Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) by Jikke P — 30 May 2018

Attention: Spoiler Alert!!!!!!!!

The latest film from Marvel directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the "Avengers: Infinity War" in my opinion successfully filled the movie with all superheroes from the franchise rather building on a meaningful story that stays in the heart of audience. Superheroes fighting against evil is nothing new in Marvel world, but when the action scenes become the main focus of the film then it may lose the purpose of a movie. Use of way too much visual effects cannot substitute the weak storyline, which I felt director probably hadn't thought about.

The story could've been more captivating if the audience could build connection with one or limited number of superheroes first before encountering one after another before the plot thickens. Perhaps the movie wanted to portray that everything will not last forever, even superheroes may decay, but the bonding with each other for which someone can sacrifice own superpower, for instance, Doctor Strange giving away his superpower in return of Iron Man's life, with no doubt, was praiseworthy nevertheless fails to engage audience with the struggle and passion in that very moment.

Also in my opinion the ending was too quick not in a good way though, the death of some superheroes leaves viewer with a question whether why they had to die? Although the sound track, editing and the script kept the viewer awake. And remarkable costume design caught the attention of the fans. Despite the inadequate storyline, the acting of superheroes was one of the biggest strength of the movie. One of the biggest standouts was actually Josh Brolin as Thanos, we all know which just the voice of Brolin, however, was combined with the really well-done computer graphics and the emotional development of Thanos was able to make a truly powerful villain come to life.

If we consider the movie in terms of profit Marvel crawls to the top of "most profited movie" list with applause, undoubtedly, Marvel is successful to leave the fans with "what next" question and that will trigger us as a fan to see the coming episode, for sure.