jokes that didnt need to be inserted but the main thing is theres no downplaying Thanos or Black Orders authority by demeaning them like Loki in The Avengers or Kaecellius in Dr Strange.
The story does jump around a lot and you can almost forget whats happening in 1 area, but it instantly brings you back into focus.
Winter Soldier is still #1 MCU movie but i need to see Infinity War again to decide if its #2 or 3 ahead/behind The Avengers.
8.5/10
Thanos himself is one of the best MCU villains - maybe the best, his personality shines through the CGI exterior. Like The Avengers, the last 40 minutes is excellent. Some of the battle sequences are gloriously shot - wide angle with no shaky cam.
The tone is almost perfect, still 1 or 2 jokes that didnt need to be inserted but the main thing is theres no downplaying Thanos or Black Orders authority by demeaning them like Loki in The Avengers or Kaecellius in Dr Strange.
The story does jump around a lot and you can almost forget whats happening in 1 area, but it instantly brings you back into focus.
Winter Soldier is still #1 MCU movie but i need to see Infinity War again to decide if its #2 or 3 ahead/behind The Avengers.
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Spoiler post was deleted. Seriously guys...read the titles of the thread. Tagging a spoiler takes 5 seconds.
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Yeah I read the first sentence or so and was like "FFS!"
It might be better in future to have only one thread with SPOILER in the title and then all the other threads are assumed to be non spoiler. I think it's the similarity between the SPOILER/NON-SPOILER review thread titles that lead to mistakes. I know people should be more careful, but I'm just thinking how this might be avoided in future. I think it's fair to say people are not taking their time to check the thread title properly and are rushing to post their review.
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Precisely. I dont get the point of SPOILER Thread and SPOILER-REVIEW Thread. I mean there's virtually no difference.
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Simple distinction: Spoiler thread is mainly for discussing the movie, and Spoiler Review is for collecting people's reviews of the film.
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Yeah but there are a lot of people posting review in the Spoiler thread and discussing movie in the Spoiler Review. Right now I just don't see the difference
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Yeah but there are a lot of people posting review in the Spoiler thread and discussing movie in the Spoiler Review. Right now I just don't see the difference
Think of the Spoiler Review thread more as a Review archive. So specifically if what you want is to read a bunch of reviews, that will be best bet. The standard spoiler thread may have reviews in it, but it mainly is about spoiler talk.
An incredible film! I was really worried going into it that they wouldn't be able to convey the emotional parts of the film and that it would come off weak or unearned but I was so wrong. The Russo brothers and the actors truly pulled off every aspect of the film - the humour, hero moments, heartbreak, comic book dialogue, the stakes etc
I went in with my GF who wasn't much of a marvel fan and has only really seen the first avengers and she loved it. She was up late reading up on fan theories last night. Shes incredibly excited to see it again with our friends tonight!
I went in with my GF who wasn't much of a marvel fan and has only really seen the first avengers and she loved it. She was up late reading up on fan theories last night. Shes incredibly excited to see it again with our friends tonight!
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It's a struggle to write a coherent review of AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, not just because I'm trying to avoid spoilers, but because I don't know where to start. This film is overwhelming, it left me emotionally exhausted, yet also euphoric. Sod any talk of this being soulless corporate franchise fare, this is one of the most bold, ballsy and audacious feats to be attempted in cinema of any level. 10 years of movies have all accumulated to this climactic crisis, resulting in an epic for the ages.
That sense of accumulation is key. Remember how THE AVENGERS fed into that excitement of bringing together these disparate elements and clashed them together in new and exciting ways, in such a manner that it retroactively elevated everything that came before? INFINITY WAR pulls that off, only with the whole past decade of the MCU, including some corners you may have forgotten about, and with the inclusion of the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and BLACK PANTHER ensembles into the mix, succeeds in recapturing that original film's feeling of novelty that AGE OF ULTRON lacked. But this is not a retread of those old sensations of elation and excitement, the joy of all our toys in the same sandbox bouncing off one another. This channels that experience into something different, something darker and way more distressing, turning that decade of accumulated familiarity and fondness against us in ruthless, savage fashion.
