You know you’re in for a good ride when the Russo brothers give us the film’s main villain in a fistfight with the Hulk and Thor within the opening minutes of the feature.
Josh Brolin steals the show here. Even with so many amazing performances from the entire cast, Josh Brolin kills it with his iconic, menacing and memorable turn as Thanos, one of the finest film villains in history. He is also the main character of this film.
Infinity War expertly utilizes its broad roster of heroes and villains in a series of exhilarating action sequences, without forgetting all the banter, humour and drama in between. Unlike Endgame, however, which is truly deep superhero drama, this one is the ultimate Avengers action film. The action set pieces are the eye candy of this feature in every possible way.
The Russo brothers have taken the comic book storytelling approach and translated that well onto film, juggling between different parallel storylines and groups of characters with a steady hand.
Infinity War does not forget to develop its characters and their relationships. Bruce continues to deal with his personality problem, Cap and Tony have to settle their arguments and Gamora has to overcome her daddy and sister issues.
The scene where Gamora asks Peter to shoot her instead of Thanos feels so much more powerful now when you know what that moment means for Gamora.
I like the tonal shifts in the film. We begin with a dark and menacing scene, before moving onto something much more typical MCU and then slowly descending deeper into darkness and depression until the breathtaking climax and the shocking cliffhanger.
The battle on Titan is my all-time favourite superhero battle. It’s visually stunning and both inventive and exciting.
What makes Infinity War so compelling is the fact that our heroes are finally faced by a threat who is completely overpowered. Even when it seems that Thanos has been defeated we immediately learn that he still has the upper hand.
The Bad:
There is sometimes quite a long gap between different plot strands, so you almost forget where the script left of the character last you saw them.
I can't help but think that this is just one overlong introduction to the main event that is the gigantic Endgame.
Thor's plot feels like it barely goes anywhere and the Wakanda sequences feel very tacked ion, just to include Black Panther and the Wakandan army in the film.
Review by Theo KallströmVIP 6BlockedParentSpoilers2020-11-18T16:35:03Z
THE WACPINE OF 'AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR'
WRITING: 8
ATMOSPHERE: 9
CHARACTERS: 10
PRODUCTION: 10
INTRIGUE: 10
NOVELTY: 9
ENJOYMENT: 9
The Good:
You know you’re in for a good ride when the Russo brothers give us the film’s main villain in a fistfight with the Hulk and Thor within the opening minutes of the feature.
Josh Brolin steals the show here. Even with so many amazing performances from the entire cast, Josh Brolin kills it with his iconic, menacing and memorable turn as Thanos, one of the finest film villains in history. He is also the main character of this film.
Infinity War expertly utilizes its broad roster of heroes and villains in a series of exhilarating action sequences, without forgetting all the banter, humour and drama in between. Unlike Endgame, however, which is truly deep superhero drama, this one is the ultimate Avengers action film. The action set pieces are the eye candy of this feature in every possible way.
The Russo brothers have taken the comic book storytelling approach and translated that well onto film, juggling between different parallel storylines and groups of characters with a steady hand.
Infinity War does not forget to develop its characters and their relationships. Bruce continues to deal with his personality problem, Cap and Tony have to settle their arguments and Gamora has to overcome her daddy and sister issues.
The scene where Gamora asks Peter to shoot her instead of Thanos feels so much more powerful now when you know what that moment means for Gamora.
I like the tonal shifts in the film. We begin with a dark and menacing scene, before moving onto something much more typical MCU and then slowly descending deeper into darkness and depression until the breathtaking climax and the shocking cliffhanger.
The battle on Titan is my all-time favourite superhero battle. It’s visually stunning and both inventive and exciting.
What makes Infinity War so compelling is the fact that our heroes are finally faced by a threat who is completely overpowered. Even when it seems that Thanos has been defeated we immediately learn that he still has the upper hand.
The Bad:
There is sometimes quite a long gap between different plot strands, so you almost forget where the script left of the character last you saw them.
I can't help but think that this is just one overlong introduction to the main event that is the gigantic Endgame.
Thor's plot feels like it barely goes anywhere and the Wakanda sequences feel very tacked ion, just to include Black Panther and the Wakandan army in the film.
The Ugly:
Oh, snap!
WACPINE RATING: 9.29 / 10 = 4,5 stars