Infinity War "I Will Bathe The Starways In Your Blood!" The Thanos / Josh Brolin Thread - Part 1

[KRYPTON INC.]

eh i think the past thanos teasers and cgi were fine as it is.
they were just teasers and marvel studios was still trying to figure out his look.

i hope they don't go back and retroactively change the cgi like lucas with the star wars OT. lol.

keep it as it is.

They were fine... They weren't blowing up anyone's skirt either and it's fine if people thought so. Again... Brolin killing it in this movie doesn't suddenly make those pre-IW bits amazing.

 

[godisawesome]

One thing I noticed about his armored design in Infinity War versus all his previous helmeted looks is that his Infinity War helmet looks like an actual helmet, hanging over his face and protruding from his forehead. They probably did this so his scenes with the helmet would still show his eyebrows emoting. I liked it.

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What do you make of the vision thanos has after the snap?

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My personal hope? Now that Thanos has acquired all six stones and used them at once, he's broken through one plane of reality and is starting to experience what it's like to have your subconscience, near-omnipotence, time travel, and quite possibly actual aspects of the afterlife combining to create possibly his first vision of a certain Lady Death assuming a form familiar to him.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

One thing I noticed about his armored design in Infinity War versus all his previous helmeted looks is that his Infinity War helmet looks like an actual helmet, hanging over his face and protruding from his forehead. They probably did this so his scenes with the helmet would still show his eyebrows emoting. I liked it.

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My personal hope? Now that Thanos has acquired all six stones and used them at once, he's broken through one plane of reality and is starting to experience what it's like to have your subconscience, near-omnipotence, time travel, and quite possibly actual aspects of the afterlife combining to create possibly his first vision of a certain Lady Death assuming a form familiar to him.

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I would love it if Mistress Death appears to him in A4 or she is part of some furthering of the back story for Thanos. That said... I think it's going to turn out that Thanos' vision was of Gamora's soul in the Soul Stone.

 

[Flemm]

The fact that he's not based on a real thing like Caesar puts him like just slightly below him as best CG mocap creation as of late.

It definitely says something that I watched the whole movie without once considering that the main character, a giant purple behemoth, was a CGI creation.

I was thinking about him as a character and individual the whole time.

Of course, I knew he was CGI. But that aspect never got in the way.

It didn't stand out to me any more than Drax's make-up, for example.

 

[Abudefduf]

That he was so great in this movie doesn't retroactively make those post cred appearances and what they DIDN'T do with him in GOTG any better though.

No I meant they're regretting that he left his floating chair, because now all their favorites are [BLACKOUT]dead[/BLACKOUT].

Someone get that dude a seat. He gets up to all kinds of mischief when he gets up for 2 minutes.

It's by no coincidence that the movie ends with a shot of [BLACKOUT]him sitting down again[/BLACKOUT].

 

[Doc Samson]

The Joker is a better performance and character overall. I think Thanos speaks to me more because I am a Marvel fan (though I like DC as well, Marvel for me is Coke and DC is Pepsi...like both but when I want a soda, I prefer Coke) and Thanos was always one of my favorite villains and they nailed him. But on the merit of the work on an unbiased film perspective, I would award the point to the Joker.

Well for one, TDK is a decade old now, there's been sufficient time to dissect the performance and also to see the impact on pop culture. I think it's too early to see how much this resonates and also how they wrap things up in Avengers 4.

But I will say being a complete CG creation is a steeper hill to climb than Joker or Vader had to. The fact that you're completely swept up in the performance to the point that you're not concentrating on the effect, but accepting it, speaks to the level of craftsmanship on display from all involved.

Factor in the amount of anticipation built over years of connected films and it's almost a minor miracle that this is even a valid discussion. This is a cosmic, planetary destroyer that's a full on CG character, the ball should've been dropped multiple times. Instead, it's a vicious slam dunk...

 

[terry78]

Yeah, you have to give credit to the advancements over the years regarding capturing subtle facial tics and what not. Everything you see on screen is Brolin. I've read people saying that anyone could've played the role, which is a lie.

 

[samsnee]

I mean Jared Leto would have gone method and really killed half the cast. Just sayin’.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yeah, you have to give credit to the advancements over the years regarding capturing subtle facial tics and what not. Everything you see on screen is Brolin. I've read people saying that anyone could've played the role, which is a lie.

It’s a total lie, Brolins performance is a big reason Thanos was done so well in the movie.