Given that much-discussed 2 hour 40 minute runtime, you might expect AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR to take its time on preamble and catch-up on the multitude of characters it is juggling. But that's not the case at all. We start pretty much en media res neck-deep in chaos and peril, then keep going at a near relentless clip for the remainder of the runtime, so much so the film feels about an hour shorter than it actually is. The Russo Brothers seem to have launched into the staging of the action here with the bold premise of, "You know that breathless excitement of the airport fight in CIVIL WAR that felt like a comic splash page brought to life? What if that was sustained pretty much consistently for a full feature length runtime?" And yet again, that action - fantastic and sweeping as it is - isn't just empty spectacle. I don't think it's a spoiler given the trailers and how the tone is set pretty much from the opening moments to say this is a doom-laden film, and that carries across to the presentation of the conflict. The whole vibe we get as the film unfolds is that we are watching our heroes hopelessly rage against the dying of the light, the worst case scenario taking shape with gradual inevitability as the film falls further and further off the rails from what we might expect in conventional superhero fare. This steady descent into narrative chaos was in fact quite reminiscent of THE DARK KNIGHT. And yet the film keeps us invested by never quite allowing us to let go of hope, even as it gets increasingly remote, taking us on an emotional rollercoaster of triumph and heartbreak.
And the crucial character in injecting this sense of genuine peril and menace into a Marvel Cinematic Universe often criticised for its underwhelming villains and occasionally glib, carefree sensibility is the Biggest and Baddest of Big Bads: Thanos. I've been a huge Thanos fan since I was a kid, he's long been one of my favourite comic villains, and I was delighted back in 2012 when he was set up as the main antagonist of the MCU. But I'll admit, given how much else the film would have to juggle, and the handling of his previous cameo appearances, I was concerned he would just be a hollow special effect for our heroes to punch. I needn't have worried. Thanos is, by a wide margin, the most dangerous foe THE AVENGERS have ever had to fight, more than a match for all of our heroes combined even before he starts filling up his Gauntlet. And the movie firmly establishes this fact and sets Thanos up as an unstoppable force, as well as making him truly despicable and hateful, within the first 5 minutes, and never lets up. Even his henchmen, Ebony Maw in particular, rank among the toughest ever Marvel villains. But beyond being formidable, the level of tragic nuance he is given is on the level of Marvel's best developed villains: Loki, Killmonger, Zemo, The Kingpin. Josh Brolin is given scope to give a barnstormer of a performance that will invite you to ALMOST sympathise with him, before he makes you hate him all over again. Thanos is, easily, the best ever MCU villain, and more than that, may be Marvel Studios' first serious punt at entering the canon of all-time great baddies for any movie, period.
Brolin's Thanos dominates the film, but there is still plenty of scope for great work from our cast of heroes, too. Yes, some get less to do than I'd have liked, which is to be expected with a cast so massive. But others get to truly shine. Thor is superb here, Chris Hemsworth building on his stellar work in RAGNAROK to give perhaps his best ever performance. Gamora gets more to do than she had in both GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY films combined, with Zoe Saldana more than rising to the challenge. All the Guardians shine, in fact, Chris Pratt's Star-Lord in particular. Iron Man is great, too, with Robert Downey Jr tapping into his compelling "facade of arrogance veiling barely contained heartbreak and anguish" form of CIVIL WAR or IRON MAN 3 as opposed to just coasting on his natural charm like he has at times. But just about everyone gets a memorable moment, big or small.
I can't stop thinking about AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR. It's too soon to say if it's genuinely a 5-star film, or if it was just a 5-star cinema experience watching it for the first time. It demands repeat viewing, to see how it holds up past that initial viewing and the multiple moments which literally made me gasp out loud. But until I can see it a second time and more thoroughly formulate my opinion, I'm going to tentatively declare that AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR is the best Marvel Studios film to date, and one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. It's going to be a looooong wait until next year.
10/10
That sense of accumulation is key. Remember how THE AVENGERS fed into that excitement of bringing together these disparate elements and clashed them together in new and exciting ways, in such a manner that it retroactively elevated everything that came before? INFINITY WAR pulls that off, only with the whole past decade of the MCU, including some corners you may have forgotten about, and with the inclusion of the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and BLACK PANTHER ensembles into the mix, succeeds in recapturing that original film's feeling of novelty that AGE OF ULTRON lacked. But this is not a retread of those old sensations of elation and excitement, the joy of all our toys in the same sandbox bouncing off one another. This channels that experience into something different, something darker and way more distressing, turning that decade of accumulated familiarity and fondness against us in ruthless, savage fashion.
