OT: Avengers Infinity War thread (MASSIVE SPOILERS)
Why did you click this? GO SEE THE MOVIE
Anyone who did see the movie...thoughts??
I came for the massive spoilers. Why else would I have come?
Ironman is in it.
So is Thanos.
That is not how it goes in this movie.
I've never seen a more quiet audience after a movie.
I haven't seen it yet but the impressing i get from the internets is that they do not in fact figure out how to defeat the thing is this one. The teaser probably is that there is still hope for defeating it in the future.
and comes back to life
It's good, go see it.
for spoiling the movie for me!
April 28th, 2018 at 11:27 PM ^
They've cancelled the upcoming "Loki: Cheatin' dem Bitches" spin-off movie after this...
Loved it. Can't wait to see it again! For the first time ever for a Marvel movie, I have no clue what is coming next haha.
Felt like the teaser at the end kind of confirmed that. Was still dope though.
Go see it immediately. ASAP.
The ending was epic and will soon be spoiled for you. It will be captured by the zeitgeist before long, moreso than any prior Marvel movie.
This is his first step towards his ultimate destiny as Khan.
April 29th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
This is exactly what I concluded. He saw 14 million futures and the Avengers win in only one, if I recall his words correctly. In the 1 they win, he must have given Thanos the stone for Tony's life. The only logical explanation for that moment...
I get why Hawkeye wasn't in the movie, but not having Ant Man in it seems strange. Especially since they are still planning on doing the next Ant Man movie.
Anyone who is more versed in the comic books know what the image on Nick Fury's device was?
Yes. It was Captain Marvel.
I think Ant Man is in some sort of house arrest lol. Couldn't break his sentence to save the world.
OK....I didn't see Black Panther, and haven't seen Infinity War.....just like reading SPOILERS!
But are you telling me that the "token" black super-hero gets killed? Is he the "first" super-hero to die in this movie??? Way to perpetuate the hollywood movie stereotype!
because it's the most epic part of the comic run. love the choice to end it there. I think that the next few Marvel movies (Ant-man and Captain Marvel) may serve as prequels (ish) to the follow up next summer. Think there will be a time travel conceit of some kind. Ant-Man likely involved to steal some important McGuffin and he's still alive. Obviously setting up the originals avengers to save the day next summer and retcon this whole thing.
Plus I had to write my thoughts down after that movie.
This is really not a fun movie, but really really good even so. It's a tragedy told through a comic book hero story. It's probably the best actual storyline of any comic book movie I have seen and I have seen them all, to my shame. Most of the heros die at the end. A list of those who died: spiderman, vision, scarlet witch, doctor strange, ALL of the gaurdians except the raccoon, black panther, the winter soldier and loki. I'm probably forgetting a couple.
But this one is just half a story. So that makes the movie hard to grade. The protagonist is the worst bad guy in movie history but you still get a full back story on him and the reasons for his actions. Thanos gets the most screentime by far, and deservedly so.
The stakes are pretty high even for someone like me who is only half-heartedly into hero movies. Because you at least know the characters, and they are all dying.
So yeah. There are a lot of funny moments though. The action is second to none and the acting is fantastic. I really would not want to watch that again until you get to see the second part where the good guys win in the end, but I am really not in to dramas - so take that into consideration.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:34 PM ^
I think you mean antagonist.
April 28th, 2018 at 12:06 AM ^
Thank you
I think the movie is great, for other geeks it is like Empire Strikes Back. Make no mistake,Thanos kicks some serious butt in the movie. Estabishing himself as one Bad A$$ M'F****er.
That is where they did it closely to the comic book. The ending is a shocker, yes, the audience was stunned and you could just hear gasps and "Oh NO" throughout the theater. But I am sure that is what they wanted.
Can't remember who stated it earlier, but it is a great pick up that Dr.Strange,for some very odd reason after making is very clear that he would NEVER give up the Time Stone, hands is over rather easily. Yet a few scence earlier, he stated that he time warped himself into the future to check out the plausible outcomes. And there was only one.........
My other take, is at the end when Thor believes he has killed Thanos (FYI - been a huge Thor fan my whole life so to watch him be such a Bad A$$ himself is just awesome!) What does Thanos tell Thor?????
I think Thor will remember that and make sure that he heeds Thanos's advice the next time.....
April 27th, 2018 at 10:21 PM ^
Thanos told him he should have gone for the head.
April 28th, 2018 at 12:10 AM ^
And decent insight with Thanos' comment to Thor. I did not know the story from the comics. If this truly was in detail the original storyline, then it must be an amazing thing to see that unfold on the big screen. It was just a totally unexpected experience (not bad!) for the myself and the group of people I went with. Totally unlike any other comic/hero movie, in a good way.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:30 PM ^
The movie was okay. I'm a fan of the bad guy winning since that's what happened in the comics, and I thought Thanos was a great villain, but the leadup to this was utter bullshit. The producers said dead would be dead for good and that's clearly not the case. The people that survive are all the ones that are moving on soon and the ones that die are the characters that are big parts of the next phase of the Marvel Universe. Pointedly Spiderman and Black Panther who are very clearly two of the main players for the next phase are not gonna stay dead (especially since BP just made all the money in the world). This is obviously going to get retconned or fixed somehow. The movie was supposed to finally add real stakes to the MCU and it absolutely didn't. Disney/Marvel wanted to have their cake and eat it too and that's cowardly storytelling to me.