"Infinity War" shares directors with the last couple of Captain America movies. "Winter Soldier" was an interesting attempt at making something darker and mature, but didn't feel much like a superhero movie. "Civil War" had a stronger superhero taste and a bigger sense of scale, but struggled at managing such a vast cast and finding internal coherence. "Infinity War" learned the lesson from both movies, and despite the action sequences in the second half feeling a little too overblown for my taste, I think they finally found the right coordinates for this kind of fanservice crossovers.
The plot has its obvious limits with many choices of the characters not making sense, but it manages to bring together radically different worlds without getting too convoluted. It's obviously meant to resonate with fans who have spent the last ten years following the saga, but it should be easy enough to follow for newcomers as well. You just have to accept that the power balance can't be consistent with what we have been seeing up to this point. Invincible heroes like Vision or Hulk are often put on the same level as everyone else, powers that the characters used in previous movies get conveniently forgotten, etc.
Thanos is definitely the most threatening presence in the saga so far, but that's mostly due to the mediocre competition rather than his own merits. His internal conflicts and ideology are fascinating, but I'm not sure his plan actually made sense in the first place.
Review by manicureVIP 4BlockedParent2021-05-01T14:56:43Z— updated 2022-07-17T09:24:56Z
"Infinity War" shares directors with the last couple of Captain America movies. "Winter Soldier" was an interesting attempt at making something darker and mature, but didn't feel much like a superhero movie. "Civil War" had a stronger superhero taste and a bigger sense of scale, but struggled at managing such a vast cast and finding internal coherence. "Infinity War" learned the lesson from both movies, and despite the action sequences in the second half feeling a little too overblown for my taste, I think they finally found the right coordinates for this kind of fanservice crossovers.
The plot has its obvious limits with many choices of the characters not making sense, but it manages to bring together radically different worlds without getting too convoluted. It's obviously meant to resonate with fans who have spent the last ten years following the saga, but it should be easy enough to follow for newcomers as well. You just have to accept that the power balance can't be consistent with what we have been seeing up to this point. Invincible heroes like Vision or Hulk are often put on the same level as everyone else, powers that the characters used in previous movies get conveniently forgotten, etc.
Thanos is definitely the most threatening presence in the saga so far, but that's mostly due to the mediocre competition rather than his own merits. His internal conflicts and ideology are fascinating, but I'm not sure his plan actually made sense in the first place.