So look, I've never done this before, but sometimes with really big movies that I'm
really excited for, it's a little hard to absorb everything on the first viewing. Especially
with a movie that does a lot different from what I was expecting. That was the case with
Avengers Infinity War, probably my most anticipated movie of all time, I saw it and made a review
the day after, and I was still trying to process all of just….that. So I thought it could
be interesting if after I saw it a second time I talked about it again, if I liked stuff
more or less now that I had a better idea of what to expect and more reasonable expectations,
you know, that kind of stuff. Two things up front, no confusion, this does not like negate
my review, I'm not going back on that or anything, those were my thoughts at the time.
This is just how things have changed once I've thought about the movie more and seen
it again. I don't want people to like not take my reviews seriously from my first viewing
from now on, those are still mostly my opinions and besides this is a very special case of
a film. And secondly, for this video I'm going full spoilers. You've all seen this
by now, and if you haven't….what are you doing watching this. So, let's get into
this. Ok, so watching this movie the second time
I actually tried to jot down some notes in the cinema, and yes they're mostly totally
illegible cuz I was scribbling them in the dark, but there is so much I wanna talk about
in this film that I felt like it was a good idea. So I'm essentially gonna just go through
the film from the start to the end and talk about stuff more chronologically, and then
give more of an overall opinion. Since I was able to write everything I was thinking down
as well, I'm also just gonna mention tiny details that I liked or noticed that normally
I might forget about cuz hey, this is gonna be a more indepth video.
First of all, that opening scene is pretty packed. For one I enjoy that they got Kenneth
Branagh to do that opening Asgardian narration since he's spent some time in the MCU, fun
easter egg. A big question around this movie I've seen is where did Valkyrie and Korg
go? I believe the Russo brothers confirmed that Valkyrie's alive and Korg and Meek
are a spoiler, but yeah, after Ragnarok it was a little weird that they weren't there,
although Korg would not have meshed at all with that opening. Something I do have to
say is this movie does in a few ways ruin Thor: Ragnarok, or at least the climax of
Thor Ragnarok. I mean it's still a fun climax but now whenever I watch that, a lto of the
impact will be gone. That whole finale is about getting the Asgardians onto a ship and
saving everyone and then immediately yeah they're out. I guess that's what happens
when you have a cinematic universe like this, not a big complaint, just something I noticed
when I went back to Ragnarok. Also I thought I was kinda funny how this movie really takes
more away from Ragnarok than it did Homecoming. Seeing the trailer I thought this was weird
that the whole movie of Homecoming was Spidey learning he was more than just the suit and
then in this movie bam Iron Spider, don't even think about it. But putting together
that giant chronology, it makes sense, Peter made that decision and it had lasting effects,
that movie is set two years before this one. So Peter did actually stay just a friendly
neighborhood Spider-Man for a while, while in Ragnarok there was a whole big lesson about
Asgard the place doesn't really matter, it's all about Asgard the people. But now
they're gone. Oh well. Thor's probably gonna join the Guardians now anyway, if/when
they come back. I enjoyed the We have a Hulk reference, unlike
other sequels it felt satisfying and not just like jamming fan service down your throat.
The Hulk vs Thanos fight could've easily been a mess, what with it being two CGI characters
punching each other, but I thought it was awesome, and right after Ragnarok it did a
good job of establishing just where Thanos' power level is. I gotta say, the Thanos CGI
worked a lot more for me the second time around. I'm not sure what it is, but it was way
less distracting and I was able to get more into his character because of it.
From the perspective of the Tesseract i also really liked seeing how far the MCU and these
Avengers movies have come, just cuz I remember in the first 5 minutes of the first Avengers,
Nick Fury is handling this Tesseract with care and trying not to drop it and the first
five minutes of this Thanos just straight up crushes it. I think that was a good parallel,
starting this movie with that stone that were arguably the most familiar with.
Loki and Heimdall's deaths I found a lot more effective the second time around because
as I'll get more into later I was able to get more emotionally invested now that I had
a better idea of what to expect, and Chris Hemsworth's acting absolutely sold those
deaths, overall he was fantastic in this, and those deaths would not have been nearly
as effective without that. Loki's death was surprisingly sadder even
though we've already seen him die so much, although I gotta say something I didn't love
about it is that i believe Loki would've done something different. Like this is the
god of mischief, he can make himself look like anyone, he can make copies of himself,
he can turn himself into a snake, and he's gonna go for the most obvious knife trick
in the world? Really didn't seem like him. There's the theory that he's actually
impersonating Bruce Banner the whole film, I don't really buy that, I just think they
wanted to kill Loki in the first 5 minutes and that's the way they got there and I
didn't love that. Let's talk about the Black Order real quick.
