Sunday, August 5, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)


Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Fantasy/Sci Fi 10/10

WOW.... one word description is WOW! I have already watched it 2 times and am going to watch it a few more. I have not watched all the Marvel movies so I have to add Guardians of the Galaxy and Dr Strange to inform myself of their back stories. This movie was incredibly awesome. It brought absolutely every part of the franchise together (The Avengers/ IronMan/ Dr Strange/ Thor/ Guardians and Black Panther) to fight the ultimate force known as Thanos who is in search of the Infinity Stones to make his gauntlet the most powerful thing on Earth and any other planet. I did do some research to find out what was the back story of Thanos and what direction the next Avengers Infinity War saga could take. Please note = I am not a comic book reader so I wanted to know where Thanos came from and why he was so desperate to destroy and control everything. From my research I learned that the movie is only taking parts from the comics, there are no direct ties to the story lines, therefore making the next movie completely unknown as to what direction the franchise will take it. Majority of the characters in the movie were in the comic but of course the outfits and stuff are way better in the movie. The CGI and other computer generated things relating to the Hulk and Thanos were totally mind blowing. For Thanos, I thought Josh Brolin did a great job and best of all you got to see his eyes in the Thanos character. I find character's eyes are very important bc when you start putting post and other items in the eyes to change things it often takes away from the emotion that can be expressed in the eyes. The Hulk was the best I have ever seen him and while he turns into the Green Smashing Machine you could definitely see Mark Ruffalo's human qualities partially shine through which is a huge positive compared to the other Hulk movies. Thor comes in with his wise cracks, StarLord is dropping wise cracks (which if you never have seen Guardians, it's like Chris Pratt being his nerdo self). There are several parts in the movie that will have yourself giggling. The dialogue was written very well and the zingers really gave it that Avengers/Thor franchise the continuity of the other movies. ScarJo of course has a different hair style, I don't think she has kept the same hair style in any of the movies (this is related to her being on the run and not wanting to keep the same look). A continuity issue would be with Wanda and Vision. In Age of Ultron you meet Wanda and she has an Eastern European accent, discussions conclude that Wanda is on the run and trying to blend in so losing a distinguishing accent would be necessary. (There are other characters that experience these 'blend in with society measures' such as Steve Rogers = Captain America). The franchise has been going strong for 10 years, it's bound to happen that little things like that, that most people wouldn't pick up on, are going to evaporate. Even still, GREAT/FANTASTIC/AMAZING movie for so many reasons. 10/10 is well earned for this type of film.


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