OT: Avengers Infinity War thread (MASSIVE SPOILERS)

I came for the massive spoilers. Why else would I have come?

Ironman is in it.

 

So is Thanos.

Didn’t see it, but let me guess: there’s a big thing or group of bad things that come from space or some other dimension and are going to destroy earth/the universe and at first the Avengers can’t stop it and don’t know if they can, but then suddenly they get together and fight super hard and manage to, like, defeat the bad thing or whatever amidst tons of explosions, sick martial arts-esque fighting, witty a banter between the heroes, and massive destruction of property. Then the portal to space or wherever is closed/destroyed. Then, after the credits finish rolling, there’s a quick teaser that maybe the Avengers didn’t totally defeat the bad thing or destroy the space portal after all.

and comes back to life

 

 

It's good, go see it.

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. 

Saw it last night. Valkyrie? Wong? What are their statuses?

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.

Why did dr. Strange give the stone to thanos ? That one scenario where they win has to involve tony stark.

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?

So Black Panther dies but there's another Black Panther Movie? How is that gonna work?

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. 

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.....

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.