I don't know where you would've put more of them in this movie, but I wasn't super
impressed by them. Ok, look, Ebony Maw, awesome. He looks cool, his voice and the performance
are great, he had some fun moments, and I actually remember his name. Proxima Midnight
had like one cool moment but that was it, there's the big one, who was kinda fun in
the action….I guess, and then the troll one who I still think looks really bad CGI
wise. I guess you need some side villains for the heroes to face and this is more of
a nitpick, but wasn't crazy about at least half of them.
Back to the story, when the camera panned past the moon as Banner was getting shot to
Earth, I just remembered that hey, Maximus is still trapped up there. And that was probably
something the movie didn't want to make me think of. The opening title with the music
was awesome, gave me goosebumps, and let's talk about one of my favorite parts of this
film: Doctor Strange. Doctor Strange in his solo movie, he was cool.
He seemed a bit like magic Tony Stark with a few unique quirks *killed a man I'm not
doing that again* but he was that arrogant genius who learns humility and now quips.
But in this, he really became his own distinct character. He's still funny but he's not
always making jokes and quips, he's more serious and has clearly matured after learning
about the mystic arts and defending our reality. Not only that, but his powers were so incredible
in this. In his solo movie he was just learning, so he had those tiny little sheilds and the
Cloak and that was about it, it was really everyone around him who did the cool stuff.
Here, you see what happens when he's been practicing for over a year. Seeing him go
toe to toe with Thanos with making hundreds of clones of himself and the multiple arms
and turning stuff into birds and seeing multiple realities, it was so fantastic. Also I rewatched
Dr Strange right before this and watching it I was thinking, it's really gonna annoy
me in Infinity War if he doesn't at least try to put Thanos in the mirror dimension
cuz that seems like the perfect way to get out of any serious damage. And he actually
did, so I really appreciated that among all the insane visuals there was actually a point
to it all. He also had some of the most badass lines in the movie *our will equal to yours*
Also this is oddly specific but something about the way he just clacks those shields
open is really badass. He had way more screen time in this movie than I was expecting and
I loved it, way more invested in his character now…..and so of course he dies.
I also loved his dynamic with Tony Stark in this film, and in case you can't tell yeah
the Tony Peter Strange team in this movie was easily my favorite. Anyway, Strange and
Tony interacting I think helped developed Strange's character and show how he isn't
just an Iron Man clone. No facial hair or Sherlock joke in there either by the way,
good restraint. Also of course Tony and Peter's relationship is great again in this, and it
feels real and organic and like they've actually stayed in contact somewhat since
Homecoming. Also just because we've seen these characters before and gotten to know
them, seeing them interacting is just cool like with Strange and Tony, it's like the
first Avengers again when Cap met Iron Man for the first time. Speaking of which, no
Cap meeting Tony in this movie, which was a little disappointing, but hey I guess we've
got a lot of Avengers 4 for that. Pepper's back and there was some not so subtle pregnancy
shadowing int here….sure. Tony as a dad, could make a potential death in Avengers 4
even sadder. Also I genuinely thought on my first viewing that Pepper was gonna suit up
and join Tony on the flying donut thing. When her phone cuts out, am I the only one who
heard her say something like I'm coming or something like that, and I really thought
we were gonna see her be sick of Tony always being unreliable and going off to save the
world, so she'd put on an Iron Man suit, fly up there to get him back and then probably
die in the process. Before that though, that fight in New York,
one of my favorite MCU fight scenes to date. Entertaining, funny, *earth is closed today*
or *embarrassing me in front of wizards* shows off everyone's powers in a cool and unique
way, everyone gets fun moments, and Peter enterinting was so great. Wong peaces out
to protect the sanctum, which was kinda amusing. One person who doesn't get to show off any
powers in that battle or anytime later in the movie is Bruce Banner, so let's talk
about that. A lot of people were upset about that, personally, didn't really have a problem
with it. I still find it odd that the director's filmed shots that straight up never were going
to happen in the movie for the trailer, I get it's like throwing off the scent and everything,
