Avengers: Infinity War'
MOVIE BLOG: Review - 'Avengers: Infinity War'
There's still questions left unanswered in Thanos' actions and motivations, as well as what could be a risky cliffhanger leading in to a second part to be released next year (or risky if we were talking about anything but Marvel where audience attendance was a question). It's a bolder move for Marvel whose movies are often too neatly wrapped up, and I'm hoping the studio won't use time travel as a way to undo some of the more interesting elements of the story.
"Avengers: Infinity War" is the longest of the Marvel movies that aren't, as a whole, known to be short. While you don't feel every minute of it, there's a lot of stories to be told and characters to cover, all usually at the cost of any significant character development or interaction.
And depending on who your favorite characters are in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you may be disappointed about how the Infinity War plays out.
Most of the movie relies on your previous attachment and knowledge about the characters. Some get their fare share of the screen time - Thor, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Scarlet Witch, Vision and Iron Man's team-up with Doctor Strange and Spider-Man.Given that the movie is directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed the last two "Captain America" movies, I was surprised that the title character, as well as the significantly popular Black Panther were not among the ones to get much time on the screen (granted, Black Panther became popular in February, after the Russos would have been done or nearly done with the movie).
It's certainly understandable that something needs to be on the cutting room floor to prevent this from becoming a four-hour movie, but this also makes the climactic battle scene on Wakanda, as seen in the trailers, far less potent, despite so many lives being at stake. You simply aren't with the characters long enough in this film alone - an echo of a similarly empty feeling from the start of the film with the quick death of two characters.
But while "Infinity War" may not carry the emotional impact it likely hoped to have given the apocalyptic storyline, there's still quite a bit to like about the movie.
Marvel is one of the few studios that can still surprise audiences even with all of the attention its movies receives ahead of its theatrical release. Its trailers have, for the most part, done a great a job in preventing you from knowing exactly what will happen with the movie, especially when mystery (like "Captain America: Civil War") is a big part of the surprise.
Josh Brolin's Thanos was an unknown going into the film - and not necessarily a welcome sight for those who watched relatively boring end-credit scenes of the sitting titan talking about his greatness. But the film's focus on the villain pays off in a way that often doesn't in Marvel films that mostly ignore any development for its antagonists.There's still questions left unanswered in Thanos' actions and motivations, as well as what could be a risky cliffhanger leading in to a second part to be released next year (or risky if we were talking about anything but Marvel where audience attendance was a question). It's a bolder move for Marvel whose movies are often too neatly wrapped up, and I'm hoping the studio won't use time travel as a way to undo some of the more interesting elements of the story.
Considering Marvel has already greenlit other projects featuring some of the characters in the film, it's almost assured that some amount of retcon will be done to ensure certain characters live.
Here's hoping Marvel doesn't take the easy way out in the next installment.
What did you think of the movie? Leave a comment in the comment section with your review.
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