Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) by He110Me — 28 Apr 2018

I'll start with the positives. The Effects, acting, and choreography (with the exception of one fight) were all top notch. The actors, animators, and supporting staff should be commended for a job well done. Where this movie falls flat is the writing. If there's one good thing about this movie's writing, it's Thanos. He's one of the few MCU villains who is driven by what he believes is right instead of greed, and comes off as very relatable. He also presents an interesting philosophical dilemma which gives his actions meaning. It's the rest of the writing that falls flat. Spoilers begin now.

There are a lot of things I thought were done poorly. Hulk decides to not be able to transform for no apparent reason other than the plot demands it. The wakandans decide to sacrifice tons of lives in a brutal battle in order to save one non-wakandan life (Vision), when the safer route would have been to destroy vision and the stone the moment he volunteers, all because the plot demands it. Stark, after getting his ass kicked by a couple lackeys, decides it's a good idea to engage Thanos directly. Stark also completely 180s on his fatherly need to keep Parker out of trouble because the plot demands it. Thanos is established to have reality-bending powers once he gets the Reality Stone, yet he completely forgets about them the moment the rest of the characters show up to fight him because the plot demands it. There's a fight scene where Black Widow and Okoye have a bad guy surrounded, yet the seasoned and skilled warrior Okoye decides to give up her tactical advantage by circling around and fighting the bad guy head on with Black Widow because, again, the plot demands it. However, all of these points would only drop the movie to an 8/10 in my book. The real reason I'm giving it such a low score is because of the ending. If all the characters who die unceremoniously were permanently dead, I'd be sad but not mad. It would have been a powerful ending that shatters expectations. However, one of the characters who gets whisked away is Spider Man, and guess who has a confirmed sequel slated for July 2019? That's right, everyone who died is coming back in the next avengers movie, presumably by having Captain America collect the dragon balls and make a wish to the dragon Shenron. Which means this entire movie has been pointless from a story perspective, unless we watch the next movie to see the story's conclusion. The ending makes the movie feel like a giant middle finger to the audience, but it could have been worse.