still find it weird. But the second viewing really helped that, those things from the
trailers that I was expecting that took me out of the movie the first time around and
left me kind of disappointed didn't affect the experience as much or really at all the
second time, since I knew they weren't gonna be there. That goes for Banner and that also
goes for Captain America. And let's smoothly transition into that character now, because
reflecting on the movie I think a big part of why I felt kind of empty after my first
viewing was the lack of Cap. I was expecting him to play a pretty big role in this, but
he really only had two cool moments and we'd seen both of them in the trailer and one of
them was cooler in the trailer than it was in the movie. On the second viewing, didn't
bother me nearly as much, cuz I knew he was more o f a side player in this and also that
his main arc is coming in the next film. It just felt kinda weird to have an Avengers
movie where Captain America has 6 minutes of screentime, but looking at the movie as
a whole, that makes a lot of sense. And on that note, it is so impressive how this movie
balances so many characters and pulls it off as well as it does. I've seen movies with
far far fewer characters that don't manage to strike that balance, and this pulled it
off. In part that's thanks to the fact that we know all these characters already and it's
a cinematic universe, so they can get away with having less of certain ones. Also Cap's
entry in the Scotland fight was absolutely amazing though, with the Avengers theme, god
perfect. Anyway we're jumping ahead. I also liked
how since Iron Man 3, they've been building up that Tony has this fear of an alien invasion
cuz of what he saw in the wormhole and now his fears are being realized. He kinda loses
it on Doctor Strange cuz yeah, this has been haunting him for 6 years and now it's happening,
and I loved that character progression. Speaking of Tony on a less positive note,
small nitpick but I gotta say, I haven't loved the Iron Man suits we've gotten since Civil
War, or maybe even Age of Ultron a bit. I much prefer the suits from Iron Man and Iron
Man 2 and the Avengers, just visually. They actually felt real, like they were there.
And I don't mean that in terms of what they could do, i get that he's upgrading and
now he's got nanotech that can do crazy stuff, that I'm fine with. I just mean they
don't really look like they're there. Iron Man 1, that suit looks heavy and like
it would hurt if he hit you and there's just something more badass about that than
these that feel a lot more CGI to me. It's something with the Russoes btu their Iron
Man stuff always looks just a tad shoddy to me. Still pretty great, occasionally I just
don't feel like it's actually there. Also his suti up with the nantech looks really
awesome and then they just have the worst special effect I've seen in a long time
for the mask. Like that looks like some iMovie effect, not really sure how that happened.
The visual effects though, I know I've only really complained about them so far, but besides
those one or two moments, they are phoenomineal. These crazy battles on Titan and Wakanda,
visually incredible. Some of the best visuals in the MCU so far in this. The Russos other
MCU films, while fantastic, aren't exactly….pretty? Like Civil War and Winter Soldier have a few
gorgeous shots, but don't really have as many as say Guardians of the Galaxy or Ragnarok.
But this one was not only more colorful but just had a lot more of those really beautiful
print-out worthy shots. The humor for the most part is great, this
has some hilarious lines *why is gamora* For the record I'm sure some was, but i refuse
to believe that everything's that they've said was improvised was actually improvised.
Anyway, even on the second viewing though, some comedic moments do fall a little flat.
The only ones I can really think of are one or two with the Guardians like Quill making
his voice deeper, didn't really do it for me, but everything besides that was pretty
funny and that was one of the funniest jokes to the audiences I was with both times, so
hey. Loved the music in this, even the more average
MCU music is pleasant to listen to, and for this I believe they brought Alan Silvestri
from the first film back, so this was a good step above something very paint by numbers.
That original Avengers theme man, so much nostalgia for that.
Then the Guardians show up, and James Gunn wrote their scenes together, and you can tell.
First of all, love the song they enter the movie to, Rubberband Man, James Gunn loves
that font appears in time with the a music beat trick. Anyway, the Guardians feel like
an actual family in this, and you can also tell that they've been going on adventures
for years now. Their relationships have developed and it doesn't feel rushed or forced at all.