Given that much-discussed 2 hour 40 minute runtime, you might expect AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR to take its time on preamble and catch-up on the multitude of characters it is juggling. But that's not the case at all. We start pretty much en media res neck-deep in chaos and peril, then keep going at a near relentless clip for the remainder of the runtime, so much so the film feels about an hour shorter than it actually is. The Russo Brothers seem to have launched into the staging of the action here with the bold premise of, "You know that breathless excitement of the airport fight in CIVIL WAR that felt like a comic splash page brought to life? What if that was sustained pretty much consistently for a full feature length runtime?" And yet again, that action - fantastic and sweeping as it is - isn't just empty spectacle. I don't think it's a spoiler given the trailers and how the tone is set pretty much from the opening moments to say this is a doom-laden film, and that carries across to the presentation of the conflict. The whole vibe we get as the film unfolds is that we are watching our heroes hopelessly rage against the dying of the light, the worst case scenario taking shape with gradual inevitability as the film falls further and further off the rails from what we might expect in conventional superhero fare. This steady descent into narrative chaos was in fact quite reminiscent of THE DARK KNIGHT. And yet the film keeps us invested by never quite allowing us to let go of hope, even as it gets increasingly remote, taking us on an emotional rollercoaster of triumph and heartbreak.
And the crucial character in injecting this sense of genuine peril and menace into a Marvel Cinematic Universe often criticised for its underwhelming villains and occasionally glib, carefree sensibility is the Biggest and Baddest of Big Bads: Thanos. I've been a huge Thanos fan since I was a kid, he's long been one of my favourite comic villains, and I was delighted back in 2012 when he was set up as the main antagonist of the MCU. But I'll admit, given how much else the film would have to juggle, and the handling of his previous cameo appearances, I was concerned he would just be a hollow special effect for our heroes to punch. I needn't have worried. Thanos is, by a wide margin, the most dangerous foe THE AVENGERS have ever had to fight, more than a match for all of our heroes combined even before he starts filling up his Gauntlet. And the movie firmly establishes this fact and sets Thanos up as an unstoppable force, as well as making him truly despicable and hateful, within the first 5 minutes, and never lets up. Even his henchmen, Ebony Maw in particular, rank among the toughest ever Marvel villains. But beyond being formidable, the level of tragic nuance he is given is on the level of Marvel's best developed villains: Loki, Killmonger, Zemo, The Kingpin. Josh Brolin is given scope to give a barnstormer of a performance that will invite you to ALMOST sympathise with him, before he makes you hate him all over again. Thanos is, easily, the best ever MCU villain, and more than that, may be Marvel Studios' first serious punt at entering the canon of all-time great baddies for any movie, period.
Brolin's Thanos dominates the film, but there is still plenty of scope for great work from our cast of heroes, too. Yes, some get less to do than I'd have liked, which is to be expected with a cast so massive. But others get to truly shine. Thor is superb here, Chris Hemsworth building on his stellar work in RAGNAROK to give perhaps his best ever performance. Gamora gets more to do than she had in both GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY films combined, with Zoe Saldana more than rising to the challenge. All the Guardians shine, in fact, Chris Pratt's Star-Lord in particular. Iron Man is great, too, with Robert Downey Jr tapping into his compelling "facade of arrogance veiling barely contained heartbreak and anguish" form of CIVIL WAR or IRON MAN 3 as opposed to just coasting on his natural charm like he has at times. But just about everyone gets a memorable moment, big or small.
I can't stop thinking about AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR. It's too soon to say if it's genuinely a 5-star film, or if it was just a 5-star cinema experience watching it for the first time. It demands repeat viewing, to see how it holds up past that initial viewing and the multiple moments which literally made me gasp out loud. But until I can see it a second time and more thoroughly formulate my opinion, I'm going to tentatively declare that AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR is the best Marvel Studios film to date, and one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. It's going to be a looooong wait until next year.
10/10
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My thoughts rather than a full scale review.
Thanos is a great villain. He has depth, a ideology he truly believes in and a warped sense of honor. Brolin was great and lived up to the hype. Too bad Marvel dropped the ball on Ultron who also should of got this quality portrayal.
Russo brothers do a great job juggling so many characters. No one felt written out of character or had a portrayal that didn't fit with previous appearances or mesh with new characters they interacted with.
The movies has humor, heart and darkness.
The movie flew by fast fast. I never felt like it dragged.
Thanos is a great villain. He has depth, a ideology he truly believes in and a warped sense of honor. Brolin was great and lived up to the hype. Too bad Marvel dropped the ball on Ultron who also should of got this quality portrayal.
Russo brothers do a great job juggling so many characters. No one felt written out of character or had a portrayal that didn't fit with previous appearances or mesh with new characters they interacted with.
The movies has humor, heart and darkness.
The movie flew by fast fast. I never felt like it dragged.
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I just saw IW and jeez...Marvel/Disney did it. They actually did it. They just made the BEST Comic Book movie ever. Period. I can't believe what in just watched. Darth Vader and Ledger's Joker just got dethroned easily by Thanos.
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Just watched it. Absolutely amazing, really want to see it again. Thanos was Marvel's best villain by far.
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He even dethroned Ledger's Joker!!?? Holy ****..