 

[LvtLeeTDK]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that Thanos's dialogue is so well-written: straightforward, yet so tidy, clever and intimidating. Credit goes to Russo Brother and incredible delivery by Josh Brolin

 

[Raiden]

Thanos Did Nothing Wrong

This Subreddit already has over 35K members. That's pretty crazy.

 

[terry78]

Well, now we know who to put on the watch list.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Well, now we know who to put on the watch list.

Feels like all the teenagers and those still in the teenaged mindset that thought the musings of the Joker in TDK were "deep" thing.

 

[LvtLeeTDK]

I guess all the Academy members and critics around the world are teenagers then.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I guess all the Academy members and critics around the world are teenagers then.

It's a great performance and that's what the academy judged, but online there was and is a segment of fans that think the character is making some profound statements and sorry, that stuff might be mind blowing when you're 14 but it's barely philosophy 101 stuff.

 

[LvtLeeTDK]

Only the performance ? the writing and depth of the character also contribute significantly.
So which villian is better written and deeper in motive in your opinion ?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Only the performance ? the writing and depth of the character also contribute significantly.
So which villian is better written and deeper in motive in your opinion ?

Point blank I am not at this point going to state that I think Brolin, as great as he was deserves an Oscar or maybe even a nomination even.

But again... If you think that the Joker in TDK is being philosophically deep then I can only say your college philosophy instructor has likely failed you as a teacher in trying to instill a capability in you to divine between what's all surface and "edgy" and what truly grapples with deep meaning.

In the end both Joker and Thanos on film are larger than life creations and still fiction. Neither have the depth of real human beings. As the saying goes they are mere bags of bones compared to a real person. This should ALWAYS be kept in mind, especially when it comes to the youthful and impressionable segment of the genre fan base.

 

[Frodo]

Brolin's Thanos was good, but I still wouldn't put him in the league of Ledger's Joker or Jordan's Killmonger.

He's in my top ten with Fassbender's Magneto , Hardy's Bane , Hiddleston's Loki, and Molina's Doc Ock, but I wouldn't put him above Ledger or Jordan.

He was a good baddie, but for my own rankings, the character hasn't gone to that extra level that Joker and Killmonger have gone to .

I understand his logic , and yes he achieved his goals, but he stills misses that extra something makes him a truly great villain imo .

 

[ohiostate124]

Brolin's Thanos was good, but I still wouldn't put him in the league of Ledger's Joker or Jordan's Killmonger.

He's in my top ten with Fassbender's Magneto , Hardy's Bane , Hiddleston's Loki, and Molina's Doc Ock, but I wouldn't put him above Ledger or Jordan.

He was a good baddie, but for my own rankings, the character hasn't gone to that extra level that Joker and Killmonger have gone to .

I understand his logic , and yes he achieved his goals, but he stills misses that extra something makes him a truly great villain imo .

What is this extra something then in your opinion?

 

[terry78]

Considering this is only half his story we have to see what he does in the next. He's obviously not getting killed off and may very well be a constant in the MCU, anti-hero or villain.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Considering this is only half his story we have to see what he does in the next. He's obviously not getting killed off and may very well be a constant in the MCU, anti-hero or villain.

Warlock And The Infinity Watch anyone?

 

[Frodo]

What is this extra something then in your opinion?

Well for my own rankings, its a sense of humanity that I personally feel hasn't come across in the character. To be clear , someone else may have found a sense of humanity in the character and could point to scene A , B, and C as evidence of it. But again, if we're talking about my own subjective opinion, I didn't get it .

Its the ability to be the most charismatic and captivating character when they're in a scene.

Its the idea of a character who's more complex and has more going on in their heads then maybe their actions or dialog communicates.

They're subjective criteria to be sure, but its my own rankings, not someone else's.

Joker, Killmonger, Fassbender's Magneto, Hiddleston's Loki, Molina's Ock all have it , but Thanos lacks it imo, even though Brolin does a good job with the role.
Again, Thanos is in my top ten , but as much as I liked IW, I still couldn't put him in the top 5 of comicbook film villains.

 

[LvtLeeTDK]

https://makeagif.com/i/bPXhDx

Thanos face is so intimidating in this scene. One of my favorite shot. Unreal CGI

 

[007]

Kilmonger was nowhere near as good, neither was jordans performance. Just mbj doing his usual mbj performance.

 

[P Supreme]

Kilmonger was nowhere near as good, neither was jordans performance. Just mbj doing his usual mbj performance.

agreed while I enjoyed MBJ in the movie he has nothing on Thanos