It's that whole getting familiar with and loving these characters beforehand that makes
seeing them crossover so satisfying. Small detail, but I love how Gamora is singing along
with Star Lord at the start, it shows her progression from the first film of a cold
killer who doesn't sing, doesn't dance, doesn't really even know what music is, to now. Also
another small detail that I've noticed in this but also in Guardians 2, Drax has stopped
doing that doesn't understand metaphors thing from the first Guardians, which I think is
kind of a shame cuz those were some of the funniest parts of that film.
Anyway the Guardians meet Thor and it's hilarious, I love how they work together, it feels natural,
and I can totally see Thor joining the Guardians going forward. Only part of it I didn't love
is Thor and Star-Lord comparing family tragedies and it's all played for humor. It's kind
of a problem I had with Ragnarok, where these serious moments that have affected characters
before are just played off totally for jokes. I guess I forgave it more in Ragnarok cuz
I'd never really been super involved in the Thor films, btu with this, Peter Quill
talking about his father killing his mother and having to kill his father even though
those were very emotionally turbulent moments, especially given the character he is, didn't
sit right with me. Thor doing it I give more of a pass to cuz he's ancient and he's seen
so much death that he's hardened to it and it doesn't affect him as much, but trying
to play these moments as very serious and emotional in one film and then making jokes
about them in the next just one year later feels a little weird to me.
Now one thing that I can say definitively I wasn't a huge fan of the first time or the
second time is the Wanda Vision storyline. The rest of this movie I felt did a really
good job of balancing the characters and the different teams and making each one interesting
in it's own way, but Wanda and Vision were the exception. There isn't a lot of them
but that one scene with them in Scotland was just kinda bad. Not only is their romance
not as interesting as everything else going on to me, but I didn't really believe their
chemistry and some of their dialogue was really cheesy and even a little cringeworthy. And
like yeah I know superhero movies have cheesy lines all the time, but this didn't feel like
that kind of fun superhero over the top corny stuff, this just seemed like it was lazy and
not very compelling writing. Human Vision also took me out of it a bit. Also this is
not really a complaint but I just noticed that they've pretty much gotten rid of Wanda's
super cartoonish accent, which honestly is probably for the better.
Also in that scene I just found it amusing that they see on the news Tony Stark missing!
Like at this point Tony Stark is missing every other day, it shouldn't even be a big deal
anymore. However the Vision Wanda stuff does lead into
Captain America entering the film, which we've already talked about. This was also one of
very few chances for the Russos to do some of that more grounded Winter Soldier-y action,
which I liked. After that there's that Thanos flashback,
which was kinda cool, I enjoyed seeing the Chitauri army again and showing what they're
like when they encounter no superhero resistance. Kinda made me wonder why Thanos didn't give
Loki those big donuts but whatever. And I guess this is where I can talk about Thanos'
character more in depth and how it's Thanos' movie. I've already said his CGI worked
more the second time but so did his character as a whole for me. Going in the first time,
I already kinda was skeptical on him because we had been told like a million times before
this how amazing of a villain he is. And to me a villain should just prove himself to
be an amazing character, we shouldn't have to be told so many times beforehand, so maybe
that made me not love him as much. But the second time, yeah, I got his motivation more
and I felt much mreo invested in him as a character. If you view it as Thanos' movie
you can get involved with and actually root for him. I wasn't rooting for him to win
but I could absolutely see why he thought he was the good guy. Some villains they say
that they think they're the good guy but really you don't feel it at all, here it
really felt well developed and very believable. Still don't think he's the best villain
ever, someone on my last video was like Vulture better than Thanos are you insane? Or something
like that, I still prefer Vulture as a villain, but ultimately yeah Thanos is like top 3 MCU
villains of all time probably. Genuinely interested to see more of him. Although his motives did
remind me to a somewhat distracting degree of Samuel L Jackson's plan from Kingsman,
but hey whatever. Then we move on to the Guardians meeting Thanos,
and I gotta say, there is some new stuff I noted but in the end I don't like Peter
trying to kill Gamora. Anyway, other stuff first. I like Drax going for Thanos right
away, the Drax we saw in Guardians could just barely be talked out of killing the daughter
of Thanos, so even after a few years he would totally go for the kill with the man himself.
I also thought the use of the Aether was incredibly interesting and different, that added a lot
to the stones not just being powerful generally. It also kinda ruins Thor The Dark World cuz
it shows how stupid the Dark Elves were in wasting it.
Also, yep, I gotta address probably the biggest complaint plot wise I've seen with this
film. And that is that Thanos could've killed everyone very easily because he's so powerful.
And yeah, I have no defense for that. With the power stone alone he probably could've
killed most of his opponents, but with the reality stone and space stone as well, he
could've turned people into that blocks or string and just left them like that or
then just walked over and killed them, he could've thrown them into a portal to space,
or he could've just used the power stone to blast them into a million pieces. That
aspect did become more apparent the second time around.
And then as far as Peter killing Gamora, firstly, just wanna say, fantastic acting from Chris
Pratt and Zoe Saldana. This is one of the best scenes of acting from Chris Pratt I've
ever seen. That's what stops me from actually disliking this scene. Now yes, I know both
Chris Pratt and James Gunn insisted that this is the decision Peter would make, and I guess
they would know this character better than I do. But it just didn't feel right. I'll
talk about this more when we get to Peter's big mess up later on in the film, but the
Peter Quill we've seen throughout all these movies, this did not feel like something he
would do. Moving on back down to Earth, some people
were upset we didn't get more Banner Natasha time. I didn't have a big problem with that
cuz I was never that invested in their relationship. Something I did love about that scene is the
Wakanda reveal with the music coming in. It was that moment specifically where I realized
that this movie is very much like an intricate puzzle, and all for the pieces are falling
into perfect place. You've got Thanos and Thor in space, and then the Avengers, and
Banner coming to Earth, and then the Guardians meeting Thor, and then the Avengers going
to Wakanda, it's like the last 10 years of movies have been puzzle pieces and this movie
was fitting them all together in a brilliant way, and that's just really quite an achievement.
It might be that aspect of it, but also just how entertaining this movie is as a whole,
but this film is incredibly rewatchable, for me at least. Maybe it's cuz I'm a huge Marvel
fan, but there are so many awesome moments and satisfying payoffs that even though it's
2 and a half hours long it was not remotely hard to get though the second time and I'm
really excited to see it for a third. Also the You're an Avenger now moment is
fantastic especially if you've seen Homecoming. My only complaint with it (and this isn't
even a complaint really) is I can't find that music anywhere, so if you have a link
to that part of the soundtrack, please leave it down below.
Then there's Gamora and Nebula. Gotta be honest, I've never loved their storylines,
although I did like the way it went in Guardians 2. But I'm not super emotionally invested,
so their stuff together didn't hit me as much as the movie probably wanted. However, I will
say the scene where Nebula is being tortured had a great shot where the camera initially
starts in front of Nebula so it looks completely normal but as it moves around her you see
how torn apart her body is. One of the best shots in the movie.
Now let's talk the Nidavellir storyline. On the first viewing this was probably my
least favorite part of the film? Or at least it dragged on just a bit and I was sort of
not looking forward to that again, but it moved by surprisingly quickly on the second
viewing. That being said it is still probably my least favorite subplot in the movie, just
cuz you kind of know where it's going already and there isn't a lot of tension. But there
was some stuff I really liked. Before they get there, Thor's what more could I lose
speech was fantastic and really emotional, again Hemsworth brought his A-game to this.
I liked Dinklage, although he didn't like blow me away or anything. He's as good as
he always is. This plot line also helps to establish that despite what Ragnarok may have
told us, Thor is very much the strongest Avenger, no question. One thing I gotta say I don't
know if I like is Thor getting a new eye. Like that was another part of the movie that
just made Ragnarok feel so pointless now. The whole point of that movie was Asgard not
being a place but a people, and then instantly the people are gone. Then another big thing
is that Thor doesn't need a weapon to use his powers, he can be super powerful anyway,
but now he needs a weapon. And then he lost an eye but hey it's back. I just don't
really get why take away his eye only to give it right back. Little nitpick, but I just
found it odd. Back on Titan we get the Guardians meeting
the Avengers, not much to say there besides it's awesome, it's a crossover we've waited
for for 4 years and it was pulled off perfectly. It's just such an enjoyable movie on the
whole. Also it's got one of the funniest parts in the movie *Gamora* I love not only
the different fighting techniques of the groups clashing but also their personalities, seeing
Tony Stark and Peter Quill match wits is fantastic. I also love Tony's face after Mantis says
kick names, take ass. It's one of the funniest parts of the movie as you just see it dawn
on him like, yeah, this is the best we've got. This is what I've got to save the universe
with. The Titan scene continues onto the planet
where one of my few green screen complaints is. Again, Russos, I don't get how you manage
to make 95% of this stuff look mindblowing and then one or two green screen shots look
so mindblowingly fake. It was less distracting on the second watch though cuz I was expecting
so I could enjoy the scene more, and really besides that and a few other small moments,
most of the CGI in this movie is absolutely incredible. I know I said this before, but
yeah, I hope I don't make it sound like i think this movie looked cheap, cuz the vast
majority of it looks amazing. Then we've come to the Soul Stone scene,
which honestly is a little bit of a mixed bag for me. On the pros side, Red Skull, obviously
amazing. Again, super obvious it isn't Hugo Weaving, but as a huge fan of the First Avenger
and with that being the first film I saw in the MCU as a kid, it was just the coolest
reveal. Although that was also another moment where I was reminded that if you're not
a fan of the MCU, you may not like this one. I also got more emotionally invested in the
scene and felt way more sympathy for Thanos this time around, and it made me tear up more
than it did the first time. On the cons side though, it's a super obvious scene. Like
it's kinda meant to be a reveal that he loves Gamora and he's gonna use her, but
fromt he very start of it it's incredibly apparent that's whats gonna happen, which
made that big reveal moment not as effective. Also there were a lot of crossfades on Gamora's
death, like it was edited in a way that the rest of the movie isn't at all, and that
sort've distracted and took me out of the moment a bit so I didn't properly like cry.
Still, a good death that goes a long way in humanizing Thanos more.
Then really the movie's super long climax starts, which is primarily intertwining the
Battle of Wakanda with the Battle on Titan, and yeah, it's phenomenal. This entire third
act is just wildly entertaining, with amazing action. It's a shame the Russos didn't get
to do more of that Winter Soldier hand to hand stuff but their giant epic battle stuff
I think also works incredibly well. The Titan battle is much more personal than
the Wakanda battle, with all the heroes just going after one guy, and it's executed excellently.
Seeing all of the heroes powers working together, it's spectacular.
In Wakanda, they somehow managed to get another giant disposable army in there and not make
it boring. Age of Ultron I was thinking, ok, another giant army to fight, not that exciting.
But here, it didn't bother me, maybe because that wasn't the only part of the climax.
Also those ravenous space dogs are way scarier to me than robots, just saying. As far as
just some little moments I liked in the Wakanda battle, the part where Bucky asked Steve if
they surrendered was nice, we didn't get a lot of Bucky and Steve moments but the ones
we did I really liked, the chant and Wakanda Forever parts were great, M'Baku got a moment
to shine which I loved, again, each character getting something to do, and I also loved
little details like how Cap and Black Panther are both able to outrun all of the others
to get to the forefront of the battle. Overall this third act is just wildly entertaining.
Yes it's really just mostly action but it feels like a proper culmination, and on he
second viewing, I'm not entirely sure why, but it felt so much more satisfying and fulfilling.
I got so much more invested the second time, I felt much more this 10 year culmination
and all that nostalgia from the first film kick in, and I think that's cuz I had more
time to process everything that was happening. It made the moments so much more satisfying
and the experience so much more awesome as a whole. I even teared up a little. I think
I didn't get that good of an experience the first time cuz I was just too excited and
there too much to process, so this was much more enjoyable. The first time around I was
also a bit distracted by the trailer moments being less cool or not as prevalent in the
movie, like that final shot I was looking for the whole time and it never came, and
that kind of took me out of it. But now I wasn't thinking about that, which really
let get more into this. Just much more emotionally satisfying, it was the experience I thought
I was gonna get the first time. Also this cuts between different plot lines constantly
but it never feels jarring or messy, it all feels like it's carefully planned, again like
a puzzle coming together. Thor getting Stormbreaker was a good payoff
to the whole Nidavellir segment even if we all saw it coming and it made that segment
drag a bit as a result, but the ending of it was satisfying. Groot making the handle
was great and gave him a good moment in the movie, showing how the Russoes managed to
really give every character at least one memorable moment. And then Thor Rocket and Groot enter
the Wakanda battle, and yes everyone's talked about it already, but it might be my favorite
moment in the MCU. Or it's at the very least in the top 3. The way the music cues up, some
of the Guardians finally meeting with most of the Avengers, the way the hammer enters
and you know what's gonna happen but it's still a fantastic reveal, it's just perfect.
Going into this I was hoping there was gonna be like a big epic cheering moment where someone
says like, For Tony or some Avenger who might've died and then they all charge with the music
blasting and something epic like that, and this definitely filled that moment. The line
Bring me Thanos is also one of the most badass in the film, I'm so impressed that made
Thor one of the the coolest parts of this movie.
We then also get to see some Avengers and Guardians interacting, Captain America and
Groot, Bucky and Rocket, it's just so incredibly cool and satisfying after all these years
of seeing these characters separately, and it was well executed. The missing limb joke
in the first Guardians I remember being one of the ones I laughed the most at in the cinema
back then, so to see that brought back with The Winter Soldier here, these crossovers
are just so cool. So then let's talk about Peter Quill dooming
the universe. Quill is kind of a hated character now, which I find interesting for someone
who is such a fan favorite. So out of anger from Gamora's death, he tries to beat up
Thanos as the Avengers are nanoseconds away from getting the gauntlet off of him and potentially
saving the universe. Now yes, it is incredibly frustrating to watch, especially since they
actually get the gauntlet off of his hand. But as a character moment, I liked that way
more than the killing Gamora scene. The movie tries to have it both ways, in one scene Peter
is willing to sacrifice one of the few things he still has left in this world, and in the
other scene he completely loses his sense and goes ballistic over the death of that
same person. They feel like they're sort of from two different characters, and the
second feels much more in line with the Quill we've seen, even if he has matured over
4 years. The last two movies, his love for his family and his emotions and his loss is
what has pushed him, so this felt much more in character. In Guardians 1 and 2, he uses
his emotions to defeat the bad guy, so he probably thought it would work a third time.
I saw someone on Instagram be like, Marvel fanboys will say the Martha moment is stupid,
but defend the Peter Quill moment from Infinity War. Those are so different for so many reasons,
and one is far more believable for the character involved and not unintentionally hilarious.
Let's not get sidetracked on BvS now. Something else I really enjoyed about this
that I noticed more the second time was because of this universe and how big and crazy it's
gotten, everyone is so on board with just the craziest stuff. Like Black Widow in the
first Avengers is like ah man Clint this is an alien army and we were never trained for
this and this is crazy, and in this one a sentient tree and a talking raccoon just turn
up from space and she's like….alright that's a thing. Same with Tony Stark, he just
meets a wizard and a bunch of space superheroes and he's like, ok no time to be weirded
out, let's just do this. People have asked me what I think of Cap's
new shields, I think they're fine. They're certainly not as cool or memorable as his
old one which I hope he'll be getting back, but for combat purposes, yeah they work. The
way he can activate them was pretty awesome. Now really from this point onwards, I can't
really say I enjoyed the rest of the movie. But that's not really a bad thing, it's
not meant to be enjoyable really from then on, it's now just watching the heroes come
super close to winning and failing, and yeah, gotta say, it's a pretty depressing ending.
I think that blindsided a lot of people including me, but like the first Avengers there's
so much hope and happiness, and here you genuinely feel the loss and despair, and it's really
effective. Personally I prefer the happy ending for this kind of thing, but I totally get
why they did this and it definitely gave this movie it's own unique feel.
I will say, the dust deaths didn't really make me cry, besides Spider-Man. And again,
I think that's on purpose. It's just pure shock, you don't get big long dramatic deaths
for a lot of these characters to start crying over, they're just gone and you feel exactly
like Cap, just totally hopeless and lost. What did make me cry in addition to Spidey
is Tony almost dying. I thought he was absolutely going to die and seeing those possible last
few moments and seeing that he had earned Thanos' respect, god it hit me right there.
There's a big debate on who doomed the universe the most in this ending, is it Star Lord for
messing up the plan, is it Doctor Strange for handing over the stone, is it Thor for
not going for the head, really I think those all had to happen for the heroes to ultimately
win in the end, in Avengers 4. I believe that all of this was in the one victory Dr Strange
saw, it wasn't a victory in this movie but overall it will be. Because otherwise, he
could've like transported Peter Quill far far away when he was messing up the plan or
something like that. I think all of this had to happen, even though Thor not saving the
day by just a few inches is incredibly frustrating to watch.
In terms of the next movie, I'm gonna make lots of videos on that one, I'm sure. Might
be set 5 years later, Hawkeye's family might've turned to dust, we'll talk about it more
later. Now for a big thing overall about this. When
I made my review I made a point of not watching any other reviews so I would just have my
totally unfiltered reaction right after the film. Since then I've watched a bunch of
reviews and almost every single one has pointed out a thing that I sort of mentioned but I
was having trouble putting into words, and now having heard it it's quite accurate.
This isn't really a movie. I know that might sound weird, but it's more of like an event
and less of a story. Yes there is a story, but it's lacking story elements that a lot
of movies have and so we're all very familiar with. And in some cases that's great cuz
it subverts expectations, and in other ways, it's not bad, it's just kind of weird.
That's why in my original review I was like, I had this weird feeling watching it where
I was enjoying everything that was happening and I wasn't disappointed, but just something
felt slightly off. Or I felt slightly empty leaving it. Cuz this is such a not traditional
movie, in some ways. And it's stuff I can't really complain about cuz it's a product
of this being this massive amazing universe. There are no character setups or really context,
it's just like, you either know these people or you don't, here's this adventure. And
again, that's what I didn't necessarily dislike about it the first time, but just
kinda threw me, cuz I've never really seen something like that before. Going in for the
second viewing, it was much easier to swallow and thus enjoy more fully. This isn't a normal
Marvel movie, it's a payoff of 10 years, and it doesn't really feel like a normal movie
either. There are very few kinda slow scenes of people setting things up or having deep-ish
conversations like the other films or really a traditional movie structure, which on the
first viewing again was kinda jarring cuz I was expecting that. But once I was more
prepared for that, honestly I just enjoyed it a lot more.
On the second watch through, I was just able to get so much more emotionally invested in
it. For some reason of the first viewing, probably cuz of expecatings, I just felt kinda
detached from the movie. But here, I got more involved, the emotional moments hit me more,
the awesome moments made me smile more, and overall it felt like so much more of a fulfilling
experience, I can't stress that enough. On the whole the movie's wildly entertaining
and very well made. They are called the Avengers. They have a
hell of a lot to avenge now. That iconic line from the first film "if we can't protect
the earth you can be sure we'll avenge it" always felt a little weird to me, like that
doesn't sound like a great threat. We can't stop you but we'll beat you up after you
win! But it makes a lot of sense now. They lost, now they have to avenge everyone who
died, aaaaand probably bring them back too somehow. Same with the line, we'll loe,
then we'll do that together too. Even though sometimes the movies got a little bogged down
in setups I do like that they've been setting this up for a while, they're not here to
win, they're here to avenge after they lose. Kinda morbid but I'm pretty sure they'll
also reverse their loss after they win. Now I have a thing I want to do with Avengers
4. And I'm not sure if I'll do it yet and it's gonna be nearly impossible for
quite a few reasons, but I would love to try to not watch any trailers for Avengers 4 before
it comes out. With Infinity War, some of the biggest reasons I was somewhat disappointed
initially was because I was waiting for stuff from the trailers or waiting for stuff from
the trailer sot be as cool as it was in the trailer. Cap catching Thanos, rewatching the
movie is an awesome little moment that gave me goosebumps, but having built it up as this
huge epic scene from seeing it in the trailer I didn't get that experience on the first
viewing. So I think it could be a fun experiment to see how not viewing any promo stuff beforehand
effects the movie. Now again, pretty impossible, cuz those trailers will be everywhere in my
feed, and even if I avoid those when I go to the cinema it'll almost certainly come
on, plus as a huge MCU fanboy I'm not sure if I have that self control, but hey, I might
try it, I'll keep you guys updated if I do.
So overall, I liked Avengers: Infinity War a lot more on the second viewing and the more
I think about, the more I like it. At the moment I'd probably give it like a 9.5/10
and I'd put it here in my MCU ranking. It's not only an amazing cinematic achievement
but also a very entertaining film that is especially rewarding for fans of these movies
and for me personally it has a ton of rewatchability. For a super long movie that's also pretty
impressive. So those were my thoughts on Avengers Infinity
War after a second viewing and letting it sink in more. What did you think of it? Let
me know all of your thoughts down below in the comments. While you're at it be sure
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